it is, we believe, unknown to English growers, as on inquiry from 
some of the largest Camellia-growers, we could not find that 
they had any acquaintance with it, but we saw in a collection 
exhibited by Mr. William Paul, of the Nurseries, Waltham 
Cross, at a late Meeting of the Floral Committee, a variety 
called Elatior , which seems to approach very near to it. 
The cultivation of the Camellia is much more simple than 
is generally supposed: it delights in a mixture of good turfy 
loam and peat, and will even bear a few degrees of frost with¬ 
out injury; when the plants have bloomed, it will be better (if 
such a convenience is at hand), to place them in a moist stove, 
where they can be started into growth and well syringed, and 
after this they must be gradually hardened, off until they can 
bear the open air, when they may be placed out of doors in a 
shady place, but not under the dip of trees, and on tiles or slates, 
to prevent the entrance of worms into the pot; when they are 
brought into the house in the autumn, care should be taken 
that they do not suffer from either excess or lack of moisture, 
as, although they will not show it by drooping, as some flowers, 
yet the loss of the flower-buds will ultimately ensue, and this 
of course every grower would desire to avoid. 
Besides the above beautiful variety, we can confidently re¬ 
commend, Princesse Bacciochi , striped; Montaroni , white; irnbri- 
cata, crimson \jimbriata, white, beautifully fringed; Sacco Vera , 
veined rose ; Sarah Frost , the most beautifully shaped Camellia 
grown ; Puchesse de Bern , splendid white; and Queen of Beau¬ 
ties , j striped quite new 7 . 
