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lines, and the tops form a nearly even, or, at most, only a 

 jag'^ed surface of foliage. 



On the other hand, if we examine the hek d in like man- 

 ner, we shall find it much more varied and interesting to the 

 eye. While there is a back ground of foliage near the boun- 

 dary, there is also an irregular outline formed by the advancing 

 and receding groups of trees and shrubs. In some places, e, 

 these groups approach quite near to the margin of the road, 

 while at others, /, they steal back, forming little openings, re- 

 cesses, or nooks of verdure, which, to the eye passing along, 

 will form constantly new sources of interest and beauty. 

 The variety will be still further increased, if we suppose the 

 belt composed of a number of species, judiciously grouped, 

 so as to produce distinct and successive impressions on the 

 mind. 



The love of uniformity and right lines, every where dis- 

 cernable in the works of a novice in an art of taste, arises 

 from the fact, that the simplest minds recognize the beauty of 

 order and regularity, while our taste requires development or 

 cultivation, before we value the higher beauties of variety and 

 artistical irregularity. AID 



Art. IV. Description of three new Seedling Camellias^ 

 raised in Georgetown^ D. C. By Robert Dick. 



Having raised a few seedling camellias, some of which 1 

 consider worthy of naming, I have thought proper to give 

 you an account of some of the varieties, which, if you think 

 interesting to amateurs of this fine tribe, you can insert in 

 your valuable Magazine. 



1. Camellia japonica var. britannia. — This is a seedling 

 of the Camelh'a var. coccinea. It is very much like its pa- 

 rent: the flower is of a beautiful cherry red, with twenty- 

 eight large petals, and one hundred and twenty-eight smaller 

 ones; about ten of the large petals are intermixed with the 

 small petals, so as to form an irregular pajony or ranunculus- 

 shaped centre: it has neither stamens nor stile. Superb. 



