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CAMELLIA JAPONICA CUNNINGHAMI. 
(mr. Cunningham's camellia.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
MONADELPHIA. 8 POLYANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
CAMELLIACEiE. 
Generic Character — See p. 25 of the present volume. 
Specific Character. — See as above. 
Cunninghami. — Flowers bright crimson, striped with white, varying in almost every flower. Petals 
arranged with great regularity. 
Synonyms. — C. mutabilis, Mr. Cunningham's M.S. 
This beautiful Camellia was raised by Mr. Cunningham, of Comely Bank 
nurseries, near Edinburgh, from seed of the Warratah, impregnated with the 
common striped, and was named by him mutabilis, from the various coloured 
flowers produced on the same plant. Many of the flowers are most elegantly 
striped with pure white ; others possess less of this marking ; whilst others are 
entirely a rich crimson. 
It is a very abundant flowerer, and may be considered a great acquisition to this 
already extensive and highly ornamental genus of plants. Its foliage is large and 
handsome, and of a fine dark glossy green. 
The culture is the same as for the other species and varieties of camellia. For 
which, see Vol. 1, p. 33. 
