CHAP. XIX. 



TE R N STE O IWTjI'CEJE. C A ME'LL/.-f . 



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of it have stood out for eight winters in the Vanxhall Niirsery. 

 Price, in London, 35. Gd. ; and at Boliwyller, 4 francs. C.j, 

 p<2?omaefl6ra rosea, figured in Chandl. III., t. 19.; f • P- 2)alU(la, 

 and C. j. p. alba; the red peony-flowered, introduced in 1810; the 

 bhish pseony-flowered, introduced in 1820 ; and the white pgeony-flow- 

 ered, introduced in 1810, may be considered as subvarieties of the 

 pompone. The price of these subvarieties is somewhat higher tlian 

 that of C.j. Pompdnia, 



S* C. j. 13 semidiiplex Bot. Rep. The senu'dotwle-flovfeTed Japanese Camellia. — Figured 

 in JSot. liep., t. 559. The flowers consist of from 6 to 12 large roundish petals, 

 in a single or double series, witli a column of stamens in the centre: they arc of a 

 rich rose colour. Introduced in 1808. Middlemist's red camellia so closely resembles 

 this sort as hardly to be distinguishable from it. 



stt C j. 14 dtro-riibens Bot. Cab. The dark red-lowered. Japanese Ca- 

 mellia, Loddiges's red Camellia. — Figured in Lodd. Bol. Cab., t. 170. ; 

 and ChandL ///., t. 25, This is a very beautiful variety, and a vi- 

 gorously growing one. It is always among the latest in coming 

 into blossom, the flowers opening at about the same time as those of 

 the waratah camellia. The plants have an erect fastigiate habit, 

 and the flowers ai-e of a deep scarlet, and are very showy. They 

 are not so large as in some of the other varieties ; but they have a 

 marked appearance from the middle of the flower being filled with 

 small petals, which project so as to overtop the others. Imported 

 by Messrs. Loddiges, from China, in 1809, Price, in London, £>s.; 

 and at Boliwyller, 5 francs. 



as C.j. 15 Welbdnlm Chandl. III., t. 27. ; IVelbank's white-flowered Jajjanese 

 Camellia. C.j. liiteo-albicans Bot. Reg., t. 708. ; C. j. flavescens ; and 

 white Moutan CameUia. — Figured in Bol. Beg., t. 708. The flowers, 

 which have been compared to those of Gardenia florida, are of a 

 yellowish-white colour, rather delicate, and they do not open very 

 freely. The flowers. are from 3 in. to 3^ in. in diameter. In Messrs. 

 Chandler and Booth's account of this variety, published Feb., 1831, 

 it is characterised as very different from any other white-flowered 

 kind, and as being of robust habit, and remarkable for the convexity 

 of its foliage. Introduced by Captains Welbank and Rawes in 1820. 

 Price, in London, 5s. ; and at Boliwyller, 10 francs. 



« C. j. 16 rosea Don's Mill. T/ie ro^y-flowered Jajyanese Camellia. — The 

 flower has the appearance of a small moss rose; it measures about 

 2| in. in diameter, approaching in form that of the myrtle-leaved. 

 Introduced in 1821. Price, in London^ 3*. Qd. each; and at Boll- 

 wjUez', 5 francs. 



5* C. j. 17 speciosa Hort. Trans. The showy Japanese Camellia, Rawes's 

 variegated Waratah Camellia. Camellk RaweseVrnffl Hort. — Figured 

 in Chandl. ///., t. 32. An extremely handsome variety, "with 

 flowers of a deeper red than either those of C. atro-riVbens or 

 the waratah. They open very regularly, and, when expanded, are 

 usually 4 in. in diameter. Nearly the whole of the petals have a 

 little white stripe at their base, and some of them are variegated ; 

 all of them are disposed in the same manner as those of the 

 waratah. It was imported by Captain Richard Rawes in 1824, who 

 presented it to his relation, T. C. Palmer, Esq., Bromlev, Kent. 

 Price, in London, 105. M. ; and at Boliwyller, 50 francs. 



C. j. 18 cdrnea Bot. Reg. 7'/^e^e^;^-coloured.flowered Japanese Camellia, Middleinibt's red 

 Camellia, rose-coloured Camellia.— Figured in Bol. Reg., t. 22. The flowers are similar 

 in colour to those of the semidouble red (No. 13.), but larger. The centre petals 

 are short and vary in form ; generally they are roundish and a little twisted, as well as 

 marked with dark-coloured veins, and all of them have, more or less, a small white-- 

 coloured stripe down their centre. The stamens are ger^erallv all changed into petals ' 

 and the whole flower resembles a full-blown rose. Introduced in 1808. 



« C. j. 19 imbrircdta Hort. Trans, The imbricate d-^eVeAcA Japanefse 



Camellia, crimson Shell CameUia. — Figured in Chandl. ///., t. 22, ; 



and Bot. Reg,, t. 139S. " Without doubt, the best varietv that has 



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