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27. Camellmjap6nica 726samundi. Loudon's Hori. Brit. 



Rose of the World. 

 Venusta of some collections. 

 The foliage of jRosa mundi is similar to punctata, its twin 

 brother, the colors of the flower being the same, but more 

 blended and indistinct ; the size smaller, and the form not 

 so good. It has one or two rows of guard petals and a wa- 

 ratah centre. It is, however, a desirable kind. 



28. Camellia japonica Elphinstoni. Chand. Sf Boothh III. 

 This English seedling was raised by Mr. Joseph Knight, 



King's Road, Chelsea, England, some years since. The 

 habit of the plant is erect and thrifty, the foliage thin, flex- 

 ible, dark green, and shining. The flower is of a rosy 

 crimson color, and blotched with white, bearing a strong re- 

 semblance to C. Chandler/, and quite as beautiful. 



29. Camellm japonica, anemoneflora alba. Chan. Sf Booth's It. 



White Waralah Camellia. 



This camellia is another of the seedlings produced by the 

 Messrs. Chandler. Its parent was Pomponia, and which it re- 

 sembles, both in color and form. The flower is, however, lar- 

 ger, and usually with one or more lines or splashes of pink, 

 and has sometimes a whole petal of the same color. The 

 foliage is very dark and shining, regularly recurved, deeply 

 veined, and bears a strong resemblance to the celebrated 

 C. Colvillii. 



Yours, M. P. Wilder. 



Dorchester, Jan. 1836. 



(To be continued.) 



Art. IV. Descriptive Notice of J. W. Knevels, Esq.'s Collection 

 of Exotic Plants at Neivburgh, N. Y. By A. J. D. 



The truly superb collection, now in possession of this 

 gentleman, is the largest amateur collection in the State of 

 New York, and, considered with regard to its richness in 

 tropical plants and the individual beauty of many of its spe- 

 cimens, we do not hesitate to pronounce it unsurpassed in 

 the Union. All the fine exotics formerly belonging to J. B. 

 Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia, and noticed in this Magazine 

 (Vol. I, p. 165), were purchased by Mr. Knevels, and form 



