CAMELLIA FLORENCE HOLLIS 
Mrs. J. L. Hand of Pelham, Ga., submitted a new seedling to this 
office for recognition. The seed was gathered in her yard but a record 
of the parentage was not kept. It was planted nine years ago and the 
plant has flowered three seasons. 
The plant is upright in growth, vigorous, and has bright green 
leaves which average 3 1-2 inches long by 1 1-2 inches wide. 
The plant was in bloom at the time of the January freeze and 
flowers opened immediately thereafter without signs of cold damage 
indicating that it is cold resistant. It is a midseason bloomer and opens 
over a long period. 
The flower which was examined was reduced in size by the cold 
but was still 3 5-8 inches in diameter and 2 1-4 inches in depth. It was 
a pure china white. In form it was an incomplete double with large center 
petals. The inner petals were upright in habit like an open pine cone. 
The calyx was pubescent and light green with 9 sepals, 3 of which 
were petaloid. 
The outer petals were 8 in number, strap shaped a little over half 
as wide as they were long. The apices of the petals were rounded and 
each had a slight notch. 
The inner petals were similar in shape to the outer and were 20 
in number. They were all about the same length but varied in width. 
They were erect with fascicles of stamens over and under them. 
There were many stamens. They had filaments varying in length 
from 1 1-2 to 1 1-4 inches long and that were white in color. The anthers 
were golden yellow. 
The variety is to be named Florence Hollis for Mrs. Hand’s mother 
who is 99 years old. 
Florence Hollis has been seen by many of the camellia fanciers of 
the southeast and judged by them to be an outstanding new variety. 
(Reprint from American Camellia Society News-Letter Volume 3, Number 2, April, 
1948.) ithcnnonietiion 
