Plate 23. 
PEARL CAMELLIA. 
Camellia japonica, var . 
The handsome new Camellia represented in our Plate is a 
seedling raised in this country, and recently offered for sale by 
Messrs. Rollisson and Son, of the Tooting Nursery, to whom 
we owe our obligations for the opportunity of figuring it. We 
saw it flowering freely in their establishment last spring, and 
then regarded it as a desirable and distinct variety, likely to 
give satisfaction to cultivators. 
It forms a compact-growing evergreen shrub, with dark glossy 
foliage, and fine clear-white flowers produced freely on young 
plants. The flowers are of moderate size, double, with broad, 
circular, beautifully imbricated petals, of a good white, and re¬ 
markable for their substance; they are produced abundantly, 
and have a very handsome appearance from the decided con¬ 
trast between their own hue and that of the background of 
foliage against which they are displayed. It will be found to 
be a very suitable variety for cultivation in gardens where the 
accommodation is limited, on account of its compact style of 
growth and free blooming character. 
The present variety is quite distinct from the old favourite 
double white or alba plena , and the equally admired jhnbriata , 
with its delicately fringed petals. From these, which are two 
of the best old sorts, and highly to be recommended for general 
cultivation, the variety now figured differs in the breadth of its 
petals, and the more cup-shaped character of the flower during 
its earlier stages. 
We cannot better occupy our remaining space than by con- 
Plate 23.—Camellia japohica, var. Peael : habit compact ; flowers 
medium size, double, pure white. 
