THE BOOK OF THE PEONY 



Hemisphere. It blooms in June and July, often 

 near banks of melting snow. The flowers are 

 dull red or brown and are not attractive. 



5. Cambessedesii (Cambessedes's). Balearic Islands 



and Corsica. 



Flowers deep rose pink with slight magenta tint. 



Introduced into England in 1896 by Miss F. 



Geoghegan. 



6. CoralHna (coral-red, referring to the seeds). South- 



ern Europe to Asia Minor. 



It is claimed that Corallina has grown wild on 

 an island in the Severn. If this is true, it is the 

 only peony native to England. Flowers, bright 

 crimson. The segments of the leaves are quite 

 distinct from one another at the base and nine 

 in number in the fully developed lowest leaves. 

 Varieties : 



Broteri (Brotero's). Spain and Portugal. Dwarf 

 habit, flowers crimson, stems and leaf-stalks red. 

 Fragrant. This variety is probably the P. Lusi- 

 tanica of Philip Miller. 

 Russi (Russ's). Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria. 



Flowers rose coloured. 

 Triternata (three times ternate, i.e., with twenty- 

 seven leaflets), rose and whitish flowers. 



7. Coriacea (leathery). Spain, North Africa. 



Flowers bright crimson, seeds dark purple. 

 Leaves composed of nine to thirteen leaflets, which 

 become leathery as they advance in age. 



8. Decora (comely). 



The first mention of this peony is that seeds came 

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