[JSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



PL CLVIII. 



CAMELLIA DON PEDRO. 



nat. ord. TERNSTRCEMIAGE^E. 

 name, and the GENERIC and SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, see Endlicher, Genera plantarum, 



RIETY : A plant of the first rank, with stout branches, supporting large, thick, broadly oval, 

 Wtly mucronate leaves. Flowers admirable, imbricated, regular, with rounded oval, orbicular, 

 te distant, fleshy petals, of a beautiful white, here and there faintly painted with longitudinal 

 from seeds in Portugal. 



igurod in the Illustration Horticole is already legion. We may add that it is a noble 

 hink it will not be without use to pass them again in review before our readers. The 

 i' found by reference to the general index, published at the end of 1873. 



II MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMELLIAS, FIGURED IN THE i ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. . 



Carlotta Peloso. Flower very large, brilliant scarlet red with broad 



flakes of white ; imbrication perfect. 

 Caterina Rossi. Delicate rose, streaked with purple; imbrication 



Clodia. Flower large, bright crimson, with distant whitish stripes. 

 Comte de Toll. Good form ; delicate rose, veined with carmine and 



n>M- striped with I Comtesse Pasolini. Delicate fresh rose, passing into pure white at the 



circumference ; a free bloomer. 

 ied with a deeper Constantin Tretiakoff. White ground tinged with rose, deeper towards 



als oblong deeply Contessa Tozzoni. Flower regularly imbricated; pretty bright rose, 

 I having a broad, j shading off to almost pure white towards the margin of the petals. 

 >f which gives the Cora L. Barton. Pure white ground finely striped with delicate rose. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



no of the recent I brought together by Webb, who made a gift of it to the gay 



ngniart coinnm- Tuscan capital. The bust of this erudite and generous bota- 



> indigenous to nist will bo inaugurated upon the occasion of the forthcom- 



all refer to this ing Horticultural and Botanical Congress, in the same hall, 



u that eighteen j indeed, where the treasures he collected while living, are 



been discovered , preserved. New glass-houses have been erected in the annex 



g the Cocoa-nut of the botanic Garden, and on the other side of the covered 



>e an introduced walk of Boboli Gardens. Already some new plants have been 



he whole of the installed in these houses, so remarkable for the curious old 



i 'iv distributed specimens of different plants they contain. Here, amongst 



: the old genus other curiosities may be seen the finest collection of strong 



i: AV»//o,,v/.s and specimens of various Plumiera that exists in Europe. The 

 plants are covered with a profusion of bloom every year. 



<b. The latest j The locality of the Exhibition will be magnificent. It is 



ll( ' ,n '< > that the the new Market, a superb edifice, recently built. The Com- 



J'liig pushed on nnttee and President are working most assiduously in the 



' Ms <n °, m I'tvparation ot programmes, competitions, arrangements 



'.'' VU,r< ln,m lor t!l( ' Coll S r ess, Botanical excursions, etc., etc. We are 



,',1^ VlT^''-'' I"'" 1111 ^' 1 ;l notice on the Botany of Florence, wich will 



'I'*' 'j! ! "' t:!mr '"' ^tiemly interesting. In a word, M. Parlatore scarcely 



