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p;eo 



p. moutan chrysanthemiflora, rose and spring place them where a little artifi- 



and yellow. 



Compte de Paris, dark rose 



elegans, white and sulphur. 



cial heat is used ; they will then begin 

 to grow and make good plants, fit for 

 planting out in the autumn. 



By Layering, which is performed 



rosy white. 



hericartiana, bright rose and in the following manner : — 



lacera, bright rosy red. 



Select, either in October or Februa- 

 ry, some of the bottom shoots which 



— jutea variegata, rosy white I are of the preceding year's growth; 



and yellow. 



lutea alba, rose and cream. 



papaveracea, white. 



plenissima, li- 



lac. 



rosy white. 



pumicea, carmine. 

 Rawesii, pink, 

 rosa-gallica, rosy red. 

 • rosea, pink, 

 plena, red. 

 semiplena, red. 

 speciosa, pink. 



- striata, rose and 



ing white. 



sulphuria, sulphur' becom- 



variegata, white and purple. 



All the shrubby kinds are increased 

 by cuttings, the same as is detailed 

 hereafter in the cultivation of the tree 

 paeony. The herbaceous kinds are 

 propagated by dividmg the roots ; and 

 new varieties of all are raised from 

 seed. A rich light loam suits them. 



Tree-P^eony. p. moutan. Dr. 

 Lindley's directions for cultivating this j ther doubtful, 

 are as follow : — 



"Propagation. — It is easily increas- 

 ed, and in several ways, when the 

 plants are rather large and old ; but 

 when they are small and young it is 

 rather difficult, and should not be at- 

 tempted. They should be rather en- 

 couraged by watering freely during dry 

 weather in summer ; by mulching with 

 a little rotten dung, and covering with 

 a band-glass, during the winter 



tongue and peg them down in the usual 

 way, covering the layers, about three 

 inches, with a mixture of light sandy 

 peat, leaf-mould, and a little water in 

 dry weather ; but they must remain for 

 two years attached to the mother-plant. 

 There is another way of layering the 

 tree-paeony, which is by selecting early 

 in spring some of the bottom branches 

 or stems, ringing them, with a sharp 

 knife, about one inch above and below 

 each bud, upon the stems; every bud 

 will then occupy two inches of the 

 stem, which is obstructed above and 

 below. In ringing remove, in the usual 

 way, a small ring of the bark all round 

 the stem. The branches, so prepared, 

 are then laid in the same way as the 

 preceding, and the plants will be fit to 

 separate in one year; but they will not 

 be so strong as those raised in the pre- 

 ceding manner. The Chinese are said 

 to practise building the rarer ones, on 

 the more common kinds, with great 

 success ; but that statement seems ra- 



" Fro7n Seed. — This can only be done 

 to increase the single ones, as the 

 semi-double ones do not produce perfect 

 seeds, or at least very seldom. When 

 perfect seeds are obtained, shortly after 

 they are ripe, they should be sown in 

 pans filled with a mixture of fresh loam 

 and a small portion of leaf-mould and 

 sand, which should be placed in a cold 

 pit or frame, and protected from wet 

 until the following spring, when the 



When the plants are of a sufficient 1 seeds will begin to vegetate. If the 



size and strength, they may be increas- 

 ed in the following ways: 



" By Division. — Take up one of the 

 largest plants about the end of October, 

 and after shaking all the soil from the 

 roots, separate each of the stems which 

 have got any roots attached to them 

 with a sharp knife ; then shorten the 



seeds are not sown until the sprmg, 

 they seldom grow before the following 

 year; and frequently many of the seeds 

 perish before th.it time arrives. 



" The seedlings must be allowed to 

 remain in the seed-pans the first sea- 

 son, and be transplanted the following 

 spring, either into the open border, or 



top of each, and pot them in some good I singly in pots; and the time they are 



rich mould, placing them afterwards in 

 a cold pit, where they are tolerably se- 

 cure from frost, and where they can be 

 kept dry during the winter. la the 



afterwards before they flower depends 

 upon the treatment they receive, but 

 generally they require two or three 

 years. 



