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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
CAMPYLOBOTRYS, 
of the purest white; blooms late in spring. | shaded with crimson; flowers large and 
Should have a place in the most select 
collection. 
C. Chandlerti. A strong-growing crimson 
kind, very showy. 
C. M. Hovey. Deep velvety crimson, 
with dark shading; very distinct. 
C. Contessa Lavinia Maggi. White, 
striped with carmine; flowers very large. 
Unsurpassed amongst the striped varieties. 
C. Cup of Beauty. White, striped with 
rose; good form, and beautifully imbri- 
cated. 
C. Donckelaari. Semi-double, rich crim- 
son, beautifully marbled with white. 
C. Duchesse de Berri. Pure white, cupped, 
and beautifully imbricated. 
C. fimbriata. Pure white, very double, 
splendidly imbricated, fringed petals; a 
superb variety. 
C. Henri Favre. Flowers beautifully im- 
bricated ; colour pinkish rose. A splendid 
variety. 
C. imbricata. The finest of all the 
double reds; flowers sometimes marbled 
with white. 
C. imbricata alba. White, sometimes 
striped with carmine; a fine variety. 
C. Jenny Lind. White, striped and 
spotted with rose. 
C. Jubilee. A pinkish white, specked 
and splashed with rose. 
C. Lady Humes Blush. Carmine, with 
a white tint—a beautiful kind, the plant 
somewhat straggling in growth. 
C. Mathotiana. Large, rich crimson ; 
imbricated. A magnificent kind. 
C. Mathotiana alba. Pure white, similar 
in every respect to the preceding, except 
colour. Very fine. 
C. Monarch. Rich scarlet veined with 
-erimson, irregular centre; a large fine 
flower. 
C. Mrs. Abbey Wilder. Ivory white, 
striped with rose, well imbricated. 
C. Mrs. Hovey. Light pink; of medium 
size, 
C. Napoleon III. Rosy-crimson, edged 
with white. 
C. Princess Bacciocht. Deep glossy car- 
mine, regularly imbricated; a beautiful 
kind. 
C. Princess Frederick William. White, 
tipped with carmine. 
C. reticulata. A semi-double kind, with 
very large bright rose flowers. 
C. Storyi. Outer petals bright rose, with 
a whitish centre. 
C. Targioni. White, striped with cerise; 
a beautiful imbricated flower. 
C. Teutonia. Pale rose, striped with 
white. 
C0. 
Thomas Moore. Bright carmine, 
well imbricated. 
C. tricolor imbricata plena. Blush white, 
“flaked with rose and carmine. 
C. Valtevaredo. Bright rose, sometimes 
spotted with white; imbricated. A large 
and magnificent flower. 
C. Vicomte de Nieuport. Beautiful rose, 
large, and finely imbricated. 
Insects.—Camellias suffer from most 
insects that infest pot-plants, although it 
is only in extreme cases of neglect that 
thrips or red spider do them harm. Mealy 
bug will live and thrive upon them, but 
from the nature of both wood and leaves 
is easily removed; brown scale is also 
sometimes troublesome, increasing fast 
during the growing season, but as it con- 
fines itself principally to the leaves, it is 
easily removed by sponging. White scale 
is their greatest enemy, and is difficult to 
eradicate if once it gets to a head, getting 
into every crevice in the bark, on the 
shoots, the leaves, and on the buds. Careful 
and thorough brushing, with the use of a’ 
small-pointed stick of soft deal to get into 
the crevices, where the insect takes up its 
quarters, and sponging the plants afterwards, 
constitute the best method of keeping down 
the pest. 
CAMPYLOBOTRYS. 
Interesting stove plants of shrubby habit, 
grown principally for their foliage, which is 
pretty when they are kept clear from insects, 
but if these are let to get ahead they injure 
the leaves. They are easily propagated 
from shoot cuttings in spring; several 
should be put together in moderate-sized 
pots filled with sand, kept moist, close and 
shaded, in a temperature of 70°. When 
rooted pot singly; peat with some sand 
and a little leaf-mould suits them best. As 
soon as they begin to move freely stop the 
points of the shoots to induce bushy 
growth : stand in a light position, and give 
a little shade in bright weather, with a 
moderate amount of air in the day, during 
which they will bear a temperature of 85° 
through the summer. Towards the end of 
June give pots two sizes larger, and 
continue to treat as hitherto. Syringe 
them freely overhead at closing time, until 
the end of August, when discontinue it as 
well as the shading. Winter in a night 
temperature of 56° or 58° and stand as 
near the roof as convenient, give larger 
pots in spring, and treat subsequently as in 
the previous summer ; they will make nice 
specimens in one season. 
The following are desirable kinds :— 
C. Ghiesbreghtii variegata. 
