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Paeonia Albiflora, Pallas. A Siberian species in- 

 troduced about 1756, and one of the forerunners of the 

 hybrid herbaceous forms, two to three feet high, with 

 deep, rich green, often veined red, leaflets, and bearing 

 clusters of three or more very large, broad, overlapping 

 petaled white to light pink single flowers, and showing 

 globular masses of golden anthers in the center of each. 

 June. Reevesiana, Fragrans, Whitleyi and Festiva 

 show close affinity to this species. 



Paeonia Anomala, Linn. From Europe and Asia, 

 with finely dissected, smooth foliage. Solitary, single, 

 bright crimson flowers, and distinct in the large size 

 of the petals and the peculiar compound, leaf-like sepals. 

 Two feet. May. Its varieties, Insignis, Peter Barr, 

 Smoutti and Intermedia are now recognized, being more 

 distinct in the character of foliage than otherwise. 



Paeonia Arietina, Anders. A tall south European 

 species, distinct in the stems, being hairy toward the 

 top; the foliage quite glaucus and downy beneath. The 

 flowers are large, dark red and solitary, and the seed 

 pods are prominently covered with hairs. The varie- 

 ties range through shades of pink and red. 



Paeoni Browni, Dougl. A northwest American 

 dwarf species with glaucus foliage and dull, brownish- 

 red flowers, borne on re-curved stems. 



Paeonia Broteri, Boiss and Beut. An early-bloom- 

 ing, European species, similar in foliage and habit to 

 Paeonia Officinalis, with red flowers varying to white. 



Paeonia Coccinea. A reported species in the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens at Glasnevin. 



