Show gs name peony traced to legend of mythology to in the days of the greek gods and goddesses the peony arst came to the he worlds attention leto apollos moth er cr was the one to introduce it apollo was known as the god of healing and his son bon was the god of medicine it seems that a pupil of named was the physician physIc inn of the gods and to him leto first save gave the plant which he be employed to cure pluto of a wound received at the hands of hercules during the trojan war the fact that his pupil could surpass him in effecting such a cure made angry with the result he attempted to kill but pluto tn in debated to for hla his own life res rea cued the physician of mount olympus olymp us from denti by changing him into the plant that had saved its his life until this day that thai plant bears paeans name and Is known to us as the peony tito th history of the peony in china and japan Is of a sentimental nature fittingly enough the words sho yo meaning beautiful were applied to the herbaceous peony while the tree peony held sway as the king of F lowers flowers K kansas ansas city star |