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from England or France, and there are now but few kinds 

 of any merit but what have been added to our collections. 

 The classes of Bourbon and hybrid Perpetuals, are great 

 favorites with amateur fanciers of roses, and the new 

 varieties are truly beautiful and deserving of all admiration. 

 The liberal premiums given by the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, for the finest collections of roses, have created 

 a spirit of emulation among the various cultivators, which 

 has resulted in the exhibition of the most choice and splen- 

 did varieties. 



.Seedling productions are more and more attracting the 

 attention of our amateur and practical men. On our recent 

 visit to the south we were astonished to see the immense 

 quantity of seedling camelhas, azaleas, and roses. Mr. P. 

 Mackenzie, of Philadelphia, and Mr. S. Feast, of Baltimore, 

 have been very successful in producing new varieties of the 

 azalea. We shall give some account of them under our 

 usual head of Horticultural Intelligence. The collection of 

 seedling camellias, formerly belonging to J. B. Smith, of 

 Philadelphia, but now in possession of D. Boll, of New 

 York, has produced some superior flowers. Besides the C. 

 var. Binney/, already described, one called Caroline Smith, 

 and another, General Washington, are stated to be superb 

 varieties. Mr. Boll is now sending out the three varieties. 

 Our Floricultural Notices for the year are referred to for 

 information concerning other sorts. 



AVe regret that we cannot give a more favorable account 

 of the cultivation of the Fuchsia, which does not seem to 

 attract that attention among our cultivators it has in Eng- 

 land. We think our horticultural societies should encoiu-age 

 the cultivation of such an ornamental tribe, by the distri- 

 bution of premiums for the best 6 or 12 varieties. This 

 would at once induce amateurs to add the new kinds to their 

 collections, and in a short time we should see them in all 

 their beauty. Some seedling dahlias, which are said to 

 rank as first class flowers, have been raised by Mr. Schmizt, 

 of Philadelphia and Mr. Read, of Brooklyn, New York. Mr. 

 Schmizt took the first premium at the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society, for a stand, including 15 of his own seed- 

 lings. We should not omit to notice the great novelty and 

 beauty of the seedling phloxes, raised by Mr. Carter of the 

 Cambridge Botanic Garden ; they are new in color, and 

 excel any, so far as we have any knowledge, that have 

 ever been produced in Europe. 



