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Paonia sinensis Whitleit, with very splendid double white, or 
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. 
- Peonia Humez, with very large double crimson flowers, of brilliant 
appearance, and a pleasant odour; flower-stems also grow to the 
height of three feet. in 
Peonia fragrans, 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. ~ 4 
These are very hardy Green-house plants, and would no doubt 
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withstand the winters of any part of the Union south of Wilmington, r 
N.C. The leaves of the Green tea are more than doubie the size of ; 
the Bohea, and both produce fine flowers in abundance, and are culti- i 
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 sacceed as well as in southern France or Italy. - 
It is a beautiful evergreen, and flourishes with very little attention. 
PYRUS JAPONICA, or Scarlet Flowering 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. 
Magnolia obovata, is esteemed for the uncommon richness and 
beauty of its flowers, which are produced in March, and are of 4 "| 
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 4 
splendid and shaped like a chandelier, flowers in March. ' 
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- Magnolia fuscata, with olive coloured flowers, quite small, but of 
a most delightful fragrance. | 
Magnolia annonefolia, with longer leaves than the above, air 
Aowers somewhat similar, and equally sweet. 
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