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perfectly double, being similar to Landrethi. A free bloomer, 

 foliage pale green. Magnificent. 



C. imlricdta, foliage very large, three inches wide, and 

 four and a half long, of a pale-green, often marked with 

 white ; flowers rich crimson, almost invariably marked more 

 or less with white ; they are full four ^nches in diameter ; 

 the petals are round, and regularly dioposed, and imbricated 

 on each other, gradually decreasing to the centre, forming 

 a most perfect flower. The plant grows freely, and blooms 

 profusely ; no collection can be perfect without it. Magnifi- 

 cent. 



C. intermedia, is a sport from S. poeoni flora j it is a very 

 large blush, beautifully suffused with rose. Superb. 



C. invincible, or punctata, flower three inches and a half 

 in diameter, rose-ground, marked and striped with cherry- 

 red ; the circumference petals are broad and convex ; those of 

 the centre small and erect. This Camellia sometimes pro- 

 duces flowers entirely red or rose-coloured; it is of free 

 growth ; leaves round, acuminate, and of a dark -green. Su- 

 perb. 



C. Jeffersonii, rosy-crimson, perfectly imbricated to the 

 centre; flower of medium size; foliage shining-green, three 

 to four inches long, and two wide. A seedling by Dr. J. S. 

 Gunnell, of Washington City. Magnificent. 



C. imbricata (Dunlop's), flowers rosy-crimson, most per- 

 fectly formed, marked with white shading to blush ; foliage 

 large, recurved, of a pale-green colour. Magnificent. 



Jenny Lind (Mackenzie), pure white, with distinct pink 

 stripes, petals round, nearly fully imbricated, flower under 

 medium size; foliage long oval, glossy-green, free growth. 

 Magnificent. 



C. Landrelhii, or Jacksbnia, very beautiful pink, fading 

 to the centre, a perfectly-double and finely-imbricated flower, 

 about four inches in diameter, a free bloomer, and a plant of 

 good habit; leaves ovate, acuminate, pale-green. We have 

 seen the flower profusely spotted with white. This elegant 

 Camellia was grown from seed by D. and C. Landreth, and 

 bloomed first in the spring of 1829. Magnificent. 



C. latifblia, leaves three inches wide, and four inches and 

 half long, point recurved, a fine glossy-green ; flower cherry 

 red, cup-form, interior petals irregular, festooned, and curled, 

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