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23. CamelKajaponicasplendens. Chandler Sf Booth'' slllus. 



Cocdnea. Lodd. Bot. Cabinet. 



Coccmea of the French. 

 This is little more than a semi-double variety; but the 

 perfectly neat arrangement of its petals make it a very 

 showy and desirable sort. The color of the flower is a bright 

 crimson, and is composed of about fifteen large round, and a 

 few small, petals. It was raised by Mr. Alnutt, and is fre- 

 quently called Alnutt's splendens. 



24. Camellm japonica Rossi. Loudon' s Hortus Br itannicus. 



Mr. Ross's Camellia. 

 I have observed, in another place [Vol. 1, p. 15,] that this 

 was the first seedling camellia exhibited at the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society. It was raised by Mr. Ross, of Stoke 

 Newington, in 1824, and for which he received a medal. 

 The flowers are above the ordinary size, of a brilliant crim- 

 son color ; the outer petals being in three rows, the inner 

 ones filling the centre in a cluster, and sometimes faintly 

 striped with white. It is said, in the Illustrations of Camellias, 

 to bear a strong resemblance in the shape of the flower to 

 the English C. elegans. 



25. Camellm japonica punctata. Botanical Register. 



Gray's Invincible of some collections. 



Punctata plena of the French catalogues. 

 This and the two following varieties were produced from 

 seed, by Mr. Press, of Hornsey, England ; and made their 

 first appearance about 1827. They are the offspring of the 

 semi-double red, crossed by the single white, and were all 

 contained in the same capsule. The flower is of medium 

 size, the formation like the pompone, but more compact and 

 beautiful. It is of a Hght blush or flesh color, thickly striped 

 and spotted Avith pink ; the appearance not unlike what it 

 would be were it sprinkled with red ink. The plant is of 

 free growth, the foliage a very dark green, blooms freely, 

 and seldom if ever produces a bad or inferior flower. 



26. Camelh'a japonica eclipsis. Chandler Sf Booth's III. 



Presses Eclipse. 



Regina gaUicarum of the French. 



Splendida of some collections. 

 The formation and style of this flower is much like the 

 foregoing, except that the ground color of this is a pure 

 white, and faintly striped, but not so much spotted with 

 pink. It is a free grower, but not so free a bloomer as punc- 

 tata. The foliage is of a pale yellowish green, and by this 

 is easily distinguished from most other varieties. 



