in the collection of Mr. J. IV. Knevcls. 



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It is quite unnecessary for us to state that Mr. Knevels's col- 

 lection is one of the most extensive in the country, notwithstand- 

 ing a portion of the plants, mostly duplicates, were disposed of 

 last season at public sale. Among those now in his possession 

 are some remarkably large and fine specimens. The camellias 

 are numerous, and fine plants ; and the tropical plants are exten- 

 sive; the cactuses are also large and fine. But we need not par- 

 ticularize, as the article to which we have above referred, aside 

 from the interesting remarks contained therein, upon the collec- 

 tions in general, enumerates a great many of the most showy 

 and beautiful plants. Mr. Knevels's collection is, we believe, 

 well known, as it formerly belonged to Mr. J. B. Smith, of Phil- 

 adelphia, who was many years employed in gathering his plants 

 together from almost every country where any thing new or un- 

 common was to be found; and his acquaintance with many of the 

 French nurserymen enabled him to enrich his collection with all 

 the most desirable plants, at a cheaper rate and at an earlier day 

 than any other person. It is to this fact that we attribute his 

 very complete collection of camellias, the whole of which, to- 

 gether with some fine seedlings, raised by Mr. Smith, were trans- 

 ferred to Mr. Knevels. 



In the following list Mr. Knevels has omitted nearly all the 

 species of a genus when they were very numerous, as in .Acacia, 

 Amaryllis, Cactus, Camellia, Citrus, Fuchsirt, &c. &c. Some 

 of the plants are very common; and, although Mr. Knevels has 

 desired us to select only such as we think will be interesting to 

 amateurs and gardeners, we prefer to give the whole catalogue as 

 we have received it. It is arranged in alphabetical order. 



^ristolochia sempervirens. 

 ^sclepias arborea. 



curassavica. 



./2'ster argophyllu.'S. 

 Astrapse^a Wallichti. 

 Jlucuba japonica. 

 Azalea indica coccinea, Zedifolia, 



plia'iiicea, purpurea pi. &.c. 

 Azalea pontica. 



calendulacea. 



Begonia argyrostigina. 



discolor. 



Bignoiiza capeiisis, grandiflora, 



stalls, jeqiiinoctialis. 

 Bletj'a Ayaciiitlimnr. 

 Bulbiiie floribunda. 

 BurchelU capeiisis. 

 Cereus flagcHitormisj grandfflo- 



rus, sjieciosissiinus, triangula- 



risjtruncata, phyllanthus, &c. 

 Calceolaria integrif61ia. 



• rugosa, &c. 



Calla etbidpica. 



c2caciaarmata, FarneszVma Juli- 



fcrmm, lanceolatajVerticillata, 



odorata, scabbata. 

 Acbana Malvaviscus. 

 Agapaiithus umbellata fl. ceru- 



lea,pale do.,fl.alba,do.fol.var. 

 Albuca ahi'.ssima. 

 .^I'loe arborescens, variegata, 



lingua minor, retvisa, pentago- 



na, longifolia. 

 Alstroemeria tricolor. 



acutifolia. 



Amaryllis carnuta, Fotbergillu, 



Johnson?, lateritia, longilolia, 



psittacinu, pulverulenta,sarni- 



ensis, undulata, &.c. Sec. veno- 



sa. 

 Anlgozanthus rufra. 

 ./2'rbutus L^nedo. 

 Arctotis aspera. 

 Ardisia crenuJata, elegans, pani- 



culata, solanacea. 

 Arduina bispinoja. 



