68 MISCELLANY OF NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



Descriptive Catalogue ok New Camellias (continued from page 44) 



Feastii, very large, imbricate formed petals, and superb shape ; white spotted, 



and striped with rose. 

 Felicita, delicate rose ; very handsome. 

 Frosti, imbricate, deep red, shaded with purple. A very abundant bloomer, and 



one of the most superb. 

 General Washington, imbricate, white, blotched and striped with beautiful rose ; 



very beautiful. 

 Globe Crimson, fine rich crimson. 

 Gloria delie Isole Borromee, imbricate, the centre beautiful rose, spotted with 



red, and edged with white ; very fine. 

 Gloria del Verbano. imbricate, red, with spotted and striped with white; very fine. 

 Gobernativa. very large and very double, imbricate, deep carmine ; handsome. 

 Grand Duchessa d'Etruria, poeony formed, glossy white, striped with rose ; 



very beautiful. 

 Imbricata magna, very double beautiful rose. 

 Jubilee (Low's), very large, fine imbricate form, white, with tinge of flesh 



colour, veined and striped with rose. A fine centre of cream colour, or pale 



yellow. 

 Jupiter, fine imbricate form, salmon colour, with a white streak up the centre of 



each petal. 

 Lainatensis, pure white, fine imbricate form ; very double and handsome. 

 Leopoldina d'ltalie, very large and pure white, spotted with rose, and striped 



with red ; very handsome. 

 Lowii, fine imbricated form, and deep carmine ; very handsome. 

 Madonna, fine imbricated form, very large, pure white, wilh a carmine centre ; 



very superb. 

 Maneghini, fine imbricate, very double, deep carmine, with white spots in the 



centre. 

 Maria Eliza, red and white, in irregular portions ; very handsome. 

 Maria Teresa, fine ranunculus formed, white tinged with flesh, and marked 



with delicate carmine : very superb. 

 Napoleone d'ltalia, very large, rich red, with large patches of white ; a very 



beautiful flower. 

 Neoboracensis, very large and beautiful, deep bright red, with white stripes up 



the centre ; handsome. 



The Deodar, or Indian Cedar (Cedrus Deoilara). — This tree is one of the 

 loftiest and grandest of the Coniferse. In England it is as yet merely a graceful 

 object ; so that whether it will eventually assume the diguity belonging to its 

 kindred of the Himalaya is a matter purely of conjecture. Its being perfectly 

 hardy, like the Cedar of Lebanon, has secured it a place in every British collec- 

 tion of Piues ; though it has to be regretted that so many of the specimens 

 foisted upon the unwary are merely cuttings grafted upon the common Larch, 

 which, as is well known, is a comparatively low-growing tree, and is besides a 

 deciduous one. The noble nature of the Deodar, therefore, when allied with this 

 object, is scarcely to be expected ; and, from the specimens we have seen so 

 treated, it is already apparent that the scion outgrows the stock, and that the 

 demand upon the latter is more than it is prepared to respond to. To remedy 

 this, as far as possible, the best way is to dig out the soil by the side of the tree, 

 and to lay it down so that the part above the stock may take hold and hereafter 

 grow upon its own roots. 



The cones of this tree resemble those of the Cedar of Lebanon, and are ripe 

 in the months of November and December, when they fall off like the Silver Fir 

 cones. They may be crushed into pieces even with the hand, and the seeds are 

 then easily picked out ; the good ones are plump, whilst those which are useless 

 are flat and shrivelled. During the month of May a light friable piece of ground 

 should be selected (and in the climate of England it will be all the better to be 

 shaded), and, after being dug and raked, the seeds should be sown in beds, in 

 the same way as Larch seeds are sown, viz., by covering them to the depth of 

 two-thirds of an inch. The plants will appear in June, and in those beds they 



