Avery Island, Louisiana, 
FOREWORD September 1, 1941. 
This Camellia list covers the named varieties of this beautiful fall, 
winter, and spring blooming shrub, now growing in Jungle Gardens, the 
home grounds of E. A. Mcilhenny, at Avery Island, Louisiana. 
This collection, generally acknowledged as the largest in the world, 
represents years of research, and the bringing together of these plants 
from all the camellia-growing centers of the world, at great effort and 
expense. 
_ There is, in the camellia, great variation in both plant and blossom, 
which makes it impossible for the horticulturist to determine the correct 
name of the many varieties from written description alone. This fact has 
caused nurserymen, now offering camellias for sale, to send out plants 
incorrectly named, thereby often causing fanciers to purchase the same 
variety under a number of different local names. 
For those who wish to own correctly named camellias, the McIihenny 
Collection is of great value, for it is available to those who wish to compare 
the blossoms of the camellias they now have, and learn definitely their 
correct names. 
Every variety listed can be secured on orders placed before or during 
the grafting season, which is from January to March. 
Many of the common varieties are carried in stock, but the rare and 
scarce varieties are grafted specially, and only to fill specific orders. 
My method of grafting is to use three to six year old, vigorous, 
blooming plants for the understock, putting the graft in at the root. This 
method produces a strong, bushy, blooming plant, three to four feet tall 
at two years from the graft, assuring the purchaser a blooming plant of 
attractive size one year after delivery. No plants are delivered until the 
graft has completed one full summer-growing season. 
My charges for grafting camellias are: 
$ 7.50 per plant if grafted on three year old stock. 
$12.50 per plant if grafted on five to six year old stock. 
One-half is payable when the order is placed, the balance to be paid 
before shipment is made. All prices are f.o.b. Avery Island. 
Should a customer desire the grafted plant carried in the nursery for 
a second summer’s growth before shipment, an extra charge of $2.00 per 
plant is made for this service. 
I also carry in stock a larger number of one and two year old plants 
raised from cuttings, at lesser prices. 
Delivery of all plants in good condition to the transportation company 
is guaranteed. 
Any plant will be replaced should it die within 90 days after delivery, 
providing claim is made within the 90 day period. 
Should a plant ordered to be grafted fail to take, or die before delivery 
to the customer, all advance money will be refunded. 
In describing the shape of camellia flowers: 
Single—denotes one or two rows of petals lying flat. 
Semi-double—more than two rows of petals lying flat, with center 
of bloom open. 
Imb.—petals smoothly shingle from center to outer edge. 
Full double—some petals imbricated, some irregular. 
Peonytype or Peonyform—double, with irregular petals. 
EK. A. McILHENNY, 
Avery Island, La. 
