374 Some Remarks on the Tree Pceony. 



^ot probably bloom this year or two; not in perfection until they 

 are well established and acquire a good size; but that they should 

 be already introduced to our gardens is a fact of some importance. 

 The following are the names of the new kinds in the catalogue 

 alluded to for 1836:— 



Psebnia Moutan joapaveracea var. monstruosa alba plenissima. 



" " " " lilacina plenissima. 



" " " " lilacina semiplena. 



« « " " siraplici. 



" " " " purpureo violaceo pUna. 



" « « " pl^na. 



The seedling which flowered this season, for the first time, 

 has a blossom of an exquisite carmine color, suffused with a 

 deeper tint. The plant was raised from seed eight years since; 

 it is very difficult to propagate, and will not probalaly become 

 common for some years. 



These are all the seedlings of which we have as yet had any 

 account. Many have been raised by the English florists, although 

 we have not heard of any that have blossomed, except those 

 named in this article. Both the Banksice and papaveracea seed 

 freely, if the flowers are duly impregnated, but without which 

 they rarely produce any. The plants come into flower from 

 three to eight years from the seed, and the zealous amateur may 

 perceive the results of his experiments as soon in this tribe as in 

 the camellia. 



The tree pseonies may be successfully cultivated either in the 

 open air, or in pots in the conservatory, as they are hardy enough 

 to endure our most severe winters without protection; and al- 

 though v^^e have a strong desire to see the plants displaying their 

 briUiant blossoms among the other shrubs of the garden, we would 

 not by any means be understood as wishing them to be excluded 

 from the green-house, more particularly from the conservatory. 

 In either of these places they are exceedingly valuable plants, as 

 they can be brought into bloom at any time from January to May; 

 and when there are several plants in a collection (as there should 

 be in every good one), the flowers may be produced continually 

 through that period. In the open air the plants will be subject 

 to occasional injury from early frosts, and their blossoms soon 

 spoiled of their beauty, in warm situations, by the hot rays of the 

 sun; but the latter may be prevented by planting on a north or 

 west border, or in some shady aspect, where they will remain in 

 perfection for a great length of time. In the conservatory indi- 

 vidual flowers are probably shown to the best advantage; as they 

 are not exposed to the chilling winds of spring on the one hand, 

 nor the sun's heat on the other; the beauty of the foliage is also 

 preserved. Individuals who do not possess any structure for 

 wintering plants can have them in the border, while those who do 



