Camellia mutabilis, or Changeable. This is also called 

 Pompone and Kew Blush ; the flowers are often pure white, 

 and others more or less touched with red, being quite variable 

 in this respect. 



Camellia jlavescens, or Buff This is also called Maiden's 

 Blush and Hume's Blush, with flowers of great regularity of 

 form and beautiful appearance, which have a yellowish tint, 

 and are of a pearl or cream colour. 



Camellia Welbankiania,or White P (Sony Flowered. This 

 variety is yet very rare. 



Camellia rubricaulis, or Lady Campbell's. This has 

 double red flowers mottled with white. 



Camellia hexangutaris. Starry, or Six Angled. This is 

 so called from the peculiar arrangement of its petals. 



Camellia carnea, or Middlemist. This has very fine rose 

 coloured flowers, which are produced in great profusion. 



Camellia longifolia, or Long Leaved. This has very long 

 leaves and single red flowers. 



Camellia sasanqua-alba, or Lady Banks* White Sasan- 

 qua. This has small white semidouble flowers about the size 

 of a half dollar, which expand in December, and greatly re- 

 semble those of the Tea. 



Camellia maculata, or Blotched Leaved. This has leaves 

 blotched or spotted with white, and double white flowers. 



Camellia fiosoniflora, or Pacony Flowered. This has very 

 large rose coloured flowers, formed by a row of large petals 

 outside, fijled up with smaller ones, which project in the 

 centre, resembling a paeony. 



Camellia anemoni/tora-~-Purfile Anemone Flowered, or 

 Warratah. 'This is of a deep crimson or purplish colour, 

 with a row of large outer petals, and the centre formed of very 

 small ones, resembling the shape of a fine double Anemone. 



Camellia atrorubens, or Double Crimson. This has 

 flowers of a very dark red or crimson colour, strikingly dif- 

 ferent in their formation from the other kinds, and it is re- 

 markable for the great abundance of its flowers j the foliage 

 is also very fine, being of a shining green. 



In addition to those here described there are numerous 

 other very fine varieties, among which are the Common 

 Double White, Double Red, Double Striped, Single Red, 

 Semidouble Red, 5cc. which being so universally known, need 

 no description. I will now proceed to comment upon the 

 proper treatment they should receive. For several of the 

 descriptions of the new kinds I am indebted to the work of 



