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CAMELLIA ELVPEIOI 
$ 250.00 was pald In 1932 by a A Chicago customer wrote: 
South Carolina customer, for the January 16-1946. 
S=toot speciman Camellia EMPEROR, 
tlilustrated on the lefte "| picked the prize Camellita 
ecoolt was as large as a tea 
We located this Camellia March 13, cup, deep pink and really 
1931, tn a garden, near Mobtlee gOrgeou se The tlower would 
have retailed In the Chicago 
The plants described and offered market eat Christmas or New 
In this prospectus, were propagated Year, for probably $ 15.00." 
under our Lot 109, In the summer of 
1932,¢rom the speciman Illustrated. 
In the maze of conflicting Camellia 
names, documentary proof, verified 
by rights of priority, as evidence oi oe ; b 
supplifed from Verschatfelt monograph tall the Wncle ieoth hae 
proves the accuracy In Identifica= mide Peele? 
lon as the true Camellia EMPEROR. —Josh Billings 














Battle Creek, Mich, March 1939 
Camellias must be my afftnity. Bver since 
that day at “His Majesty's" opera house in 
London 51 years ago, I have longed for what I 
believed the tmpossible. fo grow Camellias 
with your help, I have accomplished thts feat 
and I am glad. 
I ltke Lot 109 best. I guess tt ts a mans 
chotce, 
I have made 30 many new frtends since grow- 
ing Longview camellias,it ts quite remarkable 
that all through Iltfe one makes the best 
friendshtps through contacts flowers bring. 
Harry Tf. Westbrook. 

ROBT. O. RUBEL.. JR.. Prop., Camellia Specialist 
