with a description of most of the Species and Varieties. 289 



cupped form, and with bright yellow stamens; the habit of the 

 plant is dwarf. It is a native of Spain, and was introduced to 

 England in 1633. It is a very desirable species. 



P. humilis var. ca3^sia(?) — This has larger flowers than the 

 P. hiimilis, of a pale purple color. The plant is pretty in its 

 liabit, and has neat foliage. Flowers from the 2d to the 8th of 

 June. We doubt some of this being a variety of the humilis; 

 it grows too strong. It is, however, quite handsome. 



P. mollis. — Has dark, dull, single, purple flowers, and small 

 stamens, and is scarcely worth growing at all. It flowers from 

 the 1st to the Sth of June. 



P. pubens. — Oneof the first to display its blossoms, which are 

 middle sized, single, and of a light purple color., with rich yellow 

 stamens; the petals are wavy. Opens its floweis from the 28th 

 of May to the 6th of June. More desirable than many of the 

 single purple ones. 



P. llussi. — Noticed in our II, p. 22. It is a very fine spe- 

 cies, with large, rich deep crimson, single flowers, from six to 

 ten petals each, and brilliant deep yellow stamens. It is a na- 

 tive of Sicily. In beauty from the 4th to the 12th of June. 

 This should be in all gardens. 



P. prse^cox (?) — Flowers single purple, with light yellow sta- 

 mens; habit of the plant dwarf. Blooms from the 4th to the 

 12th of June. Of no great attraction. We have some doubt 

 about the correctness of the name; but it is the one under which 

 we received it. 



The above are all the species and varieties which have flow- 

 ered in our collection. We have some others, but prefer not to 

 give their description until another season. The names are as 

 follows: — villosa, cretica, multipetala, lobata, hybrida, and Bax- 

 ter?*. They are all, we believe, single flowered ones. 



For a small garden, where it is only wished to grow the choicest 

 sorts, we enumerate the following: — P. officinalis var. Sabini, 

 blanda, albicans, carnescens, rubra, albiflora var. uniflora, tar- 

 tarica, siberica, Whitle/i', Humei, fragrans, Pottst, and 

 Reevesri, P. tenuifolia and tenuifulia var. plena, P. paradoxica, 

 and paradoxica var. fimbriata, P. peregrina var. compacta, and 

 P. Russi. Such, however, as suit the taste, can be chosen from 

 the above descriptive list. In very large gardens, where there 

 are extensive pleasure grounds and flower borders, we would ad- 

 vise the planting of every species and variety. 



The cultivation of the herbaceous pa^onies is simple and easy, 

 as may be perceived in the fact that the old double red has be- 

 come so generally difiused over so great an extent of country, 

 and is grown in any and every soil or situation; sometimes under 

 the drip and shade of trees, at others in the hill sun; in a rich 

 soil and in a poor one; in either place or soil they flourish well, 



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