VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE PEONY 



Reevesii, 



Introduced from China by John Reeves. 

 Flowers dark red with slight magenta tint. 

 Rubescens, 

 Vestalis, 

 Whitleyi, 



Introduced in 1808. 

 More Recent Varieties : 



See Main List of Peonies, Chapter III. 



2. Anomala (unusual — referring to the leaves, which are 



finely divided). Siberia. 

 Stated by some writers to be the same as P. Emodi, 

 which it very evidently is not. First mentioned 

 in Flora Siberica (St. Petersburg, 1747.) Flowers 

 with irregular petals of a brilliant red and with 

 clusters of yellow stamens. The roots grow to 

 great size and are used by the Mongol Tartars 

 for food. 

 Varieties : 



Insignis (remarkable). A form of this is grown 



in gardens under the name of Peter Barr. 



Flowers magenta. 

 Intermedia (intermediate). Flowers rosy crimson. 



3. Arietina (ram's horn fruited). Levant and Crete. 



It is a very early bloomer. Index Kewensis re- 

 gards this as a form of peregrina. Flowers dark 

 red; each leaf is divided into segments, each from 

 one to two inches wide. 



4. Brownii (Brown's). California and Northwest. 



This is the only species native to the Western 

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