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THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. 



[Sept'r. 



In an old memorandum made many years ago, of plants seen at Messrs n»j 

 Hibbert & Buist, of your city, I find among other plants the follow- c/ 

 ing : — Gloriosa superba, Maranta zebrina, Boronea alata, Euphorbia \ 

 heterophylla, Corrcea pulchella, Amaryllis, several species, .Swainson- 

 ia galegsefolia, Crowea saligna, Diosma ciliaris, capitata, Templetonia 

 sps. Eutaxia myrtifolia, Melaleuca fulgens, Chorizemanana, rhombea, 

 Cunonia capensis. At Mr. Robert Carr's I find Magnolia fuscata, Ix- 

 ora coccinea, rosea, Malaleuca styphelioides, Acacia dealbata. Are 

 not these N. H. and Cape plants 1 And on referring to another me- 

 morandum of plants sold from a nursery, I find among many others 

 the following, and I have no hesitation in saying you will find some 

 of them rather difficult to purchase at the present time : — Zygophyl- 

 lum Morgsana, Monsonia speciosa, Podalyria sericea, Myrtustomento- 

 sus, Strophantus dichotomus, Protea argentea, Acacias, a number of 

 sps., Hovea Celsii, Beaufortia decussata, Epacris grandiflora, Daviesia 

 mimosoides, Banksia grandis, Liparia sphcerica, Latania borbonica, 

 Strelitzia regina, Edwardsia microphylla. In the collection of Dr. 

 Hosack, of Hyde Park, we find Dillema speciosa, which was also to 

 be found in Philadelphia, and Urania speciosa. 



In a catalogue published eighteen years ago, I find among other 

 plants offered for sale, Ardisia elegans, solonacea, Banksia, four sps., 

 Bignonia venusta, Brunia nodiflorum, Bossiaea ovata, Callicoma ser- 

 rata, Callothamnus quadrifida, villosus, Chorozema llicifolia, Dory- 

 anthes excelsa, Grislea tomentosa, Lambertia formosa, Acacias, twen- 

 ty-five sps. 



I think enough has been quoted to show that florists were not so far 

 behind the age twenty years ago as you would have us believe; and it 

 would perhaps be as well before sending such statements abroad to be 

 well informed on the subject. 



Equally wrong are you in your supposition that "our parks were 

 then no doubt quite pleased to give support to such pines as Pinsapo, 

 Pindrow, and Webbiana." Why, sir, Picea Pinsapo was only intro- 

 duced into Great Britain in 1838, and Abies pindron in 1837, unless 

 it is the same, as it appears to be, as the Webbiana introduced in 1822, 

 (see Donn's Hortus Cantrabrigunsis, 1845. 



I think any person knowing our Pine from another, would be pleas- 

 ed if you could show them any park in Philadelphia, or elsewhere, 

 rejoicing in either of these species for their support. 1 certainly 

 should, if it were only two feet high, instead of a plant twenty years' 

 standing. Yours, &c, T. H., Jr. 



We have at least gained another chapter on the " Statistics of Ame- 

 rican Horticulture." Who shall supply the next 1 Ed. 



Seedling Camellias of America, 



By A Philadelphia Florist. 



The Camellia stands pre-eminent in American Floriculture as a 

 standard plant, useful in almost all capacities as an ornamental ever- 

 green; for the large conservatory it is unsurpassed, as a window plant ) 

 it is valued, as a Green House bloomer it is amongst the first. For L 

 'h the benefit and amusement of your readers 1 shall from time to time^ 

 S trace the progress of the Cameliia towards perfection in this country, j£) 



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