1501 



CAMELLIA japonica ; var. Reevesiana. 

 Mr. Reeves's Crimson Camellia. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Ternstromiace;e Mirbel. {Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 43.) 



CAMELLIA.— Supril, vol. l.fol. 22. 



Garden Variety. 



This is certainly one of the most striking Camellias 

 hitherto imported, its richness of colour far surpassing any 

 that we yet have seen. 



The foliage has a remarkably curled appearance, which 

 is faithfully represented on our Plate. 



The drawing was made in the Nursery of Mr. Tate, by 

 whom the plant was imported from China. From the 

 bamboo tally that accompanied it, numbered, in Chinese 

 characters, 42, it is probable that it was originally procured 

 in China, either from Mr. Beale or Mr. Reeves, those two 

 gentlemen exclusively using such tallies. 



We have named it in compliment to Mr. Reeves, to 

 whom this country is under the greatest obligations for 

 the zeal and liberality with which he devoted himself, 

 during a long residence in China, to the collection and 

 transmission to England of all that is rare, beautiful, or 

 useful, in the Flora of the Celestial Empire. 



Mr. Tate states that the flowers are very variable. 



J. L. 



