M J^x. - 1 w/ii THE CAMELLIA. 



I '(i^^iiX-r^f ''L 'ffiin C'lniifl/iii Jiinonicd. 



''~ . C-1:-/;;j^O0:iMEM()RATIVE namrs so 



abound in catalog-ucH ol: plants 

 that a g'anlen may be vey;'ardodj 

 not only as a selertetl portion of 

 tlie liook of natnve, bu( also of the 

 book of men. A large jtroportion 

 of our most valued plants are, 

 by virtue of the familiar names 

 they bear, living memorials of 

 the masters of the world, whose 

 names a grateful post<.'rity would 

 not -willingly let die, and has 

 therefore assoeiated them with 

 things that may be regarded :is 

 everlasting; for Natiiri.^ will take 

 care of her own children, even 

 \\dien our neglect may have ex- 

 posed them to the danger af 

 extinction. 

 The camellia bears a eommemcjrative name. Cleorg'e 

 .Tose[)h Camelliis, or Kamel, was a. ^loravian Jesuit, and 

 travelled in Asia. Being a botanist and a careful collector 

 of curiosities, he wrote an admirable monograph on the 

 vegetation of the Isle of Luzon, the most northerly of the 



