476 On the Pseonia Moutan, or Tree Pasony, $c. 



abundant in petals, and have, especially, a bunch of long 

 petals always rising from the middle of the flower. The 

 figure given of it in the Botanical Register is, by no means, a 

 good resemblance. 



4. Pceonia Moutan Rosea Semiplena. The first plant of 

 this variety is said to have been introduced by the late 

 Right Honourable Charles Greville, about the year 1794,* 

 and it blossomed subsequently in his garden at Paddington. 

 The flowers are semi-double, cupped, not opening very 

 widely ; if fully open, they would have an expansion of 

 from six to eight inches ; the petals are large, of a fine deep 

 pink, very slightly darker at their base, but not strikingly so, 

 as in the other varieties before described ; they are larger 

 than those of the Banksii, and have a very satiny appearance ; 

 their margins are crisped, and occasionally notched in the 

 centre. The germens are usually five ; sometimes six, and 

 occasionally more numerous, but they very rarely produce 

 seeds ; they are surrounded by the stamens, which appear 

 conspicuously. The flower has a delicate rose-like scent, 

 which abates, after it has been sometime open. The shoots 

 of this variety, when they break out in the spring, have a 

 reddish hue, but the advanced foliage does not retain the 

 tinge. The petioles are green, not red ; the folioles are of a 

 paler green than in the other kinds, broader, less shining, and 



* This date was given by Mr. Anderson, in the Linnean Transactions, Vol. 

 xii. page 255, on the authority of the late Mr. James Dickson : it is possible 

 that the introduction might have been one or two years later. I have heard it 

 stated that Mr. Greville's plant was derived from that of Mr. Hibbert, 

 mentioned in the succeeding page of this Paper. But it is possible, and I think 

 probable, that Mr. Greville had two plants of the Rosea, the one imported, 

 and the other from Mr. Hibbert^s stock. 



