MAGNOLIA GARDENS AND NURSERIES 
JESSIE KATZ—(See illustration front cover)—In 1944, we 
had growing in our camellia nursery several cutting grown plants 
of the Camellia Japonica variety “Troubadour.” The original 
“Troubadour” is an o!d Camellia Japonica growing in Magnolia 
Gardens, one of the plants imported in the 1840’s. 
On one of these little plants in that year of 1944, we found 
thet one branch had flowers entirely different from the others on 
the plant. We marked the branch to observe next season, if the 
same phenomenon appeared. The following year it bloomed as be- 
fore, so we assumed the mutant to be fixed. Scions from this 
branch have been grafted and have bloomed with the same true 
flower of the mutant. 
The JESSIE KATZ has very distinct growth habits: tall open 
grower with twigs of small diameter in comparison with other 
camellias. Foliage is dark green in color, long narrow leaves. 
Leaf is arched throughout its length and slightly keeled in cross 
section. 
Flower is semi-double of 14-20 petals, the said petals being 
creped and wavy. Color is watermelon pink. Petals are of thin 
texture, so much so that this flower is far lighter in weight than 
other camellias of comparable size. Diameter of this flower is 
from 4% to 5 inches. 
There is a U. S. Patent Pending on this camellia: therefore 
warning is hereby given against any asexual reproduction or 
disposition by sale, gift, or otherwise, or scions, buds, or cuttings 
for such reproduction of this plant without permission in writing 
from Magnolia Gardens and Nurseries. 
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