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cea, Bollinsonii, &c. It matters very little whether they are grown in the 

 shade or in the sun, so that we have them. The opinion of the writer is de- 

 cidedly with those who do not think peat essential to growth of certain kinds 

 of plants. — Ed. 



To the Editor of the Philadelphia Florist. 



Dear Sir : — You have heard of the Augusta Rose that is about Syracuse, 

 jST. Y-j and has been talked about and written upon for the past two years, 

 with a more mysterious air upon it than any other Rose of any other name, 

 always closing with its being the finest yellow ever-blooming Rose in exist- 

 ence. We think in all candor that the mystery should be unveiled, and the 

 fair proportions of the Rose laid before you, presuming as you are not one 

 of the trade you will give it an insertion. 



The seed of the Rose was obtained from some of the roses that luxuriate 

 in the gardens of Washington City some years ago. The result has been the 

 6aid Augusta Rose, which appears to be in character between Noisette Sol- 

 fatare and Cloth of Gold, an improvemement on the former, but (what we 

 have seen) inferior in color and nobleness of flower and petal to the latter. 

 It does, however, possess the character of blooming freely, even on very 

 young plants. In hardiness we would assume it to rank with Solfatare, or 

 Noisette Lamarque, and more fragrant than either of those two roses, and 

 perhaps equal to them in growth. 



Yours, a lover of - Roses. 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



FLOWERED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, AT SPRINGBROOK. 



No. IY. 



Epacris mixiatus — Perhaps the best of the dark flowered kinds. Its 

 flowers have the rich bicolor of the E. grandiflora, but with twice their thick- 

 ness, with the finer habit of E. impressa. It may be an hybrid between the 

 two. My plant is but small, being but a rooted cutting when received from 

 Messrs. Hovey last spring. Its flowering so young indicates a free bloom- 

 ing property, which the plant recently introduced and exhibited at the last 

 meeting of the Perm. Hort. Society by Mr. Buist confirms. 



Trop^eoloi azureum. — We received a small bulb of this last spring from 

 Mr. Buist. It was kept in a 3-inch pot of sandy loam, dry, on a shelf in the 

 greenhouse till October, when it showed signs of growth. This small pot 



