牡丹为中国固有特产花卉之一。它雍容华贵,富丽大方,一向被誉为“国色天香”、“花中之王”,特别受到人们的喜爱。并视牡丹为人间幸福和平、繁荣昌盛的象征。牡丹根皮还是名贵的中药材。喻衡教授继《曹州牡丹》、《荷泽牡丹》出版之后,一如既往,继续研究,不断积累新的材料,最近又写成《中国牡丹》一书,已被上海科技出版社列入出版计划。本书是作者从事中国牡丹研究三十多年来的工作总结。他系统地总结了我国一千多年来的牡丹栽培历史·品种演化·栽培技术以及在人工栽培条件下以创造新品种的论证。本书主要内容有:中国牡丹的由来和发展,牡丹生态习性和生物学特征,历代牡丹品种,演化和分类,繁殖方法,栽培技术和应用,新品种选育和命名;还对中国牡丹引种南移问题、中国牡丹在世界各地以及今后发展趋向等问题作了论述。 Peony is one of the unique flower products in China. It is elegant, rich and generous, has always been hailed as “aroma”, “King of flowers”, especially by people’s favorite. And treat Peony as a symbol of happiness, prosperity and prosperity on earth. Peony root bark is still expensive Chinese herbal medicines. Following the publication of “Caozhou Peony” and “Heze Peony”, Professor Yu Heng continued to study and accumulate new materials as usual, and recently wrote “Peony of China”, which has been included in the publication plan by Shanghai Science and Technology Press. This book is the summary of the work done by the author in the research of peony in China for over thirty years. He systematically summed up the history of peony cultivation in China for more than a thousand years, the evolution and cultivation techniques, and the demonstration of creating new varieties under artificial cultivation conditions. The main contents of this book are: the origin and development of Chinese peony, the ecological habits and biological characteristics of peony, peony varieties, evolution and classification, breeding methods, cultivation techniques and applications, breeding and naming of new varieties; Shift issue, the Chinese peony around the world and the future development trend and other issues were discussed.