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CAMELLIA* japonica; var. imbricáta. 
Imbricated Japan Rose. 
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MONADELPHIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. Ternstrimiacex Mirbel. (Introduction to the natural 
system of Botany, p. 43.) 
CAMELLIA.—Suprà, vol. 1. fol. 22. 
GARDEN VARIETY. 
The following account of this beautiful plant is taken 
from an excellent paper upon the varieties of Camellia, by 
Mr. W. B. Booth, published in thé seventh volume of the 
Transactions of the Horticultural Society :— 
** It was imported for the Society, in 1824, by Mr. John 
Damper Parks. It flowered in March 1827, and is, without 
doubt, among the best which have yet been brought from 
China. - 
“ The plant is of vigorous growth, with large thick, 
dark-green leaves, usually 44 inches long, and from 2 to 
21 inches broad, waved, and tapering to a sharp point; the 
serratures are shallow and blunt, and in the old leaves 
scarcely discernible, particularly towards the petiole. The 
midrib is prominent and strong, particularly on the under 
side, and much paler than the leaves. The petioles are 
also of a palish green, thick and strong, usually about 
three quarters of an inch in length, nearly round, excepting 
on the upper side, which is slightly channelled. The 
flower-buds are almost round, and very large; the scales 
are also round, slightly pubescent, and of a palish green, 
becoming a little brown at the edges as the flower opens, 
and sometimes tinged with red. The flowers are upwards 
* See fol. 1267. 
