90 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



FIRST GAMUT, 

 B I COLORS. 



SECOND DIVISION. 



Ground rose striped or spotted with cherry-red, as in No. 1 ; of the 

 colored table. 



246. C. ColvilUi vera. — Shrub very vigorous j leaves three inches three 

 lines wide and four inches seven lines long, broad, roundish-oval, a little 

 acuminated, much dentated, with very salient nerves, thick, horizontal, 

 slightly recurved downward, of a very deep green j bud very large, with 

 scales, blackish on the border and yellowish in the middle j flower three 

 inches and ten lines and often more in diameter j ground color clear rose, 

 one shade darker than No. 1, and striped with carmine-red j form and dis- 

 position of the petals as in the flower of C. Punctata -plena^ but of greater 

 dimensions. — Magnificent. 



24-1. C. Gray Venus. 



248. C. Gray. 



249. C. Eclipse. 



250. C. Splendida. 



251. C. Venus ta. 



252. C. Punctata plena. — All these Camellias are sub-varieties, which 

 resemble each other so much, that it is better to consider them as a single 

 one. See below C. Punctata plena. All these double denominations came to 

 us from beyond the sea. 



253. C. Punctata plena. — Shrub vigorous and of an elegant portj leaves 

 oval, almost round, two and a half inches wide and three and a half long, 

 with very prominent nerves, much dentaed, of a deep green j bud large, de- 

 pressed at the summit, with apple-green scales j flower three inches in di- 

 ameter, full, ground rose, marked with cherry-red lines. No. 1 j petals of 

 the circumference broad, crenate at the summit, and convex j those of the 

 centre small, elongate and erect j floral form of C. Imperialism but the 

 mixture of its colors renders it more apparent. This Camellia sometimes 

 produces flowers, entirely red or rose, and without stripes. We think that C. 

 Preston Eclipse is identical with this, and that this accidental variety has 

 been established by grafting. — Magnificent. 



