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CAMELLIA JAPONICA SPLENDENS.
M r . A l ln u tt 's S p len d id Camellia.
Camellia Ja p o n ica Coccínea. L o d d ig e s ’s B o ta n ic a l C a b in e t ,t . l2 3 l . L o u d o n ’s
H o r tu s B r ita n n ic u s , p . 293. N o . 28.
THIS much-admired variety was raised many years ago, by John
Allnutt, Esq. of Clapham Common, in whose garden th e original plant
has attained a large size, and is now growing very luxuriantly. We
believe i t is one of the first Camellias th a t was obtained from seed in
this country.
The h ab it of the plan t is similar to th a t of th e Single Red, b u t it
seems to be rath er stronger, and more bushy. The branches are upright,
round, and twiggy, and of a deep brown colour.
The leaves are comparatively th in and narrow, much recurved a t
the point and edges, which are sharply and rather deeply serrated.
Their usual size is about three inches and a h alf long, and two inches
broad near the base, from which th ey taper' gradually towards th e point.
Their colour is a rich deep green, with a prominent pale-coloured midrib
and footsta lk; the latter, which is nea rly round, seldom exceeds
h a lf an inch in length.
The flower buds are moderately long and pointed, of a deep green
u n til near expansion, when they become paler, and occasionally tinged
with deep red. The scales are pointed and th in , b u t less pubescent
th an those of th e other varieties we have described.
The flowers are particularly shewy, and produced in great abundance
upon young plants, as well as old ones, which renders i t a most
desirable variety for every collection. They are of a b rillian t red colour,
and measure about three inches in expansion. The petals are not very
numerous, b u t from th e manner in which they are arranged in the centre,
they cause the flowers to have th e appearance of being perfectly
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