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CAMELLIA JAPONICA SPECIOSA. 
Raives’s Variegated Waratdh Camellia. 
Camellia Japonica speciosa. Horticultural Transactions, Vol. 7. 
Camellia Rawesiana of the Gardens. . 
WE first noticed this splendid variety in March 1826, in the choice col¬ 
lection of Thomas Carey Palmer, Esq. at Bromley in Kent, to whom a 
plant of it was presented, by his relation. Captain Richard Rawes, on 
its first importation by him, in 1824. 
In general appearance, it is very distinct from any of the other 
imported varieties, and, like them, may at once be distinguished by the 
leaves, which are comparatively thin, and of a bright vivid green. They 
are for the most part nearly flat and ovate, broad at the base, and some¬ 
what narrower towards the point; sometimes a few of them are slightly 
recurved. The serratures are shallow, small, and sharp, becoming indis¬ 
tinct near the base of the leaf. The midrib and veins are of a palish 
green, not very prominent, nor so strong as in some of the other kinds; 
the usual size of the leaves is about three and a half inches long, and 
two and a half inches broad. The footstalks are roundish and slightly 
hollowed on the upper side, generally half an inch long, and of the same 
colour as the midrib and veins. 
Flower buds oval, with a blunt point; the scales are dull green, 
roundish cordate, slightly pubescent, and at the edges, which are thin, 
frequently have a brownish tinge. 
The flowers are exceedingly handsome, and of a deeper red than 
either Atro-rubens, or Waratdh, but approach in some degree those of 
the latter. They open very regularly, and, when expanded, are usually 
four inches in diameter. The outer petals vary from an inch, to an 
inch and a half in breadth, and are sometimes slightly cordate, but most 
generally rounded at the edges, a little recurved, and faintly veined. 
