of new and beautiful Plants. 137 



JVeto seedling Camellias, Jizaleas, ^c. — Our correspondent 

 in Philadelphia writes us as follows, in regard to the new 

 plants and nov^elties of the season: — 



With regard to new plants and varieties of the season, I 

 may mention a few that were exhibited at a late meeting of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. One of the finest 

 objects was a seedling camellia, (C. var. Chalmer/r,) by Pe- 

 ter Rabbe, a neat and perfect one of the kind; it has a great 

 deal of the character of C. var. Foidti, but much superior, 

 lighter in color, with large shining foliage, the veins very 

 prominent, almost to reticulation; quite distinctfrom any other, 

 and forms a beautiful, bushy, and showy plant, and will be 

 numbered as one of the best. Mr. Buist exhibited a tolera- 

 bly good rose-colored seedling camellia, with a few ragged 

 petals in the centre; he also had some seedling azaleas, and a 

 fine seedling cineraria, I think the very best of the kind. 

 Ritchie & Dick, I understand, have another exceedingly fine 

 camellia this season; I have not seen it, but report speaks 

 highly favorable of its character. Mr. IMcKenzie's seedling 

 azaleas, numbering upwards of a hundred kinds, are splendid, 

 of all colors, large in flower, and fine habits. I believe they 

 are a cross between the iJhododendron and Azalea; a few of 

 these are superior, in my opinion, to any of the varieties, ex- 

 cept variegata, and will be an acquisition to any collection. — 

 »5n Amateur. 



JSfew Tree Pceonies. — In our notes, a short time since, upon 

 Mr. Wilder's plants, we stated that he had recently received 

 ten or fifteen new tree pseonies from Germany; since then, 

 some of them have flowered, and promise to be fine additions 

 to this splendid family of plants. One called rubra plena, 

 was quite superior to the old Banksi^, being fuller in the cen- 

 tre of the flower, and the color deeper and richer. More of 

 them will bloom the present month. — Ed. 

 Cappariddcece. 



CLEO'ME 

 liilea Hooker. Golden Cleorae. A hardy annual; growing four feet high; with yellow 



flowers; appearing all summer; a native of Fort Vancouver. Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 67. 

 Syn. Cledine aiirea. Torrey and Gray's Flora. 



"A rather pretty annual " introduced from the North West 

 Coast. It grows three or four feet high, with glabrous three 

 to five parted leaves, and the stems terminated with large 

 clusters of golden yellow flowers. The plants grow freely 

 in any good strong soil, and a dry situation. 



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