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it, nmiK Tlic lilosso.li Is "ol liowovov .Ui.ilMtlvo lu tlie siono
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,lo„l,lc, oo.l 1" «' '
oomi..ivo.l U. tiic Doohk- Whlto Ihmi lo any ol Ihe olhor
v;irielics. Tho IVtals .lloilnlslilos lo Hic cciilrc. 11 Is, IVoiii Ils
lo„ rnbu.! liiiblt, nol .c cullj Icpl >• m"! "f H'c o " ' " k"iJ>.
•nie IîiiH; or l-iKly Homo's liliisli, wj iimiicl froiii licliig (Irsl
liilrckiccl 10 lUc gordens oF Sir Abriiluiiii Home, idiosc Liirly Is
n rllsllnsiilslica crlllvnlor of iiirc ,iliiiils. Tlils varloty imisl bc
rolmlroil by cvory oiic ibr tlic liiilirloriterl symoictrical rllstrllmllo.i
of its l'cUils, n oloirnclcr oltco occiirriny, rrllhougb iiot coiistiirit lu
, 1 , 1 , rciiecl. It lu 1. mo.l . lilc»iiiî Hml 1 Ui' "«.10 »«liooUmreil
l'cliil., »Web milicnr v c ; cleni- l,i «lO nnl ; opcneJ
l,lo«io,ii, lilouob 10 ail aliiiosl licrlccr ivliUcncss lo a more
iiiatiirc alalc, It Is ii vaiioly of a robiisl groivlli, ncarly as niiicb
so as Miadlcmlsfs, ainl Ibc follagc bas slroogly-iiiarkctl vélos.
Tlie blos,soo,a are iicrfcclly rloublc, coiisetiiiently 11 eau proiUice
In atlilllloo lo tbe iibcv
lii^irerl, ivlileb avo only leo
may nol lie lniproper bere
bcaiitllbl sbtuli, ivliieh Is bec
aiilbor was learlnl Ibal moi
tlcscrlpllon of Ibe varieties bere
in rtumiicr and lire Sesaritiua, il
lo make a leu' remarks oa this
ire plaits oilglil be tboiigbl to inerease
its expense beyond tlic necessary bmils, allboogb he
posscs-ses mosl bcaolifnl dravlngs, by Ibe same ioimllabie artist,
of many oilier 11,re varielles. Tbc ambor begs lo acimoivlcdge,
in Ibis place, bis obllga,io„s lo Mrs. Palmer, <if ISromley, ii bo
bas very iiolilcly soffercd draviags to be taken frsmi several neiv
varieties, and ivbo baa also contribnlcd siicb information respecting
tbem as canie ivitbin i,er knoiilerlgc. In a leller. dated
November, ISaO, Albidiog lo ll,c varieties rlraivn by M,^. Pope,
for 11,c anllior. sire sirys, - Ii, Ibe lirsl iilaec I must mention the
Double Blosb Can,cilia Scsan,na, This be.otitnl sbrol, « as imported
b). Captain E..e. (SI», I'.imc's brother) in ISlli, mirl
l,ioo,ne.l here brst In tSlS, «ben the Jove, .as the siie ot yo„r
drai, m.r, il flowered again br 11519, vlrcn, from Ihc iitanl being
imbeaiSiy, the I m » "»«. » « » « - * ' ""
!!QSO. The original plant died Immediately after »o.cr„,g in
JSlS-'but ivc bavc a very line gvalt from it „ci. Coll of lloircrrng
bods, and ,vc cxpeel it .ili be hi a month cr ti.c the most beaiilirol
,igl,l in the lloivc, iviry that can be seen , H .pi.e.t. a vcy Sne
bloii-er, Seeorrdlv, the ne» White Canieliia Japonic,, called, by
,l,c Hc,tlcoili,r,d Soolely, Wclb.nki.™, alto Captain IVcihank.
who as «en as C>,.lain Raii es, imported . lihiril h, 1816, aod bclb
pianls hioomed in ISli). Ca,italn Weibanli's al Mr. Tu.ricri.,
Hook's Nest Park, Snrrcy, and Captain Raivess {as yon knov)
here Thirdly, tilc Pink Warnt.b Caraelii. J.ponlca .-a, libported
by Captain Uii.cs in IBlli. and «o-icrcd here in IS'ffl ,
tbls plant irnd tbe Dooble Sesamina bave „ever lloiiercd anywhere
in England excepl here."
I - Captain Hawe. brongiit home a new collection this year.
I anrl from tbe leave, wc e,.,«,ct ,o,« nei. v.iictles. The llcanngnlaria.
so nmeh talked of, and ct which so many diawlngs have
, been ,ent from Cirina, is anio.igst tbem. and bloomed linely do,lag
the voyiigc. Another, called by tbe Chinese Yarlcns-ricwcred.
' bloomed on the yoy.ge. .„d the flower, were so,,» of them white.
,ome pink, and some blnsh ; it ha. bods on it no. which begm
,0 show coionr. There are two others wbich Captam R,iwe.
broogh. from tbe slngolarlty of the leaves, whiob ,. str,k,og ,
he bad some plants nf the Donble White Camellia Se,a„,oa.
,hlch he say. were beantitnli h„t the voyage kUlcd them," Tbc
fcrcgcing Inlercsting accoont will „.Mrally raise high expectalio,,.
of«,y eacnsi.c varieties Imported From China, „id wb,it may
we not aotlclpate wbcn onr native seedlings come into notice? Wc
may teasonahly capeet the varieties wih bc as i,niiie,™i, as oor
prcKnt enllectlon ,.f Ecscs, in a letter from rr.y friend Mr,
Eriward Bockinghari. on tbe sobjeet of the .ccdilng Caraclha,.
wblcb Chandler and li„ekb,gl„rm, Xorserynien. Varrxball. have
r.i«„l. dated December, 1820, be says. " Onr seedling Waratah
Camellia, arc now abcnt Svc or six inches i.lgb , we have
.boot a boorlred ot them , bnt none soirecly look like the motbc,
phmt. oor like .„y other cxoepl tbc Striped, lo wbicb m.ny
bave a F.ial vcsembl.ncc, A seedling Poihpone. or Hew Blosb,
has very handscne distinct fobage and veins on tlm leave,,.
Iiromlnenl a, nri the While,
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