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support. We should add that it abounds in 
figures of the newer and more important species. 
—T. M. 
NEW CHOICE CAMELLIAS. 
OME short time since we noticed at the 
nursery of Mr. Bull, Chelsea, some three 
or four interesting and choice new and 
rare Camellias, which we thought well worthy 
of being commended to the notice of culti¬ 
vators. Our notes on them read as follows :— 
Don Pedro. —Quite a novelty amongst these 
charming winter and spring flowers. The dark- 
green leaves, which are remarkably short and 
broad, with an acuminate point, and strongly 
marked serratures, give a striking character 
to the plant. The flowers are about the medium 
size, neatly and symmetrically imbricated, with 
broad concave petals, smooth at the edge, and 
peculiarly pleasing in colour, the marginal por¬ 
tion of the petals being white, while the inner 
parts are of a rosy-carmine, which passes out¬ 
wards in lines from the base of the petals, but 
does not reach the outer half, which remains 
of a pure white. This pretty rosy tint, show¬ 
ing up from the inner depths of the flower, 
adds greatly to its effectiveness and beauty. 
Jose Marquez Loureiro. —The old Double¬ 
white and fimbriata alba are varieties of such 
sterling merit, that they are universally admired; 
the new variety here named is also one of the 
desirable and meritorious whites, and it has 
good-looking bold foliage, which is a great 
relief to the flowers, and is just the one point 
in which the old variety is deficient. The 
flowers are of about medium size, pure white, 
and very full of broad, smooth-edged petals, 
the outer of which reflex, while the central 
ones retain the concave or cup-like form. 
La Pace. —A charming Italian variety, bear¬ 
ing handsome flowers of medium size, the petals 
broad and smooth, not crowded together, but 
distinct, so as to display the greater portion of 
their surface, while making up a flower suffi¬ 
ciently double. The colour is blush-white, 
freely flaked in bold stripes with bright car¬ 
mine-red. It is something in the way of Con- 
tessa Lavinia Maggi, but more highly coloured, 
from the bolder character of the markings. 
Leon Leguay. —This fine variety was dis¬ 
tributed some few years since by the late M. 
Meillez, but is yet very little known, the 
Camellia being comparatively slow of increase. 
The flowers are very handsome, of medium 
size, and beautifully formed, the sliell-like 
smooth-edged petals being ranged with perfect 
symmetry. The colour is crimson, more or 
less mottled with blotches of white, the two 
colours affording mutual relief. It is a very 
neat and pretty Camellia, well worth obtaining. 
—T. Moore. 
SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
t ULY.—That the season is a late one is 
generally admitted. Frost and drought 
combined have acted as retarding in¬ 
fluences, and the prevalence of east winds had 
a decidedly deterring influence. Warm, growing 
weather has set in, but what is greatly needed 
are warm, invigorating rains, to moisten the 
soil, and quicken the development of the 
“ kindly fruits of the earth.” On the whole, 
garden crops have decidedly improved within 
the past few weeks. 
Kitchen Garden. —The hoe must be kept 
constantly at work among growing crops, as it 
is one of the best means that can be adopted 
for opening the soil to rains, keeping down 
weeds, and encouraging a healthy and free 
growth. Another necessary piece of work is 
to clear off all early crops as soon as possible 
when ready, then to manure and dig up the 
ground, and replant with crops for winter and 
spring use. Celery , Broccoli , Winter Greens , 
&c., should be planted out, so soon as ground 
is cleared for their reception. A supply of 
Salading can be maintained by sowing Lettuce , 
Endive , Radishes , <fcc., also Australian Cress , a 
subject that is not so much grown as it de¬ 
serves to be. Peas and Beans should be kept 
well earthed up, and freely watered, if the 
weather is dry ; and supplies of liquid manure 
should be given occasionally, if it can be done, 
as the crops are largely benefited in this way. 
Tomatos planted against walls and other con¬ 
venient places should be trained, and the 
branches thinned out, to admit light and air. 
Ridge Cucumbers and Vegetable Marrows will 
also be benefited by a little judicious thinning. 
Fruit Garden.—Peach and Nectarine trees 
against walls should be gone over by some 
qualified person, in order to remove every 
shoot the welfare of the trees requires should 
be removed, care being taken to leave the 
trees sufficiently furnished. As a safe principle, 
it is best to save as little as possible to be cut 
out at the winter pruning. The stoning 
period has now arrived, and if sufficient fruit 
be not cast off in the process, it will be well 
to thin out judiciously. In nailing-in the 
shoots of young and vigorous trees, those 
which have thrown out many laterals 
may be shortened with great advantage to 
the best placed lateral, which should then 
be trained on as a leader. The process of 
nailing-in the shoots, and stopping the late 
growths of fruit-trees in general must be 
attended to; and, should dry weather pre¬ 
vail, watering will be necessary to newly- 
planted trees, and also to such as are swelling 
the fruit. The canes of Raspberries should be 
thinned out, in the case of plants making a 
free growth. Beds of Strawberries should be 
