when very little care is bestowed; and in point of hardiness, 
they can bear several degrees of frost, and that with apparently 
less injury than many things which are esteemed hardy. 
French and Italian raisers are doing much to increase our 
catalogues, and in many instances the additions are not only 
new, but valuable; while from America also some excellent 
varieties have been received. Amongst those which have this 
year been brought forward, we may notice Filippo Parlotore , 
shown by Messrs. Yeitch; Napoleon III. and Jubilee Bosea , by 
Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith; Contessa Lavinia Maggi (figured 
in our last volume), Bicolor de la Beine ,—both striped flowers, 
—and Mcester Bosea , by Mr. Stamdish, of Ascot. 
Duchesse de Berri can hardly lay claim to being called a 
new variety, but it is certainly the finest of the white Camellias 
grown, superior in shape to that favourite flower the old double- 
white; it has also the advantage of a good habit of growth and 
of fine large glaucous foliage, instead of the yellowish-green 
which the older variety is apt to degenerate into, while its close 
and shell-like petals are arranged in a more thoroughly imbri¬ 
cated manner than it. It has also the advantage of being within 
the reach of most lovers of this flower, while the scarce varie¬ 
ties, from their high price, can only be obtained, comparatively 
speaking, by a few of the more ardent connoisseurs; and we 
therefore do not doubt that it will find its way into most col¬ 
lections ere long. 
