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had no sooner grown into a fine clump than it 

 suddenly died. 



All Pseonies are strong feeders. Their beds should 

 be deeply and richly prepared, and in later years they 

 are grateful for liberal gifts of manure, both as surface 

 dressings and waterings. 



Friends often ask me vaguely about Pseonies, and 

 when I say, " What kind of Pajonies ? " they have not the 

 least idea. 



Broadly, and for garden purposes, one may put them 

 into three classes — 



1. Tree Pseonies (P. Moutan), shrubby, flowering 

 in May. 



2. Chinese Pseonies (P. alhijlora), herbaceous, flower- 

 ing in June. 



3. Old garden Pseonies (P. officinalis), herbaceous, 

 including some other herbaceous species. 



I find it convenient to grow Pseony species and 

 Caulescent (Lent) Hellebores together. They are in 

 a wide border on the north side of the high wall and 

 partly shaded by it. They are agreed in their liking 

 for deeply-worked ground with an admixture of loam 

 and lime, for shelter, and for rich feeding; and the 

 Pseony clumps, set, as it were, in picture frames of the 

 lower-growing Hellebores, are seen to all the more 

 advantage. 



