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Definition of Paeonies
1. paeony [n] - See also: paeony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paeonies
Literary usage of Paeonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"WILD AND GARDEN paeonies IN AMERICA. By KC DAVIS. ... The plants, commonly called
paeonies, are robust and large-flowered perennial herbs becoming shrubby ..."
2. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1822)
"An Account of seven double Herbaceous paeonies, now cultivated in England. ...
Some of the single paeonies are highly deserving the attention of the ..."
3. American Gardening (1890)
"... lilies and paeonies, which, if set out in the spring, will not bloom the same
year, yield an abundance of blossoms if planted in the fall. ..."
4. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1900)
"We have some large purplish-pink paeonies, .and I want to back up what I said in my
... They have some rose-scented paeonies there that are very grand, ..."
5. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"The best time to plant paeonies is towards the end of winter—say February or ...
It will be seen that paeonies have not a spreading, fibrous root-stock, ..."
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