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from which plants have been raised. This being so, it should surely be easy for 

 growers in favoured districts to raise and offer stocks of well-grown plants ; fail- 

 ing these, supplies may be looked for where the Camellia is commonly grown 

 as a shrub, as in Italy, Western France, Madeira, and Japan. 



In the Isle of Wight, too, and coasts near, the success is most marked, the 

 bushes flowering as profusely as they do in Madeira on the hills, where we 

 have seen fine plantations. At Osborne they do remarkably well ; but of all 

 spirited planters of the Camellia the late Lord Falmouth was the chief. Having 

 confidence in the growth of the Camellia at Tregothnan he collected plants 

 from many sources, with a most interesting and remarkable result. Of these, 

 however, and of other plantations on the south-west we hope Mr. Fitzherbert, 

 who knows them so well, will tell us in a future number of Flora. 



The two fine single kinds herewith figured are the best of various importa- 

 tions from Japan by Mr. Sanders, of St. Albans. He leaves to us the duty of 

 giving them their names, and we do so willingly — calling the light-coloured 

 one Flora, and the red Sylva. 



HARDY FRUITS OF THE LYONS REGION. 



{Continued, from page 13.) 



Abbi Pete/. — A gain of the Abbe Petel, of Cha- red-gilded in colour, of good quality and very aro- 



rantay, Rhone. The fruit is large, attenuated, gourd matic, but rather too brittle. October-November, 



shape, bent at top. A good, or very good pear. No- Tree vigorous and very fertile. 

 vember-December. Tree of medium vigour and Belle de Mai. — Again of M. Mortillet, of Mey- 



fertility. Ian, Isere. A large, or very large-sized pear of good, 



Agricola. — A gain of M. Mortillet, of Meylan, or very good, quality when it ripens, which is only 



Isere. A fruit of medium size, richly scented. Sep- in April-May. 



tember. A good standard tree for the orchard. Bergamote Bouvant.—A. gain of M. Bouvant, of 



Alexandre Chomer. — A gain of M. Liabaud, of St. Andre-de-Corcy, Ain. Of medium size ; in 



Lyons. Fair-sized fruit ; in colour bright yellow. A colour greenish-yellow ; of good, or very good, 



very good pear, but somewhat lacking in aromatic quality for the season, April-May 



uality. December-January. Tree vigorous and apt Bergamote Jan. — A gain of M. Nerard, of Lyon- 

 br any form. Vaise. Round in form, of medium size, orange- 



Aspasie Aucourt. — A gain of M. Rollet, of Ville- yellow in colour ; of very good quality, but with 



franche, Rhone. A large-sized pear, greenish in more flavour than delicacy. December-January, 



colour, of very good quality, but insufficiently aro- Deserves to be cultivated, not only for the good 



matic. Ripens to the fullest extent without becom- quality of its fruit, but also for the elegance and 



ing unsound. Commencement of August. hardiness of the tree. 



Belle de Brignais. — A gain of M. Gaillard, of Bergamote Liabaud. — Raised by M. Liabaud, of 



Brignais, Rhone. Resembles Beurre Clairgeau, but La Croix-Rousse, Lyons. A medium-sized pear of 



the tree more vigorous. November-December. good quality but subject to crack and knot. No- 



Belle d' Ecully. — A gain of M .Cuissard, of Ecully, vember-December. 



near Lyon. A very large pear, of good quality, but Beurre Luizet. — Again of M.Luizet, of Ecully. 



lacking aroma. September. The tree is fertile, but A large-sized pear of fair quality ; succeeds better 



does not thrive on the Quince. as an espalier on the Crab. November-December. 



Belle de Decembre. — A gain of M. Fougere, of St. Beurre ae Mortillet. — A gain of M. Fougere, of 



Priest, Isere. A very large-sized fruit ; for cooking, St. Priest, Isere. A large and very pretty pear, of 



and remarkable for keeping its aroma after cooking, good quality, aromatic, and not apt to over-ripen. 



An excellent dessert fruit also. August. 



Belle Lyonnaise. — A gain of M. Morel, of Lyon- Bied-Charpeton. — A gain of M. Morel, of Lyon- 



Vaise. A large-sized pear of Quince formation, Vaise. A medium-sized fruit of very good quality, 



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