Paeonia officinalis

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paeonia officinalis, Linn. (P.fulgida, Sabine). Fig. 2724. St. stout, 2-3 ft. high, 1 -headed: lvs. dark above, pale beneath, the lowest more divided than the others, having 15-20 oblong-lanceolate lfts., 1 in. or more broad: outer sepals leaflike; petals dark crimson, l 1/2-2 in. broad, obovate; stigmas crimson, recurved: follicles 2-3, becoming 1 in. long. May, June. Eu. One of the old forms in gardens. B.M. 1784. Gn. 53, p. 233.— By some combined with P. peregrina.

Var. albo-plena, Hort. Fls. double, white tinged with red. Gn. 19:14. Garden forms are given trade names, as: anemonaeflora, crimson, globular fls., with a mass of twisted crimson stamens, edged with yellow. A.G. 17:663. Gn. 31:512; blanda, pale pink; lobata, lvs. distinctly lobed: fls. cerise-salmon, a very unusual color. Gn. 79, p. 351; rosea, rich deep rose; Sabini, rich deep crimson petals and yellow stamens. L.B.C.

Var. festiva, Tausch. Fls. white, with red centers. Native of Eu.

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