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the best way is by a division of the roots. Of course, where 

 it is an object to get up a stock in a short time, both means 

 can be used. T have observed that all the roots of any size 

 are furnished with buds, a httle more than an inch apart, 

 very similar in appearance to the eye in a potato, and, when- 

 ever it is required to increase it to the utmost extent, these 

 roots, when ripe, could be cut up into cuttings containing 

 one eye each, and planted in a mixture of sand and leaf 

 mould, or any light soil, to the depth of an inch ; carefully 

 watered, they will strike very easily ; this could be done any 

 time from January to April. 

 Brighton^ August 12ih, 1848. 



In the spring of 1847, we had this beautiful plant in flower, 

 and have several times alluded to it in our last volume, (XIII. 

 pp. 78, 359, 497,) and we were just upon the point of writing 

 an article upon its cultivation, when the excellent communi- 

 cation of Mr. Cadness came so opportunely to hand. As we 

 had contemplated accompanying our article with an engrav- 

 ing of the flower, we now append it here, {Jig. 42.) We are 

 confident, ourselves, it will prove a valuable acquisition, par- 

 ticularly for the purpose of planting out in summer. At the 

 last page above referred to, we copied an article from Van 

 Houtte's Flora, in which he has detailed his mode of grow- 

 ing it in the open air, to which we refer the lover of plants. 

 In the climate of Belgium, the roots endured the winter with 

 a slight protection, and, if they will not stand here, in the lat- 

 itude of 42'^, they undoubtedly will do so south of Philadel- 

 phia, where it must become a hardy perennial climber. It is 

 a decided acquisition. — Ed. 



Art. VII. FloricuUural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Pkmts figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated in, 

 American Gardens. 



79. Came'llia japo'nica var. WiYnERi. Mr. Wilder's Camel- 

 lia. (TernstromidcecB.) Garden Hybrid. 

 Camellia Wilderi was first described by us soon after its 

 first flowering, some seven or eight years ago, (Vol. VII. p. 

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