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outer petals being paler, and more cupped ; in " habit and foliage," how- 

 ever, " the two kinds are perfectly distinct." — 40. Camellia japonica ep- 

 somensis, Epsom Japanese, or Young's semi-double red, C. Raised by Mr. 

 Young of Epsom, previously to 1824, as in that year he presented it to the 

 London Hort. Soc. Robust in habit ; its flowers much like those of the 

 semi-double red, but of a deeper colour and more petals ; but is very prone 

 to vary in the number of the petals. " When the petals happen to be nume- 

 rous, the cup of stamina is partly transformed into small, roundish, spathu- 

 late, striped red petals, all of which, as well as the large outer ones, are 

 pretty evenly arranged over one another, and distinctly marked with dark- 

 coloured veins. The usual colour of the flowers is a deep red, approach- 

 ing to scarlet," and they are about 3 in. in diameter. 



The present part concludes the first volume, and contains titlepage, pre- 

 face, table of contents, introduction, and remarks on soil, propagation, and 

 culture. " All these," say the authors, " it is hoped, will make the first 

 volume complete in itself, and render it independent of the second one ; 

 the publication of which, from several unforeseen events, we are reluctantly 

 obliged to postpone for the present We cannot, however, allow the pre- 

 sent opportunity to pass, without acknowledging our obligations to those 

 who have honoured the work with their patronage and support. At a future 

 time, we trust again to appear before the public, and hope our labours will 

 meet with the same flattering encouragement." 



Of the forty kinds of Camellia figured and described in this first volume 

 the authors denominate as 



Species : Camellia japonica, wjalinora, oleifera, reticulata, and Sasunqua. 



As Chinese varieties of Camellia japonica: alba semiduplex, alba flore 



pleno, anemonifldra, atro-rubens, rosea, crassinervis, fimbriata, imbricata, 



incarnata, wyrtifolia, ps&omceflbra rosea, Pemponia, rubra plena, speciosa, 



variegata, Welbankii. 



And as English varieties and hybrids of Camellia japonica, the following : 

 flore albo, Aitoni, althseiflora, anemonifldra alba, Chandleri, concinna, 

 corallina, ecllpsis, elegans, epsomensis, eximia, florida, insignis, punctata, 

 .Rosa sinensis, Rossii, splendens, Wiltoni, Woodsii. 



The figures of all these kinds " have, with only two or three exceptions, 

 been made from plants in the splendid collection of Messrs. Chandler, nur- 

 serymen, Vauxhall." The remarks on the propagation and culture of the 

 Camellia are very good. 



Haworth, A. H., F.L.S. ELS. &c. : JVarcissinearum Monographia. The 

 2d edition with additions and improvements, 8vo, pp. 30. Ridgway, 

 London, 1831. 2s. 6d. 



To the notice of this useful Monograph of the Karcissinean Plants, given 

 in Vol. VII. p. 479., the only addition necessary is, to say that the second 

 edition excels the first, in being free from many typographical errors which 

 haste occasioned in the first ; in having some of the descriptions rendered 

 more perfect ; in having received the insertion of " many material new 

 varieties, four of which may prove new species ; " and in having four 

 pages of preface on the history and culture of narcissinean plants prefixed 

 to it. — J. D. 



Catalogue of the Fruits cultivated in the Garden of the Horticidtural Society 

 of Lo7idon. 8vo, pp. 81, 2d edition. Hatchard, London, 1831. 8s. 

 We noticed the first edition of this catalogue (Vol. II. p. 208.), and 

 blamed the alphabetical arrangement as half scientific and half popular. 

 The present edition is entirely popular ; the fruits being arranged accord- 

 ing to the names in common use, and not according to those of botanists. 

 But this is not the only improvement ; " by columns and abbreviations 

 the meaning of which is explained under every different kind of fruit, a 

 large number of the most important characters by which the varieties are 



