. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 30, THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M W 0 I) 30 Tn SEPT. 30—OCT. 6, 1852. [ Weather London IN 1851. Sun Rises. Sun Sets, Moon ;S. Clnnpmje 377.) GsNEnic CHAnACTEit.—Cahjx below seed-vessel, of five roundisli, concave, reflexed, unequal, j^ennanent leaves. Pc'tah five, roundish, concave, spreading, contracted at the liase, larger than tlie cal}TC. Stamens very numerous; filaments hair-shaped, much shorter than the corolla. Anthers terminal, erect, ohloug, four-sided, of four cells. Germcns from two to
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 30, THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M W 0 I) 30 Tn SEPT. 30—OCT. 6, 1852. [ Weather London IN 1851. Sun Rises. Sun Sets, Moon ;S. Clnnpmje 377.) GsNEnic CHAnACTEit.—Cahjx below seed-vessel, of five roundisli, concave, reflexed, unequal, j^ennanent leaves. Pc'tah five, roundish, concave, spreading, contracted at the liase, larger than tlie cal}TC. Stamens very numerous; filaments hair-shaped, much shorter than the corolla. Anthers terminal, erect, ohloug, four-sided, of four cells. Germcns from two to five or more, stalkless, egg-shaped, downy. Styles no. e. Sliiimtis oblong, curved, compressed, blunt, coloured. Seed-vessels (fullieles) as many as the germens, long egg-shaped, spreading \videly, leatheiy, burst- ing along the inner side. Seeds numerous, oval, polished, ranged along the edges of the folUcle. ; Coral - coloured or Entire - leaved Peony. Description. — Root composed of several oblong, fleshy knoljs, connected together by strings, by wliich they are also attached to the stem. Stems about two feet high, cylindrical, unbranchcd, polished, reddish, leafy. Leaves twice tliree-leatletcd; leallets pomted - oval, usually un- divided, dark shininggreen on upper side, but slightly hoai'y beneath. The uppemiost leaf sometimes has only three leaflets. Flowers crowning the stems, about four inches across, and composed of five or six large, roundish, crimson petals. Anthers yellow. Germens from two to five, joined at their base, covered -with white down, and with purplish stigmas. Seed-vessels reddish, and poUslu-d inside. Seeds roundish, red at first, but changing to purple, and finally to black. Places triiere found,—Old Gerard, in his " Herbal," says— " The male Peony groweth wild upon a cony-berry (rabbit waiTen), in Betsome, being in the parish of Southfleet, in Kent, two miles from Gravesend, and in the ground some time belon
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