Ohservadons on the Camellia. 13 



is destroyed. I imagine tliat tlie tender fibrils and spongioles of the 

 root partake of this great susceptibiHty, probably have it in a higher 

 degree; hence any attempts at removal, and 1 have made above 

 twenty, at almost every period of the year, prove abortive, from the 

 injury sustained by the vessels on which the life of the plants de- 

 pend. I have hitberto failed in raising plants from seed, but this has 

 no doubt been from want of proper care. The plant is rare in Eu- 

 rope. It is often only necessary to state difficulties in order to 

 engage persons in undertaking to overcome them. 1 shall be happy 

 if this be the result with this charming plant, which flowers from 

 August to September. 



The third and last plant I shall name on this occasion is 

 Bartsia Coccinea, or the Scarlet Bartsia. The great beauty of 

 this plant does not consist in the flower, which is inconspicuous, but 

 in the bright orange-scarlet color of the upper part of the leaves, (or 

 bractes) from the axil of which the flower proceeds. It is an annual, 

 flowering in April and May, hence a desirable plant, and in a mass 

 presents a most splendid appearance. The nearest situation I know 

 where it is to be found, is in the vicinity of Dedham. — [It may be 

 found near Fresh Pond, Watertown. — Conds.] 



In a future paper, I may probably offer some remarks on the cul- 

 tivation of the orchideous plants which are found in this vicinity, and 

 which, when better known, cannot fail to arrest the attention of every 

 lover of horticulture. 



n , n n i-^o^ Yours, J. E. Teschemacher. 



Boston, Dec. 6, lo34. ' 



We are highly gratified to find that the opinions expressed by us, in our intro- 

 ductory remarks, in relation to the elegance and beauty of the indigenous plants 

 of our country, are the same as those of so enthusiastic an amateur and lover of 

 botany, as Mr. Teschemacher. He has collected specimens of nearly all the wild 

 plants around Boston ; and no one, we are assured, is better able to desciibe their 

 beauties, the situations where they may be found, or the most successful method 

 of their cultivation when removed from their native habitats to the pleasure-garden. 

 Gerard/a /^edicularis grows in abundance at Mount Auburn, Cambridge, flower- 

 ing during July and August. — Conds. 



Art. IV. Ohicrtmtions on the Camellia and its Varieties, with some 

 Account of its Introdnctiun into Great Britain and this Country. 

 By M. P. WiLDEij, Esq. 



In the whole range of splendid exotics which have been introduced 

 into this country, there are few, if any, that combine so much ele- 

 gance and beauty, either as it regards the dark, shining evergreen of 

 their foliage, or the dazzling brilliancy of their flowers, as those con- 

 stituting the natural order Camellia. 



At all seasons of the year it is unrivalled for the richness of its 

 foliage, but in the dreary months of winter, when almost all the 

 attractions of the floral kingdom are wrapt in slumber, it stands forth 



