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The SEMI-DOUBLE TREE PyEONY* 



POLYANDRIA TRI.PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEy"E /wss. {Introductio7i to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 6.) 



PjEONIA. — Suprd, vol. \. fol. 42. 



Garden Variety. 



For an opportunity of figuring this beautiful variety of 

 the Tree Peeony we are indebted to the Earl of Mountnorris, 

 by whom it was raised from seed, and who supplied us 

 with specimens from his rich collection at Arley Hall in 

 May last. 



It is thus spoken of in the Horticultural Transactions, 

 where it is described by Mr. Sabine under the name of 

 P. Moutan, carnea plena. 



" The seedlings which I mentioned at the commence- 

 ment of this paper were raised in the Garden of the Earl 

 of Mountnorris, at Arley Hall, in Worcestershire ; the 

 seeds were from the Banksii, and were sown seven years 

 ago. In the year after they were sown, three plants 

 came up. One is a very distinct variety ; the two others 

 approach each other so nearly, that they will not perhaps 

 be considered sufHciently different to be separated, except 

 by very nice observers. As the flowers of those now to be 

 described are the first they have produced, it is probable 

 that they will very much improve in size hereafter. The 

 plant of Banksii, which j)roduced the capsules from which 

 the seeds were gathered, grew close to a Papaveracea; 

 and from the characters oi' the flowers of their produce, 

 1 am disposed to think that they are derived from the pol- 

 len of the latter. — Paoitia Aloutan ; Carnea Plena. I have 

 given this name to the first of the two plants, which I have 



' Sec fol. 1208. 

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