THE FLORIST. 
SEEDLING CAMELLIA. 
THE COUNTESS OF ORKNEY. 
Mr. Nicholson, gardener to the Earl of Orkney, Taplow 
Court, is the successful raiser of the beautiful variety figured 
in our present number. It was exhibited last season at the 
Horticultural Society’s Rooms, Regent Street, and much ad¬ 
mired. Our representation may be depended upon for its 
correctness. The plant is handsome, the foliage large and 
bold, of a deep rich green. The specimen from which it was 
copied measured four inches in diameter: the flower is cir¬ 
cular in outline, composed of large stout petals, perfectly 
smooth on the edge ; these gradually diminish towards the 
centre ; but as they become smaller, their forms are less per¬ 
fect in outline. The accompanying representation of one of 
the larger petals was traced^ 
that the exact figure might 
be given. They are transpa¬ 
rent in texture, of a creamy 
white, and are striped with 
two shades of bright rosy pink, 
clear and well-defined. We 
consider it a valuable addition 
to any collection, and in the 
class to which it belongs it 
ranks with the best. 
Mr. Nicholson’s treatment 
of the Camellia is added as a 
fit accompaniment to the above notice of his seedling. 
My mode of cultivating these plants differs but little, if at 
all, from that usually followed. I generally shift them after 
NO. IV. 
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