Observations on the Camellia, and its Varieties. 19 



5. Camellk japonica variegata. Loddiges'' Botanical Cabinet. 



Double Striped Camellia. 

 This old, but deservedly esteemed variety was introduced 

 into Great Britain in the same year with the double white. 

 It is of robust habit, flowers early and abundantly, and will 

 sometimes produce seed. The flowers are of a fine rose 

 color, three or four inches in diameter, and striped or 

 blotched with white ; like all the variegated kinds, it is apt 

 to sport, and will occasionally show a plain red flower. It is 

 said by experienced cultivators, that this variety is degen- 

 eratinsr, and from my own observation, I am inclined to the 

 same opinion. 



6. Camell/a japonica rubra plena. Loddiges'' Botanical Cabinet. 



Grevilleh Red. 

 Double Red Camellia. 

 This camellia was imported from China in 1794, and of 

 which Messrs. Chandler and Booth observe: " Some confu- 

 sion exists in regard to this variety, from its being cultivated 

 in many collections under the name of the Old Red., and 

 GrevilWs Red, both being considered distinct varieties ; but 

 after having compared plants with these names that were 

 subjected to the same treatment, we are satisfied there is no 

 difference whatever between them, their flowers being pre- 

 cisely the same in every respect. The flowers are from three 

 to three and a half inches in diameter, of a crimson red col- 

 or, and resemble the flower of a large double hibiscus." 



7. Camelh'a japonica incarnata. Loddiges'' Botanical Cabinet. 



Buff or IJume\s Blush. 



Lady IIume''s Blush. 

 This charming variety was imported into England in 1806, 

 by Lady Hume, whose name it bears. The plant is of a 

 slender and straggling growth ; the flowers of a clear flesh- 

 color ; the petals regularly arranged over each other, after 

 the manner of the double white, and somewhat recurved. 

 The formation of this flower is, in some instances, so regu- 

 lar, that its appearance is hexangular, and has, on that ac- 

 count, been taken for C. hexangularis ; the true hexangu- 

 laris is, however, not a white, but a red flower, and is sup- 

 posed to be either r?iyrtif61ia, or a variety thereof. In the 

 Camellias de Bolwiller there is a drawing of C. incarna- 

 ta, and another variety called rosea flavescens, and from 

 a comparison of the plants and foliage, I cannot doubt their 

 being one and the same, although flavescens is described as a 

 white-clear-yellow and rose, completely full, and incarnata is 

 a clear flesh-color, and hexagonal. I have imported these 

 varieties from France, for the purpose of proving them, and 

 will communicate it, should they not turn out synonymous. 



