about the same time as the War at ah. They are of a rich rose colour, 
similar to the Semidouble-red, but are larger, usually measuring three 
inches or more in expansion. The outer petals are roundish cordate, and 
upwards of an inch in diameter; before the flower opens fully, they are 
concave, and arranged regularly in circles over one another. They are 
not numerous, although the flower may always be said to be more than 
semidouble. The centre petals are short, and vary in their form; gene¬ 
rally they are roundish, and a little twisted, as well as marked with dark- 
coloured veins ; and all of them, more or less, have a small white stripe 
in the centre. The stamina are at times perfect, but it is oftener the 
case that they are transformed into small petals, so that the flower alto¬ 
gether resembles a full-blown rose. 
In the Botanical Register, folio 22, it is improperly referred to as 
the Pseony-flowered, a variety which was not introduced until the pre¬ 
sent one was common in the Nurseries about London. The period of 
its introduction to the Kew Garden, is stated in the Botanist’s Reposi¬ 
tory to have been 1808. In the list inserted, on the authority of the 
late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, at the end of Mr. Curtis’s splendid 
Monograph, it is stated not to have been introduced until 1810; but 
the original introducer of it, Mr. Middlemist, Nurseryman, at Shepherd’s 
Bush, informs us that he brought it home for the Kew Garden in 1804. 
Unfortunately, by some mistake, it is printed 1808, in our account of 
this variety in the Horticultural Transactions. 
