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Messrs. Chandler from China. C. var. serratifolia is nlso 

 another Chinese one, having red flowers, with a white stripe 

 through the centre of each petal. 



The Marchioness of Exeter Camellia. — A new seedling 

 under this name was exhibited at a meeting of the London 

 Horticultural Society in April. It was one of the greatest 

 objects of interest. It is described as of "beautiful form, 

 deep rose color, and large size, (five and a half inches in 

 diameter.") The wu-iter remarks, that it is doubtful whether 

 any better kind of the color exists. It was raised from the 

 old Middlemist. 



Six seedlings were exhibited at the same meeting by Mr. 

 Ivery of Peckham. 



At the exhibition of the Frankfort Horticultural Exhibition 

 at the Easter Fair, many splendid camellias were exhibited. 

 Among them were some " both pink and white, more per- 

 fectly resembling roses, in bud, flower, petals and expansion, 

 than any the writer ever saw, particularly a splendid white, 

 which one might have taken for an opening Rose Unique; 

 and one pink, or light crimson, with exactly the loose, large, 

 concave petals in the whole flower that one sees in the Isle de 

 Bourbon rose. There were also some fine cup-shaped va- 

 rieties, full of small petals, paler and paler, approaching the 

 centre; for one of these, Baron Pronay got the best gold 

 medal. 



Azalea incUca var. Ilerbert'i. — This is said to be the most 

 splendid variety that has yet been raised. The blossoms are 

 brilliant rosy purple, with a number of deeper colored spots 

 in the throat, have prominent stigmata, and are about four 

 inches across. They are produced in large heads, and stand 

 out boldly above the foliage. It is supposed to be a cross 

 between A. Danielsiana and A. phoenicea, and was raised by 

 Mr. Herbert, of SpofForth, after whom it was named. 



Two fine varieties of the azalea have also been raised by 

 Mr. Rintz, at Frankfort; one is a "new white, with large 

 splendid flowers, of great beauty; and the other a splendid 

 deep purple." 



A fine plant of anew azalea, called A. Gledstanesu, was ex- 

 hibited at the great Show of the London Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, on May 15th, by Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. It is 

 nearly allied to A. indica variegata: the flowers are almost 

 white, sparingly and only occasionally striped with reddish 

 pink. 



