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CAMELLIA JAPONICA CONCINNA.
C h a n d le r's E leg a n t Camellia.
T H E ñ rst p lan t of this variety which flowered, we recollect to have
seen exhibited a t th e meeting of th e Horticultural Society, on the 17th
of April, 1827- I t was raised a t th e Vauxhall Nursery, by Messrs.
Chandler, in 1819, from seed of the Wa ra táh , and possesses much beauty,
although its flowers are n o t so b rillian t as some we have represented.
A t present we believe i t is little known, and in few collections; b u t in
a short time hence, we hope to see it generally cultivated.
Its hab it is rather peculiar, the branches being deeply coloured,
and clothed with foliage somewhat resembling th e Single B.ed, b u t
smaller, and flatter, with a sharper and more recurved point, and with
the round slender footstalk which characterises th e Waratah.
The flower buds are roundish oval, pale yellowish green, with the
scales slightly tinged with brown a t th e edges, and very pubescent.
The flowers are of a fine rose colour, very regularly formed, and
open well. When fully expanded, they measure rather more than three
inches in diameter, and are little inferior in appearance to th e flowers
o f Eximia, represented a t folio 12, or Imbricata, at folio 22, the petals
being nearly as numerous, and arranged with equal nicety over one
another, from th e circumference to th e centre. The exterior petals are
a t first concave, b u t b y degrees spread almost flat. They are each of a
roundish form, and about an inch in diameter. The interior ones are
small and pointed, and rise erect, as in the flowers of the two varieties
above mentioned, to which th e one now before us, has considerable
resemblance. We shall, however, briefly state th e most obvious characters
by which each of them may be distinguished. In Eximia, the