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under the same names in English gardens. It will be recol- 

 lected, by those who are conversant with the English floricul- 

 tural and botanical publications, that the two above varieties 

 of pseonies have been figured in them, and each represented 

 with very dark or crimson flowers. In Paxton's Magazine of 

 Botany^ Vol. I., p. 197, is a drawing of P. var. Keevesii, 

 where it is stated to be of a deep crimson color, full of petals, 

 and symmetrically disposed, and that it is a "sterling sort, and 

 well worth cultivation," which every lover of the pajony, who 

 has seen the plate, will readily agree to. Under the impres- 

 sion that Paxton's figure was correct, taken as it was from a 

 plant which flowered in the collection of Mr. Tate, who im- 

 ported it from China, it was imported into our gardens, but 

 when the plant came into flower it proved to be pale blush: it 

 was then supposed that there was some error, in sending the 

 wrong kind, but subsequent importations from the best sources 

 have not been any more successful in getting Mr. Paxton's 

 deep crimson Reevesu. Believing, as we did, that so great 

 an error could not well be committed, we adhered to the 

 opinion that the blush Reevesit was not true; and in conver- 

 sation with our friend Mr. Cabot, of Salem, he assured us 

 that he had imported it from two difl^erent sources, and that it 

 was the true ReevesM. We in consequence requested him to 

 send us a specimen flower of P. var. Pottsii and Reevesu, 

 that we might judge for ourselves, our plants of the latter not 

 being strong enough to flower well. With it we received the 

 following note: — 



I send you specimens of Pssonia albiflora var. Pottsu*, and P. 

 edulis var. Reevesii, both fine plants, imported from London. 



Psdonia var. Pottsii is the dark crimson one: as such, it 

 was sent me from London, in the spring of 1835, and as such 

 I received it from Mr. Groom, of Walworth, in the spring 

 of 1840. In confirmation of its being correctly named, and 

 of a dark crimson color, I refer you to Loudon's Gardcner^s 

 Magazine, Vol. VII., p. 596, who thus says, '■'■Pxdnia albi- 

 flora var. Pottsii, a splendid crimson flowered garden variety, 

 originated in China, whence it was brought to the Horticul- 

 tural Society by the late Mr. John Potts, after whom Mr. 

 Sabine named it." 



Pxonia var. Reevesu is of a light rose color: the largest 

 of the specimens now sent, is from a strong plant received 

 from London in the spring of 1835; the other is from a weak- 



