By Mr. William Beattie Booth. 



those of thePompone, excepting that they are pure White, 

 and have not the blush tinge at the base of the petals, which 

 is peculiar to the Pompone. 



15. Camellia Japonica semiduplex. 

 Semi-double Red Camellia. 



This plant is so very like what is usually known as Mid- 

 dlemist's Red Camellia, that it is not easy to distinguish 

 them from one another unless when in flower. They are 

 however perfectly distinct. The present variety is of free 

 growth, more so indeed than almost any of the others ; the 

 shoots are erect, and of a pale brown colour. The flowers 

 are produced but sparingly, and it is rather late in the season 

 before they open. 



The leaves are comparatively round, convex and ovate, broadest at the base. 

 They are about 3| inches long, and 2\ inches broad, much recurved at the 

 edges. The serratures at the base of the leaf are blunt and indistinct, 

 W Wnmp strong and sharo towards the point, which is narrow. The colour 

 with a peculiar palish hue, which 

 character by which they may gener- 

 ally "be" recognized. The petioles are half an inch long, slightly channelled 

 above, and of a dull green colour, somewhat paler than that of the leaves. The 



together with their convexity, gives them a character by which they m; 

 ally be recognized. The petioles are half an inch long, slightly cl 

 han that of the leav 

 i green, with but little pubes- 

 cence. The scales frequently become brown at the edges before the opening of 

 the flower. The flowers consist of from 6 to 1 2 large roundish petals, ranged in 

 , sino-lo or double series, round the cup or column of stamina, and expanding u> 

 ibouT : inches in diameter. Each of these petals is rather more than an inch 

 broad; sometimes they are a little recurved, hut generally they are roncay. 

 and all' marked with veins that are darker than the uniform rich rose colour of the 

 flower The column of stamina rises erect, as in the centre of the flowers of the 

 Common Single Red Camellia, but instead of haxing yellow anthers, they are 

 each transformed, together with the upper part of the^ filament which is dilated 

 into small roundish ligulate petals, slightly divided at their extremity, and 

 striped with white in the same manner as the petals of Middlemist s Red, but not 

 so large, nor are the petals so numerous. 



It has been impregnated with the pollen of the Single 

 White, and some excellent varieties have been raised from 



