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CAMELLIA JAPONICA FORDIL 
(mr. ford's japan camellia.) 
class. order. 
MONADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
CAMELLIACEiE. 
Generic Character, — Calyx imbricated, many leaved, the inner leaves largest. Petals obovate. Stamens 
indefinite in number. 
Specific Character — Stem shrubby, ten to twenty feet high. Leaves ovate-acuminate, serrated, shining, 
dark green. Flowers splendid, nearly solitary. Calyx light green. Corolla fleshy, bright red. 
Stamens orange yellow. 
Fordii Flowers large, rose-coloured, very double. Petals arranged in the greatest regularity. 
This splendid variety was communicated to us by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince and 
Co., nurserymen, Exeter, by whose relative, the late Mr. William Ford, a well 
known and most successful cultivator of Camellias, it was raised from seed ; and 
out of respect to whose memory, Messrs. Lucombe, Pince and Co. have very 
properly named it. 
It is, undoubtedly, one of the most perfectly formed Camellias that has hitherto 
been produced. Nothing can surpass the regularity and symmetry of its petals, and 
the exquisite tint of its delicate rose-coloured flowers. The foliage is remarkably 
fine, and the style of growth is good. It is highly pleasing thus to find our native 
varieties rivalling any of those imported from China. 
VOL. n. — NO. II. 
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