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found it in blossom in a nursery garden, in one of the towns in 

 the north of China, which he had visited in his search after 

 tea-plants. This is gratifying intelligence to lovers of the 

 Camellia; for with such a variety for one of the parents, 

 our amateur cultivators or nurserymen, with the same suc- 

 cess which has rewarded their endeavors to improve the Ca- 

 mellia, would soon have yellow flowering varieties, as perfect 

 in form as the double white. It has long been supposed 

 that the Chinese possessed both yellow pgeonies and camel- 

 lias : a year or two since the yellow pasony was introduced 

 to Europe, and this is now about to be followed by area/ yel- 

 low Camellia. A few more such acquisitions as those which 

 have been made by Mr. Fortune, in his two visits to China, 

 would render his labors as valuable to the horticultural world, 

 as those of Dr. Siebold to Japan, or Douglas to America. 



New Verbenas. Cultivators of this beautiful family have 

 already seen the announcement of the new Verbenas, viz. : 

 Robinson's Defiance, Anacreon, Satellite, and Rosy Morn, all 

 English seedlings : in addition to these, a fine striped seed- 

 ling has been produced by Messrs. Briell, of L. I. : and the 

 following, of most remarkable beauty, we have now in bloom 

 brought from Paris, by an amateur, last autumn, viz. ; St. 

 Margaret, Iphigene, and Reine de Jour. We shall fully de- 

 scribe them in our next number. 



Seedling Camellias. Our collections of Camellias are 

 likely soon to be augmented by some remarkably fine seed- 

 lings, of American origin. In addition to upwards of a dozen 

 superior perfectly double varieties which we have produced, 

 and which have flowered the last three years, several 

 splendid seedlings have been raised by other cultivators of 

 this superb flower. Mr. John Feast, of Baltimore, informs 

 us, that "he hopes to show us before long some seedling 

 camellias that are worth having : three have already flow- 

 ered and more buds to open, descriptions of which he will 

 give us hereafter." This was under date of February 8th, 

 but we presume the difficulty and uncertainty of sending 

 flowers so far at that cold season, prevented him from doing 

 as he had intended. We trust, however, that Mr. Feast will 

 not omit to send a correct description of all his fine seedlings. 



