Tas. 4976. 
CAMELLIA reticutata; flore pleno. 
Netted-leaved Camellia ; double-flowered var. 
Nat. Ord. TERNSTREMIACEZ.—POLYANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 2784.) 
CameLLia reticulata; foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis subopacis reticulatis, pe- 
talis amplis flaccidis undulato-plicatis patentibus, calyce pentaphyllo colorato, 
ovario sericeo. 
CaMELLIA reticulata. Lindley, Bot. Reg. t. 1078. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2784. 
Double-flowered var. (Tas. Nost. 4976). 
Dr. Lindley was assuredly quite correct in describing Camella 
reticulata as a very distinct species from C. Japonica. Fine a 
plant as it is, and a native as it is presumed to be of China, 
does not appear to have been known in Europe till about 1820, 
nor to have flowered in this country till 1826. Not only are the 
leaves very different from those of C. Japonica, but the flowers 
also, the “petals being much undulated and irregularly and 
loosely arranged, with none of the compactness and regularity 
for which the C. Japonica is so much admired.” Nor, it may 
be added, are the colours so brilliant. But that it is a first-rate 
ornamental shrub, if properly grown, will be readily conceded by 
all who have had the privilege of seeing the specimen im the 
conservatory of William Byam Martin, Esq., of Bank Grove, 
near Kingston, Surrey. Upon this* we made the following notes 
in 1849, and we know that it has increased in size and beauty 
since. “On the death of Sir John Broughton Bank Grove was 
purchased by Mr. Byam Martin, whose good taste and love of 
plants induced him to set a high value on the Camellias then on 
* An excellent woodcut, representing the entire plant in flower, figures being 
introduced to show its relative height, was published in the ‘ Historie Times ’ for 
April, 1849. 
APRIL Ist, 1857. 
