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begin to appear when the tree is only 3 ft. or4 ft. high. In the neighbourhood 
of London the tree seldom comes into flower before September ; and it con- 
tinues flowering till its flower buds are destroyed by frost. It is rather hardier 
than the preceding species. 
Geography, History, §c. This species is found only on the banks of the 
Alatamaha river in Georgia; where it was discovered, in 1770, by John Bar- 
tram, who gave it the name of Franklinia, in honour of the celebrated Dr. 
Franklin, Its native soil is sandy wastes, where there is peat, and where there 
is abundance of moisture great part of the year. This tree was introduced 
into England, in 1774, by Mr. William Malcolm. It is considered somewhat 
hardier than the preceding species, and has been more generally cultivated. 
The soil, situation, &c., may be considered, in all respects, the same as for 
Gordonia Lasianthus. There are plants from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high in the Mile 
End Nursery, and of a larger size at Purser’s Cross and at Syon; there are, 
also, some very fine bushes, or low trees, of it at White Knights, which 
flower freely every year. Inthe Nouveau Du Hamel it is stated to be cultivated 
in the “ Jardin Impérial des Plantes,’ in those of Malmaison, and of the 
Trianon, and in Cels’s Nursery. There is, or was afew years ago, a tree 
of considerable size in the garden at Trianon ; and there is one in Bartram’s 
Botanic Garden, Philadelphia (now Carr’s Nursery), 50 ft. high. (See Gard. 
Mag., vol. viii. p. 272.) Price, in the London nurseries, 3s. 6d. a plant; at 
Bollwyller, 4 francs ; and at New York, 40 cents, and the seeds 2 dollars a 
quart. 
Sect. II. Hardy and half-hardy ligneous Plants belonging to the 
Lribe Camelliée. 
Common Character. Calyx of 5—9 sepals. Petals 5—7—9, alternating with the 
sepals when they are the same in number; sometimes they are connected 
at the base. Stamens numerous, usually monadelphous, but, in some, 
separated into many bundles at the base. Capsule 3—5-celled, 3—5-valved, 
valves sometimes with dissepiments in the middle, and sometimes so much 
bent in at the margins as to form dissepiments. Seeds large, few, fixed to 
the margins of the central placenta. Smooth evergreen trees or shrubs, in- 
habitants of the colder parts of Asia, China, Japan, &c. Flowers axillary, 
very showy, red, white, or striped. (Don’s Mill. i. p.574.) The half- 
hardy genera are two, Caméllia and Thea; which are thus contradis- 
tinguished : — 
Came’Lu14. Stamens polyadelphous or monadelphous at the base. Valve of 
capsule bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each. 
THEA. Stamens almost unconnected to the very base. Dissepiments of 
capsule formed from the inflexed margins of the valves. 
Genus I, 
a 
CAME’LLIAL. Tue Came iia. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia Polyandria. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 848. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 529.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 574. 
Synonymes. The Japan Rose; Camellier, Rose du Japon, et de la Chine, Fr. ; Camellie, Ger. 
ee Named in honour of George Joseph Camellus, or Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit, and traveller 
Gen. Char.,§c. Calyx imbricate, surrounded by accessory bracteas or sepals. 
Stamens monadelphous. Anthers elliptical, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise ; 
capsule furrowed, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, separating 
from the free triquetrous axis when ripe. Cells 1—2-seeded. . Elegant 
evergreen trees or shrubs, with coriaceous, dark green, shining leayes 
and large flowers, resembling the rose, of various hues. (Don’s Mill., i. 
p. 574.) — The ie os are evergreen low trees or shrubs, from China, 
all of which will bear the open air in the neighbourhood of London, 
