26S ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CAMELLIA. 



The following Selection includes most of the finest in 



Cultivation. 



1. Double White (C Jap. alba plena.) — A well-known and 

 lovely variety, growing to the height of 12 or 14 feet, very hardy, and 

 a remarkably free flowerer. 



2. Dr. Siebold's White (C. Sieboldi.) Syn. candidissima. — 

 Flowers with a tinge of yellow when first opening, hut afterwards 

 becoming pure white ; liable to fall before having fully expanded if 

 placed in too strong a temperature ; flowers measuring nearly four 

 inches when fully expanded. 



3. Mr. Wadie's White (C. Wadieana.) — Bluish paper white, 

 petals irregular, measuring, when expanded, three and a half inches. 



4. Fringed Petalled White (C. fimbriata.) — Delicate white, 

 more irregular in the disposition of its petals than the old double 

 white, and the petals notched or fringed on the upper edge. 



5. Wellbank's White (C. fVelbankii.) Syn. flavesceus. — The 

 flowers of this variety have a yellow tinge, are remarkably handsome, 

 measuring from three to four inches diameter when expanded ; the 

 plant is a free grower and flowers abundantly. 



6. White Anemone Floweked (C. anemone flora alba.) — This 

 is a lovely variety, sometimes becoming spotted or striped, but gene- 

 rally retaining its character as a white camellia. 



7. Semi-Double White (C. semi-duplex alba.) — This, although 

 not perfectly double, is scarcely surpassed by any of those before it ; 

 the flower is large, usually expanding upwards of four inches, of a 

 remarkably pure white, and almost semi-transparent. 



8. Donklaer's Striped (C. Donklaerii.) — The flowers of this 

 variety expand about three inches, are very double, of a delicate 

 white, beautifully marked with zigzag crimson lines, occasionally 

 deeply blotched with the same colour; the petals are irregular. 



9. Variegated Flowered (C. variegala.) — This is a very 

 common variety, but is, notwithstanding, deservedly popular; the 

 flowers are large red, blotched with white, and very conspicuous. 



10. Chandler's Striped Warratah (C. Chandlerii.) Syn. 

 versicolor. — The flowers of this are red, striped and blotched with 

 white. 



11. PoMro.NE (C. Pomponia.) Syn. Kew blush.— Flowers white, 



