488 On the Paeonia M outan, or Tree Paeony, $c. 



appear to suffer from frost, and they are, consequently, 

 frequently planted in the borders of gardens ; they will all 

 grow in a northern aspect, and perhaps such a situation may 

 be better suited to them, than one where they would receive 

 more of the direct influence of the sun. But though they 

 are not hurt by the severity of winter when planted out, the 

 chilling blasts of our springs have very injurious effects on 

 them, and both the leaves and flowers are often cut and 

 injured when entirely unprotected at that season. From this 

 cause, those who desire to have them in the greatest perfection, 

 give them a covering of glass, under which the beauty of the 

 blossoms and the delicacy of the foliage is perfectly preserved. 

 They ought however to be planted in a border, in preference 

 to being kept in pots. Warmth from fire or steam is not 

 necessary to them ; they are brought earlier into flower by 

 heat, but not improved by it. The best mode of protecting 

 them, and at the same time of having them in perfection, 

 is that of glass frames, or houses without flues; these may be 

 made of any dimensions that fancy may require. The first 

 plants of the Banksii which flowered in the Royal Gardens at 

 Kew, and in that of the Honourable Charles Greville, at 

 Paddington, were thus sheltered, and a covering of the same 

 character has always been kept up over the original Papa- 

 veracea at Wormleybury. 



The propagation of Moutans, upon their first introduction, 

 was a matter of considerable difficulty; they have, conse- 

 quently, 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 of them is a tedious operation. All modes of 



