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allied to Paeonia Moutan. Not sufficiently tested as 

 yet as to hardihood. 



Paeonia Microcarpa, Boiss and Keut. Closely al- 

 lied to P. Humilis, with even dwarfer habit and more 

 downy foliage. Presumably a native of France. 



Paeonia Mollis, Anders. A dwarf Siberian species, 

 with dark green upper surface to foliage, and distinctly 

 glaucous and velvety below. Plowers pink or red, and 

 borne singly. 



Paeonia Moutan, Sims. The well-known Tree Pae- 

 ony, a native of China. 



Paeonia Officinalis, Lixn. The oldest cultivated spe- 

 cies, first grown in 1548, with dark green foliage above, 

 pale green beneath, growing two to three feet high and 

 producing single, dark crimson flowers, and with re- 

 curved crimson stigmas. Early blooming, and a par- 

 ent of many double anemone-flowered and semi-double 

 varieties. A native of Europe. 



Paeonia Paradoxa, Andees. A very dwarf, almost 

 tufted, Turkish species, with three-lobed incised foliage 

 and purplish red flowers borne singly, and with seed 

 vessels closely pressed together. There is a variety, 

 fimbriata, with double purple flowers and projecting 

 purple stamens. 



Paeonia Peregrina, Mill. A European species 

 similar to Paeonia Officinalis, but with very smooth, 

 deep green foliage above, pale green, hairy beneath. 

 Flowers bright crimson. This has given rise to two 

 good double forms and a number of varieties witli 

 single whorls of petals. 



