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petals broad, imbricated, and of great substance ; the Colour 

 when opening a rosy blush, changing when fully expanded to 

 deep rosy pink. 



C. Archduchesse Augusta. — A good grower, and producing 

 flowers of good form and substance, and of a dull crimson 

 colour. 



C. Archduchesse Marie. — A compact, free-branching, and 

 free-flowering variety ; flowers cerise, striped with white. • 



C. Bealii. — An old variety, of compact habit, producing 

 good bright crimson flowers. 



C. Bealii rosea. — This form has the growth of the pre- 

 ceding, but the flowers in this are rich rose colour, beautifully 

 imbricated. 



C. Bella Eoma}ia. — ^Flowers large, form good, colour 

 soft blush, flaked with crimson. 



C. Bonomiana. — Foliage like that of C. imhticata ; flowers 

 large, and of good substq,nce, white, mottled with carmine. 



C. Carlotta Papudoff. — This is a superb variety,- of good 

 size and substance ; the ground colour is carmine rose, 

 beautifully blotched with white. 



C. Chandler's elegans.^—'ShiB is a great improvement upon 

 the old C. Chandleri. The flowers are large, the petals very 

 broad, and of a rich bright pink colour. 



C. G. H. Hovey. — A fine dark 'variety ; the flowers, which 

 are finely imbricated, are small, but of fine shape and sym-, 

 metry, darkly-shaded, deep velvety crimson. 



C. C. M. Hovey. — This is a medium-siised flower of ex- 

 quisite form, petals of igreat substance ; smooth, without the 

 notch common to most , Camellias ; flowers bright - crimson. 



C. Gomtessa Lavinia Maggi. — A variety of robust habit; 

 producing flowers of good form and very double, the petals 

 beautifully imbricated ; the colour is blush white, with bold 

 streaks of bright rosy carmine. It somewhat resembles the 



