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CAMELLIA JAPONICA WILTONL 
Lady Wilton's Camellia. 
FOR the introduction of this pretty variety, we are indebted to Mr. 
Joseph Knight, of the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road, Chelsea, who 
informs us that he raised it from seed about sixteen years ago. It is, 
however, little more than six years since it began to be generally 
known, and cultivated in the neighbourhood of London; although, from 
what we have just stated, it would appear to have been among the first 
of the double varieties that were raised from seed in this country. Its 
parentage cannot now be ascertained with any degree of accuracy. It 
is not improbable but that it sprang from a seed of the single red 
Camellia, which had been impregnated with the double-striped; or 
perhaps it is the produce of the double-striped itself, which not un- 
frequently brings its seeds to perfection. Be this as it may, it is 
certainly a desirable, and well-marked variety, and one that is per¬ 
fectly distinct from either the double-striped, or the two other sorts, 
which rank next in the colour and form of their flowers; namely, 
Parks’s Rose-striped, Camellia, introduced from China by the Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, in 1824; and Elphinstoni, another beautiful seedling 
raised by Mr. Knight. 
The original plant, from which our description and the accom¬ 
panying figure were made, is in Mr. Knight’s Collection, and appears to 
be of free growth, rather slender and bushy. The branches are nearly 
erect, and are all thickly clothed with large thin, and flat, ovate- 
acuminate, sharply serrated, deep shining green leaves, which are each 
about four inches and a half long, and two inches broad. They differ 
materially from those of the common double-striped, as well as from 
Elphinstoni ; to the latter they have the nearest resemblance, but are 
comparatively thinner, and more pointed, and have smaller serratures. 
The footstalks are long and slender, a peculiarity which is only common 
to the JVarat&h, and the numerous seedlings which have been obtained 
from it. They are nearly round, and, together with the midrib and 
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