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with the permission of Mr. Palmer. It is by far the most 

 splendid of the genus that has yet been introduced, but un- 

 fortunately is one of the most difficult to propagate. The 

 best way is by inarching on the single red Camellia ; for 

 although it will succeed by being budded or grafted in the 

 usual manner, yet the plants that are obtained by these 

 means are long in making any progress compared with those 

 obtained by inarching. »As it is impatient of heat, and begins 

 to grow much earlier than the other Camellias, there is every 

 reason to suppose that when it shall become so plentiful as 

 to admit of a trial being made, it will be found sufficiently 

 hardy to succeed in this climate, and at no distant period 

 perhaps may ornament our Shrubberies. 



VI. Camellia Japonica. 

 Single Red Camellia. 



C. Japonica ; foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis nitidis convexis, ramulis petio- 

 lisque glabris. Lindley. 



The Single Red Camellia is stated in the Hortus Kew- 

 ensis, to have been cultivated before 1739, by Robert James, 

 Lord Petre, and is the first of the genus that was introduced 

 into this country. Although it was figured and described by 

 Petiver, in his Gazophylacium, in 1702, under the name of 

 Thea Chinensis, and by ILempfer, in 1712, under that of 

 Tfubaki; yet it would appear to have been rare in our 

 gardens in the time of Miller, as it is not noticed in the 

 eighth edition of his Dictionary, published in 1768. For many 

 years it was very scarce, and as it bore a high price, was 

 generally treated as a stove plant ; but when it became more 



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