72 Camell'ihss. 



Gardens, at Hampton Court. One of the very best of our new apples 

 in point of flavour. The trees are good bearers, and the fruit is in 

 perfection during the months of December and January. It is, however, 

 one of those sorts which are apt to shrivel, and therefore requires to be 

 kept closely stored from the air." 



132. The Grey French Eeinette, Reinette grise. There are several 

 varieties known under this name on the Continent, and the present seems 

 one of the best. It succeeds well as a dwarf or half standard, grafted on 

 a Paradise stock. " It requires a rich soil, but not too moist ; and the tree 

 must be pruned, so as to admit the rays of the sun and a free circulation 

 of air among the branches. A good bearer ; in perfection during the win- 

 ter and spi'ing, and is a dessert apple of the first excellence." 



An Appendix to the above numbers, price 2s. 6d., contains a title-page and 

 preface to vol. iii., lists of the most important varieties of fruits recommended 

 for cultivation, and an index. The lists we have given in a separate article, 

 (p. 111.) In the preface we are informed that the Pomological Magazine 

 " was originally commenced by two officers of the Horticultural Society 

 [Mr. Sabine and Mr. Lindlcy], in the hope of protecting the public, by 

 means of accurate figures and descriptions, from the evil of making injudi- 

 cious selections of fruit trees." It was also anticipated that some progress 

 might be made towards settling the confused nomenclature of the more 

 valuable fruits in cultivation. " Various causes have, however, induced 

 one of the editors, upon whom at all times the greatest part, and latterly 

 the whole, of the labour of conducting the work has fallen, to suspend it 

 for the present, with the third volume ; with the intention, however, of 

 resuming it whenever cii'cimistances shall justify his doing so. While 

 the editor, in taking leave of his readers for the present, thanks them 

 sincerely for the interest they have shown in the undertaking, he begs them 

 not to ascribe any merits the work may possess, either to himself or to the 

 gentleman formerly associated with him in the publication ; but that they 

 will understand that all claims it may possess upon the public favour belong 

 to Mr. Robert Thompson, the superintendent of the fruit department in 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society, to whom all that is most valuable 

 in it is wholly due." 



Chandler and Booth'' s Illustrations and Descriptions of the Camellmai, &c. 

 In Imperial 4to Parts, every two months. Is. plain ; 10*-. coloured j and 

 185. extra-size. 



Part V. for October, contains 



17. Camelli« japonica flore albo. Single white-flowered Japanese Ca- 

 mellai. Raised from seed of the Double-striped, by Messrs. RoUison of 

 the Tooting nursery, about seventeen years ago. More robust than almost 

 any of the other sorts ; flowers abundant, and generall}' opening earlier in 

 the season than those of other flowers. Flowers nearly 3 in. across, and 

 not unfrequently striped or spotted with red. Seeds freel}', and some fine 

 double varieties with diflerent-colom'ed flowers have been raised from it. 



18. CamelhVz japonica rubra plena, Double red Japanese Camellia. Im- 

 ported in 1794, by Sir Robert Preston of Valleyfield and Woodfield. Cul- 

 tivated in many collections under the name of the Old Red and Greville's Red. 

 Of a free and robust habit, and grows very erect ; flowers but sparingly pro- 

 duced before the plant gets old, and hence this is not so much cultivated 

 as some other varieties. " Tlie flowers are about 3 or 3 J- in. in diameter, 

 and open at the same time as those of the ]Varatdh and A^tro-rubens. 

 They are of a crimson red colour, and resemble the flowers of a large 

 double //ibiscus." 



19. CamelhV/ japonica pxowiccjrvra rosea, Rosy Pagony-flowered Ja- 

 panese Camellia. Imported by Captain Welbank, for Charles Hampden 



