174 FloricuUural and Botanical JVotices 



several seedling camellias which had been exhibited before the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Since then, we have 

 received the published Report of the Society, and from it we 

 take the following descriptions of the varieties which were 

 then alluded to. These descriptions are furnished by the 

 Committee on Flowers, of which, we believe, Mr. Buist is 

 chairman. 



Camellia japonica var. [not yet named.] — A thrifty shrub; 

 leaves thick, three and a half inches long and two and a half 

 broad, ovate, acuminated, and very much serrated, of a deep 

 green color, surface uneven and veined; petiole short; flower 

 full to the centre, color a deep cherry red. No. 6 (Berlese's 

 tMonography;) the arrangement of the rows of petals partak- 

 ing of a spiral form; petals ovate and pointed. As the plant 

 is only three years old, and has produced so good a flower, 

 it promises to become, as it matures, a desirable variety. 

 This was raised by Mr. Buist: the parents of the plant are 

 not stated. 



Camellia japonica var. Chalmerii perfecta. — Leaves thick, 

 about four and a half inches long and two and three quarters 

 inches broad, ovate, slightly acuminated, serrated, veined, and 

 of a dark glossy green; petioles short; flower very double, 

 full to the centre, of a beautiful cupped form, color a clear 

 cherry red. No. 1 (Berlese's Monography ;) petals oval cup- 

 ped, imbricated, and numerous, texture delicate. From the 

 appearance of the flower on the grafted specimen exhibited, 

 it proves to be one of the finest varieties. This plant was 

 raised by Mr. Peter Raabe, an amateur, we believe, who has 

 named it after Mr. Chalmers, Jr., gardener to George Pep- 

 per, Esq. Mr. Chalmers has the stock placed in his hands, 

 for propagation. 



JVero Camellias in Washington, D. C. — Our correspondent 

 at Washington has sent us the following note in relation to 

 new camellias in that vicinity: — 



"We have had a considerable number of very fine, and 

 some most magnificent, new seedling camellias flower in the 

 District of Columbia this winter. Six or eight raised by Mr. 

 Joshua Pierce; two or three by Mr. R. Dick; two by Mr. 

 J. Douglass, Jr., and five of my own. Among Mr. Pierce's, 

 there is a very fine white one, equalled only by a few of the 

 older kinds, which he has called C. var. Pierceii: a complete 

 description of this variety, with several of the others, will be 



