20 Observations on the Camellia, and its Varieties. 



8. Camelh'a japonica Pomponia. Botanical Register. 



Kew Blush. Curtis's Monograph. 



Ladies'' Head Dress Camellia of the French. 

 About this variety there exists a great diversity of opinion; 

 eome contending- that it is as distinct as any in cultivation, 

 always bearing' a white flower; others, that it produces the 

 red, white, and blush, paony flowered on the same plant. 

 Of the former opinion, are Messrs. Chandler and Booth, and 

 of the latter, Messrs. Baumann, in their Camellias de Bol- 

 willer. There is a variety known among cultivators as C. 

 variabilis, or various flowered, which I think can be no oth- 

 er than the pompone ; and I am confirmed in the opinion from 

 the circumstance of having- had, during the last winter, on 

 a plant of the pompone, at the same time, a pure white, and 

 also a pink flower. The plant is of free growth, but of slen- 

 der habit, and usually produces a white flower, slightly 

 tinged at the base of the petals with pink, and sometimes 

 faintly striped with the same color. Wishing for occular 

 demonstration in regard to this variety, I ordered, a year or 

 two since, from the Messrs. Baumann, and also from the 

 Messrs. Chandler, a plant each of the pompone, variabilis, and 

 pseony flowered, and will give you the result of my experi- 

 ence the present winter. 



9. Camellia japonica rosea. Chandler ^ Booth^s Illustrations. 



Camellia japonica cdrnea. Hort. Soc. Trans. 



Carnellia japonica rosacea. Curtis's Monograph. 



MiddlemisC s lied Camellia. 



Rosea plena. Camellias de Bolwiller. 

 This camellia was introduced into England in 1804, by 

 Mr. Middlemist, a nurseryman, and has been cultivated 

 under a great variety of names. The plant is of very rapid 

 growth ; branches erect, and is a valuable sort to inarch 

 costly varieties upon. The flowers are of a pale rose color, 

 and the petals less numerous than in most double varieties. 

 The style is sometimes perfect, and from it have been pro- 

 duced some fine sorts ; several drawings having recently ap- 

 peared in the English periodicals, which, if not exaggerated, 

 must be truly splendid, and will rank with the first or- 

 der. These (seven varieties) were all raised at the seat of 

 Mr. Campbell, member of parliament from Lancashire, and 

 are named Hendersonii, heteropetela alba, Campbellw, venus- 

 tum, Adeluidew, Juliami, and heteropetela rubra [I. p. 343]. 



10. Camellia japonica anemoneflora. Botanical Magazine. 



Warratah Camellia. 

 This is one of the original Chinese kinds imported in- 

 to Great Britain in 1806. Tlie growth of this plant is strong 

 and robust, the leaves of a very dark shining green color, flat 



