Um livro para celebrar a abertura da primeira peónia no jardim.
The light and the dark, the red and the white, should be spaced apart;
The early and the late should likewise be planted in due order.
My desire is, throughout the four seasons, to bring wine along,
And to let not a single day pass whithout some flower opening.
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), autor do primeiro tratado sobre o cultivo de peónias
Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane - Peonies. The Imperial Flower. London: Seven Dials, 2000.