. A tour round my garden . Natural history. THE PEONT. 157 The peony was formerly, however, much celebrated; it drove away tempests, broke enchantments, defeated witch- craft, and now and then cured epilepsy. Its name, pcEonia, came from Poeon, a celebrated physician, who employed it to cure Pluto, when wounded by Hercules. The root of the peony, therefore, was not taken lightly; it was at a certain hour of the night, and during a certain phase of the moon; and stiU further, it was necessary to take care not to be observed by the woodpecker, whilst digging it; whoever v/as observed by the wood
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. THE PEONT. 157 The peony was formerly, however, much celebrated; it drove away tempests, broke enchantments, defeated witch- craft, and now and then cured epilepsy. Its name, pcEonia, came from Poeon, a celebrated physician, who employed it to cure Pluto, when wounded by Hercules. The root of the peony, therefore, was not taken lightly; it was at a certain hour of the night, and during a certain phase of the moon; and stiU further, it was necessary to take care not to be observed by the woodpecker, whilst digging it; whoever v/as observed by the woodpecker became blind. The peony is no longer anything but a beautiful and splendid flower, despised by amatem-s, and seldom seen but in poor 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 Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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