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those of the Waratah, three-quarters of an inch in thickness, which rise upright 

 and become larger the nearer they approach the centre of the flower ; from these 

 proceed 8 or 10 petals, nearly as large as those at the extremity, and surround 

 another set of small incurved petals, thus having the appearance of two flowers, 

 one of which is formed in the centre of the other. The second row of large petals 

 does not lie flat like the first, but is somewhat concave ; nearly the whole of them 

 have a little white stripe at their base, and some will even be variegated up the 

 centre ; both the exterior and interior petals are tipped with white in the same 

 manner as those of the Waratah. 



A plant of it was presented to the Society in 1828 by Mr. 

 Palmer, and two were received from Mr. Reeves, which 

 have every appearance of being the same, but they have not 

 yet blossomed in the garden. 



The name has been given in compliment to Captain 

 Rawes, than whom there is no one more deserving of the 

 honour. 



21. Camellia Japonica imbricata. 

 Crimson Shell Camellia. 

 This fine variety is one of those imported for the Society 

 in 1824, by Mr. John Damper Parks. It flowered in 

 March 1827, and is without doubt among the best which 

 have yet been brought from China. 



The plant is of vigorous growth, with large thick dark green leaves, usually 

 4 a inches long, and from 2 to 2\ inches broad, waved and tapering to a sharp 

 point ; the serratures are shallow and blunt, and in the old leaves scarcely dis- 

 cernible, particularly towards the petiole. The midrib is prominent and strong, 

 particularly on the under side, and much paler than the leaves. The petioles 

 are also of a palish green, thick and strong, usually about three-quarters of an 

 inch in length, nearly round, excepting on the upper side, which is slightly chan- 

 nelled. The flower-buds are almost round and very large ; the scales are also 

 round, slightly pubescent, and of a palish green, becoming a little brown at the 

 edges, as the flower opens, and sometimes tinged with red. The flowers are up- 

 wards of 3£ inches in diameter, and extremely regular in their formation, the 

 petals being ranged one above another, and gradually diminishin g in size towards 

 the centre, exactly in the manner of the Double White. The colour is a fine 

 crimson red, and remarkably shewy. The outer petals are nearly round and are 

 each upwards of an inch in diameter. When the flower first begins to open they 

 are all cupped or concave, but as it expands they become quite flat, and those at 



