Plate 95. 
CAMELLIA MASTER* ROSEA. 
Camellia Japonica , var. 
Who does not admire the Camellia 1 Has any one ever seen 
the snow-white blossoms of some varieties, the brilliant colours 
and symmetrical form of others, and the glossy foliage of the 
plants, and not said, 44 Plow beautiful”! Who would think a bou¬ 
quet, when they are in bloom, complete without one ! And if 
they needed^any special interest, shall we, as loyal subjects, 
readily forget that a white Camellia formed the centre of that 
last tribute of affection which our Koyal Mistress sent to he 
laid on the coffin of her husband!—no mere 44 trapping of woe,” 
but the expression of sincere and devoted love. 
In a visit we paid last autumn to Angers, in France, we visited, 
amongst other places, the Nursery of M. Cachet, where Ca¬ 
mellias are grown in greater perfection than it has ever been our 
lot to witness ; of course great advantages of climate and situa¬ 
tion were enjoyed by him, but the beauty and health of his 
plants clearly showed that skill and intelligence had also been 
brought to bear. Amongst the many varieties cultivated by him, 
that which he considered in every respect the most desirable is 
the one we now figure, Master Rosea; a very large portion of 
his stock of it was purchased by our friend and fellow-traveller, 
Mr. John Standish, of Bagshot, and from a bloom of one of these 
plants a drawing was made by Mr. Andrews; it is a large, beau¬ 
tifully-shaped flower, with well-rounded petals, and very full ; 
the petals stiff and not reflexing; the colour a beautiful veined 
rose; the habit of the plant good; foliage large, and of a rich 
glossy-green, and indeed it possesses in every respect the pro¬ 
perties of a first-rate Camellia; under this name, at any rate, 
* So written in the Augers Catalogues. Maester is, however, suggested as 
the right orthography. 
