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er, quite distinct : the form is as good as the double white, 

 and there is a distinct red stripe through each petal : the 

 specimen we saw had passed its greatest beauty ; but yet 

 we could detect its decided superiority. C. var. Leedna su- 

 perba was blooming finely, as were also Pratt//, (a noble 

 flower), philadelphica and numerous others. Other new 

 ones, wiiich are very fine, are pictorum roseum, rosetta, al- 

 ba fenestrata (much like the old white), erecta, caelestina, 

 and Sims/t plenissima. C. Grunelli is a large loose white 

 flower; but nevertheless, to our eye, quite desirable; tri- 

 color, a large plant of, had expanded upwards of twenty of 

 its pretty flowers. Three or four seedlings have flowered 

 during the season ; two of them very fine, but not equal to 

 C. Wilder/. 



Next to camellias, the roses were the greatest objects of 

 attraction — the collection of Mr. Wilder containing a great 

 many of the fine new kinds. A few plants only were in 

 flower, but among them were the crimson Madam Desprez, 

 a new and compact deep-red flower ; Acidalee, Phoenix and 

 Celemene — all Bourbons. Abbe Mioland, fine rich crimson ; 

 Clara Sylvain, large, white, cupped, superb ; Duchess of 

 Kent, fine shaded blush; General Soyez, lake, cupped and 

 large: Henry V., rich bright crimson ; Infidelites de Lisette, 

 very fine white. Some hybrid perpeluals, Prince Albert, 

 Due d'Aumale, Triomphe de Flore, and a few others, were 

 opening some fine flowers. Many others were in bloom, 

 but we had not time to note them all down. It is gratify- 

 ing to find the cultivation of the rose extending ; the num- 

 ber of varieties is now immense, but all of them are more 

 or less desirable in a large collection, though some are far 

 preferable to others. 



The collection of azaleas is large, and includes many 

 new varieties, from France and Germany, of recent impor- 

 tation. The kinds we saw in flower were. — A. nova blan- 

 ca, white; phoenicia alba, white; atroviolacea, purple ; 

 macrantha, rich purple ; grandiflora. light crimson ; 

 Snith// coccinea, scarlet ; and upwards of 50 others. Some 

 new heaths have recently been added, which were received 

 by arrivals per steamship. The plants all appeared in 

 good condition — showing that, by this mode of conveyance, 

 all the fine kinds may be imported alive. Of the fine climb- 

 ing tribe of clematis, we noticed here several kinds, and of 

 the number, the beautiful azurea grandiflora. A large plant 



