of 3i 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 u])right : 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 difierent from the true imbricata ; 

 but there can be no reasonable doubt that the supposed 

 diff'erences were caused accidentally by some peculiarity 

 of cultivation. 



One of the finest Camellias we know. 



J. L. 



