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broad, not numerous, crenated much at the summit, rounded and reflex, 

 those of the centre small, rumpled. — Su-perb. 



39. C. Pceonicejiora rosea ^ or rubra. — Leaves two inches broad, and two 

 inches eleven lines long, and often of larger dimensions, elongate-oval, 

 acuminate, glossy, a little dentated, of a delicate green j a vigorous shrub, 

 has a tendency to extend its branches and requires to be pruned every three 

 or four years, to give it a graceful form; bud large, rounded, scales green; 

 flower full, four inches in diameter, and sometimes larger, of a lively rose, 

 No. 4, often of a cherry red, No, 2; petals of the circumference rounded, 

 broad; those of the centre rolled in the form of a cornet, numerous, narrow, 

 close, erect, rather long, and form a sphere, a little depressed. — Su-perb. 



40. C. Pinck. — Leaves two inches broad, and two and a half long, round- 

 ish-oval, some of them elongate, a little dentated, and very like those of 

 the C. Pasoniseflora; bud small, scales blackish; flower regular, of a medium 

 size, semi-double, of a clear rose. No. 4; petals thick, considerably imbri- 

 cated. This Camellia is often used as a stock, for grafting other varieties 

 upon. 



41. C. Perle des Camellia. — Leaves two inches broad, and three long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, of a pale green; flower of a medium size, double, of a 

 pretty rose. No. 4; form, color and disposition of the petals like those of 

 the Camellia Pseoniasflora rosea. — Handsome. 



42. C. Pulcherrimay or Rolleni. — A vigorous shrub; leaves two and a 

 half inches broad, and four long, ovate-lanceolate, much acuminated and 

 veined, finely dentated; bud oval, oblong, scales calycinal, pale green; 

 flower five inches in diameter, double, clear rose. No. 4: petals of the cir- 

 cumference, in four rows, not very numerous, but regularly imbricated, 

 broad, round, deeply crenate at the summit, clear rose, shaded with carmine 

 from the claw to the limb; those of the middle in five or six rows, of from 

 eight to ten lines long and four or five broad, some only rose, others striped 

 or spotted with white, always intermingled with stamens, which are gen- 

 erally sterile; borders a little distorted. — Magnificent. 



43. C. Rosea plena. — Leaves elongate, flat, recurved, nerves conspicuous, 

 and much dentated; bud obtuse, rather large, scales greenish; flowers three 

 inches in diameter, double, rose. No. 3 ; arranged, from two to three at the 

 extremities of the branches. — Very handsome. 



