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“LONGVIEW CRICHTON STA., ALA., Ue $- Ae 
ROBT. O. RUBEL. JR.. Prop.. Camellia Spectalist 
(Camellias winter-flowering novelties fer Florists 

Below, are seven varieties of Camellias, not 
Illustrated In Catalogue Noe 80. 
Each variety bears flowers sultable for Florist 
cut flower trade,and all plants,container grown, 
ere Il to 21 years olde 
LOT, 16, ANEMONEFLORA RUBRA. 
A variety name, describing flower form,and color 
of a warm Oriental red, full peony typee Blooms 
freely, Christmas thru March, tolerating wide 
temperature fluctuations. 
Flowers 3 to 34 Inches across,of excellent ship= 
ping and keeping qualitye 
Propagated from cuttings 1935. Now 12 Yrseold. 
Grown tn 10 Inch clay potse Wte 31 Lbs. 
Helght 42-48 Inchese Spread 16-24 IncheseAverage 
number flower buds, 24 to 36 per plant. 
14 plants avallablee Price Each $ 20.00 
LOT 25, MATHOTIANA ALBA, double white. 
Well known In florist trade, for large porcelain 
double white flowers swith occasional pink stripe 
on flower petal se 
Blooms January thru March, producing top quality 
tlowers,!# grown In motst,uniformly cool temper- 
aturee 
These plants should be shifted to 12 Inch pots or 
tubs, Immediately following blooming perlod. 
Propagated trom cuttings 1936. Now II years olde 
Grown In 9" galvepotse Average weight 16 Lbs. 
Hetght 42-52 Inchese Thinly branched 15 to 24 In. 
24 to 30 tlower buds per plantePRICE EACH $15200 
Middleville, Mich. Nov, 1-1943, 
"Lot @5 developed the most magnificent flowers I 
have ever seen, ranging tn size fr 
across. An 30 well satisfied with Camellias shtp- 
ped last year wish to order more.” W.R.F. 
LOT 32, CONCORDIA 
A colortul,vartable bloom,with Imbricated as well 
as full rose form flowerse 
From description and tllustration tn Verschatfelt 
Iconographie of the Camellia, Book VI,1854, we 
have every reason to belleve"Longview" Lot 32 Is 
correctly Identified as varlety CONCORDIA.) 
A partial translation of the text, reads: "Blos- 
soms good average size,composed of large rounded 
petals, spread out,ruftfled and Intermingled from 
first rowSoeeeopens easily, ctceo” 
Propagated from cuttings 1932.Now 15 years olde 
Grown tn 12 clay pots,Wte S5OLbse,and 5 gale cans 
Wt 40 LbseHeight 5 Fteplus,Spread 20=30 Inchese 
24 PlantseNot well buddede PRICE EACH $ 20.00 
Lot 33, Varlable form, double pinke 
lilustrated and described, In our 1928 Camellia 
catalogue, and name unknown. Customers In Geore- 
gla have catalogued and reter to It as “Rubel's 
Pink Beauty" while a Florida nurseryman has sold 
Tt as "Rubel's Virginalls." . 
Lacking correct name, Lot 33, Is an outstanding 
Camellia corsage flower, truely a beautiful var= 
lety, with splendid keeping qualities. 
It fs full double,having both Imbricated and com 
pact peony formed flowers,3 Inches and larger In 
diameter, blooming January thru Marche 
Propagated 1926, from cuttingse Now 21 years old 
Grown In I5"cypress tubs,Average Wte 100 poundse 
Hef ght 4/5 FteSpread 3/4 Fte 4/6 doze flower buds 
Only I5 plants avatlable. PRICE EACH $ 60200 
om 4 to 5 inches 
LOT 88, VARIABILIS Camellia. 
Described and tllustrated in color, Transactions 
of Horticultural Soclety, London 1830, as _ the 
Various Flowered CamelltaeAlso described and Il- 
lustrated In color,April 1819 edeBotantcal Cabin- 
et, as followss 
"We consider this beauttful vartety of the Canel- 
lia to be a most valuable acquisition to the gren- 
house. It ts a free grower...spring ts the princo- 
tpal season of tts blooming although like others, 
it frequently begins in autunm;thts was the case 
with the plant, whence our drawing was taken in 
December 1818, when it was in great perfection.” 
Our plants started to flower Nove20=1947,while In 
previous years, the first blooms opened as early 
as November 9th, on plants grown outdoors. 
Flowers,4 Inches across, orchid pink, rose pinks, 
variegated pink and white,occastonal solid white 
blooms among the catagory of flowers on this un= 
usual variety of Camellliae As many as seven dis= 
tinct tlowers have grown on these plants at our 
nursery, atl of which proves the name "VARIOUS" 
flowered Camellia was well chosene 
Lot 97, Name unknowne 
In spite of diligent search, the correct variety 
name of this remarkable Camellia Is unknown, and 
Tt Is offered by descriptione 
The parent plant, grown at Langdon Nurseries, 
established 1853, near Mobile, was one of the 
largest nurseries in the south,growlng Camellias. 
Like many Camellias, tt Is variable In torm, 
number of petals, and color range from deep rose 
pink to salmon pinkeFlowers 5 to 6 Inches across, 
blooming treely under wide temperature variations 
Propagated trom cuttings 1930. Now 17 years olde 
Grown In 15 Inch square, tapered cypress tubs,to 
which they were shifted, from 12 Inch clay pots, 
August 19466 These plants were grown without suf- 
ticient ferttlizers,to develop a normal crop of 
flower buds this seasoneNext seasons crop should 
cut 8 dozen or more bloomse 
Hetght 8/8 feet, Spread 2/3 feet,Welght 100 Lbs. 
Only 20 plants available. PRICE EACH $ 60.00 
Lot 109 
This remarkable Camellia has never been deserited 
or tllustrated In previous Longview cataloguese 
A special folder, Illustrating and fully des- 
cribing and tltustrating, the glgantic, super- 
colosal blooms, with authentic history of Its 
origin, will be published December 1947. A copy 
will be sent to every one 
ptice list. 
We supplied the 5 foot speciman'plant, from 
which our stock was propagated, to a South Caro- 
lina buyer, who paid $ 250.00 tor this outstand- 
na “ae Ys during the Fall of 1939. 
ur plants, propagated spring 1932 
Now 15 years oldseGrown tn 5 atten home NO Ci 
Helght 3/4 teete Spread 2/3 feet. Average 24-48 
tlower buds per plante Only 50 plants avallable. 
PRICE EACH $ 50.00 
who has received this 
