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any of the other flowers, about five inches in diameter, 

 brilliant scarlet, and semi-double. It was introduced 

 into Europe in 1 822, and is still very scarce. Twenty- 

 five dollars are paid for a small twig of it. From pre- 

 sent appearance, it will never be so plenty as many of 

 the others, being tardy of propagation ; only a few eyes 

 on the extremity of each shoot make young wood, 

 and if these are cut off, the plant does not seem to 

 push afresh. 



C.japonica, the original of many splendid varieties, 

 probably to the amount of one hundred. The true one 

 is in very few collections ; it is single striped. 



C.japonica rubra is the single red of our collections, 

 and used as stocks to enarch, graft, or inoculate the 

 other varieties upon, being easily struck by cuttings. 

 It seeds very freely ,"when the stile i impregnated, and 

 the seedlings make the strongest and best stocks. 



C.japonica alba, single white. It is mentioned in some 

 of our catalogues, as being very sweet-scented, though 

 not very perceptible to us. The foliage and wood are 

 very strong, being a free seeding variety, consequently 

 particularly desirable, as a stock to grow new varie- 

 ties from. Its flowers are large and abundant. 



C. semiduplex. This is a flower with two rows of 

 petals. Some good varieties might be got from it, 

 if properly impregnated. 



C. rubro-pleno is a strong growing and free- 

 flowering variety. The flowers are large, double red, 

 petals irregular, with the anthers in bunches amongst 

 them ; flowers are of long duration and showy. 



C. cdrnea, frequently known as Middlemist's blush. 

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