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LXXII. An Account of seven double Herbaceous Paeonies, now 

 cultivated in England. In a letter to George Anderson, 

 Esq. F.L.S. Sf-c. By Joseph Sabine, Esq.F.R.S. $c, 

 Secretary. 



Read November 5, 1816. 

 My dear Sir, 



Our recent investigation of the species and varieties of 

 Pczonia, enables me to give some account of the double- 

 flowering plants of that genus, which may be interesting to 

 the Horticultural Society ; for though some of the subjects 

 of this Paper are well known, yet I apprehend they are not 

 generally well distinguished from each other ; and others will 

 perhaps be quite new to many of our Members. 



Some of the single Pa?onies are highly deserving the atten- 

 tion of the horticulturist, but I purposely confine myself to 

 the description of the double flowering varieties, that I may 

 not interfere with the account of the former, which we shall 

 shortly receive from you in a Monograph of the genus, which 

 you intend to present to the Linnean Society, and from which 

 the scientific names herein given are extracted. 



The confusion and intricacy in which this tribe of plants 

 has been involved, may well be conceived, when it is known, 

 that although many of the herbaceous ones have been very 

 old inhabitants of our gardens, and but few of very recent 

 introduction, yet the number of them in the best collections 



