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become a favorite in our collections, after having been long 

 neglected, we would advise our amateur cultivators to 

 attempt the production of seedlings. They are easily raised, 

 and bloom at an early age. 



New Camellias. — The Hon. and Rev. Wm. Herbert, (Dean 

 of Manchester,) has raised a beautiful seedling camellia, 

 flowers of which were exhibited at a meeting of the London 

 Horticultural Society in April. It is known under the 

 name of C. var. lysantha. Its maternal parent was a 

 seedling from the old single red, fertilized with the common 

 striped camellia, and was itself crossed with the myrtle- 

 leaved variety. The color is a bright carmine, with stripes 

 of pale pink running down the centre of each petal. The 

 outer petals are rounded, and when the flower is about half 

 open are beautifully cupped ; when fully expanded, how- 

 ever, they fall back in the same manner as those of the 

 old double white ; the inner petals are somewhat pointed, 

 but fill up well in the centre. 



C. var. Lowii. — This is the name of a new variety, 

 raised by Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton, and exhibited 

 at the same time of the above. The petals are regularly 

 cupped, of a bright carmine color, and tolerably full in the 

 centre. A certificate was awarded for it. 



C. var. Alnuttu. — Another seedling variety exhibited at 

 a meeting of the London Horticultural Society. The 

 flowers are of a clearer white than the old double white. 

 A certificate was awarded for it. 



C. var. foliosa. — Another seedling, produced by the Very 

 Rev. the Dean of Manchester. The color very brilliant 

 and remarkable for the fulness of the flower, being com- 

 posed of an extensive row of petals densely filled up in the 

 centre with others of irregular form. A certificate was 

 awarded for it. 



C. var. Halleyi. — A fine variety, raised by Mr. Halley, 

 of Blackheath, very much resembling C. imbricata, but not 

 superior to it. 



Several other seedlings of much merit, but as yet with- 

 out name, have been exhibited dtiring the winter. There 

 does not, indeed, seem to be any limit to the number of new 

 varieties which may be obtained, and it is probable that in 

 a few years many of the old sorts will be discarded from 

 collections to make place for those of recent production and 

 far greater beauty. 



