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P aeonia su ffruticosa . A very large specimen of tree 
peony7 having 75 flowers of a "beautiful "blush-rosy color. 
The plant is between fifty and sixty years of age and tho 
an old stalk dies off at times, new ones come up again every 
year. The Chinese hold these old "Mootan", as they call 
tliem, in very high esteem. (Meyer.) 
Neg. Ho. 13300, Yu chuan temple, near Tang yang, Hupeh, 
China, April 12, 1917. 
December 31, 1917. 
