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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART nr. 



in a wild state in the north of China, and on the mountains in the province of 

 Ho-Nan; and it is cultivated in most gardens in both countries. Its first intro- 

 duction into England was in 1789. The species and vai-ieties are all beautiful ; 

 they are in cultivation in first-rate gardens, and are propagated in the principal 

 nurseries of Europe and America. 



sk P. Mou'tan Sims. The Moutan, or Tree, Peony. 

 Spec. Char. Segments of leaves oval-oblong, glaucous underneath. Carpels 

 5, villose. {Don's Mill., i. p. 65.) Height 10 ft. 



Identification. Anderson, Linn. Trans. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 65. ; Don's Mill, 1. 65. 



Synonymes. Pxbma arborea Don, Hort. Can. ; P. suffruticosa Bot. Rep. ; Pivoine moutan, and 

 Pivuine en Arbre, Fr. ; baunaartige Gichtterrose, Ger. ; Hoa-Ouang, and Pc-Leang-Kin, Chinese. 



Derivations. The word moutan has been applied to this species of peony, in China, for above liOO 

 years. P. arb&rea and P. suft'ruticbsa signify the tree and the sub-shrubby peony. The German 

 name signifies the tree-like gouty rose. The Chinese name Hoa-Ouang signifies the king of flowers, 

 alluding to the beauty of the plant; and P^-Leang-Kin, a hundred ounces of gold, in allusion to 

 the high price which some of the varieties bear in China. 



Varieties and their Distinctions. 28 

 P. M. 1 ^apavnxicea Andrews. The Poppy-^oweved 

 Moutan Peony. — Petals from 8 to 13, white, with 

 a purple spot at the base of each. Capsules al- 

 together enclosed in the urceolus, or disk. (Don's 

 Mill., i. p. 65.) 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep. ; Don's. Mill. 

 Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 463. ; Lodd. Bot. cab., 547. ; 

 Bot. Mag., 2175., and our^^. 28. 



I Introduced in 1806. Mr. D. Don has remarked 

 (Siv. Br. Fl.-Gar., 2d ser., 238.) that the P. M. 

 var. ^japaveracea appears to be really the normal 

 form of the species, as the late Mr. George Anderson suggested. 

 36 P. M. 2 variegdta D. Don. The particoloured-petaled Moutan Peony. 

 — A low-growing bushy kind, branching from the ground, and 

 scarcely woody. Flowers about 6 in. across. Petals white, stained 

 with a deep rose-colour in various parts; the base marked with 

 numerous radiating streaks of violet and purple. Anthers yellow. 

 The Earl of Mount Norris, whose successful culture of the tree peony 

 has been rewarded by the production of several splendid varieties, 

 far excelling any of those imported from China, has been so for- 

 tunate as to raise this fine variety also, which is remarkable for 

 its dwarf and almost herbaceous habit. It was raised from seeds 

 of the P. M. jaapaveracea, which the Earl of Mount Norris supposes 

 had been accidentally fertilised by some of the herbaceous species. 

 All the varieties raised at Arley were from P. M. jaapaveracea, and 

 not from P. M. Bankszi, as the gardener had inadvertently stated, 

 (jD. Don, in Sw. Fl.-Gar., 2d ser., t. 238.; 

 G. M., vol. X. p. 284.) 

 P. M. 3 Bdnksii Andreivs. Banks's Moutan 

 Peony. — Flowers double. Petals slightly 

 tinged with blush, becoming nearly white 

 at the edges, marked at the base with pur- 

 plish red. In the centre of the flower are 

 some elongated petals, which sometimes 

 appear to rise from amongst the germens. 

 {Don's Mill, i. 65) Cultivated in 1794. 



Identification. Anders. Lin. Trans. ; Don's Mill. 

 Engravings. Bot. Rep., t. 448.; Bot. Reg., 379.; Bot. 

 Mag., 1. 1154.; and ourj^. 29. 



Sfe P. M. 4 Htimei Ker. Sir A. Hume's Moutan Peony. — Flowers double. 

 Petals of the same colour as those of P. M. Banksii, with a bunch 

 of long petals rising from the middle of the flower. {Do7i's Mill., i. 

 p. 63.) Cultivated in Britain as early as 1817. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., 379. 



