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noon. Hibisca variabilis, flower white in the morning, pink at 

 noon and red at sunset. The bracts of Hakea victoria are yel- 

 lowish white the first year in the centre j in the second year, a 

 rich golden color ; the third year, a rich orange ; the fourth year, 

 a blood red ; the green portion of the bracts become annually 

 darker. 



Revue Horticole, Paris, June, 1853. Translated by H. Meigs. 



CAMELLIA— ITS CULTURE AT KAZAN. 



A letter from Boutleroff", Adjunct Professor of the Imperial 

 University of Kazan, April, 1853. (Kazan is on the river Kasan- 

 ka, about four miles above its fall into the river Wolga, in lati- 

 tude 55° 47' 26" north, longitude 49° 2V 9" east.) 



I send you some information as to our method of cultivating the 

 camellia The composts which we use ditfer from those used by 

 your Mons. Leguay. We have none of his heath soil, and we re- 

 place it by soil formed of pine leaves, well mixed with sand. My 

 experience proves that the camellia roots very well and promptly 

 in a compost soil made of earth of leaves, muck and sand. Night 

 soil in solution is moderately added. 



Camellia cannot be transferred to new pots successfully, except 

 immediately after flowering is over and before the spring growth 

 begins, or towards the middle of summer, when the sap is sta- 

 tionary. 



We cultivate several varieties of the camellia here, and others 

 of the temperate latitudes. They give us well developed flowers, 

 but we never prune them as we should do. I regard it as a ne- 

 cessary fur this charming tree. I regret that Mr. Leguay has not 

 yet gone into the the practice of budding the camellia, and other 

 methods of multiplying a plant so interesting to amateurs. 



From the same Revue. 



DISEASES AMONG NUT OR STONE FRUIT. 



Last year Mons. Leveille pointed out this malady, and this year 



shows its attack on our cherries. Those of many gardens, after 



having blossomed well, and formed their fruit, apparently in a 



sound condition, were all at once killed, either partially or com- 



