PEONIES 
P. paradoxa (paradoxical). 12 to 18 inches; leaves glaucous 
above, hairy beneath, divided into thirty or forty small and narrow 
segments; flowers solitary, 4 inches, crimson or purple, single or double; 
May. Mr. Baker considers this a natural variety of the next species. 
Native of the Levant. 
P. PEREGRINA (stranger). 1| to 2 feet; stem downy towards top: 
leaves smooth, dull green above, paler and velvety beneath; flowers 
solitary, bright crimson; May; follicles, two or three, erect. Much 
cultivated. Levant (1629.) 
P. tenuifolia (narrow-leaved). 1 to 4 foot; stems smooth, 
densely leafy from base to summit; leaves excessively dissected into 
many alternated segments; flowers solitary, 2| to 3 inches across, crimson, 
or purple-red; June; follicles small The Adonis Peony of gardens. 
Tubers in bunches, with runners. South Europe (1765). Plate 15. 
P. wiTTMANNiANA(Wittmann , s). 2 feet; a species rarely cultivated, 
but distinct from all others by reason of its solitary, bright yellow 
flowers, which appear in ApriL Caucasus (1842). 
Garden These, as we have already indicated, run into many 
varieties, hundreds, and from them we can do no more than select a 
few names; but it must not be supposed that these have very special 
claims to be considered before the others. They -are all good, and 
whether the amateur selects from subjoined list or another, he is almost 
certain to be satisfied with his choice. These garden varieties and 
hybrids may be divided into three sections—Chinese, European, and 
Tree Peonies. 
Duke of Wellington 
Duchesse de Nemours. 
Duchesse de Theba, inner petals edged v 
Edulis. S ° n ’ 
Festiva maxima. 
Lady Godiva, flesh centre. 
Madam Callot. 
Madame Serret. 
Papaverwflora, centre primrose. 
Snowball. 
Sulphurea, tinged yellow. 
Viscountess Folkestone. 
Whitleji, tinged rose. 
Formosa, primrose ce 
Lady Ardilaun. 
Lord Fauntleroy, whi 
Madame Vilmorin. 
