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colors were almost wholly confined to the different shades 

 of blue, purple and yellow ; now they are nearly as diver- 

 sified as the tulip, and scarcely inferior in pencilling; by 

 the effect of hybridization totally new colors have been pro- 

 duced. Already white grounds have been obtained, bor- 

 dered and feathered with violet and purple ; of yellow and 

 orange, intermixed with brown and purple, there are vari- 

 ous shades ; while the darker colors are diversified with 

 various tints, from the most delicate lavender to the deepest 

 violet : upwards of fifty named varieties are cultivated at 

 Paris, No tribe of plants would add more to the beauty of 

 our gardens ; and as they are all hardy, and easily culti- 

 vated, they should be speedily introduced. 



CanieU'm japotiica var. Hempsteadn. — By the advertise- 

 ment on our cover it will be seen that Messrs. Ritchie and 

 Dick, the originators of this very fine variety, have offered 

 it for sale at the moderate price of ^1(3 per plant. In 

 England a plant of less merit would not be be let out so 

 early, at a price less than £5 sterling, the sum which was 

 demanded for Albert2/s, txyo years ago. Of the merits of 

 this variety we have already spoken (Vol. VIII, p. 136). 



Camellm j. var. ochroleuca is one of the finest addi- 

 tions v/hich has lately been made. Though not yellow, as 

 its name would seem to indicate, it is nevertheless of a 

 yellowish tint, which gives to the flower a mellow hue, en- 

 tirely unlike any other. Add to this the free and bold 

 character of its large petals, and the elegant contour of the 

 whole flower, and we think we may justly place it among 

 the best of the varieties which we possess. The flower is 

 not quite so double as the old white, and has a few stamens 

 in the centre, which seem to enrich, rather than detract 

 from, the beauty of the variety. 



Onagracece. 



FU'CHS/.4 L. 



splendens Zuccarini. Splendid Fuchsia. A green-house plant ; growing two feet high ; with 

 green and scarlet flowers ; appearing in spring ; a native of South America ; increased 

 by cuttings. Grown in good rich soil. Bot. Keg., 1842, t. 67. 



A new and fine species, in habit so much resembling the 

 F. fulgens, that it v/as at first supposed to be the same 

 species. It is, however, entirely different in many impor- 

 tant circumstances. The leaves are more heart-shaped, 

 with a longer and more tapering point, and the flowers have 

 a much more campanulate figure than the fulgens ; the 



