While it is true that they are (compared with many 
plants) relatively slow growing, this characteristic is in 
fact an asset, as they do not rapidly outgrow the situa- 
tion in which they are placed. As specimen plants for 
the porch, patio, or lath house, they consequently have 
no superior. With intelligent treatment, they can be 
grown in the original pot, tub or box for a long time. 
Should you pick the flowers? Yes! Use them in the 
house, wear them, and enjoy them to the utmost. Re- 
member only to use care in the picking, taking not 
more than three or four inches of stem, as Camellia 
wood replaces itself more slowly than, for example, 
that of roses. 
Over a period of years, careful experimentation and 
tests have been carried out with the view toward sing- 
ling out the best and most satistactory types from 
among the hundreds of varieties available. The fol- 
lowing list represents a conscientious appraisal of many 
types, and in each case varieties have been chosen for 
listing because of definite merit on the basis of color, 
type of flower, season of bloom, constitution, habit 
and foliage. 

PINK 
DEBUTANTE. A beautiful large flower in delicate shell 
pink. Guard petals surround a huge center of 
numerous petaloids. A true peony and one of the 
choicest of all camellias. Early midseason. 
FRANCINE. Enormous peony type double, of light 
rose, tlecked with pink. Early to midseason. 
KUMUSAKA. Large loose double flower of deep rose 
pink. One of the best in its class. Midseason to 
late. | 
LADY CLARE (GRANDIFLORA ROSEA). Large deep 
rose pink, often flecked white. Semi-double with 
large, fluted petals. Midseason. 
PINK PERFECTION. Perfect double flowers of sym- 
metrical petals in a clear shell pink. One of the 
most popular on the list. Blooms almost continu- 
ually throughout Camellia season. 
