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OXYTEOPIS P^EONIA. 



versed, with very rounded lobes. Chili. 



This plant in good soils and 



favourable positions is perennial, but 

 when exposed is liable to be cut off in 

 winter. Rockwork, front margin of 

 mixed border, or naturalization on bare 

 banks, in well-drained sandy loam. 

 Seed. 



Oxytropis campestris (Field 0.) A 

 dwarf stemless herb allied to the Milk 

 Vetch, but differing by the keel having 

 a fine point at its extremity ; about 

 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; yel- 

 lowish tinged with purple, erect, in a 

 dense, short, oblong spike ; point of 

 keel short, straight and erect ; scapes 

 hairy, about equal in length to the 

 leaves. Leaves, with many pairs of 

 lance-shaped leaflets, more numerous, 

 narrower, and much less silky than 

 those of the Purple Oxytrope. Europe, 



America, and in Scotland. Borders 



and the rock-garden, in sandy loam. 

 Seed and division. 



Oxytropis fcetida (Fetid 0.) A 

 dwarf Vetch-like viscous fetid plant, 

 from 4 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; large, lemon-coloured, in 

 loose roundish-oval heads. Leaves, 

 of 15 to 20 pairs of linear or oblong 

 hairy leaflets with revolute edges. 



Mont Cenis. Rockwork, and the 



margins of the mixed border, in rich 

 loam. Seed or division. 



Oxytropis pyrenaica(Py?gweaii 0.) 

 A handsome rock-plant 4 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; sky-blue, erect, 

 9 to 15 in a short crowded raceme 

 which afterwards becomes elongated- 

 oval ; bracts oblong ; calyx very hairy, 

 with short lance-shaped teeth. Leaf- 

 lets, lance-shaped or oblong, pointed, 

 somewhat concave, covered with long 

 silky hairs ; flower-stems set with 



stellate hairs. Central Pyrenees. 



The rock-garden, and among dwarf 

 plants in borders, in sandy loam. 

 Seed and division. 



Oxytropis uralensis (Purple 0.) 



An elegant little perennial, resem- 

 bling 0. campestris in habit, but more 

 densely clothed with soft silky 

 hairs in every part ; about 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; bright purple, in 

 dense round heads ; point of keel same 

 as in 0. campestris. Leaves, with 10 

 to 15 pairs of ovate, acute leaflets, 

 and an odd one. Scotland and other 



parts of Europe. The rock-garden 



and borders, in moist sandy loam. 

 Division and seed. 



Paeonia albiflora (White-flowered 

 Paiony). A fine showy species, allied 

 to P. officinalis; 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; white ; 

 petals 8, large, oval, concave; carpels 

 recurved, smooth. Leaves, ternate, 

 alternate ; leaflets 3-parfced, ovate- 

 lance-shaped, smooth, shining; differs 

 chiefly from P. officinalis by its stems 

 being nearly round, scarcely grooved, 

 and more slender, and by its larger 

 leaves. There are numerous varieties 

 of this species. Native from Siberia 

 to China. Beds, borders, naturali- 

 zation, groups on the grass in the 

 picturesque garden, or isolated speci- 

 mens in the same position, in rich, 

 deep, sandy loam. Division. 



Paeonia arietina (Ram Pceony.) A 

 distinct kind, 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; purple. Leaves, with three- 

 lobed pinnatifid segments, decurrent, 

 oval-oblong, flattish, hairy under- 

 neath. There are 2 varieties : P. An- 

 dersonii which has deep rose-coloured 

 petals, less crisp than in the type ; and 

 P. carnea with flesh-coloured ragged- 

 edged petals. Supposed to be a native 



of the East. Borders or fringes of 



shrubberies, in deep rich soil. Division. 



Paeonia edulis (Edible P.) A very 

 ornamental species, 2^ to 3| ft. high. 

 Flowers, in May and June ; rosy- flesh- 

 colour in the bud, pure white when 

 expanded, 1 to 7 on each stem, th<i 

 terminal one being the largest; fra- 

 grant with a rose-like odour; caly* 



