Some Remarks on the Tree Pceony. 373 



one of these flowered in the spring of 1834. It is figured and 

 described in Sioeefs British Flower Garden^ t. 238, as follows: 



Pseom'rt Moutan papaveracea var. variegata. — The plant is a 

 low-growing bushy kind, branching from the ground, and scarcely 

 woody. The petals are white, stained with a deep rose color in 

 various parts ; the base marked with numerous radiating streaks of 

 violet and purple; the anthers are yellow; the flowers measure 

 about six inches in expansion. It was raised from seeds of the 

 T^apaveracea, which it is supposed had been accidentally fertihzed 

 by some of the herbaceous species. 



The only other variety of which we have any particulai* ac- 

 count is figured in the Botanical Register^ t. 1771, viz: — 



Paeonia Moutan papaveracea var. lacera. The petals of this 

 variety are much cut and gashed, and distinctly bordered with a 

 narrow edge of carmine. It was raised from seeds of either ^a- 

 paveracea or Banksio?, and flowered for the first time in 1834, 

 the plant being then only three years old. It is stated by Dr. 

 Lindley to be a very splendid plant. We have before noticed 

 this in our Vol. I. p. 421, but have here repeated the descrip- 

 tion, that our readers need not have occasion to turn to that for 

 information respecting it. 



The seedling alluded to in the first part of this paper, as enu- 

 merated in the catalogue of the Messrs. Prince, is stated to be 

 a variety of the papaveracea, from which we infer that it was 

 raised from seeds of this species. It is called Prince's new single 

 purple. 



Since writing the previous part of this article, and after it was 

 in type, we have received some information respecting several 

 new seedlings which have been raised and flowered in France. 



We Jiave stated our opinion, that but a few years would elapse 

 before the varieties of peeonies would be nearly as numerous as 

 those of the camellia were a few yeai's since, and it seems that 

 our anticipations are already about to be realized. In the cata- 

 logue of plants, for 1836, of the brothers Baumann, of Bollwiller, 

 on the Upper Rhine, who probably possess one of the finest nur- 

 sery collections on the continent, we find enumerated ten varie- 

 ties, six of which we believe are seedhngs of their own; and we 

 have understood by a gentleman, who lately received a letter 

 from the Messrs. Baumanns, that they have had a most magnifi- 

 cent seedling, which flowered, for the first time, the past spring, and 

 also that they have many more seedling plants not named, and 

 several which have not yet blossomed. We have no doubt but 

 the number of new kinds will soon exceed even our seemingly 

 great expectations. 



It will be gratifying to our readers to learn that several of these 

 new varieties are in the fine collection of Mr. Wilder, of Haw- 

 thorn Grove, Dorchester. The plants are very small, and will 



