. The book of the peony. Peonies. "^Thedtfcription. There is another kinde of Peionic {^:.\\zAo{Doior.^u>P^oma filurs, but of P.« p^,,,:. ^r.^//«./f««.„,..:,nEnghftMa,dcnorV,)thac,,uothecommon(emalc ,c,lau,ng that h,s eaues and flowers arc much toaller, and the ftalkes iTiortet, and bcarcch red flowers,3ndfccde alio like the former. "«icui ' ''l'"' 'f'^'Tr""" ?"V^°"^°" gardens another fort bearing flowers of a pale whitid, colour very fingle,refcmbhng the female w>lde ,in other relpeas'hke ilie doub^ white Peio
. The book of the peony. Peonies. "^Thedtfcription. There is another kinde of Peionic {^:.\\zAo{Doior.^u>P^oma filurs, but of P.« p^,,,:. ^r.^//«./f««.„,..:,nEnghftMa,dcnorV,)thac,,uothecommon(emalc ,c,lau,ng that h,s eaues and flowers arc much toaller, and the ftalkes iTiortet, and bcarcch red flowers,3ndfccde alio like the former. "«icui ' ''l'"' 'f'^'Tr""" ?"V^°"^°" gardens another fort bearing flowers of a pale whitid, colour very fingle,refcmbhng the female w>lde ,in other relpeas'hke ilie doub^ white PeiorSe AI1 u r rr, '^ rhepkce. All the forts of Pcionics do grow in our London gardens,cxcept that double Pcionir , K" flowers,which we do cxpcd from the lowe countries of Flaunder. "'' ''^'"' The male Peionie growcth wilde vpon a conie beirp in the D-,rifh of <:„„(, -n, ^ • .. * The time, I hey flower in May,the fcede is ripe in lulv. ^^^^iS^^^^l^l^::^^ nndD«.t^..i„n,ops.^./.: u, delmonu: in En£ P 'mT-Vt^^^ C^aOblOC'tim: m French ?.no.„c: in ipanilli R,fr ,ox Lur,,rTZ„.l '"^"ybaftardenames, as Rcfs fatu,r,..HnkaCap, of n,:::;r:n;-,t 7- v.»uvu intKi uictjtua; which agreeth with the female Peionie, PAGE FROM GERARD'S HERBAL, PUBLISHED IX ENGLAND IN 1597 The botanical names are somewhat primitive and are no longer used. "Female Peony" was a name for P. officinalis. "Male Peony" was a name for P. corallina. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harding, Alice Howard. Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott company
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