346 



and are often planted at the terminating corners of large borders 

 adjoining principal walls, displaying a bushy growth in their fo- 

 liage and flowers. When the flowers are gone, the capsules open- 

 ing lengthways discover their coloured seeds very ornamentally, 

 especially in that called the Male Peony and varieties. And to for- 

 ward this, the capsules may be slit open on the inside at the proper 

 valve; whereby they will expand much sooner, and display their 

 beautiful red seed more conspicuously. 



