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flowers in autumn; but it is one, we fear, our readers will not be able to procure 

 tbrougb tbe trade. The other species are mostly of dwarf habit, and are all more 

 or less ornamental ; though, with the exception of E. secunda, they are by no 

 means common, at least among window gardeners. 



The E. secunda, and other summer flowering species, will succeed on rockwork, 

 or in a dry sandy border ; but none of them are sufficiently hardy to endure entire 

 exposure, and they are therefore generally treated as pot plants. 



"With one or two exceptions, all of them are natives of Mexico, from which 

 country the E. return was introduced about seven years since, by the collector 

 Hartweg, who transmitted seeds to the London Horticultural Society ; we believe 

 the plant may now be procured of most of the principal Florists for a moderate sum. 



The genus was named by De Candolle, in honour of M. Echeveri, a Mexican 

 Botanical artist. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



Japan Camellia. 



Var Fra Arnoldo da Brescia. 



Linnean Class — Monadelfhia. Order — Polyandria. Natural Order— Ternstromiaces . 



As a general rule, it is not our wish to admit more than one window-plant, properly 

 so called, into each plate; but the scarcity of hardy subjects at this season obliges 

 us, for once, to depart from our usual plan; and we could scarcely make an 

 exception in favour of a more worthy subject than the splendid Camellia Fra 

 Arnoldo da Brescia. 



The noble genus of which it is so fitting a representative, might fairly have 

 claimed an earlier notice in these pages, for of the hundreds of exotics which now 

 grace our collections, the Camellia stands confessedly without a rival. It is not to 

 be denied that the most perfect control over its growth and management are attain- 

 able only with the aid of a greenhouse or some closed structure, but if window- 

 grown specimens cannot compete in all points with those produced under more 

 favourable conditions, it is nevertheless certain that, with only moderate care, such 

 results may be obtained, that the window-gardener need not envy the possessor of 

 a greenhouse, unless it be for the greater space enjoyed by the latter, and the 

 consequent facilities for the growth of a larger collection. 



The greenhouse treatment of the Camellia we leave to those of our contemporaries 

 more especially devoted to that branch of Horticulture ; the following remarks 

 will therefore have reference solely to its management as a window plant, though 



