This is a native of parts of the Russian 

 Empire ; we have long had it in cultivation. 

 It is perennial, of low growth, usually 

 little more than a foot, with a thick stem, 

 flowering in May. It will grow in any 

 good garden soil, and is quite hardy, and 

 not difficult to increase hy dividing the roots. 



It was first described by Messrs. Sabine 

 and Anderson, in their excellent monograph 

 on Pceonias, in the Linnsean Transactions. 



