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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



and viridis are varieties of the plants, the leaves of 

 which compose the black and green teas of China, 

 mixed, as it is said, with those of C. sasdnqua. The 

 ornamental species is the C. japonica, an evergreen 

 shrub which grows to the size of a low tree in China : 

 it has dark green shining ovate leaves on short foot- 

 stalks; and flowers red, white, striped, variegated, 

 semi-double, and double, of various forms, and without 

 smell. The principal varieties are : 



Of Redy the single, semi-double, double pale, 

 dark, large, pseony, pompone, long-leaved, Greville's, 

 Campbell's, coronet, Middlemist's, Loddiges', Wara- 

 tah, and others. 



Of TVhiteSy the single, semi-double, double. Will- 

 bank's, fimbriated, spotted-leaved, &c. 



Of Red and TVhlte, the striped, single, semi- 

 double, and double; the variegated spotted-leaved, 

 and some other seedlings not yet named. 



Some of these sorts are figured in the Botanical 

 Magazine, in Andi-ews's Botanist's Repository, in 

 the Botanic Register, in Loddiges' Botanical Cabi- 

 net, and references will be found to them in our 

 general catalogue, the last chapter, art. Camellia. 



New varieties are continually originating, by the 

 nurserymen and other growers, from seeds. A num- 

 ber of hybrids are in an advanced state, but have not 

 yet flowered. 



The double red, pale red, pseony, pompone, Gre- 

 ville and Waratah reds ; the double whites, and the 

 double-striped, form a very handsome collection. 



