606 OZOTHAMNUS. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



P^ONIA. 



montana, fcetida, strobilacea, campestris, 

 and its several varieties ; all of these 

 are dwarf, and thrive in sandy loamy 

 soil in open spots in the rock garden. 



OZOTHAMNUS. O. rosmarini - 

 folius is a neat little evergreen shrub 

 almost hardy in the south and coast 

 districts, with small, Rosemary-like 

 leaves, and about the end of summer 

 bears dense clusters of small white 

 flowers. It thrives in any light soil, 

 and should be planted in an open 

 sunny spot or on a warm bank. 

 Tasmania. 



PACHYSANDRA (Mountain Spurge). 

 P. procumbens is a little sub-ever- 



mountains of N.W. America. P. 

 myrsinites, the only kind in our 

 gardens, is i to 2 feet high, with Box- 

 like leaves and inconspicuous reddish 

 flowers followed by berries. Well- 

 drained and sunny places of the rock 

 garden in full sun. Seeds, layers, or 

 cuttings. 



P.3EONIA (P atony). Among the 

 most showy of hardy perennial 

 plants, with much beauty of colour 

 and often fragrance. Though there 

 are several species in collections, the 

 most important are the hybrids ob- 

 tained by inter-crossing. Paeonies are 

 divided into two groups the tree or 



Ozothainnus rosmarinifolius 



green plant from the rocky woods of 

 N. America, 6 to 12 inches high, 

 and nearly allied to the Common Box. 

 Its prostrate stems bear deeply toothed 

 leaves of dull green, with small crowded 

 spikes of white or purplish flowers 

 in early spring, when they are much 

 sought by bees. A better plant is P. 

 terminalis from Japan. This is a true 

 evergreen, with thick glossy dark 

 green leaves, sometimes variegated, 

 and forms a neat carpet in the rock 

 garden. Both plants are hardy, and 

 mostly do best in a moist spot and in 

 half -shade, though the Japanese kind 

 will also grow in full sunlight. Easily 

 increased by division. 



PACHYSTIMA. A group of low 

 evergreen shrubs, like the Euonymus, 

 the two best known being from the 



shrubby kinds, comprising the varieties 

 of P. Moutan ; and the herbaceous 

 kinds. The hybrid sorts have been 

 obtained chiefly from P. officinalis and 

 other European kinds, together with 

 the Chinese species albiflora, sinensis, 

 and edulis. The European varieties 

 flower early and the Chinese late, so 

 that the flowering season is prolonged. 

 Among the hybrid Paeonias there is 

 much variety of colour white, pale 

 yellow, salmon, flesh-pink, and numer- 

 ous intermediate shades from carmine 

 to brightest purple. Among the oldest 

 varieties the most remarkable are 

 grandi flora, double white ; Louis Van 

 Houtte, papaveriflora, rubra trium- 

 phans, sulphurea plenissima, rosea 

 superba, Zoe, Mme. Calot, Gloria 

 Patrice, and Prince Troubetskoy. 

 The most beautiful of recent date are 



