Observations on the Camellia, and its Varieties. 93 



Art. III. Observations on the Camellia, and its Varieties, ivith 

 some Account of its Introduction into Great Britain and this 

 Country. By M. P. Wilder. 



(^Continued from p. 22.) 



15. Camell/a japonica irabricata. Hort. Soc. Trans. 



Crimson Shell, or Imbricated Japanese Camellia. 

 This variety was introduced into England in 1824, from 

 China, and is not surpassed by any that have ever been im- 

 ported from that country. The drawing in Chandler and 

 Booth^s Illustrations of the cameUia, represents it as a beauti- 

 ful crimson color, and every petal cupped or imbricated, 

 while that of the Botanical Register figures it as a pink, or 

 delicate rose color, blotched and spotted with white ; both 

 descriptions, are, however, correct, it having flowered with 

 me according to the former, and at Col. T. H. Perkins's, 

 corresponding with the latter. This anomaly is accounted 

 for, as in other camellias, by their sporting. The foliage of 

 this variety is so peculiar that it cannot be mistaken for an- 

 other ; being larger, of a dark glossy green, and much re- 

 curved or undulated. 



16. Camellia japonica eximia. Catalogue of the Camellias of 



Bollvniler. 

 This desirable camellia may justly be classed with those 

 of first rate excellence. The flowers are of a most lovely 

 rose color, from three and a half to four and a half inches, 

 in diameter. The outer petals are arranged in three distinct 

 rows, and are heart-shaped, or divided at the edge ; the 

 inner ones are smaller, and faintly striped, filling the centre 

 with a loose and graceful tuft, after the style of the wara- 

 tah. Of its origin I am unacquainted : the plant I have was 

 received of the brothers Baumann, of Bollwiller, in Avhose 

 collection only, have I heard of it. 



17. Camell/a japonica eximia. Chandler Sf Booth'' s III. 



Choice Japanese Camellia. 

 Nothing can exceed the beauty of this variety : the forma- 

 tion of the flower is almost precisely like the double white, 

 the size larger, and of a deep rose crimson color. The pe- 

 tals are very numerous, and regularly arranged over each 

 other in concentric circles to the centre. This cameUia was 

 raised from seed of the waratah, by the Messrs. Chandler, in 

 3819, and brought to notice in 1830, and has been, until the 

 present time, a very costly variety. The foliage of the 

 present subject and the French eximia are so similar, that 

 even a careful observer would take them for one and the 

 same variety. 



