See also:

• PAEONY (botanically Paeonia; Nat. ord. Ranunculaceae q.v.)

PAEONY (botanically See also:

• PAEONIA

Paeonia; Nat. ord. See also:

• RANUNCULACEAE

Ranunculaceae q.v.)  a genus of See also:

• PLANTS

plants remarkable for their large and gorgeous See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . There are two distinct sets, one the strong-growing herbaceous See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, with fleshy roots and See also:

• ANNUAL

annual stems, derived mainly from See also:

• PAEONIA

Paeonia albiflora and P. officinalis; the other called the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree See also:

• PAEONY (botanically Paeonia; Nat. ord. Ranunculaceae q.v.)

paeony, stiff-growing plants with See also:

• HALF

half-woody permanent stems, which have sprung from the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese P . Moutan . The herbaceous paeonies usually grow from 2 to 3 ft. in height, and have large much-divided leaves, and ample flowers of varied and attractive See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, and of a globular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double varieties which are those most prized in gardens . They usually blossom in May and See also:

• JUNE

June, and as ornaments for large beds in See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure grounds, and for the front parts of shrubberies, few flowers equal them in gorgeous effect . A See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good moist loamy See also:

• SOIL

soil suits them best, and a moderate See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of manure is beneficial . They are impatient of frequent transplantings or repeated divisions for purposes of See also:

• PROPAGATION

propagation, but when necessary they may be multiplied by this means, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in autumn, care being taken that a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound bud is attached to each portion of the tuberous roots . The older varieties of P. albiflora include candida, See also:

• FESTA, CONSTANZO (c. 1495–1545)

festa, fragrans, Humei, Reevesii, rubescens, vestalis, Whitleyi, &c.; those of P. officinalis embrace albicans, anemoniflora, Baxteri, blanda, resat, See also:

• SABINI

Sabini, &c . The See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden varieties of See also:

• MODERN

modern times are, however, still more beautiful, the flowers being in many instances delicately tinted with more than one See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, such as See also:

• BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

buff with bronzy centre, See also:

• CARMINE

carmine with yellowish centre, See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose with See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange centre, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white tinted with rose, &c . The Siberian P. tenuifolia, with finely cut leaves and See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson flowers, is a graceful border plant, and its double-flowered variety is perhaps the most elegant of its See also:

• RACE

race . The Moutans or tree paeonies are remarkable for their sub-shrubby See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, forming vigorous plants sometimes attaining a height of 6 to 8 ft., and producing in May magnificent flowers which vary in colour from white to See also:

• LILAC

lilac, See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• MAGENTA

magenta, See also:

• VIOLET

violet and rose . These are produced on the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young shoots, which naturally bud forth early in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and are in consequence liable in See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak localities, unless protected, to be cut off by spring frosts .

They require to be thoroughly ripened in summer, and therefore a hot See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season and a dryish situation are desirable for their well-being; and they require perfect. See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest during See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . Small plants with a single See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, if well matured so as to ensure their blossoming, make very attractive plants when forced . They are increased by grafting in See also:

• LATE

late summer or autumn on the roots of the herbaceous paeonies . The yellow-flowered tree .paeony (P. lutea) was introduced from See also:

• CHINA

China in 1887, but is still very rare . There are hundreds of names given to the colour See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations of both the herbaceous and tree paeonies, but as these have only a fleeting See also:

• INTEREST

interest it is better to consult current catalogues for the latest types .