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CAMELLIA JAPONICA EPSOMENSIS. 
Mr. Young's Semi-double Red Camellia. 
WE first derived our knowledge of this very distinct variety, from 
seeing a plant of it in the extensive collection of the Horticultural 
Society; to which establishment it was presented, in 1824, by Mr. 
Young of Epsom, who has the merit of raising it. 
The plant is of a robust habit, surpassing in this respect most of 
the seedlings with which we are acquainted. The leaves are roundish 
oval, flat, and rather veiny on the upper side, with large serra- 
tures, and a bluntish recurved point. They generally measure about 
four inches in length, and three inches in breadth, in the widest part; 
and are besides remarkable for having a very strong, prominent, pale- 
coloured midrib and footstalk; the latter seldom exceeds an inch in 
length. The colour of the leaves is a rich, deep shining green. 
The flower buds are oval, somewhat pointed and pubescent, of a 
pale yellowish green, slightly tinged with red before opening. 
The flowers are not unlike those of the common Semi-double Red, 
but they are of a much deeper colour, and consist of a greater number 
of petals; in this respect, however, they vary very much, some flowers 
having only ten or twelve petals arranged in two rows, while others on 
the same plant occasionally have the centre tolerably well filled, and 
appear almost double. In the former case, the exterior row of petals 
is large and spreading; each of them is of a roundish form, averaging 
an inch in diameter. The interior row is of a lesser size, but similar to 
the other. The cup, or column of stamina, is nearly the same as in the 
Single Camellias, but is deeply coloured at its base. When the petals 
happen to be numerous, the flowers have a neat appearance; the cup of 
