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leaves, they may be planted out, if all danger of cold nights 

 is past, though this is not very safe until the last part of May 

 or first of June. The sods may then be removed carefully 

 from the bed, and broken in pieces with one, two, or more 

 plants upon each, and, the soil being prepared, they may be 

 set out in rows, placing them sufficiently deep to earth up the 

 stems, which will throw out fresh roots. In this way, they 

 may be forwarded at least ten days. 



Art. V. On the Peculiarities of Foliage in the Camellia ; 

 with some Remarks on the Deficiency of Coloring Matter 

 in the Petals of many of the New Varieties. By Dr. J. S. 

 CuNNELL, Washington, D. C. 



Dear Sir, — I have noticed, for eight or ten years past, 

 that the young foliage (say when first expanding) of all the 

 striped or punctata camellias, or such as have a white (or 

 blush) ground, with red or pink stripes or spots, has present- 

 ed, almost invariably, a striped or spotted appearance; that 

 is, a light-green foliage, with darker green, or rather reddish 

 spots and stripes interspersed on the foliage. This appear- 

 ance I have frequently shown to gardeners and other persons 

 who have been in my greenhouse during the spring, or early 

 part of summer, when the camellias were making their young 

 wood. But, last spring, I had about a dozen seedlings from 

 one to four years old, that made a different appearance, in the 

 foliage, from the above; in this case, the young foliage pre- 

 sented a reddish-green ground, (or dull green,) wiih deeper 

 reddish-green (or maroon) stripes and spots interspersed. 

 This peculiarity I pointed out to a number of persons, includ- 

 ing amateurs and gardeners, and, at the same time, I remarked 

 that I had no doubt but that we should have a new order or 

 variety of this beautiful family. This season, one only of the 

 foregoing seedling camellias has bloomed, and the flower has a 

 ground color of a dark red, with deep crimson stripes and spots 

 on the petals, and spots or dashes of white intermixed. The 

 flower, of itself, possesses no great merit, being of irregular 

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