By Mr. William Beattie Booth. 



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In the Botanical Register, p. 22, it is improperly referred 

 to as the Pasony-flowered. A figure of it is published in the 

 Botanist's Repository, 660, f. 1, as Rose-coloured Camellia, 

 where it is stated to have been introduced to Kew about 

 1808. Another figure is given of it in Curtis's Monograph, 

 pi. 4, as the Rose-coloured, or Middlemist's Camellia; and 

 in the enumeration of the varieties then known, inserted at 

 the end of that work, on the authority of the late Mr. Lee, 

 of Hammersmith, it is stated not to have been introduced 

 until 1810; but the original introducer of it, Mr. Middle- 

 mist, Nurseryman, at Shepherd's Bush, informs me that he 

 brought it home for the Kew garden in 1808. 



17. Camellia Japonica atrorubens. 

 Loddiges's Red Camellia. 

 This is a vigorous growing sort, having long thick erect 

 shoots, of a pale brown colour, somewhat striated. It is al- 

 ways among the latest in coming into blossom, opening about 

 the same time as the Waratah. The flowers are not very 

 freely produced, but it is nevertheless a handsome and desir- 

 able variety. 



The leaves are ovate, large and flat, a little recurved at the point, and sharply 

 serrated. They are usually 4£ inches long, and 2\ inches broad, of a dark 

 green colour, not very glossy, with a moderately strong midrib, and numerous 

 prominent pale veins. The petioles are nearly an inch long, slightly curved 

 at the base of the leaf, and of a dull green colour. The flower buds are oval, 

 somewhat pointed and pubescent ; at first of a dark green, but change to a deep 

 chocolate colour, like the buds of the Waratah. The flowers are generally middle 

 sized, and seldom exceed three inches in diameter. They are very striking 

 at a distance, appearing scarlet. The outside petals of a thick substance, and 

 expand well ; each of them is roundish oblong, about an inch broad, with the 

 edges sometimes notched and slightly undulated. The whole are ranged in a 

 double or triple series, and like most of the other sorts are faintly marked with 

 dark veins. The interior of the flower is filled with small petals confused ly 

 mixed together, varying a good deal both in their size and form, but resembling 



