12 CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



flowering free, each flower expanding perfectly, remaining on the stem and 

 retaining its beauty a long time. 



The superiority of this variety compared with old established favorites, 

 such as the Double White, Lady Hume, Imbricata, and others, consists in 

 the perfect and beautiful circular form of the petals, which have scarcely a 

 serrature or indentation on then* edges. 



Raised from the Smgle Red Camellia, fertilized by C. japonica, var. 

 punctata. The original mother plant, and all the stock, with the exception 

 of a single graft, were destroyed by accidental fire in the year 1841. 



2. Camellia Japonica, var. Mrs. Abby Wilder. 



This name was given by the Committee on Flowers, in honor of the 

 lady of the President of the Society, 



A vigorous shrub of upright growth ; strong branches, large handsome 

 fohage. Leaves two and a half inches broad, four long, roundish oval, 

 rather reflexed, coarsely dentated, acuminate, midrib and nerves pale and 

 prominent, yellowish green, resembling those of var. Lady Hume; bud 

 round, with pale green scales ; flower large, about four inches in diameter, 

 very circular, of great depth or thickness, full and perfect ; petals very 

 numerous, of beautiful form, the exterior rows broad, circular, gradually 

 diminishing in size to the centre, arranged with great regularity ; color 

 azure white, with an occasional suffusion of light rose, somewhat after the 

 style of the Duchess d^ Orleanse. 



Raised from the seed of C. var. Middlemist, fertilized by C. pomponia. 



The production of these two beautiful flowers having resulted from the 

 application of certain specific principles of impregnating the seed, the 

 action of which subsequent experiments have shown to be nearly uniform ; 

 a knowledge of these principles must be considered of much interest to the 

 Horticulturist, particularly as it is not probable that this action should be 

 confined solely to the Camellia, 



The President, M. P. Wilder, Esq., has promised a communication, 

 containing the details of this method, for pubhcation in the succeeding 

 number of the Society's Transactions. 



