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Hort. Keiu. to have been cultivated by Robert James Lord Petre, in 1739. It 

 is not noticed in the 8th edition of Miller's Dictionary, published in 1768, so 

 that it must have been rare at that period ; one reason for which is, that it 

 is generally treated as a stove plant : afterwards it was found to succeed in 

 a much lower temperature. In China it is said to grow freely, and attain 

 the height of one of our cherry trees. In this country, being of free growth, 

 and easily increased by cuttings, and being also the hardiest of all the species 

 or varieties, it is employed as a stock on which to graft or inarch all the 

 other sorts. In the neighbourhood of London, in Paris, and in some of 

 the country nurseries, it is extensively grown for this purpose. 



2. C. wmliflora, Apple-blossomed C. ; the C. Sasanqua, Bot. Mag. t. 2080., 

 and Bot. Reg. t. 547., and Bot. Cab. t. 1134. Introduced in 1816 by Cap- 

 tain Rich. Rawes to the garden of T. C. Palmer, Esq., of Bromlej', in 

 Kent, where it flowered in 1818, and was afterwards published in the Bot. 

 Mag. as a variety of C. Sasanqua, and is usually known by the name of 

 the Sasanqua rosea, or Palmer's Double Sasanqua C. Its present very 

 appropriate name, wzaliflora, was given by Mr. Lindley in the Bot. Reg. 

 f. 1078. " Propagated freely by inarching on the single red, and requires a 

 little more warmth to grow it to perfection than the varieties of C. japo- 

 nica." The leaves are obovate, and thinner and smaller-sized than those 

 of the first-described species or any of its varieties. 



3. C. oleifera, Oil-bearing C. ; Bot. Reg. f. 492. Bot. Cab. t. 1065. The 

 Chinese call it the " oil-bearing tea plant," as it very closely resembles tea. 

 Dr. Abel sometimes found it of the magnitude of a moderately sized cherry 

 tree, and never less than the size of a shrub of 6 or 8 ft. high. At a dis- 

 tance these plants looked as if they had been lightly clothed with snow, 

 but nearer they exhibited one immense garden. This species is said to have 

 been originally brought to the country by Lord Macartney, but was after- 

 wards lost till 1820, when it was reintroduced by Captain Nisbett. It is 

 readily distinguished from C. Sasanqua, by being of a much more robust 

 habit, larger in every respect, with thicker leaves, with moderately large 

 serratures, and sharp at the point. 



4. C. reticulata, Reticulated, or Captain Rawes' 's, C. ; Bot. Reg. t. 1078. 

 Introduced by Captain Rawes in 1820, at the same time with the Primula 

 sinensis. The flower buds are very large, and the flowers remarkably hand- 

 some, having a great resemblance, both in form and colour, to those of the 

 Peebnia Moutan rosea. " More difficult to propagate than any of the other 

 camellias : " the best mode is by inarching. " We are of opinion that when 

 it becomes so plentiful as to admit of a trial being made, it will be found to 

 be hardier than the Camellia japonica, and that at no distant period, per- 

 haps, it may ornament our shrubberies." 



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5. C. Sasanqua, the Sasanqua of Japan, and Cha-Whaw of China ; 

 Lady Banks's Camellia. Introduced by Captain Wellbank of the East 

 India Company's service, in 1811. Of a loose straggling habit; but, if the 

 principal stem is supported when young, it will attain the height of 6 ft. or 

 8ft. Leaves elliptic lanceolate; flowers white, opening in November and 

 December ; very much resembling those of the tea tree. There is a semi- 

 double variety, Bot. Reg., f. 1091. It is extensively cultivated in China for 

 the same object as the C. oleifera; crushing the seeds for oil, and adulterat- 

 ing tea with the leaves. In China it is said to grow on the debris of rocks 

 and stones ; here it succeeds best in moderately strong, rich, sandy soil, 

 and is readily increased by inarching or grafting on C. japonica. 



6. C. japonica variegata, Variegated Japanese, or double-striped, C. ; 

 Bot. Cab., t. 329. One of the first of the double camellias brought from 

 China ; it was imported by Captain Connor for the late John Slater, Esq., 

 of the India House, in 1792. A splendid well known variety, which some 

 cultivators place in the warm parts of the green-house, or even in the 



