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flowers the fine varieties of the herbaceous pceonies, which, 

 through the labors of the French and Belgians, have now be- 

 come no less numerous than they are superb. In a former 

 volume we described many of the best that we had seen up 

 to that time. But the recent acquisitions are of a remarkable 

 character, and surpass many of the older sorts. M. Parmentier 

 of Enghein, Belgium, has produced some splendid dark varie- 

 ties, and M. Guerin of Paris several light or rosy tinted ones, 

 which are unsurpassed. We have been surprised to see so 

 little attention bestowed on these plants by our amateurs, and 

 we ho])e that in place of the six or eight old kinds usually 

 planted, we may see, in addition, the magnificent new ones, 

 such as Festiva, sulphurea, papaveriflora. Triumph du Nord, 

 Reine des Francais, &c., &c. 



The introduction of new plants and the production of new 

 seedlings the past year has not been very extensive, though 

 some fine things have been described under our Floricultural 

 head. Among the new plants are the White Corolaeed 

 Fuchsias, which have attracted so much notice among the 

 English cultivators. The new varieties of Gloxinias, Wil- 

 sone, &c., now so very beautiful from the fine blending of 

 colors ; the Achimenes, and their co-species and varieties, 

 Tydasa, &c., particularly T. gigantea ; Eugenm Ugni^ Rho- 

 dioleaChampiom", Ceratosma longiflora, ^S'alvia porphyrocoma j 

 Azaleas, amoena, crispiflora, BeahV, Mont Blanc, OsbormV, nar- 

 cissiflora; BerberisDarwim'e; E'pacris impressa Candida, densi- 

 flora, delecta, magnifica and others ; several of Odier's Fancy 

 Geraniums ; Fuchsias, revoluta, Figaro, Mazeppa superba, 

 Transcendant, &c. ; Bouvardm hirtella and angustifolia. Sev- 

 eral new Monthly Carnations ; Tea Roses, including Gloire de 

 Dijon, &c. Among summer-flowering bulbs, new Gladioluses,, 

 some of which are remarkably beautiful. Among shrubs and 

 evergreens, the Spirasa callosa, BillardtV, and Reevesm^ia flore 

 pleno, each of which are described and noticed in another page. 

 Fitzroya patagonica, Saxegothaea conspicua, ^^bies jezoensis, 

 several junipers and other coniferte. Some of the above we 

 have already described, as they have displayed their flowers, 

 and the others will be noticed in the course of the volum,e. 



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