Plate 242 . 
CAMELLIA, CONTESSA DI GONDA. 
The additions which are each year being made to this most 
lovely and interesting tribe of plants, bid fair to put into the 
shade many of those older beauties which have hitherto been 
grown, and we are glad to find that those to which we have 
hitherto given a place in our Magazine are establishing them¬ 
selves as general favourites. 
The most beautiful sight in the way of Camellia-culture that 
we have seen for some time was in the garden of Mr. Sigismund 
Pucker, West Hill, Wandsworth. A large house w r as entirely 
devoted to them, and nothing could exceed the healthiness of 
the trees and the profuseness of the bloom, while the varieties 
grown were all excellent and many of them quite new. Mr. 
Pucker is well known for his liberal encouragement of horti¬ 
culture, and hence nothing of real merit is likely to be found 
absent from his collection. Among them we saw splendid 
plants of Countess of Orkney, striped ; Fimbriata , white; Centi- 
folia alba , white; Mathoniana , deep-red, of immense size and 
substance. There were also amongst newer varieties, Queen of 
Beauties , blush; Contessa Lavinia Maggi , very distinctly striped 
and of large size; Comte cle Comer , striped and distinct; Buchesse 
de Berri , fine white (these three have been figured in our pages). 
There were also P. Aldobrandini , blush; Madame Sir ek at of 
light blush ; Sarah Frost , bright pink, of exquisite form ; Mrs. 
Abby Wilder , striped ( Buchesse de Berri is a sport from this). 
We also saw at Mr. W. Bull’s, Chelsea, a new shaded Pose, 
Prince Camilli , and we are quite sure that any one wishing to 
add to their collection may safely add these newer and most 
desirable varieties. 
Contessa di Gonda , which, like many of our latest novelties, 
