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ment, when I came to inspect the plants more particularly, a 

 few weeks after, to find them as full ofjlower buds as I could 

 wish, some of the branches having two buds each. 



The only reason I can offer for this unusual quantity of 

 buds, is, that the binding of the plants, in that stage of their 

 growth when they were inarched, checked the flow of the 

 sap, (the variety being a rapid grower,) and consequently 

 induced the formation of flower buds. So far as I have had 

 any information, ordinary treatment has not been attended 

 with any success, and, although I may be in error as to the 

 cause of the budding of my plants, still I think the informa- 

 tion worth communicating in your pages, that others, who 

 have not been able to flower this variety, may try the exper- 

 iment. It is one of the most beautiful kinds. The flower is 

 small, but as full as the double white, and if any method can 

 be suggested, which will enable cultivators to bloom it freely, 

 it will be a great desideratum. 



Respectfully yours, 



J. S. GUNNELL. 



Washington, D. C, August, 1841. 



Correction. — In my communication on the cultivation of tho ca- 

 mellia in the parlor, p. 215, twenty-seventh line from the top, in 

 speaking of the syrinjiing of the ])lants I say " about sunset." I 

 should rather have said " about sunset, or at bed time, to suit tho 

 convenience of the family, as they could not sit in a damp room." 



I would also remark, in addition to what I have before stated, that 

 syringing over the foliage is not absolutely necessary to the success 

 of the plants, as I have seen camellias flourish well in parlors where 

 they were never syringed at all over the foliage. — J. S. G. 



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 cently introduced to, or originated in, Jlmerican gardens, 

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