@amellia, 
Gamellia Japonica. Natura Orver: Camelliacee—Tea Family. 
the German botanist, Kamel, Latinized into Camellus. It is .a 
native of China, as well as of Japan, where it grows to a large 
tree. It is graceful and handsome as one could desire for any 
f@ place or occasion. Its blossoms are among the loveliest that nature 
~~ yields, but lack the fragrance of those of its rival, the rose, which 
= they much resemble; they are, however, more stately, the petals 
ee being much thicker, more waxy and symmetrical. There are, it is 
so We said, now nearly a thousand varieties, chiefly derived from seed. 
In order to perpetuate the same variety in color, they are propa- 
gated from slips. 
Perfect Jroueliness. 
E’ER shall thy dangerous gifts these brows adorn, 
To me more dear than all their rich perfume, 
The chaste Camellia’s pure and spotless bloom, 
That boasts no fragrance and conceals no thorn. 
—Wm. Roscoe. 
HE, the gayest, sweetest blossom, Softly breathing amorous sighs, 
Smiling ’neath the summer skies, While the doves around are cooing, 
Glorious lips and swelling bosom, And the simple lovers wooing, 
Golden hair and sparkling eyes, Holds the moonbeams in surprise. 
—Carlos D, Stuart. 
[{ ACH ornament about her seemly lies, 
By curious chance, or careless art, composed. 
—Tasso. 
HE fairness of her face no tongue can tell, And more increast by her own goodly grace, 
For she the daughters of all women’s race, That it doth far exceed all human thought, 
And angels eke, in beautie doth excel, Ne can on earth compared be to aught. 
Sparkled on her from God’s own glorious face, rah aeer 
eA —ALD 
