No. 636. 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA alba. 
Class. Order. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
The origin of this sort is not accurately 
ascertained, but it is most probable that it 
was raised from a seed of the striped, which 
it resembles far more than any other in its 
foliage: the flowers too will sometimes 
have a streak or two of red among them. 
In size it is very considerably larger than 
the single red, and is certainly a fine plant, 
deserving a place in any greenhouse, al- 
though in point of show it will not bear 
comparison with the splendid double kinds. 
Like its supposed parent it is early in 
growth and in blooming, having usually al- 
most done before the double white begins. 
It may be increased in the usual way by 
grafting, or inarching upon the stock of the 
single red, and requires the usnal green- 
house ee i to be potted or planted 
in loamy soil 
