THE FLORIST 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. IL] Philadelphia, January, 1853. [No. 1. 



CAMELLIA— MRS. COPE. 



Ettm. — Camelli, an Italian Jesuit, or according to others, G. Camellus, a Mora- 

 vian Jesuit, a traveller in Asia, and author of a history of plants of the island 



of Lucon. 



Ternstropmiacece § Camelliece. — Monodelphia-Polyandria. 



CHARAC. GENlSR.— Cahjciz bracteolati-5-9-p»ylli /ofro/?$ 2 3-seriatim imbri- 

 catis, interioiibus sensim majoribus deciduis. Corolla; petala5-l hvpogyna imbri- 

 caa, int^riora majora. Stamina piurima hvpogina pluriseriata scepe inns petalis 

 adhserentia basi p\u^ minus interse cohserentia, filamentis subulatis, antheris in- 

 cumbentibus bilocularibus obiongis, con?iectivo crassiusculo, loculis longitudinali- 

 ter dehiscentibus. Ovarium libeium 3-5-loculare. Ovula in loculis 4-5, angulo 

 central! alternatim inserta pendula. Stylus 3-5-fidus ; stigmatibus capitellatis. 

 Capsula 3-5-locularis indehiscens loculicide 3-5-valvis, valvis medio septifrris, azi 

 centrali persis'ente faciebus seminifero. Semtna in loculis aboilu solitaria rarius 

 g-^mina inversa, testa nucamentacea, umbilico apical i impresso. Embryonis exal- 

 buminosi cotylc.dones crassce curnosse incequale?, radicula brevissima supera. 



Frutices sempervirentes Asice. australis plagam orientalem incolentes ob Icetissi- 

 mvtn jiorum decore'm moguls adonistarvm .studiis werito colelratm, foliis altemis 

 peti latis coiaceis nitidis integerrimis, gemmis magnis perulis distic.he imbricatis 

 teciis, floribus axilla ribi/.s et tcrminaUbus speaosissimis albis roseis v. purpureis. 



CHARACT. SPEC. — E typo cornmuni Cjaponica, varietas in horto Sher- 

 wood iano en a! a. 



The term florist flower, so often used amongst horticultural people, 

 needs explanation to readers generally : It is applied to hybrids, or 

 Varieties of any flower obtained by crossing, in contradistinction to 

 species. The florist flower is a mule, incapable, as all other hybrids 

 are, of reproducing itself by seed, or at least of continuing the same 

 for any length of time. The fine and numberless varieties of Dah- 

 lia, of Camellia, of Fuchsia, Carnation, Verbena, &c, are the most 

 familiar examples, 



It is, in a great measure, to these abortions that we are indebted 

 for the choicest beauties of our gardens and greenhouses. The Dah- 

 lia, from a tawdry, illshaped flower, lias become beautiful in form 

 and color. The single red Camellia is one of the parents of the 

 splendid varieties with which we are familiar. Compare the first 

 Fuchsias which were known to us, the coccinea and globosa, with 

 the size and coloring of FVdr Rosamond and Don Giovanni, and 

 what an advance has been made ! 

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