CAMELLIA 



CAH£LLIA (after George Joseph Kamel or Camellus, 

 a Moravian Jesuit, who traveled in Asia in the seventeenth 

 century). Ternstroemi&cew. Evergreen trees or shrubs: 

 Ivs. alternate, short-petioled, serrate : fls. large, axillary 

 or terminal, usually solitary, white or red ; sepals and 

 petals 5 or more: stamens numerous, connate at the base : 

 fr. a3-.^-<•elled.dehis- 

 < ent capsule, \\it4i 

 large, globular or 

 ovoid seeds About 

 10 specie-, in trop and 

 ^ubtrop Asia, di 

 \ ided into the sub- 



CAMELLIA 



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itiil Then tonsidertd 

 I \ some to bedistinit 

 ,'inira, bv sonu all 

 united under Tlu i 



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3ii Cjmelli 

 Abby Wild 



camellia, especialK ( 

 Japoiuca, are popul ir 

 decorative shiubs, with 

 ver\ show} fls About 50 

 years a„'o one of the ni()..t 

 apprei lated gr< ( nhouse 323 Came 

 shrubs, and se\(.ralhun Japonica 

 dred varieties were eulti- Lucida. 



vated. Of the second 

 subgenus, C. Thea is 

 cultivated in nearly all subtropical coun- 

 tries and in the mountainous regions of 

 the tropics for its leaves which yield the 

 well known tea and aie in article of great 

 commercial importince There is a mono 

 grqih of this genu-, by Seemann m Tians 

 Lmn Sue X\1I p 3il-i^2 lllusti ited 

 monci.jiHphs of the horticultui il \ uieties 

 art Luiti^ Munogr ot the genus L imi llui 

 (181')), Biumann BoUweiler L imellii n 

 sammlung (1828), Chandlei, Camtllu,i 

 (18J1) Berl^se, Monogr du genre Camt Hi i 

 a(18J'M, Verschaffelt, Nouvelle Mono 

 graphie du CameUia (1848-bO) the last 

 with 576 and the foregoing with 300 colored 

 plates 

 A Fh 6e6^tle, eiect, terminal ana an! 



lary, lalyi lobes deeiditom Catiid 



ha piopei 

 Japdmoa, Lmn Figs J28-3J1 bhrub 

 or tree , sometimes to 40 ft , glabrous 

 Ivs. very shining and dark green above, 

 ovate or'elliptic, acuminate, sharply serrate, 2-t in. long: 

 lis. red in the tvpe, 3-5 in. across ; petals 5-7, round- 

 ish. China, Japan. B.M. 42. S.Z. 82. F.S. 20: 2121.- 

 Var. Alba, Lodd. Fls. white. L.B.C. 7: 636. Gn. 54, p. 

 243. Var. SIba plena, Lodd. Fls. white, double. L.B.C. 

 3: '2i\'.t. V;ir. anemoniflora, Curtis. Fls. red, with 5 large 

 nailer and 



bluntly pointed at the apex, crenate-serrate, shining, 

 dark green and hairy on the midrib above, l%-3 in. long: 

 fls. lK-2 in. across, white ; petals 5 or more, obovate or 

 oblong. China, Japan. Gn. 54:1189. S.Z. 83 (except the 

 red vars.). — Var. semipUna, Hort. Fls. seniidouble, 

 white. B.R. 1:12 and 13:1091. Var. anemoniflora, s,,ni. 

 Fls. large, double, outer petals white, inn. r ,,ii. - murli 

 smaller, yellow. B.M.5152. Var. oleifera, IMmI. i ( ' . ', ^ 

 era, Lindl.). Of more robust habit, with Ix-. mi. I th,. 

 single white fls. larger than in the tvpe. U.K. 11 : 1)42. 

 L.B.C. 11:1065. 

 AA. Fls. pedicelled, nodding, mostly axdiai ii . cu/i/j-- 



tttth pusisl.tit Th,a 

 Thfia, Lmk u i . iit / s Lmn). 



Tea. Shrub ^ i lance- 



olate or obov It 1 il.rous, 



sometimes \m\> i i i i mt, 1- 



IHin. broad, pet.iK > < Inn. li..li.i -L^u.illx two varie- 

 ties are distinguished. Var. Bohea ( Thea Jiuhea, Lmn.). 

 Lvs. elliptic, dark green, to 3 m. long: branches erect. 

 M. 998 L.B C 3- 226. Var viridis [Thea liridis, 

 inn ) Lvs p.ile green, l.iii. e.iLili to 5 m long: 



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nl.k i.ink BR. 

 V17 L B C 12: 

 14 BM 2080 

 Alfred Rehder. 



Camellias are 

 ot hard to grow, 

 ither the well 

 nown C. Japnn- 



]'..^l. 



ig that of a double 

 For the numerous 

 mentioned mono- 

 stration Horticole, 

 cations contain a 



Ani'moiR-. L.B. 

 other garden for 

 graphs ; also, Fk 

 and other older 

 large number of varifii.-s wirh illustrations. 



retioulita, Lindl. Large shnih. glabrous : lvs. dull 

 green, not shining above, reticulate, flat, elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate, 3-5 in. long : fls. 5-7 in. across, pur- 

 plish rose; petals 15-20, obovate, looselv arranged. China. 

 B.R. 13:1078. B.M. 2784. P.M. 3:101. -Var. pidna, 

 Hort. Pis. with twice as manv petals, and more regularly 

 arranged. B.M. 4976. F.S. 12:1279-80, 



Sasanqua, Thunb. Shrub of loose, straggling habit, 

 with the branches pubescent when young : lvs. elliptic, 



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the 

 common C. Sa - 

 <:a)igiia, and C. 

 Thea, the Tea 

 Plant. They re- 

 quire a coolhouse, 

 not too dry an 

 itmosphere. and 



,must never suffer 

 from dryness at the 

 roots ; a somewhat 

 shady position is 

 helpful, and good 

 ventilation is essen 

 tial. A night tern 

 perature of 45°-50'^ 

 P. is best for them 

 while at rest ; this 

 is also the time of 

 blooming, but it 

 may be increased 

 during the period 

 of growth ; the day 

 temperature should be from 60°-70° P. The soil for es- 

 tablished plants should be made mainly of well-rotted 

 sods, to which should be added some leaf-mold, rotted 

 cow-manure, and enough sand to insure good drain- 

 age ; sod and leaf-mold should be unsifted. For young 

 plants, the Dutch growers use a rather fine soil of 

 peat, leaf -mold and sand ; the Japanese gardeners use 



