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fine, as is also Corallina; the colour of both these is splendid. (31) 

 1 never could understand why this variety was called Dahliaflora. 

 It is of much the same colour with the two last named, but smaller, and 

 has not the most remote resemblance to a Dahlia. Eximia is rich in 

 colour, and finely imbricated ; but with me is a very shy bloomer. 

 Imbricata on the contrary is loaded with noble flowers, continuing 

 long in beauty. Bruceana and Bealii are two most beautiful varie- 

 ties, distinguished by the cupped form of their flowers, resembling a 

 large expanding Rose ; Bruceana is the deepest in colour. Palmer's 

 Perfection is finely-formed, and veined; but the colour, a dull crimson, 

 is deficient in brightness. With me it is often streaked with regular 

 rays, in the way of Carswelliana (57), which, though of lighter 

 colour, ought perhaps to have been placed under this section rather 

 than 



Sect. IV. 



Queen Victoria (5S) is another beautifully radiated variety. But 

 of this pink section, the chief pride and ornament is Low's Miniata 

 (54), which should have, in my opinion, borne the name of Exqui- 

 sita rather than the other, though that also is very beautiful. But 

 the term Miniata has the double disadvantage of being previously 

 anticipated by an inferior variety, and of not accurately describing 

 the colour. Minium means red lead, vermilion, and might with 

 propriety have been employed to designate the hue of (33) Caroline. 

 But that of Low's Miniata is a glowing pink, as beautiful as can be 

 imagined. 



" Such orient colour smiles through heaven, 

 When May's sweet mornings break." 



In form this charming flower resembles Humei, but far more deli- 

 cately arranged , and take it all in all, I hold it to be the most perfect 

 Camellia extant ; the figure in Paxtons Magazine bears no resem- 

 blance to it. Messrs. Low have indeed been fortunate in raising 

 five such varieties as their Alba imbricata, Sovereign, Jubilee, Exqui- 

 sita, and Miniata. 



The fragrance which distinguishes Myrtifolia will always secure 

 it a place in every collection, and, when well-grown, the flowers are 

 finely-formed and beautifully shaded. 47, 48, 49, 52, are beautiful 

 rose-colours of different shades, and of fine form when well expanded ; 

 but with me, flowering early in the season, the centre petals are apt 

 to remain rolled up in a hard cone, and to fall off unopened. 46, 

 Lefevriana, is more free in this respect. 45, Chandleri elegans, 44, 

 Marchioness of Exeter, and 43, Invincible, are nearly as large in the 

 diameter of the flower as Reticulata, and more double ; they are all 

 three very similar in the colour, size, and structure of the flower, 

 and are very showy. 59 and 6U, Sect. V., form beautiful contrasts to 

 each other, the one a white, striped and spotted with different shades 

 of crimson ; the other, a rich red, spotted all over with clear white. 

 Nothing can be more striking than a pair of these bloomed at the 

 same time, and placed side by side. 



I shall now conclude my remarks on the Camellia, which, con- 



