. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. PART III DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Numbers in parenthesis in the keys and descriptions which follow refer to the figures. Bracketed information refers to methods of propagation. Paebnia. The Peonies form one of the most popular groups of plants. They are almost entirely large-ilowered herbaceous perennials, though one species is shrubby and, therefore, to be included in our book. This is called Tkee Peonv Figs. (1) and (2) — Paeonia Moutdn, — growing to the. Fig. 1. —Tree Peony. Fig. 2.—Tree Peony. height of 3 to 8 feet wit
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. PART III DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Numbers in parenthesis in the keys and descriptions which follow refer to the figures. Bracketed information refers to methods of propagation. Paebnia. The Peonies form one of the most popular groups of plants. They are almost entirely large-ilowered herbaceous perennials, though one species is shrubby and, therefore, to be included in our book. This is called Tkee Peonv Figs. (1) and (2) — Paeonia Moutdn, — growing to the. Fig. 1. —Tree Peony. Fig. 2.—Tree Peony. height of 3 to 8 feet with large alternate smooth pale-colored feather-divided (pinnate) leaves with irregularly cut and notched blades, as shown in the illustrations. The flowers are six or more inches broad, often double and of many colors — white, pink, rose, sometimes blotched and striped. One variety of this, the Poppy Peony—papaverJicea, — is white with a dark red center and has thin poppy-like petals. The fruit in the single 57. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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