No, 269. 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA alba plena, 
Class. Order, 
MONADELPHIA Ò POLYANDRIA, . 
This is, without doubt, one of the most 
beautiful and splendid plants which has 
ever been cultivated any where: it is a 
native of Japan and China, those countries 
so renowned for magnificence in flowers; 
it has probably been known there for ages, 
but in England is but of comparatively 
novel introduction: twenty-five years ago 
it had never been seen here, since which 
time its beauty has caused it to be most 
industriously propagated, and, though now 
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as ever. During the last season we had 
plants in bloom from August till May, and, 
with a very little management, they could 
be produced in perfeetion every month in 
the year: nothing more is necessary than 
giving a few of them a pretty good heat at 
different seasons. They are propagated 
either by grafting on the single sort, or by 
cuttings as well as layers: the soil should 
be rich loam. 
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