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7. C. jap carnea. Middlemists’ C. not very worthy of attention, 
except for cuttings, which make excellent stocks. It will sometimes 
open a fine flower. 
8. C. jap myrtifolia. Myrtle-leaved C. Supposed to have 
been introduced about 1808. A beautiful variety, neat and compact 
in its growth ; the flowers are of a deep rose colour at first, becomes 
of a fainter tinge after their expansion. This variety, and those cal¬ 
led C. Jap. involuta or Lady Longs, and C. Jap. hexangularis, 
appear to be one and the same plant, only there is sometimes a 
slight difference in the foliage, or flower, arising from accidental va¬ 
riations of soil and culture. They are sometimes called the large 
flowering myrtle-leaved, the large myrtle-leaved, and the small myr¬ 
tle-leaved. Although, I think they are but one variety, and in this 
opinion I am supported by Mr. Chandler, yet there are many per¬ 
sons who maintain that they are three distinct varieties. 
9. C. jap. fimbria'ta, fringed white C. Introduced about 1816. 
A very beautiful plant, resembling the old white, but the edges of 
the petals being fringed, gives the flower a very pretty effect. It 
must be cultivated by every lover of the Camella. 
10. C. jap. pomponia, Pompone or Kew Blush C. Introduced 
to the Kew Gardens, about 1810. This plant, I take to be the same 
as the one called C. jap. variabilis, (but see C. jap. poeoniflora, be¬ 
low.) It bears a pretty flower, but the plant is loose and rambling 
in its habit 
11. C. jap pceniflora, Rosy Pceony flowered C. Introduced 
about 1810, for Charles Hampden Turner, Esq., of Surry. A very 
beautiful plant, of which there are said to be three varieties, viz. the 
rosy or red, the blush, and the pompone or white ; but in this nomen¬ 
clature, there appears to be great and almost inextricable confusion. 
For my own part, I think there is but one poeony flowered,—the red 
or rosy, which I believe never varies in the colour of its flowers, and 
therefore is distinct from the pompone or variabilis, the flowers of 
which vary in their colour, being sometimes red, sometimes white, 
and sometimes blush ; or again, flowers of two, or even of the three 
different colours, will often be seen on the same plant. So that in my 
opinion, the blush poeony flowered, and the pompone, or variabilis, 
or white poeony flowered, is one plant, distinct from the red pceony 
flowered, the latter not changing the colour of its flower, although it 
resembles the pompone in the shape of the flower, and the habit of 
the plant, in which latter respect, they so much resemble each other, 
that it is difficult to distinguish them when not in bloom. I will not 
vouch for the accuracy of mv opinion, but I never yet could meet 
