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the kinds are fragrant, particularly in the evening. The species is a native of Siberia beyond the lake Baican. 
It was introduced in 1 784 by the Eussian traveller Pallas. It flowers in May and June. It may be propagated 
by cuttings of the root, or by seeds, which it produces in great abundance ; and as the seedlings vary very much 
and easily hybridise with each other, a great many varieties may be produced. 
2.— PJEONIA ANOMALA, Lin. THE ANOMALOUS OR CUT-LEAVED P.EONY. 
Synonymes. — p. hcioiata, Pall. ; the jagged-leaved Siberian 
Paeony. 
Engrjviugs Bot. Mag. t. 1754. 
Specific Character. — Carpels five, smooth, depressed, obtuse ; 
segments of leaves smooth, pinnatifid ; lobes lanceolate, acuminated. 
(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This paeony, though not remarkable for its beauty, is worth cultivating for its singularity. 
It has generally five capsules instead of four, which spread out in a star-like manner ; the root is very large, and 
spreading in tuberous branches, which are often a foot long, and which smell like the Florentine Iris, or, as it is 
commonly called, Orrice-root. The species is a native of Siberia, whence it was introduced in 1788 ; yet, though 
a native of so cold a country, it frequently perishes in the winter in this country ; but probably more from damp 
than cold. It is most likely on account of the difficulty of preserving it through the winter, that this species is 
now so rarely to be met with ; as its flow^ers are not sufficiently showy to make it worth while to take up its 
tuberous roots, and to preserve them during winter, like those of the Dahlia. 
3.— PiEONIA TENUIFOLIA, Lin. THE FINE-LEAVED P^ONY. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 926 ; Svvt. Brit. Flow. Gard., 2d series, I Specific Character. — Carpels tomentose, spreading. Leaves hi- 
t. 345; and our Jig. 3 in Plate 12. j tcrnate, many-parted, smooth ; segments linear, very narrow, acute. 
Description, &c. — Tlie species of this flower grows naturally in the Ukraine, and indeed throughout the 
south of Russia, generally near precipices, or on the steep banks of rapid streams ; and it was introduced in 1765. 
The single-flowered kind has been, however, quite outshone by the extraordinary richness of a double-flowered 
variety, which was introduced from the south of Kussia in 1824, and which is certainly one of the most splendid 
kinds ofpseonies in our gardens. Both the species and variety are quite hardy, and will grow freely in any 
common garden soil, though they succeed best in a light loam. They are very ornamental, even when 
not in flower, from the feathery lightness of the foliage, which is particularly striking, from the great contrast it 
affords to the ordinary foliage of thepeeony. 
4.— P.S;ONIA HYBRIDA, Pall. THE HYBRID PAONY. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1208 ; and out Jig. 4 in Plate 12. 
Specific Character. — Carpels recurved, pubescent. Leaves many-parted ; segments linear, acuminate, glabrous. Flower drooping. 
Description, &c. — The leaves of this species appear at first sight to bear so close a resemblance to those of 
P. tenui/olia, as to induce some botanists to suppose it only a variety of that species ; while others, including 
Pallas, have supposed it a hybrid between P. tenuifoUa and P. anomala ; and hence its specific name. Dr. 
Lindley, however, thinks it a distinct species ; and it does indeed appear very distinct from P. tenui/olia in 
many respects. In the first place, the flowers of P. hybrida arc nodding, and those of P. tenui/olia erect ; 
secondly, the flower of P. hybrida is placed on a long peduncle, which raises it high above the leaves ; while 
that of P. tenui/olia has the leaves rising above it, and is almost hidden by them ; and lastly, the leaves of 
P. hybrida are broader than those of P. tenui/olia, and much more gracefully drooping. Professor Pallas, who 
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