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CAMELLIA JAPONIC A FLORE ALBO. 
Single White Camellia. 
Camellia Japonica, flore albo simplici. Botanical Register, t. 353. Botanical 
Magazine, t.2745. Curtis’s Monograph, pi. 1. 
Camellia Japonica Alba. Loddiges’s Botanical Cabinet, t. 636. 
WE have heard many reports concerning the origin of this very dis¬ 
tinct variety. Some persons are of opinion that it was imported from 
China; but we believe it is now generally known to have been raised 
from seed of the double-striped, by Messrs. Rollisson, of the Tooting 
Nursery, about seventeen years ago. 
In growth and habit, it is more robust than almost any of the other 
sorts, and is readily distinguished by the great resemblance which its 
foliage bears to that of its parent. We may however observe that, 
although similar in form, yet the leaves of the present plant are much 
thicker and larger than those of the striped, and they are also more 
recurved and undulated. The serratures are particularly large and sharp. 
Some of the leaves, indeed, may be more properly described as being 
dentated, rather than serrated. All of them are of a very dark shining- 
green, and have a strong, prominent, pale-coloured midrib. The foot¬ 
stalks are thick, and seldom exceed a quarter of an inch in length. 
They are of the same colour as the midrib. The under side is round; 
the upper is a little flattened, and hollowed towards the base of the leaf. 
The flower buds are ovate, and taper to a point; most of them are 
upwards of an inch long, very pubescent, and of a pale green colour. 
The flowers, which are produced in great abundance, usually open 
earlier in the season than the generality of the other Camellias. They 
are large and handsome, and consist of from four to six roundish-cor¬ 
date, white petals, imbricated at the base, and arranged in such a man¬ 
ner as to give the flower an upright, bell-shaped appearance, like that 
of the single red, represented at folio 1. 
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