(1831)  Page(s) tab 1456.  Includes photo(s).
 
The Semi-double Tree Paeony. Garden Variety...
For an opportunity of figuring this beautiful variety of the Tree Paeony we are indebted to the Earl of Mountnorris, by whom it was raised from seed, and who supplied us with specimens from his rich collection at Arley Hall in May last.
It is thus spoken of in the Horticultural Transactions, where it is described by Mr. Sabine under the name of P. Moutan, carnea plena.
"The seedlings which I mentioned at the commencement of this paper were raised in the Garden of the Earl of Mountnorris, at Arley Hall, in Worcestershire; the seeds were from the Banksii, and were sown seven years ago. In the year after they were sown, three plants came up. One is a very distinct variety; the two others approach each other so nearly, that they will not perhaps be considered sufficiently different to be separated, except by very nice observers. As the flowers of those now to be described are the first they have produced, it is probable that they will very much improve in size hereafter. The plant of Banksii, which produced the capsules from which the seeds were gathered, grew close to a Papaveracea; and from the characters of the flowers of their produce, I am disposed to think that they are derived from the pollen of the latter.— Paeonia Moutan; Carnea Plena. I have given this name to the first of the two plants, which I have stated are nearly similar to each other; the difference between them principally consists in the ground colour of the petals, which in this is of a delicate purplish pink. The blossoms are large, very double, with a great resemblance in character and appearance to those of Banksii, except that they are less, more compact, and that they are without the central elongated petals which sometimes in that variety appear to rise from amongst the germens. I think, however, some disposition towards this is observable in the specimens I have examined of the other variety. The petals in both are also generally smaller, and more abundant than in the Banksii; they also have a rich purple rayed spot at the base of every petal: these spots are exactly similar to those in the flower of Papaveracea, except that they are smaller. From the fulness of the blossom, these spots are not so strikingly observable as in the Papaveracea. In the variety now under notice the germens are numerous, and are at first covered with a purple membrane, that subsequently bursts."
To this we have to add, that Mr. Sabine's expectations of the flowers improving in beauty have been realised; and that this deserves to rank among: the finest of the varieties of the beautiful species to which it belongs.
In the Gardens, where it is at present extremely rare, it is called "the double Papaveracea Раeony"—a name we are obliged to alter, because it is a variety of P. Moutan, and not of P. papaveracea.
J. L. [John Lindley]

(1831)  Page(s) tab 1438.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Clare Garden Variety. This was sent from Italy by the gentleman whose name it bears, with several other very beautiful Roses. Its exact origin is not known to us. It has now for several years been growing against a west wall in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, but it does not appear likely to exceed the stature of five or six feet.
The great beauty of the variety consists in its constant flowering, and the deep rich crimson of its petals; besides which, its foliage is of a rich deep green, evergreen, and not more affected by cold than that of the common China. One would think it a hybrid between Rosa indica and Rosa sempervirens, if either of those species possessed the deep tint found in its flowers; in that respect it agrees with R. semperflorens, but there is nothing else in its habit to indicate such parentage. In its styles it conforms to Rosa sempervirens, of which it ought perhaps to be considered a domesticated variety.
It strikes freely from cuttings. J.L.

(1831)  Page(s) tab 1436.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paeonia albiflóra; var. Póttsii. Garden Variety...
This splendid plant originated in China, from which country it was brought in 1822, to the Horticultural Society, by the late Mr. John Potts, after whom Mr. Sabine, then Secretary to the Society, named it.
It is by far the handsomest of the varieties of P. albiflora, and, indeed, of the whole genus. At present it is extremely scarce; but it multiplies as freely as the other kinds, and will, no doubt, be soon more common. It flowers rather before P. albiflora fragrans and Humei, and later than P. albiflora Whitleii. J. L. [John Lindley]