CAMELLIA JAPONICA AND ITS VARIETIES. 37 



From C. Aitonia, by C. alba grandiflora ; double white, large, nearly regular, but with 

 occasionally a few anthers. 



From Single White, by Anemoneflora alba ; numerous white and parti-colored varieties, 

 more or less double, the best of which is a full creamy white, striped with rose, like 

 Duchesse d'Orleans, but not so regular. 



EXAMPLES FROM THE SEED OF DOUBLE VARIETIES. * 



From Camellia imbricata alba, by pollen of the C. variegata ; a double white, nearly of 

 the regular form, with a few stamens. 



From C. King, by C. variegata ; a full symmetrical flower, very dark crimson, striped 

 with white — peculiar. 



From C. elegans, by C. punctata ; an enormous large, globular, white flower, of the 

 irregular shape. 



From C. Lindbriata, by C. punctata ; very clear beautiful pink ; corolla and petals large, 

 like the female plant, but not entirely full. 



From C. Lindbriata, by C. alba grandiflora; a very thick, full, globular flower, white, 

 striped with rose. 



From C. Colvillii, by C. Donkaelarii ; a double symmetrical flower ; color, delicate rose 

 or pink, striped with white. 



From the same, by the same,, a very perfect double flower ;. color, clear rose. 



From C. punctata, (male parent not known,) Eurydice Augusta, a perfect, regular flower ; 

 color, light rose, broadly striped with white, and resembles Pressley's Queen Victoria, but 

 surpasses it in beauty. 



From C. IMiddlemist, by C. pomponia ; the fine white variety figured in Transactions of 

 the Society ; very circular, of great depth, full and perfect ; occasionally suffused or touched 

 with light rose. 



Having explained my views in relation to the influence of petatoid pollen, 

 I add, as proof, a few examples illustrative of the inefficiency of simple 

 pollen to generate double flowers. This rule is not stated as invariable, but 

 where the exception arises^ may it not be from a state of transformation not 

 visible to the eye ? 



From Camellia paeoniflora, by C. Donkgelarii, several single seedlings, one of which, of 

 the exact color of the former, and singularly veined with deep red. 



From C. Colvillii, by C. Donkselarii ; seedlings, with single flowers of various tints, but 

 with no disposition to double. 



From C. tricolor, fertilized with itself; seedlings, with white and red single flowers, but 

 retaining in habit and foliage the character of the parent. 



From C. Donkeelarii, by itself, a fac-simile, in habit and foliage, but in flower resembling 

 alinost precisely the old single red. 



Camellia myrtifolia, and C. imbricata rubra, having departed from their 

 general double form, produced a few anthers, the pollen of which was 

 seized on as most desirable for impregnating with, but the progeny of these 

 ;-,-, ■ crosses, although in one instance so similar in foliage to C. myrtifolia • as 

 05 hardly to be distinguished from it, brought only ordinary single flowers; 

 ^^. these varieties seldom deviate from their usual perfect form, and it was 

 ^j therefore noticed, that none of the anthers were petaloid. The seedlings, 



