This new variety fully sustains the high opinion which its American raisers had formed of it before it crossed the Atlantic. It is now pronounced by competent authorities to be without exception the finest Camellia of its color in cultivation - in short, the very ideal of perfection; such were our thoughts on seeing a specimen of it about 8 feet high the other day in the Camellia house at the Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, where, though surrounded by every variety of note in cultivation, it has no peer, whether we take into consideration its size, growth, floriferousness, or the size, form, and color of the flowers. The bush in question was carrying a score or so of blooms, some of which measured five inches across. The flowers are perfectly circular; the petals, though not large, lap over each other in a beautiful way, and the center, often the weak point, is not coarse in any stage. The color is a sort of crimson-lake, with a peculiar and indescribable brightness about it which makes it so much admired, particularly when seen on the plant associated with the broad, lively green foliage.

Mr. Hovey, of Boston, the raiser of this variety, might well be proud of having sent to Europe one of the finest Camellias, as well as having stolen a march upon Italian raisers. - Garden.