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of doors, and although not tender it would be advisable to give it the brush of yellow stamens. A double white form, a variety from it, was 
advantage of a sheltered wall in order to encourage the ripening of the also shown. C. Sasanqua might prove serviceable for hybridising, and a 
wood, the setting of the flower buds, and to protect the flowers from race uniting its qualities of hardiness and bud-retention with the beauty 
Fig. 2.—camellia sasanqua. 
injury at the unsettled period of their development. The plants 
exhibited were bloomed in a cold house without any heat, and it will 
be noted that they were in flower at the middle of December. The type 
(fig. 2) is single, and has bright rosy pink flowers with a prominent 
of bloom displayed by our choice varieties would be very valuable. The 
following references may be found useful by those desiring further 
information respecting it. Thunb., FI. Jap., p. 275 ; Sieb. et Zuc., 
FI. Jap., I., p. 158, t. 83 ; Franch et Sar, Enum. PI. Jap., I., p. GO. 
