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PLATE XCI. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. Farjoreplejiovariegato, 



^.^'l.zl-M'***. 



Double-Jlriped Camellia. 



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CLASS XVL ORDER VL of Schrder s ^th cd. 



of Gen. Plants 



MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives 



ESSENTIAL GEXERIC CHARACTER. 



Caltx imbrlcatus, polyphyllusj foliolis inte- 1! Emfalement tiled, many leaved; the inner 



rioribus majoribus. 



leaves the largeft. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF VARIETY. 



Camellia foliis brevioribusj latioribusj floribus 

 plenis, variegatis. 



Camellia with fhorter and broader leaves j flowers 



double and ftriped. 



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obtrud 



in 



Ai.^ XlWJJ^-a IXiUL tUC lUUJCl^L Will piCclU UUl CJS.V;U1C, 111 lUUa again, UUtlUUlllg a ^*iiv* v* V 



reference to the fexual fyftem, on our fcientific friends} and that a figure, of fo rare, and beauti 

 a plant, would be agreeable to allj we have, once more, put by the etiquette of fcience, lor 



^n ^nnlncv nf^rpflT^rv. fls it is Undoubtedly not 



charms of beauty; vet for this deviation, we think 



undertakin 



:ty 



la japonica, is or tneiame aate in our garaens, ais lug kxu^^^^ — ' ^ 

 fame medium. As yet this plant is found in but very few colleaions, 



being 



It has hitherto, been treated as a hothoufe plant : but there is no doubt it is equally hardy with t e 



upon 



ported from China, were grafted j an inftance in proof, that horticulture rauft have, there, attaine 



to a confiderable degree of perfeftlon, in the operative part : as well as, that poiTcfling do^i^ ^ 



feries of cultivation 



beautiful 



for ages j inconteftably proves the antiquity of the art, (if any frelli proofs were neceifary,) "^ ^^^ 

 country. Our figure was made from a drawing taken partly, from a plant which jaowered in Augu 



Hibbert 

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be 



