VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE PEONY 



16. Paradoxa (paradoxical). Levant. 



First cultivated in Holland. One of the smallest 

 peonies. Bright carmine pink flowers on very 

 short stems. Lower leaves tinely divided. 

 Variety : 



Fimbriata (fringed), semi-double flowers of bright 

 crimson, inner ones narrow like a fringe 



17. Peregrina (foreign). Southern Europe, 



Flowers are deep red. Lower leaves finely divided. 

 Varieties : 



Humilis (dwarf), mountains of Spain. Bright 



red flowers, turning to magenta. 

 Microcarpa (small fruited), even smaller than 

 Humilis, to which it is closely allied. 



18. SufFruticosa (woody) or Tree Peony. See p. 101. 



19. Tenuifolia (slender leaved). See p. 96. 

 Varieties : 



Rubra plena (double red). 

 Latifolia (broad leaved). 



20. Veitchii (Veitch's). Western China. 



Recently introduced by E. H. Wilson. Flowers 

 pui^plish crimson ; several blooms on one stem. 



21. Wittmaniana (Wittman's). Caucasus, See p. 98. 



