PjEO'NIA ED'ULIS. 
Var. spectabilc. 
EATABLE-ROOTED PjEON Y. 
Class. 
POLYANDUIA. 
Order. 
DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCULACE/E. 
Hybrid 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration, 
Introduced 
Origin. 
3 feet. 
June. 
Perenuial. 
in 1840. 
No. 843. 
The newly-introduced Paeonies afford so much 
splendour in the garden, and that at a season 
somewhat previous to its chief gaiety, that we 
have been tempted to publish another variety, 
which also has been lately brought from the 
continent. It is, too, we believe, the largest flower- 
ing herbaceous Paeony hitherto brought to Great 
Britain, and, as Gerard would say, a gallant plant, 
and sweet withal. The impropriety of the name 
albi flora, or white-flowered, applied to this species, 
is sufficiently palpable. The odour of the variety 
called fragrans is that of the rose ; this more 
nearly resembles that of the hawthorn. 
With the species from which our drawing was 
made, we were favoured by the Messrs. Pope and 
Sons, of Handsworth, whose nursery usually in- 
cludes most of the desirable novelties, in the hardy 
class of plants. It is said to have been raised 
from seed, in Belgium, and thence sent to this 
country, two or three years ago. 
Strong soil is the best suited to Paeonies; it is 
favourable both to the size and number of their 
flowers. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 1, 66. 
