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INDEX. 



alba-plena, 6. Double Anemone- Old Double Flesh- 

 albiflora, 3. tld. Red, 6. White, 6. 



amarantliesf.ens, 8. Double Anemone- Otto Pnebel, 6. 



Andersonii, 10. fld. Rose, 0. Pallasii, 7. 



anemoneflora, 6. eduUs, 3. papaveraee.a, 1. 



auomala, 5. elatior, 7. paradoxa, 0. 



arborca, 1. Excelsior, 10. Penelope, 10. 



arietina, !(■. Exquisite, 8. peregrina, 8. 



atrorubens, 0. festiva, 3, 6. pulcnerrima, 8. 



Banksii, 1. flmbriata, 9. Purple Emperor, 10. 



Baxtf ri. 10. Hore-pleno, i. Reevesi.ana, 3. 



blanda, 0. fulglda. 6. Keevesii. 3. 



Blusliiiit'Maid, 8. Gertrude Jekyll, 7. rosea, 6. 



Brilliant, 8. hybrida, 4. roseasuperba, 1. 



Browuii, 2. insignis, 5. Rosy Gem. 10. 



Byzantina, 8. intermedia. 5. rubra-plena, 1. 



Califomica. 2. lob.ata, 6. Ruby Queen, 8. 



Ohinensis. 3. M.atador, 10. Sabini, 6. 



compacta, 8. Monte Gear, 7. Seraph, 8. 



Cretiea, 10. Moutan, 1. Sinensis. 3. 



Crown Prince, 10. North.-rn Glory, 10. Sunbeam, 6. 



decora. 7. officinalis, 6. teuuifolia, 4. 



Diogenes, 10. Old Double Red, 0. vittata, 1. 

 Old Double Rose, 0. 



A. Plant,s shrubfttf : disk enveloping the 



hdsi' ill tlir riirpi-ls 1. Moutan 



AA. Plants hi ilt'ir< >uis; disk not produced 

 to I iir, /ii/i till fiirse of the carpels, 

 B. Pi III Is slinrl mill Inilherij, scarcely 



rjiirilimi III,' SI /mis 2. Brownii 



BB. Piliils nut l.iithiril. t.iriie find ex- 

 pinHliiiii. wiirli i.n.i-dilig the 

 sepals. 

 C. Follicles and plant quite fjlu- 



brous :!. albiSlora 



CC. Follicles fonientose, erect or 

 slightly spreading. 

 D. it's, and stem glabrous through- 

 out. 



E. Lfts. finely dissected 4. tenuifolia 



.'). anomala 

 EB. Zyfts. not so finely divided., ti. ofSicinalis 

 DD. Lrs. and stem pubescent in 

 the upper part. 

 E. Middle lobe of terminal Ift. 



trifid 7. decora 



8. peregrina 

 <i. paradoxa 

 EE. Middle lobe of terminal Ift. 



rarely bifid, never trifid.. W. arietina 



1. Mout&n, Sims (P. arbdrea, Donn). Tree Peony. 

 Stem 3-G ft. or even higher if not cut back, nuich 

 branched; Ivs. glabrous; lfts. more often entire at the 

 base of the plant than above: fls. as in P. officinalis, 

 but various in color : follicles numerous, very hairy, 

 ratlier small. May, June. China. Long cult, there, 

 where varieties are numbered by the hundreds. Var. 

 rubra-pltaa, Hort. Rose-colored, almost single. L.B.C. 

 11:10^5. Var. rosea- sup^rba, Hort. Fls. much more 

 doubled. Gn. :;i:,",,sn (as Reine Elizabi-th). F.S. 

 14:1395-6 (Triomidie de (Iraiid). Var. vittata, Hort. 

 Fls. single, white, rnse and llcsh color, striped, fragrant. 

 F.S. 7:747. Var. papaveracea, Anilr. Petals thin and 

 poppy-like, white, witli reil at center of Hower. L.B.C. 

 6:.'i47._ Gn. 3S:77.T ; .52:1141, and pp. 324, ?2o. Var. 

 Bdnksli, Andr. Fls. much doubled, rose-colored, and 

 larfte. B.Jl. 1154. 



2. Brbwnii, Dougl. (P. Califdrnica, Torr. & Gray). 

 Low: Ivs. glaucous or pale, lobes obovate to nearly lin- 

 ear: fls. dull brownish red; petals 5 or 6, thickish, little 

 longer than the concave sepals; outer sepals often leaf- 

 like and compound; flower-stem reclining or recurved; 

 disk many-lobed : follicles 4-5, nearly straight, gla- 

 brous; seeds oblong. Early spring or summer. Pacific 

 states. B.R. 25:30. 



3. albiSldra, Pallas (P. (dulis, Salisb.). Figs. 1616, 

 1617. Stem 2-3 ft., often branching and bearing from 

 2-5 fls.: lfts. 3-4 in. long, oblong, deeper green than P. 

 Brownii, veining red : peduncle longer than in P. offi- 

 cinalis, often with a large simple bract: outer sepals 

 large, leaf-like: petals large, various in color, usually 

 white or pink : follicles often 3-4, ovoid, with spiral 



P.EONIA 



stigmas. .Tune. Siberia. B.M. 1756. F.S. 8:812. Gn. 

 30:576 (var. .lilrimi); 50, p. 170; 51:1123. 



Var. Eeevesiana, Loud. (P. Meevesii, Hort.). A 

 double form, witli d.-ep red petals, P.M. 1:197. 



Var. Sinensis, St.'ud. (A Chiiiriisis, Vilm.), A tall 

 Chinese v:iriet\-. with larLM\ double, crimson flowers. 

 One of tlie i-om'mnnest tV.rnis in ganlens. B.M. 1768. 



Var. festiva, Planchon. Fls. double, white, with a few 

 marks of carmine in the center. F.S. 8:790. 



4. tenuiSdlia, Linn. Fig. 1618. Stem 1-1', ft. high, 

 1-headed, densely leafy up to the flower: Iv.s. ctit into 

 numerous segments, often less than 1 line broad: fl. 

 erect; petals dark crimson, elliptic-cuneate, 1-1'.; in. 

 long: antliers shorter than the filaments; stigma red, 

 spiniUv recurved: follicles 2-3, about /^ in. long. June. 

 Cau.asns region. B.M. 926. A.G. 17, p. 658.- Var. flore- 

 pleno, Mort. Fls. dense, double, crimson. F.S. 4:308. 

 Var. hybrida, Hort. Fls. rich crimson: Ivs. very pretty. 



5. an6mala, Linn. As tall as P. officinalis, glabrous: 

 Ivs. cut into numerous, confluent, lanceolate, acute seg- 

 ments : fl. solitary, single, bright crimson, very large; 

 outer sepals often produced into compound leafy 

 points; petals obovate toobiong: follicles 3-5, ovoid, ar- 

 cuate, tfunetitose or glabrous. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 1754. 



Var. insignis, Lvueh. This is the variety of the above 

 wliii'li is niost cult. Stems lH-2 ft. high: Ivs. about 10, 

 tile lower om-s very large, gradually reducing to the fl. : 

 carpels with red pubescence. The name Peter Barr is 

 given to a form of this in which the Ivs. do not so grad- 

 ually reduce to the flower. 



Var. intermedia, C. A. Meyer. Lvs. deeply lobed: fls. 

 rosy crimson. 



6. officinalis, Linn. {P. fi'dgida, Sabine). Fig. 1619. 

 Stem stout, 2-:; ft. liiL'h. 1 headed: lvs. dark above, pale 

 beiieatb. tin- l..w.-t iii. .i , ,1 i viiled than the others, hav- 

 ing l."-2ii ol.l.m^'-hnirrol.'iir lfts., 1 in. or more liroad; 



ike; [)etals dark crimson, l^-i-2 in. 



tigraas crimson, recurved : follicles 

 2-3, becoming 1 in. long. May, June. Europe. One of 

 the commonest in gardens. B.M. 1784; 2264 (as P. pu- 

 hens). Gn. 53, p. 233. 



outer sepal 

 broad, obovat 





1617. Pseonia albiflora. 



Var. alba-pl^na, Hort. Fls. double, white, tinged 

 with red. Gn. 19:265. (harden forms are given trade 

 names, as : rosea maxima, rosea pallida, rubra, and 

 many others. These vary in color from nearly pure 

 white to pink and beautiful shades of red. 



