CAMELLIA JAPONICA 
Horticultural names of Camellia Japonicas are 
so badly confused that we are not still sure of many 
of them, but we have enough of kinds which are 
recognized by leading nurserymen by such names 
as we list, that we are offering these named Cam¬ 
ellias under three classes. 
We are fortunate possessor of Nouvelle Incono- 
graphae des Camellias published in 1848-1860 with 
more than five hundred natural colored illustrations 
with names and we will follow their names as far 
as possible. , 
Many names, however, will have to be revised 
yet, and in order not to mislead you, we are illus¬ 
trating several types of flowers and by referring to 
them, you can form better ideas of what we mean 
by “peony form”, “very double”, etc. 
CLASS A CAMELLIAS 
MRS. ABBY WILDER—Peony shaped white flow¬ 
ers, medium to large, with tiny sprashes of pink. 
Compact and good grower. (See illustration). 
MRS. 
ABBY 
WILDER 
ALBA PLENO—Snow white of very double, good 
size flower. Very early, but poor grower, and do 
not set buds when young. 
CHANDLERI ELEGANCE—One of largest peony 
flowering Camellias, cherry-red with white varie¬ 
gated. Some are thick peony flowers with 500 
petals but some flowers are loose peony form with 
yellow spemens. See illustration. 
EMPRESS OF INDIA—Very late dahlia-shape flow¬ 
ers have unusually pleasing salmon color which 
is not often found in any other Camellia. 
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