102 Floricultural and Botanical Jfotices. 



desirous of identifying his name, as we suggested in our no- 

 tice of the variety, with the cuUivation of the cameUia, as one 

 of its most ardent admirers, it would be a hundred chances to 

 one if he were ever to raise a plant which would gain him 

 more credit. A second flower has expanded, and it fully 

 equals the first. There can be no doubt that its full and per- 

 fect character will remain permanent. — Ed. 



Camellia japonica var. Floy'i. — Since we noticed the ap- 

 pearance of the Iconography of the Camellia, by the Abbe 

 Berlese, twelve more numbers have been received, containing 

 twenty-four plates. Among the varieties figured is the C. var. 

 Floyi, or Grand Frederic, as it has been called by the French 

 and German nurserymen. We have been quite surprised to 

 see that the Abbe has figured it in his Iconography, as well as 

 described it in his Monograph, of the camellia, under the 

 name of Grand Frederic. It may be well enough for the 

 dishonest purposes of some of the French and German nur- 

 serymen that they should apply new names to new foreign 

 canjellias, in order to bring them out at high prices, as seed- 

 ling productions, but it would not be supposed that an author 

 of the information of the Abbe, would countenance such im- 

 position in describing the flowers. It is apparent, however, 

 that he has done so; he could not be ignorant of its true ap- 

 pellation, as he received the first plant, which he ever possess- 

 ed of the Floyi, from Mr. Wilder, long before his Monograph 

 appeared, with a history and description of the plant: the 

 drawing in the Iconography was taken from a flower which 

 opened on this identical plant, and the description drawn up 

 from the same. 



We trust that the Abbe Berlese will soon correct and ex- 

 plain this error, by cancelling the plate of the Grand Frederic, 

 and giving one in its place under the true name of Floyi: 

 this would be no more than an act of justice to INIr. Floy, the 

 raiser of this most magnificent flower, and a mark of respect 

 to Mr. Wilder, to whose liberality he is indebted for a fine 

 healthy plant, and a history of the variety. — Ed. 



Fuchsh corymbijldra. — A plant of this new and most bril- 

 liant species has been imported by Mr. Wilder. The flowers 

 appear in a large raceme, elevated above the foliage. Each 

 individual flower is more than an inch long. It is a native of 

 Peru, and was raised from seed received from thence. 



JVeto Verbenas. — Mr. Howell, gardener to C. F. Rock- 

 well, Norwich, Conn., has raised several new and fine ver- 

 benas. He has promised to send us a description of them. 



