306 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
President Brongniart. — Vigorous; leaves glaucous 
green, tinted yellow; flowers large, well raised in the cen- 
ter, rose amaranth, softer towards the outside, velvety- 
white, very lightly tinted with carnation towards the 
center; a superb variety, of which the flowers are of ex- 
cellent form. This variety was offered for sale in 1863. 
Du Mont de Courset.—Vigorous; leaves deep-green ; 
flowers large, nearly full, clear satiny amaranth, of uniform 
shade; a fine variety, not yet distributed. The same gen- 
tleman has produced a great number of beautiful seedling 
herbaceous varieties. Other florists in Paris and else- 
where in France, have raised many splendid seedlings of 
Tree Peonies, as well as of the herbaceous sorts. To 
these must be added those introduced direct from China, 
by Mr. Fortune. Several of these Tree Peonies remain as 
yet without an equal, in respect to the regularity of their 
form and the beauty of their colors. 
“The propagation of Moutans, upon their first introduc- 
tion, was a matter of considerable difficulty. They have, 
consequently, borne a high price in the nurseries; and 
though they are now multiplied extensively, yet, with all 
the experience which has been acquired, the obtaining 
strong new plants is a tedious operation. All modes of 
propagation have been tried with them, viz.: by seeds, 
suckers, grafts, cuttings, and layers. They rarely produce 
seeds that are perfect, unless the impregnation of the stig- 
mas is properly attended to. Most of the seedlings of 
late production are from seeds, grown from fertilized 
flowers. Suckers, or rather root shoots, may sometimes 
be severed successfully from large old plants, and such 
soon become strong enough to flower. If the work is 
carefully executed, grafts of the rarer sorts may be fixed 
on pieces of the roots of the more common. These pieces 
of roots must be established in pots, and in the spring, a 
bud with a little wood attached to it may be joined to the 
