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autumn. It is not known that the fruit is of especial 

 value, or that it is perfectly hardy in the Northern States. 

 E. simoni is another of the Chinese sorts, less ornamental 

 than several of the others, but has thrown off a variety 

 with colored foliage of great beauty. In this the leaves 

 are margined with dark green, have golden-yellow centres 

 shaded into brown, and maintain these peculiarities almost 

 the entire season. This variety is said to have originated 

 in Belgium, where it is looked upon as a most valuable 

 acquisition. It is doubtful if it has yet been introduced 

 to American gardens, but in the South it would assuredly 

 prove a success. 



There are several other evergreen species, classified as 

 E. glabra, E. pungens, and E. reflexa, which so closely re- 

 semble each other as scarcely to be entitled to a separate 

 description in a work of this kind. These are all small 

 shrubs, six to ten feet, and have variegated forms of great 

 beauty, and are especially adapted to planting in the 

 Middle and Southern States, as their hardiness may not 

 be sufficient to endure the rigor of climatic conditions in 

 New England and the Northwest. 



CAMELLIA. 



THIS is a genus of elegant and most interesting 

 plants suitable to southern cultivation only. It 

 belongs to the order Ternstrcemiacecz, and was 

 named in honor of a Jesuit missionary by the name of 

 Camellus, who wrote a history of the plants of Luzon and 

 some others of the Philippine Islands during the last cen- 

 tury. Most of the species are tropical or sub-tropical 



