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ed, that the frosty weather is not injurious to them if they are 

 dry; but from the time they are top-dressed till they are in 

 bloom, they require a warmer covering at night, or they will re- 

 ceive a check in their growth that they will not get over during 

 the whole season; and the chance is, that many of the flower 

 buds will be spoiled. The lights should be drawn off every fine 

 day, to admit air, or the plants will be drawn up weak. 



With this treatment they will grow up very rapidly; and by 

 the latter end of April, many of the plants will have put forth 

 their beautiful blossoms. As the flowers appear, the plants 

 should be removed to a situation where they will have the sun 

 till ten o'clock, and where the flowers can be protected from the 

 rain, as that, of course, soon spoils them. At some future time, 

 I will endeavor to describe a stage, such as is generally made 

 use of during the blooming season. Should the sun shine very 

 warm in the middle of the day, the lights may be drawn up, and 

 a thin mat may be thrown over them; but give air behind, and in 

 the afternoon uncover them again. They require a little care at 

 this season of the year, say for two months, if you wish to have 

 a fine show of flowers; but during the remainder of the year, 

 they are but little trouble. Should you think these few observa- 

 tions worthy a place in your useful Magazine, they are at your 

 service; and in a future number I will endeavor to give some 

 further information respecting repotting, &c. 



Yours, &c. 



X Clark. 



Boston, March 7th, 1837. 



Art. IV. Observations on the Camellia and its Varieties, with 

 some Account of its Introduction into Great Britain and this 

 Country. By M. P. Wilder. 



{Coniinued from Vol. 11, p. 96.) 



30. Camellia japonica var. Woodsii. Chand. if Booths. III. 

 Mr. Wood^s Camellia. 

 This is a large flower, measuring, when fully expanded, from 

 four to five inches in diameter: the color is a dark rose, inclining to 

 crimson; the formation various; sometimes the petals are broad 

 and regularly arranged to the very centre; at other times it has the 



