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CAMELLIA PRESSII ROSEA. 
(press's double rose-coloured camellia.) 
class. ordkr. 
MONADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
CAMELLIACEiE. 
Generic Character. — See vol. iii. p. 101. 
C Pressii rosea. — A garden variety, 'with rich, rose-coloured, double flowers, the petals of which are 
sparingly striped with red, and irregularly disposed. 
Nothing can be more gratifying to tlie friends of horticultural science, than to 
take a retrospective glance at the rapid advances which have been made in its 
different departments during the present century, and in no respect are these more 
apparent than in the numberless splendid varieties of different kinds of plants which 
are continually being raised. Many of these productions, however, are exceedingly 
fugitive, sharing the popular favour only for a brief period, and then being at once 
consigned to oblivion, because superseded by others of a superior character. This 
is by no means the case with the varieties of Camellia, which, being comparatively 
limited, and of an arboreous nature, if they possess any distinguished features, may 
be regarded as permanently valuable, and will probably be allowed a situation in 
good collections for centuries to come. 
Some Camellias are remarkable for the perfect symmetry of the form of their 
flowers, outrivalling in this respect the choicest works of art ; the flowers of others 
are pleasing on account of the beautifully-irregular disposition of their petals, which 
lovely negligence accords more with our usual ideas of genuine natural productions. 
Of this latter description is the splendid variety represented in the accompanying- 
plate, of the history of which we are unable to state anything further than that 
Messrs. Young of Epsom received it from the Continent last year, with the name 
above given, and we presume that it is a hybrid production from seeds of C. Pressii. ' 
