CAMELLIA JAPONICA ANEMONIFLORA ALBA.
W h ite Anemone-flowered Camellia.
Camellia Anemoniflora A lb a . C am e llia B r ita n n ic a , p i. i
W h ite W a ra tá h Camellia o f th e G a rd en s .
W E have elsewhere remarked, th a t some good varieties have been obtained
from seed of the Pompone. The present is one of them, which,
we learn from the work above quoted, where it is figured, was produced
a t the Vauxhall Nursery, with four others, from five seeds contained in
a capsule of th e Pompone sown in November, 1819.
The habit and general appearance of the plant are mtich the same as
th a t of its parent. The branches are pale-coloured, erect, and slender.
The leaves are stated, in the Camellia Britannica, to resemble the striped
in shape, b u t they are of a lighter green, with more prominent veins. In
our opinion, they approximate nearer, in form and colour, to the leaves
of the Pompone and Peeony-tlowered varieties, than to an y other. They
are, however, broader a t the base, more veiny on the upper side, and
have a stronger midrib.
The flower buds are comparatively large and round, with thin, pale
green, slightly pubescent scales. They are produced very freely, and
have the good property of not dropping off before expansion, as the buds
of some of the other varieties are ap t to do.
The flowers are about the same size as those of the Pompone, which
they also very much resemble in the form and disposition of the petals.
They seldom exceed three inches and a half, or four inches in
expansion, and are of a delicate white colour, a little striped, and occasionally
spotted with pale red. The outer petals are large and spreading,
about ten in number, and ranged in two rows; some of the mare recurved,
and slightly undulated, b u t the greater p a rt of them are nearly flat,
roundish cordate, varying from an inch to an inch and a half in diame-
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