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Camclia Pomponia. The Kcw-Blush Camclia. The flowers of 

 this variety are \'ery delicate, and measure, when fully expanded, 

 four inches in diameter. They consist of ten or twelve roundish- 

 cordate outer petals, arranged in two rows round a great number of 

 smaller ones that rise in the centre, in an erect, irivgular mass, the 

 outer petals spread open and become almost flat, they are sometimes 

 entire, but usually indented and undulated. Their color is pure 

 white, excepting about one-third of their length, nearest the base, 

 which is deeply tinged with red, as well as a small stripe up the 

 centre. 



Camelia semiduplcx. Semi-double Red Camelia. This plant is 

 not easily chstiuguished from Middlemist's Red Camelia, unless when 

 in flower. The flowers consist of from six to twelve petals, which 

 are large, roundish, and in a single or semi-double series, round the 

 column of stamens, and expanding to two and a half inches in diam- 

 eter ; they are generally concave, and all marked with veins that are 

 darker than the uniform rich rose-color of the flowers ; the stamens 

 rise erect, they are transformed into roundish, ligulated petals, slight- 

 ly di\ided at the apex, and sti'iped with white in the same manner 

 as Middlemist's Red, but not so large, nor are the petals so numer- 

 ous. It has been impregnated with the polen of tlie single white, 

 and some excellent varieties have been raised from the seed, by Mr, 

 Press, a celebrated gardener. 



There are numerous other names for varieties known by garden- 

 ers, but they appear to be all synonymous with those described above, 

 unless they are seething varieties. 



Proixtgation and Culture. All the species of Camelia are uni- 

 versally admired by every collector of plants, on account of their 

 beautifid rose-like flowers, and elegant, dark-green, shining, laurel- 

 like leaves. They are very hardy, green-house plants, and are easy 

 of culture, requiring only to be sheltered from severe frosts. The 

 best soil for them is an equal quantity of good sandy loam and peat. 



