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Paonia sinensis Whitleii^ with very splendid double white, op 

 sulphureous yellow flowers, afterwards changing to white, and 

 whose external petals are generally tinged with red ; the flowers 

 are of a very large size, the stems are usually three feet high, with 

 from two to three flowers on each. 



Paonia Uumei, with very large double crimson flowers, of brilliant 

 appe irance, and a pleasant odour ; flower-stems also grow to the 

 height of three feet. 



Pcdoniafra^rans, with rose coloured sweet scented flowers. This 

 blooms the latest of* all, and the flowers are generally in cymes of 

 two or three on a stem. 



GREEN AND BOHEA TEA. 



These are very hardy Green -house plants, and would no doubt 

 withstandtbe winters of any part of the Union south of Wilmington, 

 N. C. The leaves of the Green tea are more than double the size of 

 the Bohea, and bath produce fine flowers in abundance, and are culti- 

 vated with as much ease as any of our commonest trees. It is said 

 that all the finer teas are perfumed by the Chinese with the delight- 

 ful flowers of the Olea fragrans, or Fragrant Chinese Olive. 



EUROPEAN OLIVE. 



The cultivation of this tree, which has always been considered 

 as a source of incalculable wealth to those countries where it has 

 flourished, has latterly attracted the attention of many persons in 

 Florida and other southern sections of the Union, where there can 

 be no doubt it will succeed as well as in southern France or Italy. 

 It is a beautiful evergreen, and flourishes with very little attention. 



PYRUS JAPONICA, or Scarlet Floivering Japan Apple, 



This is also a very desirable plant; its flowers, which are pro- 

 duced in clusters during most of the winter season, are of the most 

 brilliant scarlet, and are succeeded by small fruit ; it is found to be 

 perfectly hardy, and to bear exposure during the severest winters \. 

 there is also a beautiful white flowering variety. 



CHINESE MAGNOLIAS. 



- MapioUa obovaia, is esteemed for the uncommon richness and 

 beauty of its flowers, which are produced in March, and are of a 

 delicate purple outside and white within, and it will also stand the 

 winter in the open air. 



Magnolia conspicua, with large white flowers, which are very 

 splendid and shaped like a chandelier, flowers in March. 



Magnolia fuscata^wiih olive coloured flowers, quite small, but of 

 a most delightful fragrance. 



Magnolia annonafolia, with longer leaves than the aboye, and. 

 flowers somewhat similar, and equally sweet 



