26 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



more largely than usual ; some of them having visited Eu- 

 rope for the purpose of making selections personally. Our 

 Boston dealers have also been industriously to work in adding 

 everything new and fine. The spring catalogues will un- 

 doubtedly show what each have for sale. Such as we have 

 in our own collection we shall notice as they come into 

 bloom ; and we shall be pleased to give any account of such 

 as may bloom, with our New York and Philadelphia friends 

 if they will only send us the informatioh. 



Camellia, var. Mrs. Cope. — This is the name given to 

 a new variety of much beauty, raised in Philadelphia by 

 Mr. Sherwood, and offered for sale by Messrs. Ritchie & 

 Buist, who purchased the entire stock. It is a nearly white 

 flower, of fine imbricated form, each petal delicately striped 

 with pink. The plants are now offered for five dollars each. 



Aphela'ndra auranti^aca. — 'This splendid species of this 

 showy tribe is now in fine bloom in our collection. It differs 

 from A. cristata in having a broader and more open flower; 

 in the heads of blossoms, which are shorter and more com- 

 pact ; and in the color, which is a fine orange, instead of 

 scarlet. The foliage is more glossy and showy than the A. 

 cristata. It is a fine acquisition to our summer blooming 

 greenhouse plants. 



New Cinerarias, — This elegant class of winter blooming 

 plants is just beginning to be appreciated. The improve- 

 ments which have been made in the varieties by the English 

 cultivators have entirely changed its character, and it is now 

 established among the favorites of the florist. In place of 

 the starry, dingy-colored blossoms of former years, we now 

 have fine, circular, full flowers, of the most distinct and 

 beautiful shades, edged, tipped, shaded and self-colored. The 

 habit of the plant has also been improved ; and they now, 

 when well grown, form compact plants, with many-branched 

 stems, showing hundreds of blossoms. 



Our amateurs have only to commence the production of 

 seedlings in order to render themselves independent of the 

 expense of importation, which is somewhat difficult to effect in 

 good order. Our climate is better adapted to the production 



