ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



the first who brought it into notice, and no collection ought to be 

 without it." {Chnndl. III., t. 15.) Price, in London, 5s^; and at 

 BoUwyller, 15 francs. 



j. 6 rubra plena Bot. Rep. The red-douhle-B^owercd Japanese 

 Camellia, Old red, and Greville's red. — Figured in Bot. Rep., t. 199.; 

 and in Chandl. ///., t. 18, The flowers are of a crimson-red colour, 

 and resemble those of a double i^iblscus Rosa, sinensis. Imported 

 in 1794, by Sir liobert Preston, of Valleyfield, in Perthshire, and 

 Woodfield, in Essex, Of a free and robust habit, and growing very 

 erect ; flowers but sparingly produced before the plant gets old ; and 

 hence this is not so much cultivated as some other varieties. The 

 flowers are about Sin. or 3iin. in diameter, and open at the same 

 time as those of the waratah and atro-riibens. Price, in London, 

 Zs. 6d. a plant ; and at BoUwyller, 5 francs • 

 C J. 7 wemonefibra. The Anemone-flowered 

 Japanes^eCam.ellia,'W-dYata\\ Camellia, Blush 

 Waratah Camellia. — Figured in Bot. Mag., 

 -t. 1654. ; Chandl. ///., t. 8. ; and omflg. 96. 

 Named Waratah from the resemblance of 

 the flower to that of the Telopea spe- 

 ciosissima, or waratah plant. This is one 

 of the most singular, as well as the most 

 beautiful, varieties : the flowers resemble 

 those of a double poppy anemone (ylne- 

 mone coronaria), having the exterior petals 

 of the usual form, and the centre ones /^'t^y 

 narrow and numerous ; they are 3 in. or 



4 in. in diameter, and of a deep and brilliant scarlet colour. Price, 

 in London, 5s. each ; and at BoUwyller, 10 francs. 



C. j. 8 crassinervis Lodd. The thick-nerved-leaved Japanese Camellia, 

 Kent's Camellia, Kent's hexangular.— Figured in Chandl.///., t. 39. ; 

 and Lodd. Bot. Cab.,^ t. 1475. Resembles the waratah, but differs in 

 the outer petals being paler and more cupped, and in the leaves 

 being thinner and rounder. Introduced in 1820. Price, in London, 

 Is. 6d. ; and at BoUwyller, 15 francs. 



C. j. 9 myrtifdlia Bot. Mag. The Myrtle-leaved Japanese Camellia. 

 — Figured m Bot. Mag., 1670.; and Chandl. ///., t. 14. The leaves 

 are rather smaller than in most of the other varieties, and the flowers 

 large in proportion to them, being about 3 in. in diameter. The 

 plant is somewhat slender in growth, but flowers freely. Supposed 

 to have been imported in 1808, for the Kew Garden. Price, in Lon- 

 don, 5s.; and at BoUwyller, 6 francs. 



C j. 10 involuta Bot. Reg. T/ie ijivolnte-petaXed Jajmnese Camellia, 

 Lady Long's Camellia.— Figured in Bot. Reg., t. 633. In general 

 appearance resembling C. j. »;yrtif61ia, but more erect and of stronger 

 growth, and ha\ang petals involute, instead of spreading. Mr. Sweet 

 deemed it identical with C. w^yrtifolia, as appears by his Hort. Brit., 

 p. 73. Introduced in 1820. In London, Is.; and at BoUwyller, 

 25 francs. ' 



^- •^■■1^ variabilis. The vawnfife-coloured-flowered Japanese CameUia. — More than four 

 different-coloured flowers are produced upon the same plant: namely, red, white, and 

 blush varieties of the paiony-flowered and thepompone. 



C.j. 12Pomp6nia Bot. Reg. The Pompone Ja^mnese Camellia, the 

 Kew Blush Camellia.— Figured in Bot. Reg., t. 22. ; and Chandl. 

 ///., t. 9. The name appears to be derived from some fancied re- 

 semblance of the flowers to the French head-dress called a pompone. 

 The petals are delicate in their texture, and, when fully expanded, 

 • the flowers are just 4 in. across. The colour of the petals is pure 

 white, except for about a third of their length nearest the base, 

 which is deeply tinged with red, of which there is a small stripe up 

 the centre. Introduced in 181 0. This variety is very hardy ; plan ts 



