aggeration in them, that they may produce effect by- 
size and gaudy colouring, to excite the astonishment 
of those unacquainted with the practice. In the 
instance, however, of the Paeony now figured, we 
have been dependent on a drawing- of it made in 
France — at Liege ; where, we believe, the plant was 
raised. A fine engraving of it has been introduced 
to the notice of the florists of England, by M. Jacob 
Makoy, nurseryman of Liege ; and plants have 
been purchased at a high price, on the faith of the 
representation. Our figure is a faithful reduction 
of that of M. Makoy, and is one-fifth of the size ; 
hence it will be seen that the full size of the flower 
is more than six inches across. It was named 
merely PaBonia festiva, but as it is an undoubted 
descendant from edulis, or albiflora as it is some- 
times called, we have affixed its proper specific 
name, with the minor distinctive term, festiva. It 
is, doubtless, one of the most splendid herbaceous 
Paeonies ever introduced to our gardens — a rival 
of the finest varieties of moutan. 
It may not be uninteresting to some of our 
readers to know that seeds may be obtained from 
many of the double Paeonies, provided their stig- 
mas be fertilized with the pollen of a single variety. 
This genus seems to offer great temptation to 
hybridizers. Ere long we may, probably, see 
flowers of the mixed character of the bold crimson 
officinal Paeony, with the delicate albiflora festiva, 
or albiflora Whitlejii, eclipsing all other denizens 
of the garden. The Messrs. Pope, of the Hands- 
worth Nursery, have obtained plants of Festiva, 
from Liege. 
