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considerable depth; indeed, theu- large leaves cannot find sustenance 

 enough in a shallow soil to build up the crowns which produce the 

 large double flowers. 



Peopagation is effected by division of the roots in spring. 

 They may in the case of choice kinds be cut up into single buds, 

 but when this is done it is best to plant in the reserve garden for 

 a year or two till they gather strength, rather than risk them in 

 the garden or where they may be forgotten and overgrown by other 

 things of less value. The Preony seeds freely ; even the double 

 flowers will ripen seeds if fertilised with pollen from the single 

 varieties, and an interesting progeny may be raised by any one having 

 the necessary time and patience if hybridising is systematically 

 carried out. The seeds shoidd be sown in pots or pans placed in 

 a close frame as soon as ripe, using a light compost of sandy peat 

 and loam. 



Herbaceous Peeonies ivith Dozible Fkni-'ers. — Amabilis grandiflura, 

 creamy white ; Anemona?flora striata, blush yellow ; Charles 

 Binder, silvery rose ; Clarisse, rosy pink ; Comte de Paris, blush, 

 citron centre ; Due de Gazes, deep rose ; Elegans superbissima, 

 rosy blush ; General Bertraud, peach, salmon centre ; Globosa, 

 rose, white centre ; Lilaeina superba, rose, lilac, and saff'rou ; 

 Lacteola alba, white ; Madame Vilmorin, deep crimson ; Mons. 

 Andre, rose and fawn ; Pottsi jjlena, crimson ; Prolifera tricolor, 

 centre yellow, outer petals white ; Queen Victoria, blush, lemon 

 centre ; Rosea plenissima, centre rose nankeen, outer petals car- 

 mine ; Rubrosum, crimson ; Sulphm-ea superba, sulphur ; Teuui- 

 folia fl.-pl., crimson. Many of the best varieties are of continental 

 origin. Plant either in autumn or spring, having first deepened 

 and enriched the soil with leaf-mould. 



Tree or Moutan Pwonies. — Alba lilaeina, white and violet ; 

 Bijou de Chuseen, light piu-ple ; Blanche du Chateau Futu, white ; 

 Carolina, salmon ; Charles Roper, white ; Colonel IMalcolm, violet ; 

 Comte de Flandres, rose ; EUzabeth, red ; Emilia, carnation ; 

 Fragraus maxima plena, rose ; Hippolyte, white and rose ; Lactea, 

 white ; Leopold!, rose ; Madame Stewart Low, salmon red ; Odo- 

 rata Maria, soft rose ; Osiris, purple ; Ranieri, araaranthe ; Rosea 

 Mundi, salmon ; Rubra odorata plenissima, lilac rose ; Samarang, 

 red and black ; Souvenir de Madame Knon, white and carmine ; 

 Triomphe de Malines, violet ; Triomphe de Vandermselen, white 

 and rose ; Rienzi, rose. 



Most of the above have double flowers, some are beautifully 

 fragrant. The moutons, though not quite so hardy as the l)ei-- 

 baceous varieties, will flourish in a sheltered situation in most 

 gardens, with light rich soil. They may be increased by layering 



