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others oftentimes think otherwise. I hav^e therefore thought it 

 might be well to submit it to your inspection and judgment. — 

 I am, sir, yours, ^'C, S. Walker, Roxbury, Dec. 15, 1840." 



Mr. Walker has been highly successful in the cultivation of 

 the pansy, and has raised a great number of superb flowers, 

 which have heretofoie been noticed in our pages. Among 

 the number, we may instance Othello, Mrs. Gushing, and 

 Vulcan, as the finest. These have, however, we believe, 

 with many more, been lost to collections, and Mr. Walker 

 has not himself perpetuated ihem; but we trust this will not 

 be the case with the Sophia Helen: it should be in the pos- 

 session of every admirer of this humble, but elegant tribe, 

 and, unless others are more fortunate in the production of fine 

 seedlings, than Mr. Walker, it will be some time before it 

 will be surpassed. — Ed. 



jyeic seedling Camellia. — Already our collection^ contain a 

 large number of superb seedlings, of American origin, and if 

 the same success attends the labors of cultivators, they bid 

 fair to rival, in the magnificence of the flowers, the finest vari- 

 eties which have ever yet been produced. Floyi, Landrethi, 

 Pratti/, E'stheri, americana, Washingt6n?a, and numerous 

 others, have no superiors among the many varieties which 

 have been raised in England and on the Continent. And, if so 

 many fine ones have already been produced, what may we not 

 expect when the thousands of seedlings, now in the possession 

 of cultivators, come into flower.'' If one in a thousand should 

 prove to be equal to the flower we are about to notice, we 

 shall bear the palm away, even from the Chinese. 



Our correspondent. Col. Wilder, whose excellent articles 

 on the camellia have appeared in our past volumes, and which 

 are not yet completed, attempted the growth of seedlings 

 soon after he began to cultivate the camellia, in J 833. In 

 1836 he planted several seeds. The plants from which they 

 were 'hen saved, were the single red and warratah, which were 

 impregnated with the fine double sorts. When Mr. Wilder dis- 

 posed of his collection to the Public Garden, the seedlings were 

 all reserved. This season some of them have come into 

 bloom, and one among the number has proved a superb vari- 

 ety. The plant is one of seven which were raised, from one 

 pod of seed, from the old single red, impregnated with puncta- 

 ta. The foliage of four of the plants very much resemble 

 each other; the other three are more distinct. From the 

 promising appearance of the plants, they w'ere well encour- 



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