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lowing note from onr Philadelphia correspondent will show 

 what additions have been made to this splendid tribe of 

 plants in that city : — 



In perusing some of the late numbers of your magazine, I 

 see that there has been raised some fine seedling camellias, 

 in several parts of the country, and I am happy to state 

 that we have not been idle in our good city and around it, 

 having produced" several, although only two have come 

 before the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, for com- 

 petition. One from Robert Buist, and one from Messrs. 

 Ritchie & Dick ; the former a light cherry color, perfect 

 flower, of the same character as ??iyrtif61ia, the foliage good, 

 and if the plant had been stronger, might have produced a 

 better flower: the latter, a dark cherry, perfect full flower, 

 four inches in diameter, and a fine dark green foliage, re- 

 ceived the Society's premium for the best seedling this 

 year, and is named Frostii. A. Drybnrgh had one flower- 

 ed, a beautiful rose colored regular flower, much in charac- 

 ter of Ford/i ; it was not shown to the committee, hence 

 could not compete. I saw two more at Ritchie & Dick's, 

 one very good, regular flower, and fine foliage ; the other 

 a semi-double, the color as dark as George the IV. rose, 

 and when in bud looked beautiful. All the above are first 

 rate kinds, and add some more to our superior native pro- 

 ductions. However good a flower may be at first, so ma- 

 ny of the hybrids are so liable to sport, and not sustain 

 their original character, that they disappoint our expecta- 

 tions. Landrethj is an exception; it always is good: and 

 so is C. var. Chalmeru ; it even improves in appearance as 

 the plant gets older ; it is one of the very best seedlings that 

 has been produced, from what I have seen, not excepting 

 even Henry Favre, and this is saying perhaps too much. 

 I have seen no new imported camellias this season, that 

 are worth mentioning. I noticed one at Mr. Styles's said 

 to be Queen Victoria, which was neither more nor less than 

 imbricata, which certainly was a great disappointment ; 

 and if done intentionally ought to be highly rebrobated ; 

 and if merely a mistake, was a most impardonable one, as 

 the foliage of the two are so unlike, as not to be easily mis- 

 taken. An Amateur^ Philadelphia., May., 1844. 



New Roses. — Roses here, this spring, are in groat de- 

 mand; the love of cultivating this Queen of flowers is in- 

 creasing amazingly, and we have a very large and supe- 



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