No, 1075. 
PAONIA OFFICINALIS sabini. 
Class. . Order. 
POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
The Pæonia officinalis is a plant which 
has been long universal known. It was 
cultivated before the time of Pliny, and has 
had various medical virtues ascribed to it, 
which seem to have been all. superseded. 
The single variety was not known in this 
country in modern times till discovered by 
Mr. Sabine, in an old garden in Hertford- 
shire. Thelate Mr. Anderson, in the valu- 
able monograph on this superb genus in the 
Linnzan transactions, has named it after his 
excellent coadjutor in that work, than whom 
no one can be more deserving of the dis- 
tinction. 
It is a native of hilly woods in the 
South of Europe, and some parts of Asia. 
It flowers profusely in June, and is a great 
ornament to the gardens: it may be increas- 
ed by dividing the roots, and will grow in 
almost any soil or situation. 
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