HERBACEOUS HARDY CHINESE PjEONIAS. 
These noble plants compete favourably in general effect with the finest hybrid Rhododendrons, whether it 
be in variety of tint, diversity of colour, profusion or duration of bloom. With these qualities, combined to a 
handsome, massive foliage, accommodating habit, and easy culture, you have a plant to occupy the place of, 
or to associate with, the Rhododendron. These Paeonias succeed in any ordinary garden soil, and are equally 
adapted to intermingle with shrubs, or to take their place amongst herbaceous plants in flower borders and wild 
gardens. 
The first flowers are large, massive, and most perfect in outline, the secondary flowers are smaller, very neat, 
and beautiful ; indeed, it would be difficult to conceive a more decorative and generally useful plant, rivalling 
in effect the Rhododendron, and possessing the symmetry and fragrance of the Rose. As a cut flower it is of great 
value, travels admirably, and supplies the utmost variety of shade and colour, from snow-white to the most 
intense crimson. See coloured plates in The Garden, 1880 and 1881. 
Culture. — Trench the ground before planting, as deeply as possible, adding abundance of rotten manure , 
and then mulch the surface with manure. In Summer, if convenient, give a plentiful supply of liquid manure 
twice a week to encourage a rapid development, as it is when the plant is large that it is decorative. The 
Pasony may be planted in any position, but, considering that the flower buds are formed early in Spring, it is 
preferable to grow the plants where the sun's rays do not fall upon them in Spring earlier than 11 or 12 o’clock. 
The editor of The Garden (Mr. William Robinson) suggests beds of Pseonias, associated with Lilies 
and Gladioli, and edged with Plantain Lilies ; the best and most massive of the plain-leaved Plantain Lilies are 
Subcordata grandifiora for light green, Sieboldi for a blue-green, and Ovata for a dark green foliage ; and of 
the variegated-leaved kinds, Viridis marginata, silver-edged, and Glaucescens variegata, golden-variegated foliage. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
tf. d. a. d. 
1541 40 in 40 splendid varieties 63J. to 84 o I 1543 20 in 20 splendid varieties 30*. to 42 o 
1642 30 in 30 ,, ,, 42*. to 63 o | 1644 12 in 12 ,, ,, ...15J., zis. to 30 o 
Purchasers can make their own select ions at the rate of 21 s. per dozen , or 2 s. 6d. each , except where a 
special p> ice is given. All the varieties quoted are first class sorts ; no one need therefore hesitate in selecting the 
colours they prefer , the flowers are sure to please. 
1545 Alba sulphurea, pure white 
1546 Alba superba, white , tinged pink 
1547 Ambroise Verscbaffelt, rich glowing purple , 
rose-scented 
1648 Atro-sanguinea, intense rich purple, golden 
anthers, 3J. 6d. 
1549 Beauty Francai Be, fine rose 
King Street, Covent Garden, 1884.] 
1550 Belle Douaisienne, white, slightly tinged, petals 
laced purple 
1551 Buckli, intense crimson-purple, rose-scented 
1552 Carnea elegans, blush, changing to white, fra- 
grant 
1553 Clarisse, deep rose , rose-scented 
1654 Comte de Paris 
