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CAMEELIA JAPONICA ECLIPSIS. 
Press's Eclipse Camellia. 
WE owe this choice variety to Mr. Press, who informed us, in March, 
1827, when we first saw it in flower, that it was raised by him from a 
seed contained in the same capsule as that which produced the beauti¬ 
ful variety represented at folio 24. Both of them are free-growing sorts, 
resembling the Single-white, but they differ from it, in their foliage 
being comparatively narrower, and flatter, and not so deeply serrated. 
That of the one now before us is about the same size, and similar in 
every respect to Punctata already described. 
The flower buds are large and round, very pubescent, of a pale yel¬ 
lowish green colour, spotted with red. 
The flowers are handsome and well formed, the petals being nume¬ 
rous, and laid over one another with great regularity. They seldom 
exceed three inches in diameter. Their ground colour is white, other¬ 
wise they resemble Punctata , and Rosa Mundi, two fine seedlings raised 
also by Mr. Press; being similarly striped, and spotted with pale red, 
in the manner of what is termed a run carnation. A short account of 
them will be found in the Gardener’s Magazine, vol. ii. p. 358, where 
they are stated to have a clear white ground, with pink stripes, and to 
be superior in the beauty of their form to the Double-white. We cannot, 
however, go quite so far as this, as we consider the flowers of the latter 
variety are not surpassed by any in cultivation. For the specimen 
from which the accompanying figure was made, we are indebted to Mr. 
John Andrew Henderson, F. H. S. Nurseryman, Pine-apple Place, 
Edgeware Road. 
