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with flesh-colored; P. albicans, with white flowers; and 
many others. This class of Peonies flower the last of 
May and the first of June. 
P. tenuifolia, or Fennel-leaved, with fine leaves like fen- 
nel; in flower the first of May; it is of a deep-crimson 
color, and, when in bud, very beautiful. There is a dou- 
ble variety of this sort. 
P, albifléra.—The White-flowered or Chinese Peony, 
is the parent of many fine varieties, such as P. Sibirica 
and P. Whitieyi, with white flowers; P. Tartarica, flesh- 
colored; P. Humei, lilac-red; P. Reevesii, lilac-rose; P. 
Potisii, crimson, all old varieties. . After these come a 
succession of splendid sorts, viz.: P. prolifera tricolor ; 
flowers in clusters, ground petals pure white, with a glo- 
bular mass of small yellow petals in the center with the 
crimson stigmas protruding ; P. festiva, large, full, double 
pure white flowers, delicately striped or touched with pur- 
ple; P. sulphurea, with large petals of a light sulphur 
color; Duchesse de Nemours, with a multitude of other 
beautiful varieties. : 
P, paradéxa.—A purplish-red species from the south 
of Europe, which has produced several varieties, such as 
P. Greville, P. compacta, P. fimbriata, ete. P. decora 
and P. corallina, are species with large, single, purplish- 
red and red flowers. 
P. Motitan, or the Tree Peony and its varieties, are 
magnificent plants, with flowers of various:shades of red, 
lilac, light and dark-purple, and white, measuring from 
six to eight inches in diameter; all are of easy culture, 
very hardy, requiring but little protection. The variety 
Banksii, is one of the most common kinds. I have had 
a plant of this, with from seventy to eighty flowers upon 
it at one time, presenting a splendid sight; the flowers 
vary on the same bush, some of them will be very double, 
