THE 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
May 1 , 1842. 
THE CAMELLIA. 
WITH AN ENGRAVING OF THE MONARCH. 
We have much pleasure in embellishing our work this month 
with a portrait of one of the very best varieties of that beautiful 
genus the Camellia, and are happy to find the attention of our 
leading floriculturists again turning to these lovely plants. All- 
sufficient as they are to warrant the warmest encomiums, we 
cannot pass over the notice of some of their peculiar beauties : 
in point of colouring, either for warmth or delicacy, they may vie 
with any even of our choicest exotics; in size, in strength, 
beauty, and durability of foliage, in general appearance, and in 
their robust constitution, in all these essential points they have 
scarcely a compeer; in fact the Camellia appears to have but 
one assailable side, which is the absence of a sweet scent, and 
even this objection we are almost enthusiastic enough to believe 
might with attention and in time be removed; yet even now, 
considering the fallibility of everything (to affect the philosopher) 
in this sublunary sphere, it must be confessed the Camellia ap¬ 
proaches very near the ne plus ultra of plants, and we pleasingly 
anticipate the time when we shall see them the recognized in¬ 
habitants of the American borders in the open air or dotted on 
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