2i0 GBEENHOUSE PLANTS. 



C. Thomas Moore. — This is without doubt one of the finest 

 red Camellias in cultivation, having perfect-shaped flowers 

 four and a-half inches across, well imbricated, rich carmine 

 shaded with crimson. 



C. tricolor imbricata plena. — A very handsome variety, with 

 dark green leaves ; the flowers are of good form and substance, 

 the colour is a pure white, flaked with carmine and rose. 



C Valtevareda. — A very pretty medium-sized flower, light 

 rose ; petals round, habit good. 



C. Virginia Franco. — Flowers of medium size, and good 

 shape ; petals pointed and imbricated, streaked with light 

 red, upon a soft blush ground. 



C. Vittorio Emmanuel II. — A large delicate blush flower, 

 with petals somewhat pointed, and a stain of bright rose at 

 the base of each. 



In addition to these varieties of C. Japonica, which is the 

 species more commonly cultivated, we may mention G. 

 reticulata and C. reticulata flore plena as being very showy 

 conservatory plants, of a distinct character, and remarkable 

 for their very large rich rose-coloured blossoms. 



Cantua. 



This very beautiful plant should be in every collection. It 

 is a native of the mountains of Peru, and consequently is well 

 adapted for the greenhouse ; indeed, in the southern counties 

 of England it will no doubt be nearly hardy. The soil best 

 suited for it is turfy loaf, leaf mould, and sand, with good 

 drainage. Cuttings of the young shoots root readily in sand 

 under a bell-glass. 



C. hiixifolia. — The leaves of this plant are small, oval, 

 downy, sometimes entire, sometimes three-lobed, and of a 

 light green colour. The flowers are tubular, about four inches 



