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may be very handsome indeed. I find P. sachalinense is 

 often very beautiful in foliage in the autumn when in the 

 sun, and P. cuspidatum is most effective in flower in autumn. 

 They are fine plants for deep soils and certainly can take 

 care of themselves. 



Paeony. — Vigorous herbaceous plants, with large and 



THE GREAT JAPAN KNOTWBED (Polyftonum cuspidatimi). 



splendid flowers of various shades of crimson, rosy-crimson, 

 and white. There are many species and varieties, the 

 flowers of some of the varieties being very sweet-scented, 

 double, and among the largest flowers we have. Fringes of 

 shrubberies, open glades in copses, and indeed almost any 

 rough place, may be adorned by them ; and they may also be 

 on the grass in the rougher parts of the pleasure ground. 

 I never felt the beauty of the fine colour of Paeonies till 



