This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Pceonia moutan, and its varieties, are magnificent plants for the front rank in the shrubbery; - for description of them, and modes of culture, see Paeonia, under the head of Bulbous and Tuberous Roots. - See page 68.
 
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