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to great advantage the numerouTs varieties, 

 with their rich tints of orange, scarlet, pink, 

 purple, violet and pure white. The plants 

 are large, well grown, and profusely cover- 

 ed with bloom. The varieties which par- 

 ticularly attracted our attention, were A. 

 speciosa, rosea, supcrba, violacea, neriflora, 

 aurantia superba, " the finest orange scarlet, 

 the pride of the Frankfort Seedling," a very 

 beautiful variety ; Copeii, ^c. Additions 

 have recently been made to the collection, 

 by an importation from Germany, via Eng- 

 land, which were received in good order. 

 Some of them are now showing bloom ; of 

 these, we noticed Azalea exquisita, resem- 

 bling A. varicgata, but larger and a more 

 profuse bloomer ; A. optima, " dark scarlet, 

 the best of this colour ;" A. Prince Albert, 

 scarlet, and A. alba insignis, "the largest 

 and best formed white." 



In this apartment we noticed several va- 

 rieties of the new Tree Paoides, of which 

 Mr. W. gave the description from his in- 

 voice, viz: Elizabetha, described as "dark 

 carmine, 9 inches in diameter, full and of 

 regular form;" Van Houiii, "of a darker 

 colour than the former ;" Karl V, " large 

 white, very double and round ;" Rococco, 

 "dark purple, full and fine form;" Tj-i- 

 omphe de Malines, " of a beautiful amaranth 

 colour, shaded with rose, of the most perfect 

 form, an enormous, large, high formed 

 flower." If these varieties equal the de- 

 scription, they must even surpass the mag- 

 nificent flowers exhibited by Mr. W. at the 

 Society's rooms, in the summer of 1845, 

 embracing 15 varieties, and over 100 blooms. 

 In this room, there was a great number of 

 Gladioli, including an invoice of 59 varie- 

 ties. As we enter the second apartment, 

 we have an extended and brilliant view of 

 this unrivalled collection of Camellias, con- 

 sisting of more than 2000 plants, the back 

 range of which is principally composed of 

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very large plants of the Double White, 

 some of them 10 to 12 feet high. One of 

 the most striking varieties is Do7ikelaarii> 

 with large semi-double scarlet crimson flow- 

 ers, spotted with white ; Duchesse d'Orleans, 

 white, striped with rose, of regular fine form ; 

 Teutonia, a very remarkable variety. This 

 variety received a special premium at the 

 great show in Ghent, and was from thence 

 carried to Vienna, where it also received 

 another of like value ; its singularity con- 

 sists in its having, at the same time, flow- 

 ers of pure white, and rose colour, spotted 

 and striped with white. Here, on one plant, 

 we saw white flowers marked with rose, 

 and others deep rose colour ; on another 

 plant they were quite different, being of a 

 deep flesh colour, distinctly ranged through 

 the petals with violet veins ; the flower, a 

 very perfect shape, and considering its 

 sportive character, is truly a desirable vari- 

 ety. One of the most remarkable varieties 

 in the collection, and one on which the eye 

 first rests, is Floyii. Mr. W. owns the old 

 mother or original plant, raised by Mr. Floy, 

 which was purchased many years since at 

 an extravagant price ; it is truly a giant 

 among the Camellias, and is without a pa- 

 rallel as it regards its robust habits. The 

 foliage is most luxuriant and rich ; the 

 branches were bending under the weight 

 of its profuse bloom ; the buds very large 

 and perfect shape ; the flowers of large 

 size, deep rose colour, profusely spotted 

 with white ; its magnificence on the stage 

 cannot be exceeded, but the flowers are too 

 large for bouquets, &c. Eclipse is a favor- 

 ite with us ; flowers red on while ground, 

 and perfectly carnation striped. Punctata; 

 the ground of this flower is flesh colour, 

 beautifully spotted and striped with red. 

 Chandlerii, is a fine old variety, with deep 

 crimson flowers, blotched with white, the 



