Plate 330. 

 CAMELLIA, MRS. D0M13RAIN. 



We are indebted to the distinguished hcnticulturist M. Ani- 

 broise VerschafFclt, of Ghent, for the opportunity of figuring 

 this very charming addition to (his universally admired class 

 of flowers. He is well known as not only one of the most 

 spirited and enterprising of the Belgian nurserymen, but 

 especially for the great attention he has paid to the cultiva- 

 tion of the Camellia, and for the many new kinds he has 

 introduced ; his ' Icouograpliie des Camellias,' now comprising 

 many volumes, devoted solely to figures and descrijitions of his 

 favourite fiower, will long remain a monument of his zeal and 

 industry. 



In some of the newer kinds of Camellias, we meet with 

 flowers composed of very large petals, comparatively few in 

 number ; and these have, perhaps, the more noble appearance, 

 while, on the other hand, we have those composed of a number 

 of smaller petals, biit thoroughly imbricated, and these are 

 probably the most generally admired ; such exqiiisitely-formed 

 flowers as Sarah Frost and Rcinc des Beautes will have a greater 

 number of admirers than such flowers as Mathotiana and Coun- 

 tess of Orkney ; and it is to this small-petaled division that 

 Mrs. iJomhrain belongs. 



The complaint, which is often made, that new varieties of 

 Camellias present no novelty, will not, as has been oliserved by 

 the editor of ' L'lllustraticm Ilorticole,' be made against the va- 

 riety now figured ; it is a beautifully delicate pink, margined 

 \\\{\\ white, and is really no\el in character ; it was raised by 

 a distinguished Belgian amateur, and has been introduced to 

 tlie iiul)lic. during the past autumn, l)y M. A. Verschaffelt. into 



