the centre of the flower, and laid particularly flat and even over
one another. They are of a pure white colour, excepting a small number
of the centre petals, which frequently have a very delicate yellowish
tinge a t th e ir base. Most of the petals, on first opening, are slightly in volute,
or incurved at th e ir edges, and even a few of them m'ay occasionally
be seen with their edges partly ciliated, in the manner of those
ot the Frmged BoxMe White. When the flower has been some days
open, the outer petals, whieh are each of a roundish form, and about an
inch in diameter, spread nearly flat, and ultimately become so much
recurved, th a t the ir edges almost touch one another. They gradually
dimmish m size, the nearer they approach the centre of the flower in
which they are small, erect, and pointed. IVhen not very numerous
the centre is pitted or hollowed, b u t generally it is elevated, and so completely
filled w ith petals, th a t not a vestige of stamina can be discovered
and the flower altogether has the appearance o f a large imbricated white
globe.
I t is one of the varieties most esteemed in China, as well as in this
country, where it is now a common plant in every Collection. I t varies
a good deal in the size of its flowers, which are sometimes much smaller
than those we have described; b u t we are not aware o f any distinct
van e ty o f it being cultivated, with this peculiarity, although one is
’T sT fiT r f '■ P- 8. to have been introduced in
1816, by the late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith. In 1824, a plant was
imported for the Horticultural Society, by th e ir collector, Mr. J. D
Parks, which, on its flowering in 1826, we were inclined to consider
perfectly distinct. The same plant, however, in 1827, and the three
succeeding years, produced flowers th a t diflered in no respect from those
of the Double White above described.