FloricuUural and Botanical JS^otices. 259 



No. I (Berlese's J\lonography), but those intenr-ediately situ- 

 ated gradually assuming from near the margin a lighter tint, ap- 

 proaching a silvery whiteness towards the claws; texture very 

 delicate and chrystalline; bears close inspection. 



Camell/o japonica var. Hempsteadii. — A shrub of vigorous 

 growth; leaves two and a half inches broad, and four inches 

 long, oval, somewhat acuminate, dentated, distinctly veined, 

 of a deep green, closely set upon the plant; petioles quite 

 short; flowers large, about four and a half inches in diameter, 

 full, of a clear cherry red. No. 2 (Berlese JMonography;) 

 petals veined with deep cherry red, entire, cupped form at 

 the opening of the flower, but recurved when fully expanded, 

 regularly and handsomely imbricated, numerous. 



The Committee add, "with regard to the premium to be 

 awarded on the present occasion for the best seedling camel- 

 lia, your Committee have to state, that they have examined a 

 number of specimens shown at the stated meetings during the 

 season specified, among which, those two presented at the 

 last stated meeting in particular were the most meritorious. 



Your Committee have no hesitation in awarding the pre- 

 mium for the seedling propagated by John B. Smith, being 

 decidedly the best, and a variety of the very first stamp, which 

 he has named Binney'x^ in honor of the President of the So- 

 ciety. 



Your Committee, to express their gratification, in having 

 two seedlings of so much merit produced in one season, and 

 as an encouragement for the skill evinced, recommend that an 

 honorary premium of four dollars be awarded to Ritchie St Dick, 

 for the other seedling camellia named Hempsteadit, shown at 

 the last stated meeting; which is indeed a very fine variety, 

 and for which your Committee, under ordinary circumstances, 

 would have been content to have granted the premium for the 

 best." 



We should be glad to hear from Mr. Smith and AFessrs. 

 Ritchie & Dick, in relation to their seedlings, with some in- 

 formation respecting their parentage. — Ed. 



PcBouia albifibra var. Potisu, and P. edulis var. Reevesn. — 

 Some errors have been made in regard to the names of 

 these two new and beautiful varieties of the paeony, in the Eng- 

 lish publications, which have given rise to considerable dis- 

 cussion among those of our amateurs who have them in their 

 possession, relative to the identity of the flower, with those 



