plant, has gone on improving in quality until many of the kinds 
formerly held in estimation have become superseded. Of the 
class to which our illustration belongs, namely, those with 
white and blush-tinted flowers striped with various shades of red, 
we may mention as varieties possessing a high degree of merit:— 
Countess oe Orkney : large, finely cupped and imbricated, white striped 
with bright rose or carmine. 
De la Heine : moderate size, imbricated or somewhat cupped while 
young, white faintly striped with light rose-colour. 
Duchesse d’Orleans : moderate size, finely imbricated, blush-white, 
striped with cerise and rosy-carmine. 
Jubilee : moderate size, imbricated, blush-white, with numerous deep 
rose-coloured stripes and pencilled markings. 
Prince Albert (Albert ii): moderate size, imbricated, with a peony- 
formed centre, blush-white, freely striped and splashed wfith deep rose. 
Targioni : moderate size, imbricated or somewhat cupped, white deli¬ 
cately striped with light rose-colour. 
The Camellia stands altogether unrivalled as a conservatory 
flower, having a bold and strongly-marked character which is 
pleasing to the eye even during those portions of the year when 
it is not in blossom, and becoming gorgeous in the extreme 
during the blooming period. Being hardy or nearly so, it may 
be cultivated with little expense, a cool greenhouse being all 
the protection necessary to produce it in the highest state of 
excellence ; while, whether it is grown in pots or planted out 
in the border of a conservatory, but little trouble is involved in 
its cultivation, provided proper preparation has been made. 
The best material for the growth of Camellias is formed 
by mixing about two parts of well-prepared turfy loam with 
one part of turfy heath-mould. This should form the staple 
of the compost, which may be further brought to a state suitable 
for use, by an admixture of about one-sixth part of pure silver 
sand, and another sixth part of small broken charcoal. The 
whole must be intimately blended. Thorough drainage, whe¬ 
ther for pots or borders, is indispensable, as copious watering 
is necessary both in the growing season, and also when the 
flower-buds are approaching development. 
