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PBAGTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS camellia 



of moisture from the foliage. If planting 

 takes place in dry sunny weather, the 

 soil should be well watered and the 

 plants should also be well syringed daily, 

 early in the morning and late in the 

 afternoon, and until they are well esta- 

 blished it may be advisable to shade 

 them during the hottest portion of the 

 day with a covering of thin canvas or 

 some other light material. The way to 

 plants trees properly is shown in the 

 diagram at p. 1032. 



Single-flowered Camellias may be 

 increased by seeds, layers, or cuttings, the 

 two latter methods being used for the 

 double and variegated kinds. Cuttings 

 are best taken in August, and inserted in 

 sandy peat and loam in a cold shaded 

 frame. By the following spring those 

 that have rooted will begin to grow. 

 They should then be potted off singly in 

 a similar compost and kept in a close 

 frame for a time and well syringed until 

 well established, when they may have 

 plenty of air to ripen the wood. 

 Camellias are also grafted or ' inarched ' 

 in early spring when growth begins upon 

 stocks of the common variety of C. japo- 

 rdca which are raised from cuttings. With- 

 out the aid of a greenhouse, however, it is 

 not worth while for the amateur to raise 

 his own plants. He will get them much 

 better and cheaper from a nurseryman. 



Most of the Camellias seen in gardens 

 are varieties of C. japonica, but other 

 species also are here described. 



C. euryoides. — A hairy, branched 

 Chinese species, about 4 ft. high, with 

 ovate lanoe-shaped, pointed leaves, ser- 

 rated on the edges, and silky beneath. 

 Flowers from May to July, white. 



Culture rfc. as above. This plant is 

 very rarely seen. 



C. japonica. — A lovely tree about 20 

 ft. high, native of Japan and China, with 

 ovate, pointed, sharply serrated leaves. 

 In a wild state the flowers are red, 

 resembling those of the Wild Eose. 



This species was introduced to Europe 

 in 1739 by Lord Petre, but the double- 

 flowered forms did not appear until 1792 

 onwards. The variety a/nemonceflora 

 has nearly all the stamens transformed 

 into small incurved petals, which give 

 the flower a likeness to a double 

 Anemone. 



Among the many varieties of C. 

 japonica, the following are probably best 

 for outdoor culture, but others may be 

 equally good, if not better : — 



alba plena, double white ; Chandleri 

 elegans, large, light rose ; Donehelaa/ri, 

 large semi-double, rich crimson, marbled 

 white; fimbriata alba, white petals 

 notched at edges ; imbricata, deep car- 

 mine, occasionally variegated ; Lady 

 Hume's Blush, very free, good form, 

 flesh colour ; Mathotiana, brilliant red, 

 and Mathotiana alba, white ; Lavinia 

 Maggi, pure white, flamed with cerise ; 

 Cou/ntess of OrTcney, white, striped with 

 carmine, sometimes pink, shaded with 

 deep rose. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. reticulata. — A fine Chinese shrub 

 about 10 ft. high, with oblong pointed, 

 serrated, net-veined leaves, and large 

 semi-double bright rose flowers. There 

 is also a full double-flowered form, and it 

 is possible that many of the garden forms 

 are derived from this species. 



Culture dc. as above. This Species 

 must be grown in warm, sheltered, and 

 sunny situations as it does not like ex- 

 posure to cold winds. 



XXIV. MALVACEAE— Mallow Order 



An extensive order (about 60 genera and 700 species) of herbs, shrubs, or 

 rarely trees, with stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, usually palminerved, more 

 or less divided, stiptllate. Peduncles axillary and one-flowered, in fascicled 

 racemes or panicles. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, rarely dioecious or 

 polygamous. Sepals 5, rarely 3-4, more or less united at the base. Petals 

 5, hypogynous, twisted in bud, free, or adhering to the base of the stamen 

 tube. Stamens many, hypogynous, filaments more or less united, rarely free. 

 Disc small, sometimes growing up between the numerous carpels. Fruit dry 



