258 FlorictiUural and Botanical ^Votices. 



duction to notice of those raised by him, some of which have 

 been described in our pages, has sent us the annexed descrip- 

 tion of a new seedhng, raised by Ills friend J. I. Frobel, Esq., 

 of Virginia: — 



"Camelh'a japonica var. John Tyler. — T have raised another 

 new seedling camellia, which 1 have named after his Excellen- 

 cy John Tyler, our President. Camell/a japonica var. John 

 Tyler has foliage about the size of the old striped camellia, but 

 the leaves are fiat like conchiflora, the pericarp is green, and 

 the flower is of the purest deep pink, or light rose color, 

 which color, as well as the flower, is very persistent; it has 

 twenty-six large heart-shaped petals, and fifteen small ones, 

 with a few anthers; it is three and a half or four inches in di- 

 ameter. This is a very magnificent variety. 1 have put the 

 above camellia in the hands of my friend Dr. J. S. Gunnel), 

 of Washington city, D. C, for propagation and sale. — Re- 

 spectfully yours, John /. Frobel, Fairfax county, Va., Jlpril, 

 1841." 



Camellh var. JVllder'i. — We are happy to have it in our 

 power to say that the safety of this fine variety is placed beyond 

 all doubt, (with the exception of casualties which may hereaf- 

 ter take place.) A graft which was inserted in a strong and 

 vigorous stock now shows signs of a perfect union, and the 

 commencement of a new growth. It will be gratifying to those 

 of our friends who feared the total loss of this fine variety, to 

 learn that it has been saved by the accidental circumstance of 

 a single graft. 



J\^eio seedling Camellias. — In the report of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, in our last, (p. 233 <) two seed- 

 ling camellias were noticed as having been exhibited before 

 the Society. Since then, the report of the Committee on 

 Plants and Flowers has been received, in which the seedlings 

 are described, and the Society's premium awarded, as the 

 best seedlings exhibited. They are thus described: — 



Camelh'a japonica var. Binneyi. — A very vigorous shrub; 

 leaves thick, three inches broad and five inches long, ovate, 

 acuminate, much dentated, veined, somewhat rugose, of a 

 dark green; petioles rather short; bud ovate, with pale green 

 scales; flower four inches and a half in diameter, full; petals 

 slightly crenated at the summit, regularly and gracefully im- 

 bricated from the centre, very numerous, those at the cir- 

 cumference, with a few of the adjacent rows, and also several 

 of the rows at the centre unicolored, of a clear cherry red, 



