By Mr. William Beattie Booth. 



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shaped ; sometimes they approach to those of the Pompone, but are often twisted 

 and arranged in tufts, with several parcels of imperfect stamina intermixed among 

 them. It is upon the whole very delicate, and has been not inaptly compared by 

 Messrs. Loddiges to the flowers of the Gardenia florida in form and texture. 



It was imported in 1820 by Captain Welbank and by 

 Captain Rawes, the former presented his plant to his 

 friend Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. of Rooksnest, in 

 whose Greenhouse it flowered first in this country, and was 

 named in compliment to the gentleman by whom it was in- 

 troduced. 



A figure of it will be found in Loddiges's Cabinet, t. 1198, 

 and another in the Botanical Register, t. 708, under the name 

 of luteo-albicans, where it is erroneously stated to have been 

 introduced by the late Mr. Basington, Nurseryman, at 

 Stoke Newington. For the plants of it in the garden the 

 Society are indebted to Mr. Turner. It was subsequently 

 imported for the Society by Captain Franklin, under the 

 name of White M out an Camellia. 



19. Camellia Japonica rosea. 



Le Blanc's Red Camellia. 



The present variety, although not so shewy as many that 

 are described in this Paper, is nevertheless very desirable, 

 from producing its flowers both early and abundantly. 



The branehes are of a pale brown colour, not vigorous, but rather small and erect. 

 The leaves are of a rich shining green, and comparatively narrow, being for the 

 most part 4 inches long, and scarcely J inches broad. They are much re Hexed 

 and curved, as well as very sharply" serrated, and taper to a long narrow point. 

 The midrib and veins are strong and prominent, which occasion the leaves to 

 have a netted appearance. The petioles are short and slender, a little flattened 

 on the upper side, and of a dull pale green colour. The flower buds are small 

 and numerous, of an oval form, with moderately large roundish pale-green pu- 

 bescent scales, often tinged with brown at the edges. The flowers when fully 

 expanded, measure from 2-§ to 3 inches in diameter, and are of a pale rose colour, 



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