Pteonia fiafia-veracea, or Chinese White and Pur file Tree 

 Pceony. The flowers of this plant are single or semidouble, 

 but being of a pure white colour, with a purple centre, they 

 combine a delicacy calculated to excite great admiration ; it 

 is also far more rare than the previous one, and it is but a 

 couple of years since the author paid five guineas for a very 

 small plant. It perfects its seeds freely, and can also be in- 

 creased by divisions of the root. 



Paonia moutan-rosea, or Chinese Rose Coloured Tree 

 Pteony. This may truly be said to be the most splendid of 

 the three, and is even more rare than cither of the foregoing ; 

 but plants are often called by this name which are of the kind 

 first described. The colour of this flower is exactly that of 

 the Moss Rose when half expanded ; in fact, it is the most 

 perfect rose colour, and the flower spreading out to a size 

 far surpassing either of the foregoing, presents a degree of 

 magnificence which has by many amateurs been declared 

 unrivalled. The flowers measure from 20 to 25 inches in 

 circumference, and of one which exceeded the latter size a 

 drawing has been taken, which is in the possession of the 

 author, who received this plant direct from Canton. 



A good garden loam seems to suit these plants, or the 

 same compost may be used as prescribed for Orange trees. 

 They may be all increased by seeds or by parting the roots, 

 but a blooming plant cannot be produced from seed in less 

 than six years. 



Chinese Magnolias. Of these there are six species, all 

 highly interesting ; two have been found to support the win- 

 ters of Long-Island unprotected, and others will no doubt be 

 acclimated in time. 



Magnolia obovata, or Chinese Purfile Flowering Magno- 

 lia. This is esteemed for the uncommon richness and 

 beauty of its flowers, which, in the house, are produced in 

 March. They are bell shaped, of a delicate violet purple 

 outside, and white within, from which circumstance it is 

 sometimes called the Two Coloured Magnolia. It supports 

 our winters unprotected in the vicinity ol New-York, and 

 perhaps may do so further north. 



Magnolia cons/iicua Chandelier Magnolia, or Yitlan. 

 This has very large flowers of a pure white colour, very splen- 

 did in appearance, and shaped like a chandelier. In the house 

 it flowers in March, but will support our winters unprotected. 

 A tree is mentioned by the London Horticultural Society as 

 r at the seat of Sir Abraham Hume, in Englandi 

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