of 31 inches in diameter, and extremely regular in their 
formation, the petals being ranged one above another, and 
gradually diminishing in size towards the centre, exactly in 
the manner of the Double White. The colour is a fine 
crimson red, and remarkably shewy. The outer petals are 
nearly round, and are each upwards of an inch in diameter. 
When the flower first begins to open, they are all cupped 
or concave; but, as it expands, they become quite flat, 
and those at the extremity are a little recurved. The centre 
petals are somewhat pointed, and rise upright: they are 
so thick that not a single stamen is to be observed. Some 
of the petals in the middle, between the centre and circum- 
ference of the flower, have a faint white stripe, extending 
from the tip of the petal for about half its length down the 
centre, but partially hidden by the other petals covering it: 
this stripe, however, is permanent, but disappears when 
the flower is fully expanded, or at least becomes slightly 
coloured. The centre of the flower is cupped, and the 
arrangement of the petals altogether is precisely the same 
as in the flowers of the Double White.” 
Our drawing was made from a plant that flowered in 
the possession of Mr. George Smith, Nurseryman, Islington. 
It was at first thought different from the true imbricata ; 
but there can be no reasonable doubt that the supposed 
differences were caused accidentally by some peculiarity 
of cultivation. 
One of the finest Camellias we know. 
JL 
