. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). P^dNIA THE BULB BOOK P^OJJIA much-divided ornamental leaves, and large beautiful flowers, which in the natural single varieties have five sepals, five to ten petals, and two to five carpels, seated on a fleshy- Fig. 289.—Pseony, showing tuberous roots, stems, and buds. (^.) With the exception of the woody or shrubby
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). P^dNIA THE BULB BOOK P^OJJIA much-divided ornamental leaves, and large beautiful flowers, which in the natural single varieties have five sepals, five to ten petals, and two to five carpels, seated on a fleshy- Fig. 289.—Pseony, showing tuberous roots, stems, and buds. (^.) With the exception of the woody or shrubby Tree Paeony (P. Moutan), and perhaps the yellow-flowered P. lutea, all other kinds of Pseonies are herbaceous in character; that is to say, the flower-stems are not woody and persistent, but soft or herbaceous, and die down each winter. There are several natural species of PsBonia referred to below, but they are quite eclipsed by the numerous gorgeous garden varieties that have been raised by crossing and inter- crossing forms of P. albiflora and P. officinalis, P. peregrina, and P. tenuifolia, by British and continental growers. Herbaceous Pseonies are excellent plants for the borders, beds, shrubberies, rockeries, and are not only prized for their magnificent blossoms but also for their foliage, which early in the year assumes brilliant coppery-crimson and purple hues. Some of the commoner varieties are grown extensively in the market-gardens round London beneath the fruit-trees, and the cut flowers sometimes realise good prices. Herbaceous Pseonies are easily grown. They like a rich and rather heavy soil that has been deeply dug or trenched and well enriched with decayed manure. The ground should be kept free from weeds by hoeing, and every autumn a top-dressing of well-rotted manure ivill be beneficial. The best time to plant or trans- plant herbaceous Pseonies is in early autumn—September or October. As growth takes place early in the year, that is a bad time to move
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