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THE CAMELLIA. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
REMARKS ON THE CAMELLIA.— By G. A. L. 
(Continued from page 636.^ 
24. Camellia japonica splendens, splendid Camellia, com¬ 
monly called Halnuts Splendens. A very pretty seedling from the 
gardens of Mr. Halnut, of Clapham. The habit of this plant is 
exceeding neat, the flower is of a fine red colour, rather small, hut in 
general very double and regular. One or two other varieties have 
been also called Splendens, hut the plant of Mr. Halnut claims that 
cognomen by the rights of priority, although it may be surpassed in 
beauty by its rivals. 
25. C. jap. rosea, rosy or Le Blanc’s C. I am perfectly igno¬ 
rant of the history of this beautiful variety, but having had the gra¬ 
tification of seeing it in bloom this season, at Messrs. Chandler’s 
•nursery, I do not hesitate to predict, that it will become a general 
and universal favourite, if, in future, it retains these peculiar charac¬ 
ters, which then marked it as a most distinct and elegant variety. 
The flower is small, very double and very regularly imbricated; it 
is of a colour rather deeper, I think, than that of the monthly rose, 
and has a greater tinge of pink. I am not aware that this plant has 
yet been figured in any of the publications. It is as yet very scarce; 
the only plant Mr. Chandler had was a very small one, which he had 
received from the Horticultural Society. 
26. C. jap. crassinervis, thick leaved or Mr. Kent’s C. A 
variety much resembling the C. jap. anemone-flora or waratah, but 
its flowers do not fall so soon, and continue in full beauty much 
longer than those of that variety. The crassinervis well deserves 
notice. It is sometimes (but improperly) called heraugulous. 
27. C. jap. woodin, Woods C. A pretty but variable seedling 
variety, raised four or five years since by the Messrs. Chandler, and 
named by them in honour of Mr. Wood, of Camberwell-Grove. 
When the plant blooms well, the flower very much resembles a pro- 
vence rose. 
28. C. jap. elegans, elegant C. Another seedling raised about 
the same time with the woodsu, and by the same persons. This is 
a handsome plant, the flowers are large, well made, and of a different 
red to those of the woodsu, nor do they appear to sport so much. 
