for the Pearl S. Buck novel Peony novel taxobox name Peony image PaeoniaSuffruticosa7.jpg image caption ... L. subdivision ranks Species. They grow in south of China. Peony or paeony is a name for plant ... summer. Name File Peony closeup.jpg thumb right 225px Peony close up The peony is named after Paeon ... him into the peony flower. ref http www.valentine.gr mythology4 en.php Flowers in Greek Mythology ... Classification File Peonies.jpeg thumb right 225px A cultivated hybrid peony Peonies can be classified ... crosses between tree and herbaceous types. They have the large flowers of a tree peony, but die back ... Botanical Garden IMG 8511.JPG thumb right Paeonia caucasica File Hybrid Tree Peony Paeonia 1.jpg Tree peony thumb right Herbaceous and Itoh peonies are propagated by root division, and sometimes ... 1908 title Peony journal Bulletin volume 259 issue pages 104 publisher Cornell University doi url http books.google.com books?id q4USAAAAYAAJ&pg PA104&dq propagate tree peony division&hl en&ei YsnvTbHgFIu0sAOnrbSICA ... Paeonia bakeri Paeonia broteri Paeonia brownii Brown s Peony Paeonia californica California Peony Paeonia ... Paeonia hirsuta Paeonia intermedia Paeonia japonica Japanese Peony Paeonia kesrouanensis Keserwan District Keserwan Peony Paeonia lactiflora Chinese Peony, known as sh oyao literally most beautiful ref http livinginseason.blogspot.com 2006 06 peony most beautiful.html ref in Chinese, common garden peony Paeonia macrophylla Paeonia mairei Paeonia mascula Balkan Peony Paeonia mlokosewitschii Golden Peony Paeonia obovata Paeonia officinalis European Peony Paeonia parnassica Greek Peony Paeonia ... Paeonia tomentosa Paeonia veitchii Veitch s Peony Paeonia wittmanniana Woody species about 8 species Paeonia decomposita Paeonia delavayi Delavay s Tree Peony Paeonia jishanensis syn. Paeonia spontanea Jishan Peony Paeonia ludlowii Ludlow s Tree Peony Paeonia ostii Osti s Peony Paeonia qiui Qiu s Peony Rock s Peony Paeonia rockii syn. Paeonia suffruticosa subsp. rockii Rock s Peony or Tree Peony ... more details
Tree peony also Tree Peony can refer to any member of the plant genus Paeonia that has a woody habit, including Paeonia delavayi , Delavay s tree peony Paeonia ludlowii , Ludlow s tree peony Paeonia rockii , Rock s tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa , tree peony Plant common name Category Saxifragales Category Garden plants ... more details
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peony , after the flower, the Peony HMS Peony 1915 6 was an Azalea class sloop Azalea class sloop of war sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1919, becoming the mercantile Ardena . HMS Peony K40 6 was a Flower class corvette Flower class corvette launched in 1940 and transferred to the Hellenic Navy Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as the Sachtouris . She was returned in 1951 and scrapped in 1952. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Peony, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Peony in Love image File Peony in Love.jpg 200px author Lisa See cover artist country United States language English language English genre Novel publisher Random House, Inc. release date 2007 media type pages isbn Peony in Love is the fifth of Lisa See s novels. Her previous novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan , and Peony ... summary Peony s father, a wealthy, cultured man with important political contacts, is planning a performance of The Peony Pavilion on his estate. This is seen by many as controversial because the opera ... love. Unfortunately, this is just what happens to Peony. She is deeply moved by the text and performance of The Peony Pavilion , having extensively written about her feelings and reactions to love in her copy of the text. On the evening of the opera performance, Peony accidentally meets a handsome young man. After three nighttime meetings, Peony falls in love, but she also falls into deep despair ... for her is Wu Ren, the man she loves. Most of Peony in Love takes place after Peony s death. Because ... Dynasty violently replaced the Ming Dynasty , details later amplified by Peony s mother. Peony comes ... from the evils of the outside world. Peony shows her enduring love for Ren by her influence on his second and third wives, who add their personal responses to The Peony Pavilion , thus becoming sister wives, although Peony remains first wife. Given the appropriate funeral rites at last, Peony ... in the afterworld. Background In Peony in Love , the opera The Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu , The Three Wives Commentary on The Peony Pavilion , ref Zeitlin, Judith T. Shared Dreams The Story of the Three Wives Commentary on The Peony Pavilion. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , June, 1994, pp ... House Reader s Circle. Peony in Love , p. 287. Random House Trade Paperback Edition, 2008. ref ... into an obsession . ref Author s Note . Peony in Love , p. 275. ref The three wives of Wu Ren in the novel ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2010 Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Peony title orig translator image Image PeonyNovel.jpg 175px image caption 1st edition cover author Pearl S. Buck illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Historical novel publisher John Day Company John Day release date 1948 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn NA preceded by followed by Peony is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1948 . It is a story of China s Kaifeng Jews . Plot introduction Peony is set in the 1850s in the city of K aifeng , in the province of Honan , which was historically a center for K aifeng Jews Chinese Jews . The novel follows Peony, a Chinese bondmaid of the prominent Jewish family of Ezra ben Israel, and shows through her eyes how the Jewish community was regarded in K aifeng at a time when most of the Jews had come to think of themselves as Chinese. The novel contains a hidden love and shows the importance of duty along with the challenges of life. This novel is one that follows the guidelines of Buck s work. The setting is China, religion is involved, and there is an interracial couple David and Kueilan . A prefatory note before the title page tells the reader of the assimilation of the Jews of K aifeng. Today even the memory of their origin is gone. They are Chinese. Not all the 1st editions have the same cover design some have a light blue binding with the title centered in a 3 x 1.5 simple gold imprint on dark blue background, the sun shining on a field, with the title at the top and the authors name at the bottom. Much more is known today 2010 than in Buck s lifetime about the K aifeng Jews . DEFAULTSORT Peony Novel Category 1948 novels Category American historical novels Category Novels by Pearl S. Buck Category 1850s in fiction Category Novels set in China hist novel stub nl Pioenroos roman ... more details
File Kunqu Mudanting Scene.jpg thumb 300px A scene from The Peony Pavilion The Peony Pavilion zh s ..., The Peony Pavilion is distinguished particularly by the play s highly refined and subtle lyrics ... music, the lyrical proses of the Peony Pavilion weave a fabric of nuances and metaphors that elegantly ... pleasure. The Peony Pavilion is a banquet of metaphors, a dance of the imagination and most of all, a celebration ... of The Peony Pavilion directed Chen Shizheng and starring Qian Yi as Du Liniang and Wen Yu Hang ..., announced the United States premiere of a new dance drama production of The Peony Pavilion by the China ... for four performances in early January 2012. Adaptations Recent adaptations of The Peony Pavilion ... in even fewer schools and institutions. Bai Xianyong s adaptation of The Peony Pavilion that premiered ... time to nine. Bai, who had chosen The Peony Pavilion because of its universal message of love ... of Peony Pavilion . ref Youth Edition of Peony Pavilion. ChinaCulture.org. 11 Feb. 2009. Ministry of Culture ... Tang and all the master artists that came before. ref Background to Peony Pavilion. Peony ... china mudanting ref His production of The Peony Pavilion was his way of doing so. Pai Hsien yung Bai Xianyong Hsien yung Pai has also used The Peony Pavilion as inspiration for a short story and a television script. In 1998, The Peony Pavilion inspired a contemporary opera composed ... and Joey Wong , was called Peony Pavilion in English. Though only indirectly ... Luo Ruoying shared the same English title. In 2007, Lisa See s novel Peony in Love was published by Random House. The story s protagonist, Peony, falls in love with a young stranger, and her life ... ballet adaptation of The Peony Pavilion in Beijing. For this adaptation, the play was rewritten by the opera ... in August 2011. ref http www.eif.co.uk peony The Peony Pavilion at the Edinburgh International ... The Peony Pavilion at Sadler s Wells Theatre Sadler s Wells , London, the UK premiere. It was presented ... more details
Infobox amusement park name Peony Park image caption location 7910 Cass Street original br 1620 County Road L last br Omaha location2 Nebraska location3 U.S. opening date 1919 closing date 1994 original closing date 1994 relocated 1999 previous names season owner Carl Jennings slogan The Place to Party homepage Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska . Founded in 1919, over the next seventy five years the convert 35 acre m2 sing on park included ..., C.D. 2001 Jennings, C.D. 2001 Omaha s Peony Park An American Legend. Arcadia Publishing. ref Throughout ... Information. Gale Research. p 350. ref History Peony Park was begun by local entrepreneur Joe Malec ... Rosenfield s neighboring Peony Gardens were established 35 years earlier, in 1884, with convert 25 acre ... cdm4 document.php?CISOROOT opl&CISOPTR 455&REC 5 Peony Gardens , Nebraska Memories ..., the State of Nebraska took Peony Park to district court over its segregated swimming policy. In State of Nebraska v. Peony Park , the court found that under Nebraska Civil Rights Law Peony Park ... the meet because Peony Park barred them from pool. On September 7, 1955, the court fined Peony Park ... North Over Peony Park... 35 Acres of Wooded Playground Omaha from the Air . Retrieved 3 30 08. ref Peony Park was home to three water slide s. In 1983 there was an endurance competition in which the winner, a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha , slid down the four story water slide at Peony ... North Over Peony Park...35 Acres of Wooded Playground Omaha from the Air . Retrieved 3 30 08. ref ... stands throughout. ref name historicomaha.com Peony Park Today The park was put up for sale in 1993 ... officially closed after the 1994 summer season. Today, Peony Park is a strip mall with restaurants ... owners as a tribute. Bibliography Jennings, C.D. 2001 Omaha s Peony Park An American Legend. Arcadia Publishing. Jennings, C.D. 2002 They Call Me Peony A Park Enthusiasts Stroll Down Memory ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove August 2007 original research March 2008 Infobox Book name The Jade Peony title orig translator image Image The Jade Peony.jpg image caption author Wayson Choy illustrator cover artist Jessica Sullivan country Canada language English language English series genre publisher pub date 1995 english pub date media type pages isbn 978 1 55054 468 8 oclc 35138410 preceded by followed by All That Matters novel All That Matters The Jade Peony is a novel by Wayson Choy . It was first published in 1995 by Douglas and McIntyre . The novel features stories told by three siblings, Jook Liang, Jung Sum and Sek Lung or Sekky. Each child tells their own unique story, revealing their personal flaws and differences. Set in Vancouver Vancouver s Chinatown , the novel takes place during the 1930s and 1940s and among other events, explores the ways in which the Chinese and majority of Canadians once viewed the Japanese, especially during Japan s occupation of China during the Second World War and in the events following Pearl Harbor . Other issues dealt with in this novel include the sense of belonging to a nation, and how young children of immigrants felt at this time, trying to find their identity when they were alien residents in Canada, but were not born in the same country as their parents were. They are working to find their identity as Chinese Canadians, and find either embrace being Canadian, or keep the Old China ways alive. This issue becomes especially important in the wake of their grandmother called Poh Poh or the Old One s death. Another issue touched on in this book is sexuality, as one of the characters realizes he has homosexual feelings. The implications ... is a sequel to The Jade Peony . It tells the story of the Jade Peony from the point of view ... books canadareads book jade.html Canada Reads The Jade Peony . ref It did not win, however. Characters ... Peony, The Category 1995 novels Category Novels by Wayson Choy Category Novels set in Vancouver Category ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale book cover Article Peony in Love Use Infobox OPTIONAL FIELDS Title Peony in Love Author Lisa See Publisher Cover artist Website Owner Commentary Year OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability Other information Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
Ship notes USS Peony 1864 was a Steamship steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the final months ... in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864 Peony , formerly the wooden steamer Republic , was purchased ..., Pennsylvania . Participating in the capture of Fort Fisher In January 1865 Peony , Acting Ensign .... Assembling of the fleet by Admiral Porter Peony was one of the more than fifty vessels assembled ... forces 15 January 1865. Final operations of the war The remainder of Peony s wartime service ... Peony Category Ships of the Union Navy Category Steamships of the United States Navy Category Gunboats ... more details
Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship notes otherships HMS Peony HMS Peony was a Flower class ... Navy, Peony escorted convoys. She primarily escorted convoys in home waters, but was sometimes ... by Unterseeboot 559 U 559 which torpedoed the Polish steamer Warszawa . Peony took the stricken ship in tow until another torpedo hit from the U boat doomed the steamer and she sank. Peony and HMS ... Navy In 1943, Peony was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy, where she was re named Sachtouris Greek ... HMS Peony to be transferred to the Hellenic Navy the first was a seaplane tender, which was captured ... Peony, HMS Category Flower class corvettes of the Royal Navy Category Flower class corvettes of the Hellenic ... more details
White Peony and Korean Pot , oil on canvas painting by Raymond Han , 2006, private collection Fair use in Raymond Han Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because This is a historically significant work that could not be conveyed in words. Inclusion is for information, education, and analysis only. Its inclusion in the article s adds significantly to the article s because it shows a major type of work produced by the artist. The image is a low resolution copy of the original work and would be unlikely to impact sales of prints or be usable as a desktop backdrop. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. BetacommandBot Exclude SieBot Exclude STBotI Exclude Non free 2D art ... more details
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taxobox regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Saxifragales familia Paeoniaceae genus Peony Paeonia species P. mairei binomial Paeonia mairei Paeonia mairei is a species peony rare in cultivation. It grows in the mountains of the north of Yunnan and the West of Sichuan provinces of China. The plant reaches about 45cm tall and has rose pink flowers adbout 10cm across, one to each stem. P. mairei blooms in late spring and early summer. ref Peony The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley Whittingstall ISBN 0 297 82424 4 ref References reflist Category Peonies mairei Saxifragales stub ... more details
taxobox regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Saxifragales familia Paeoniaceae genus Peony Paeonia species P. sterniana binomial Paeonia sterniana Paenoia sterniana is a herbaceous peony first collected in the Tsangpo Valley in south east Tibet at an altitude of 3000m. It bears solitary flowers in white, with very delicate petals. This peony is very rare in cultivation. It produces blue seeds in autumn. ref Peonies The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley Whittingstall ISBN 0 297 82424 4 ref References reflist Category Peonies sterniana Saxifragales stub zh ... more details
Paeonia or Paionia may refer to the generic name of the peony the ancient tribe and kingdom of Paeonia kingdom , in today s northern Greece and the Republic of Macedonia Paionia municipality , a municipality in northern Greece dab ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Chan Suet Ying , Peony born August 27, 1985 in Hong Kong is a Chinese Short track speed skating short track speed skater . ref cite web title Hong Kong STSS National Team Chan Suet Ying, Peony url http www.hksu.org index.php?LANG ENG&option com content&task view&id 92&Itemid 104 publisher Hong Kong Skating Union accessdate 2009 01 18 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chan Suet Ying, Peony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chan Suet Ying, Peony Category 1985 births Category Living people HongKong sport bio stub Speedskating bio stub ... more details
taxobox image Paeonia delavayi1b.UME.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Saxifragales familia Paeoniaceae genus Peony Paeonia species P. delavayi binomial Paeonia delavayi binomial authority Franch. Paeonia delavayi , Delavay s tree peony , is a species of peony that is named after Pierre Jean Marie Delavay . It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony . P. delavayi was first described by Adrien Ren Franchet in 1892. ref name IPNI IPNI id 2869 1 accessdate 13 August 2009 ref References Reflist External links Commons inline Paeonia delavayi Paeonia delavayi Category Peonies delavayi Category Plants described in 1892 Saxifragales stub fr Paeonia delavayi la Paeonia delavayi pl Piwonia Delavaya ru sv Sm buskpion ... more details
K40 may refer to Toyota K40 transmission INS Veer K40 , the lead ship of her class of corvettes, currently in active service with the Indian Navy HMS Peony K40 an isotope of potassium Letter NumberCombDisambig ... more details
italic title taxobox name Rock s Peony image Paeonia suffruticosa 03.jpg image caption Paeonia rockii flower regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Saxifragales familia Paeoniaceae genus Peony Paeonia species P. rockii binomial Paeonia rockii binomial authority S.G.Haw & Lauener T.Hong & J.J.Li synonyms Paeonia suffruticosa subsp. rockii Rock s peony or Rock s tree peony Paeonia rockii , also Paeonia suffruticosa subsp. rockii ref http www.backyardgardener.com plantname pda e033.html Paeonia suffruticosa Rockii Peony ref is a woody species of peony that was named after Joseph Rock . It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony disambiguation page , and is native to the mountain s of midwestern China , mainly in Gansu and adjoining provinces. In Chinese language Chinese , it is known as pinyin m d n or pinyin m d n p , and its flower is called pinyin m d n hu . It became the unofficial state flower national flower of China following a nationwide referendum in 1994. Uses Paeonia rockii is cultivated as an ornamental plant in Asia and the west. Like Paeonia lactiflora , another Chinese peony species, it is used as a herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine . ref name Halda cite book last Halda first Josef J. coauthors James W. Waddick title The Genus Paeonia publisher Timber Press date 2004 pages 196 205 isbn 9780881926125 url http books.google.com books?id mDLASKInbjgC&pg PA196 ref Rockii hybrids Tree peony Hybrid biology hybrids with Paeonia rockii as one parent are called Rockii hybrids . In China there are several cultivar cultivar groups of these hybrids, called Gansu Mudan and Zhongyuan Mudan , or North West Chinese cultivar group. The European grown Suffruticosa Group Paeonia suffruticosa also belongs here. Notes references External links http www.epeony.com rockii 20tree 20peony.htm Chinese Rockii Tree Peony http www.baumpfingstrosen.de en Rockii Tree Peony ... more details
italic title taxobox name Wild Peony image Paeonia mascula subsp. rusii 6.jpg image caption from Sardinia regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Saxifragales familia Peony Paeoniaceae genus Peony Paeonia species P. mascula binomial Paeonia mascula binomial authority L. Mill. subdivision ranks Species The Wild Peony Paeonia mascula also known as the Male or Balkan Peony and sometimes referred to by the synonym Paeonia corallina ref name ibib Citation title Plants For A Future Paeonia mascula url http www.ibiblio.org pfaf cgi bin arr html?Paeonia mascula accessdate 2008 05 14 ref is a species of peony . A herbaceous perennial plant 0.5 1.5 metres tall, the Wild Peony has leaves which are divided into three segments and large red flowers in late spring and early summer. Native to China , Italy , Morocco , Spain , Greece , Turkey , Lebanon and Israel ref name ibib this wild peony has become naturalised on two small islands in the UK ... Citation title The Peony Society Wild Species url http www.peonysociety.org.uk index.php?module pagemaster&PAGE ... soils although and most peonies can grow in heavy clay soil. The Wid Peony prefers acid and neutral soils, can grow in semi shade and tolerates drought. ref name ibib The Wild Peony was introduced ... accessed 2008 05 08 ref . Flowering Cycle Image Flat Holm Wild Peony 1a.jpg thumb left Wild Peony ... are the only known place in the UK where the Wild Peony has naturalised. The likely reason for this is that the islands ... of Wild Peony were ground to a powder and used to treat colds and sore throats. ref cite web ... M.Grieve ref . Etymology The peony is named after Paeon god Paeon , a physician to the gods who obtained the plant on Mount Olympus from the mother of Apollo. According to the legend, the peony needed ... title The Language of Flowers publisher year 1990 ref . Gallery gallery Image Wild Peony going to seed.jpg A Wild Peony going to seed Image Wild Peony seed pods.jpg Wild Peony seed pods known as jester ... more details
P. brownii may refer to Paeonia brownii , the Brown s peony or native peony, a herbaceous perennial flowering plant species native to the western United States Parsonsia brownii , the twining silkpod or mountain silkpod, a woody vine species found in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia See also Brownii Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
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