Chap. XIX. THE YELLOW CAMELLIA. 



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I visited several other nursery gardens about ten 

 or twelve miles to the eastward of Shanghae. One 

 of them contained a very remarkable plant which I 

 must not omit noticing. Those who have read my 

 ' Wanderings in China * may remember a story I told 

 of my endeavours to find a Yellow Camellia, — how I 

 offered five dollars for one — how a Chinaman soon 

 found two instead of one — and how he got the money 

 and I got taken in ! 



In one of these nurseries, however, I found a 

 yellow Camellia, and it was in bloom when I bought 

 it. It is certainly a most curious plant, although not 

 very handsome. The flowers belong to the anemone 

 or Warratah class ; the outer petals are of a French 

 white, and the inner ones are of a primrose yellow, 

 It appears to be a very distinct species in foliage, 

 and may probably turn out more hardy than any of 

 its race. 



