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•JEOXIA 



INDEX. 



alba-plon.i, tl. Dmilili. Anemone- Old Double Flesh- 

 albifloni, :;, iM. Hod, 6. Wliite, 8. 



amarantlii-r, 11^, s. Iiiiul.k- Anemone- Otto Fruebel. C. 



Ander^4"ll^. 1" iM. Rose, G. Pallasii. 7. 



anemoneflor.i, (i, r,ii/li.K, ;j, pap.iverace,i, 1. 



anomala, :>. elatior. 7. paradoxa, 9. 



arborea. 1. Excelsior, 10. Penelope, 10. 



arietina, 10. Exquisite, 8. peregrina, 8. 



atrorabens. 6. festiva, 3, 6. puleherrima. 8. 



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



Baxter!, 10. ttorepleno. 4. Beevesiana, 3. 



blanda, 6. fuigida, 6. Reevesii, 3. 



Blushing Maid, 8. Gertrude Jekyll, 7. rosea, 6. 



Brilliant, 8. hybrida, 4. rosea-superba, 1. 



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



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



Califomica, 2. lobata, 6. Ruby Queen, 8. 



ChinenHs, 3. Matador, 10. Sabini, 6. 



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



Cretica, 10. Moiitan, 1. Sinensis, 3. 



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



decora, 7. officinalis. 6. tenuifolia. 4. 



Diogenes, 10. Old Double Red, 6. vittata, 1. 

 Old Double Rose, 6. 



A. Plants shrubby .■ disk enveloping the 



base of the carpels 1. Moutan 



AA. Plants herbaceous: disk not produced 

 to envelop the ba,-<e of the carpels. 

 B. Petals short <nul hathmj. sr,in;h,l 



exceediiiri th, .^, /„, /,. 2. Brownii 



BB. Petals not l.allnrji. I.ir.j, ,:„,! ..r- 



pandintj, mmli ,.;,., ,/,,i./ / /i . 

 sepals. 

 O. Follicles and plant quite gla- 

 brous :!. albiflora 



00. Follicles tomentose, erect or 

 slightly spreading. 

 D. Lvs. and stemglabrous through- 

 out. 



E. Lfts. finely dissected 4. tenuifolia 



5. anomala 

 EE. Lfts. not so finely divided., (i. officinalis 

 DD. Jjvs. and stem pubescent in 

 the upper part. 

 E. Middle lobe of terminal Ift. 



trifid 7. decora 



«. peregrina 

 y. paradoxa 

 EB. Middle lobe of terminal 1ft. 



rarely bifid, never trifid..W. arietina 



1. Uontiln, Sims {P. arbdrea, Donn). Tree Peont. 

 Stem 3-6 ft. or even liigher if not cut back, much 

 branched: lvs. 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, 

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

 where varieties are numbered by the hundreds. Var. 

 nibra-pl*na, Hort. Rose-colored, almost single. L.B.C. 

 11:1035. Var. rosea- sup6rba, Hort. Fls. much more 

 doubled. Gn. 31:580 (as Heine Elizabeth). F.S. 

 14:1395-6 (Triomplie dt- Grand). Var. vittata, Hort. 



P.S. 7:747.' Viir.' papaveracea, An.lr.' '' p.-tli'ls tli'ni '.'ii'i.i 

 poppy-like, white, » ith r.d ;ii .-.lit, 1- ,,f (i.,\v, 1- 1. H r 

 6:547. Gn. 38:77.'i ; r.:;:ll41, and |ni. :i-J4, I'L'.'.. \:n-. 

 Bdnksii, Andr. Fls. much doubled, rose-eolored, and 

 large. B.M. 1154. 



2. Br6wmi, Dougl. (P. Califdmica, Terr. & Gray). 

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

 ear: fls. dull brownish red; petals 5 nr (!, tbickish, "little 

 longer than the concave sepals; outer sejeiis eften leaf- 

 like and compound; flower-stem rei'linini,' oi- reemved; 

 disk many-lobed : follicles 4-5, iieaiiy stiai-lil. (,'la 

 brous; seeds oblong. Early spring or .summer. I'aeilic 

 states. B.R. 25:30. 



3. albifldra, Pallas (P. idulis, Salisb.). Figs. IGIG, 

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

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

 Brownii, veiningred: 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. June. Siberia. B.M. 175(1. F.S. 8:812. Gn. 

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



Var. Reevesi4na, Loud. (P. Seevesii, Hort.). A 

 double form, with deep red petals. P.M. 1:197. 



Var. Sinensis, Steud. (P. Chine'nsis, Vilm.). A tall 

 Chinese variety, with large, double, crimson flowers. 

 One of the commonest forms in gardens. B.M. 1768. 



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

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



(. tPTinifolia, I. inn. Fig. 1618. Stem 1-1% ft. high, 

 1 le I' I ^ ' ' ' leafy up to the flower: lvs. cut into 

 mill Ills, often less than 1 line broad: fl. 



eiii ; ! II k crimson, elliptic-cuneate, 1-1 ;^ in. 



leiiL', iiiiImi, si enter than the filaments; stigma red, 

 spirnllv recurved: follicles 2-3, about K in. long. June. 

 Caucasus region. B.M. 926. A.G. 17, p. 658. — Var. flore- 

 pl^no, Hort. Fls. dense, double, crimson. F.S. 4:308. 

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



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

 lvs. 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 to oblong: follicles 3-5, ovoid, ar- 

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



Var. insignis. Lynch. This is the variety of the above 

 which is most cult. Stems iyi-2 ft. high: lvs. about 10, 

 the lower ones very large, gradually reducing to the fl. : 

 carpels witli red imbescence. The name Peter Barr is 

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

 ually reduce to the flower. 



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

 rosy crimson. 



G. officinalis, Linn. (P. fuigida, Sabine). Fig. 1G19. 

 Stem stout, 2-3 ft. high, 1-headed: lvs. dark above, pale 

 beneath, the lowest more divided than the others, hav- 

 ing 15-20 oblong-lanceolate Ift-.. I in. it inere broad; 

 outer sepals leaf-like: petals ilnrk iriTii-.m, P.j-2 in. 

 broad, obovate : stigmas crinisim, reiiir\ c d : follicles 

 2-3, becoming 1 in. long. Ma\-. -luiie. Kinnpe. One of 

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

 bens). Gn. 53, p. 233. 



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1617. Paonia albiflora. 



Var. alba-plena, Hort. Fls. double, white, tinged 

 with red. Gn. 19:265. Garden 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. 



