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seeds covered rather more than a quar- 

 ter of an inch in depth ; and the pans 

 placed in any cold pit secured from 

 wet. They require only water enough 

 to keep the soil damp during the win- 

 ter. They will bear being placed in a 

 warmer situation, but not where there 

 is a moist heat. The young plants 

 should be kept growing as long as pos- 

 sible, by keeping them rather moist dur- 

 ing the summer. They must not be re- 

 moved from the seed-pan until after the 

 second too quickly, or kept dry too 

 long, particularly the first season ; at 

 that time they are very small, and are 

 apt to be dried up and exhausted, if care 

 is not taken to prevent it." — Gard. 

 Chron. 



CALODENDRON capense. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loamy 

 soil. 



CALOPHACA wolgarica.' Hardy de- 

 ciduous shrub. Division. Loam and 

 peat. 



CALOPHANES oblongifoUa. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Division. Loam 

 and peat. 



C ALOVOGOfi pulchellus. Greenhouse 

 orchid. Division. Peat and loam. 



CALOSTEMMA. Three species. 

 Green-house bulbous perennials. Off- 

 sets. Sandy loam and peat. 



CALOTHAMNUS. Four species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy peat. 



CALOTIS cuneifolia. Green-house 

 herbaceous perennial. Division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



CALOTROPIS. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings or 

 seeds. P..ich soil. 



CALTHA. Six species and many 

 varieties. Hardy herbaceous perennials. 

 Seeds or division. Common rather moist 

 soil. 



CALTROPS, Tritmlus. 



CALYCANTHUS. Five species. 

 Hardy deciduous shrubs. Layers. Open 

 loam. 



CALYPSO borealis. Half hardy or- 

 chid. Offsets. Sandv loam and peat. 



CALYPTRANTHES. Two species. 

 Stove evergreen trees. Layers. Sandy 

 peat. 



CALYPTRION auhletii. Stove ever- 

 green climber. Seeds. Peat and loam. 



CALYSTEGIA. Seven species. 

 Hardy deciduous twining or trailing 

 plants. Division. Common loamy soil. 



CALYTHRIX. Five species. Green- 



house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



CAMASSIA esculenta. Hardy bulb- 

 ous perennial. Seeds. Peat. 



CAMELLIA. Japonica. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. 



Messrs. D. Landreth & Fulton, of 

 Philadelphia, who are extensively en- 

 gaged in the culture of this charming 

 plant at the old Landreth Nurseries, 

 where was made the earliest col- 

 lection of the Camellia in America, 

 present the following as a desirable 

 selection. Those marked t are per- 

 fectly double, with the petals neatly ar- 

 ranged, and are among the choicest in 

 cultivation. Those marked with a star 

 are of American origin. 



The catalogues of some European 

 Nurserymen contain upwards of five 

 hundred varieties; it may be readily 

 presumed that many of them are com- 

 paratively worthless : a goodly number 

 of such have been imported by the 

 American florists, and though some of 

 them were once esteemed, are now, by 

 the introduction of more desirable va- 

 rieties, no longer worthy a place in a 

 choice collection. We append a list of 

 a few such faded beauties. 



CHOICE CAMELLIAS. 



tAlba-pleno, double white. 



t Fimbriata, fringed do. 



*Americana, blush with rose spots. 



Albertii, white. 



Althffiiflora, crimson. 

 t*Amabile, rose and red. 

 t*Binneyii, light rose. 



Bealii, large red. 



Carswelliana, dark red. 



Chandleri, white and crimson. 

 t*Caroline, pink. 



Colvelleii, white with rose stripes. 

 tConcinna, dark red. 

 tCandidissima, purest white. 



Conspicua, large red. 

 tCoquette. 



Campbellii, white and red. 



Donklarii, white rose and crimson. 

 tDuchess de Orleans, crimson with 



white stripes. 

 tExemia, saimon. 

 *Estherii, \vhite and rose. 



Elegans, rose. 

 tElata, crimson. 



Eclipse, white with rose stripes. 

 *Floyii, rose red. 

 tFordii, dark rose. 



Fairlea, crimson. 



