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C. Queen Victoria (Priestley's), crimson, occasionally 
marked with white; flower large, perfectly imbricated; fo- 
liage strong, dark green. Magnificent. 
C. rosd sinensis, a large, double flower, four inches in dia- 
meter ; colour bright, rosy pink, petals long and full, closely 
imbricated to the centre : a very distinct variety, with beau- 
tiful dark-green, shining foliage, two inches wide and three 
and a half long ; grows and flowers freely. Magnificent. 
C. rosea (China), petals regularly and perfectly imbri- 
cated, flower frequently star-shaped, like Hume's blush, about 
three inches in diameter ; colour bright rose, changing to 
rosy purple ; foliage pale green ; leaves one and a half inches 
wide and three inches long ; plant of slender habit, though 
well-formed, and a profuse bloomer. Magnificent. 
C. riibra-pleno, or Greavill's double red, is a strong-grow- 
ing and free-flowering variety. The flowers" are large, irre- 
gular, and very double, and are of long duration ; foliage of 
a yellowish-green, leaves two inches wide and three inches 
long ; plant of a stiff habit. Superb. 
C. Saccoi, bright rose, imbricated form, very perfect, 
fading to a pale rose ; a free bloomer. Magnificent. 
C. Saccoi de nova and Magnifii are the same, very 
similar to the former, merely a shade paler in colour ; foliage 
more distinctly nerved and serrated. Magnificent. 
C. Sarah Frost, rich crimson, of perfectly imbricated 
form, very full, a profuse bloomer, growing freely, of upright 
habit. Magnificent. 
C. Sherwoodii, rosy crimson, frequently spotted with pure 
white ; very double ; petals reflexed when fully open ; a free 
grower and profuse bloomer. Magnificent. A seedling by 
Mr. Sherwood, of Laurel Hill. 
C. sesdnqua rosea. See among the species. 
C. specibsa is a most splendid variety, has been called 
Chinese-striped Waratah. The guard-petals are large, round, 
and bold; colour crimson, with stripes of white; the centre is 
full of irregular, small petals, and spotted ; the foliage three 
inches wide and four inches long, and more heart-shaped 
than any of the others ; grows freely, flower persistent, four 
inches in diameter, and highly esteemed, and considered one 
of the finest of the coloured Camellias. Magnificent. 
C. splendens ; rosy red, flower full and bold, nearly four 
inches in diameter; petals few, but very large and round, 
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