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9. Camellia Japonica involuta. 

 Lady Long's Camellia. 

 This sort was named in honour of Lady Long, now Lady 

 Farnborough, for whom the first plant of it was imported 

 in 1820. 



It has precisely the same characters as the Myrtle-leaved, 

 of which it is but a variety, differing only in being rather more 

 erect, and stronger in growth ; and in having all the petals 

 involute instead of spreading, as in the flowers of the Myrtle- 

 leaved. This peculiarity gives to the flower a very distinct, 

 although by no means a permanent character, as I have seen 

 the same plant produce flowers with inflexed petals, and 

 others that did not differ from those of the Myrtle-leaved. 



A very correct representation of it is given in the Botanical 

 Register, t. 633, made from the original plant that flowered 

 at Bromley Hill in 1821 ; and a plant of it was presented to 

 the Society by Lady Farnborough in 1823. 



10. Camellia Japonica variabilis. 

 Various-flowered Camellia. 

 This kind is remarkable for producing no less than four 

 different coloured flowers upon the same plant ; and it is not 

 improbable but the following four varieties represented in the 

 annexed Plate, were originally obtained from it, namely, the 

 Red, White, and Blush varieties of the Paeony-flowered, and 

 the Pompone. They are each so much alike in growth, habit, 

 and foliage, that they cannot possibly be distinguished from 

 one another. It is only by their flowers they are to be 

 known. 



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