
Snowdrift. See page 25 
GROUP 2 
ALBA SUPERBA. Beautiful, semi-double, pure white 
Camellia, 4 to 5 mches across. Vigorous and spreading 
in growth. This variety is often known on the Pacific 
Coast as Rev. John G. Drayton. 
C. M. HOVEY. In habit of growth, and shape and form of 
flowers, it is very much like Purple Emperor, but the 
beautiful, double, large red flowers are mottled with 
white. Very showy. 
COLONEL FIREY (William S. Hastie). Very large, 
extremely double flower, with many small petals of 
glowing rich crimson. A late bloomer. See color illus- 
tration on page 28. 
DAIKAGURA. Probably the earliest bloomer of all 
Camellia japonicas. In the Mobile section it is nearly 
always in bloom in September and often is showing color 
in August. Flowers large, thick peony-type, deep rose 
color with large white blotches, sometimes tmbricated. 
See illustration on page 23. 
DEBUTANTE (Sara C. Hastie). Delicate shade of solid 
pink; large peony-form. Very hardy: See color illus- 
_ tration on page 27. 
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. A bushy and compact grower. 
Flowers very large, brilliant scarlet and of peony form. 
See color illustration on inside back cover. 
FANNY BOLLIS. Very large, semi-double red flowers 
blotched with white. 
GIGANTEA. Very large leaves and spreading branches. 
Red and white flowers are peony-form and of good size. 
KUMASAKA, VARIEGATED... Large, peony-form blooms 
of deep pink but with white spots. 
LADY CLARE. Immense, single pink flowers. Probably 
the largest of all Camellias. 
LADY VAN SITTI, VARIEGATED. I[denticalin growthand 
habit to the well-known pink variety, but the flowers are 
beautifully striped or marked with white. A good one. 
LAUREL LEAF. Flowers large, full double, with numer- 
ous narrow petals having recurved edges and opening 
very flat; light salmon-rose, marbled white. Upright 
and compact, with rather narrow foliage of a pleasing 
shade of green. Conspicuously beautiful. See color illus- 
tration on front cover. 
MARCHIONESS OF EXETER. Early. Large pink 
flowers of peony-form, similar to Debutante, but a 
little deeper in color. 
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