P/EONIA LUTE A. 



1897, of a particular specimen, says: 

 The abundance^of its flowers seemed 

 to us the result of grafting, because the 

 ungrafted plants, though vigorous and 

 of fine appearance, have given this year 

 but one or two buds, which failed to 

 open." The time of flowering in Paris, 

 according to this account, is the begin- 

 ning of June; at Kewthe plant flowered 

 about the middle of that month . P. Mou- 

 tan, except in the milder parts of the 

 country, is often cut down by frost, so 

 that so rare a sub- 

 ject is best planted 

 out in the border 

 of a greenhouse, 

 to which light and 

 air have the fullest 

 access. Here, with 

 good management, 

 it should succeed, 

 though on the point 

 of hardiness it may 

 be mentioned that 

 in Paris, planted out 

 of doors under a bell 

 glass, it came well 

 through a winter. P. 

 lutea^ like P. Mou- 

 tan^ maybe expected to do best in a good, 

 rich, loamy soil. 



R. Irwin Lynch, 

 Botanical Garden, Cambridge. 

 Paeoniesand their culture have been 

 so often dealt with that it seemed un- 

 necessary to go further into the matter 

 here; but, now, in connection with the 

 introduction of this remarkable species, 

 we thought it might be interesting to 

 give a list of the species of Paeony al- 

 ready in cultivation in Britain (of which, 

 perhaps, the best collection is that of 



the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin), 

 and for which we have to thank Mr. 

 Moore. The garden varieties are nu- 

 merous, and many are very beautiful. 



P^ony Species and Varieties grown at 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 



P. albiflora Candida. 

 „ fragrans. 

 ,, Humei. 

 ,, latifolia. 

 ,, major. 



Reevesii. 

 ,, rosea plena. 



(Engraved for 



P^EONIA LUTE A. 

 Flora " from a photograph taken at Kew.) 



P. albiflora tatarica. 

 „ „ uniflora. 

 ,, ,, vestalis. 



Whitleyi. 



hybrida. 



intermedia (Smontii), 

 tenuifolia-latifolia. 



„ Andersoni. 



,, Baxteri. 



,, cretica. 



,, oxoniensis. 



,, variety. 

 Bakeri. 

 Broteri. 



anomala. 



anetina. 



