THE BOOK OF THE PEONY 



most of the beautiful double kinds of 

 to-day with their varied forms and 

 exquisite colourings. 



3. P. TENuiFOLiA {narrozc-lecived) — see colour plate 



— introduced into England in 1765 from the 

 Caucasus. 



4. P. WiTTMANiANA (WittmaTi's) — A pale yellow 



peony. Discovered in the Caucasus about 

 1842. One of the parents of the desirable 

 Wittmaniana hybrids. 



5. P. Emodi (Mt. Emoduis), the only peony native 



to India. 



6. P. ANOMALA (unusual), P. CORALLINA {corol Ted 



• — referring to the seeds), P. decora 

 (^comely), P. peregrin a {foreign), P. 

 Brownii (Brown's) — the only peony native 

 to America — and others, are less important 

 species from a gardening standpoint.^ 

 II. Tree Peonies 



These have woody stems that do not die down 

 to the ground in the Autumn. They have been 

 much cultivated in China and Japan for many 

 centuries. 

 1. P. suFFRUTicosA (woody) or P. MOUTAN — See col- 

 our plate — with large flowers (eight to ten 

 inches across), of various shades of red, 

 white, pink, salmon and purple. 

 A native of the central part of western China, 

 it was first exported to Japan in 724 ; and first 

 exported to England (and thence to France 

 and the United States) in 1787. 



^ A list of these is given in Chapter XI. 

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