MONOGRAPHY 



OF THE 



GENUS CAMELLIA, 



OR 

 AN ESSAY 



ON ITS 



CULTURE, DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION, 



ILLUSTRATED BV TWO SYNOPTICAL TABLES: THE FIRST CONTAINING THE NAMES OF 



TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY VARIETIES, WITH THE COLOR AND FORM OF THE 



FLOWERS, THE SPECIES OR VARIETY WHICH HAVE PRODUCED THEM, THE 



PLACE OF THEIR ORIGIN, AND THE PERIOD OF THEIR INTRODUCTION 



INTO EUROPE; AND THE SECOND PRESENTS TWO ASCENDING 



GAMUTS, IN WHICH ARE PAINTED THE SHADES OF COLOR 



PECULIAR TO THE KNOWN CAMELLIAS, WITH THEIR 



SPECIFIC DENOMINATIONS. 



THESE COLORED PLATES OMITTED.— E. A. M. 



BY THE ABBE LORENZO BERLESE, 



MEMBER OF SEVERAL FRENCH AND FOREIGN LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY 



HENRY A. S. DEARBORN. 



BOSTON : 

 PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & COMPANY. 



1838. 



