figured in the London Flor. and Bot. JMagazines. 415 



Journal is by far the most perfect, as it displays the abrupt ter- 

 minations of color in the mottling, for which the variety is re- 

 markable. It is quite different from any otiier variety, and should 

 be in every fine collection. 



A splendid display of camellias was made at the great exhibi- 

 tion of flowers at Ghent, (some account of which will be found 

 in another page,) in March last. Among them we notice the 

 following names, which are probably very new varieties: — C. j. 

 striata, triumphans, admirabilis, and elegans londoniensis. Va- 

 rieties Donckelaeri, tricolor and candidissima were sent by sev- 

 eral contributors. 



Sanguisorbidcece. (Sanguisorbeae Lindl. and jRosacea^ 5ih 

 tribe Sanguisorbeae Richard.) 



SANGTUSO'RBA (From Sait;ruis, hlooti, and sorheo, to absorb.) 

 canadt-nsis. 



Root perennial. Stem about five feet high, branching. Leaves 

 pinnate, upper primae opposite, lower approximate, petiole occa- 

 sionally stipulaceous at the base: pinnce subcordate, beautifully 

 and regularly serrate, glaucous beneath and prominently veined. 

 Flowers minute, numerous, in compact cylindrical spikes. Petals 

 four, white on the edges, with a green midrib. Sepals two, 

 green, ciliated, inferior, caducous. Germ situated between the 

 calyx and corolla, angular. Stamens becoming elongated after 

 the expansion of the flower: filament white, flattened on the up- 

 per surface. Anther on apex of filament, brown. Style a little 

 shorter than stamens, capitate, with an elegant and minutely di- 

 vided stigma, (a fact which Elliott seems to question, he proba- 

 bly describing from a dried specimen.) Grows in the vicinity 

 of Boston; September and October; edges of meadows and 

 swamps. 



A decidedly conspicuous plant for autumnal cultivation, and 

 would become a great favorite in the garden were it better known. 

 At a season of the year when little else than some of the later 

 phloxes, Dracocephalum virginicum, native asters, and a few 

 other lingering perennials, assist to render cheerful the closing 

 scenes of Horicultural labors, — even at a time when frost suffi- 

 cient to destroy the dahlia has occurred, — this hardy native may 

 be seen, unharmed and capable of adding one more ofiering to 

 floral beauty. Grown with a little care, in a moist situation, in 

 which it especially delights, its beautiful pinnated leaves, of con- 

 siderable length and delicate color, rising from the ground and 

 clothing its tall, graceful stem, and its numerous heads of minute 

 flowers, with exserted stamens, make it an appropriate and ele- 

 gant addition to the flower border. Like many other plants in- 

 digenous to a soil neither decidedly wet nor dry, and subject to 

 occasional and extreme alternations, this will be found to accom- 

 modate itself to the vicissitudes of the season. I have at this 



