Observations on the Camellia. 145 



the season — every tree bore well, and many of them were 

 so completely loaded with fruit that I was obliged to stake 

 them to prevent their breaking down. There were a very 

 few Curcnlios which found their way up the trees, but not 

 a twentieth part enough to thin the fruit as they ought to 

 have been, which prevented their attaining the size they 

 otherwise would have done. 



If your correspondent will lay aside a part of his present 

 theory, and make a fair trial of strong brine — plant his 

 trees seven or eight feet apart each way — (and he may try 

 the experiment fully this season, planting his trees care- 

 fully, as I had a number of small trees carelessly planted 

 last May, several of which bore 25 to 30 each) — and satu- 

 rate the whole surface of the ground with brine, allowing 

 about two pailsfull to each tree — I think he may be seen 

 next July hunting for a few of those same little insects to 

 aid him in thinning his fruit. 



Yours, John A. Kenrick. 



Newton, March, 1844. 



Art. VI. Observations on the Camellia, loith a descriptive 

 account of all the finest varieties which have been intro- 

 duced, or raised from seed, in this country. By M. P. 

 Wilder, Esq. President of the Mass. Hort. Soc. 



[Coiitinutdfrom Vol. VII, p. 223.) 



[After a lapse of two years we have the pleasure of pre- 

 senting a continuation of Mr. Wilder's article, giving accurate 

 descriptions of such new camellias as have flowered in his 

 collection. Owing to the loss of many plants at the time 

 his collection was partially destroyed by fire, he was una- 

 ble to continue his remarks in our last volume. — Ed.] 



135. Camel hrt japonica var. Coquettn. Abbe Berlese 



Monographic. 



This variety is of recent introduction to our collections. 

 Flower, large, regular and symetrical — the exterior petals 

 deep crimson, those approaching the centre, rose color 

 shaded with violet, handsomely imbricated and diminish- 



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