402 FloikuUural and Bolanical Notices. 



25.) The figure of the variety now under notice, as well as 

 that of Mrs. Abby Wilder, was copied from drawings exe- 

 cuted by Mr. Sharp, and sent to Belgium last winter. It is 

 stated, in the text accompanying the plate, that the original 

 plant, and all the young stock, with the exception of a single 

 graft, perished by the hands of an incendiary! This will 

 probably be news to our amateur cultivators. {Flore des 

 Serres, March.) 



80. Came'llia japo'nica var. Mrs. Abby Wilder. Mrs. Wild- 



er's Camellia. Garden Hybrid. 

 Raised about the same time as the C. var. Wilderi. The 

 liowers are double, regularly imbricated, and faintly touched 

 with pale blush. It was raised from C. japonica, impreg- 

 nated with C. var. Middlemist. It is fully described in our 

 volume for 1846, XII. p. 108. {Flore des Serres, April.) 



81. Came'llia japo'nica var. Gen. La Fayette. La Fayette's 



Camellia. Garden Hybrid. 

 A very showy variety, found, we believe, in the collection 

 of camellias purchased by Mr. Boll, of New York, of J. B. 

 Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia. The flowers are of a deep rose, 

 regularly imbricated, incurved at the edges, each petal hav- 

 ing a broad white stripe through the centre. It is a desirable 

 acquisition. {Flore des Serres, April.) 



82. BiGNo^NiA CAROLJ^N^ Liudl. Lady Caroline's Bignonia. 



{Bignonikcess.) Buenos Ayres. 



A greenhouse climber ; growing four feet high ; with white flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 cultivated in loam, leaf mould, and peat ; increased by cuttings. Flore des Serres, 1S4S, t. 330. 



A very beautiful species of the Bignonia, with a neat and 

 pretty habit, and fragrant white flowers, which are abun- 

 dantly produced in long terminal clusters. Its native coun- 

 try is believed to be Buenos Ayres ; it was introduced to Eng- 

 land in 1842, and first flowered in 1844. It is a fine com- 

 panion to the B. picta. It grows freely in a light rich soil. 

 {Flore des Serres, March.) 



83. Be'rberis Aurahuace'nsis Ho7i. Aurahuaco Berberry. 



{Berberidkcece.) New Grenada. 



A half-hardy (\) shrub : growing four feet (!; high ; with yellow and orange flowers ; appearing in 

 spring ; cultivated in good rich soil ; increased by layers. Flore des Serres, 184ti, pi. 331. 



An elegant shrub, which, it is hoped, will prove hardy in 



