208 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 
viellia, though some are inclined to think that it is a varie- 
gated or striped species, not yet introduced, that has been 
the origin of so many beautiful Chinese sorts. 
The following are supposed to be its varieties : — 
C. alba-plena, common, double white, is admired by the 
most casual observer, and is generally considered a very 
superior flower, from the purity of its whiteness and the 
abundance of its large flowers, which are closely and regu- 
larly set with round petals. The foliage is large, and the 
plant grows freely ; we have seen one shoot grow two feet in 
one summer. It was imported into Europe from China, 
among the first of the varieties, about eighty years ago. 
Magnificent. 
C. simplex* alba, single white. It is mentioned some- 
where as being very sweet-scented, though not very percep- 
tible to us. The foliage and wood are very strong, the fine- 
striped sorts have been raised from it; consequently, it is 
particularly desirable as a stock to grow new varieties from. 
Its flowers are large and abundant. Good. 
C. althsefiora, hollyhock-flowered, is a great beauty, with 
large, double, dark-red flowers ; the veins are very prominent, 
petals frequently irregular; foliage large, smooth, and very 
dark green, and is much esteemed. Fine. 
C. anemonefibra, or Waratah (from the centre petals, 
having the appearance of the Waratah plant, Telopxa speci- 
osissima). This variety is very characteristic, both in flower 
and foliage. The flower is dark-crimson, with five regular, 
large, outside petals; those of the centre are very small and 
neatly plaited, with the style (female organ) prominent; the 
foliage is large and oblong, nerves very smooth, and the wood 
strong, bark light. Had this kind not been found, Ave would 
have been deprived of many most splendid varieties which 
have originated from it, and we have no doubt they may be- 
come as diversified as the roses of the garden ; this variety, 
in a collection, for that alone is invaluable. It seeds freely, 
and the pollen of any of the others applied to the style of 
this will produce a new variety, which seldom fails of being 
* We have now, 1839, in flower, a single white, very similar to 
this, which we have raised from the seed of Dahliajlura, a good, 
double red variety ; it, therefore, appears impossible to predict their 
character from the parent that produced the seed. 
