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x i i INTRODUCTION.
busby shrub, and remarkable on ac count o f its being one of the plants
upon which th e Chinese graft their varieties o f the Camellia Japónic a.
O f the six species above enumerated, five will be found illustrated
and described in this volume. The first ot these, th e Camellia J a pónica,
which we shall presently notice, must be considered as the
ty p e o f th e genus. Th e one omitted is the Camellia Kissi, o f Dr.
AVallich, which is b u t little known in our gardens, having only been
introduced a few years since, and, as far as we have been able to learn,
has n o t y e t flowered in this country. An elaborate account o f it is
given in th e Asiatic Researches, vol. xiii. p. 428.
We need scarcely add th a t th e whole o f th e figures, both o f the
species o f Camellia, an d the varieties o f Camellia Jap ó n ic a , with only
two or three exceptions, have been made from plants in th e splendid
collection o f Messrs. Chandler, Vauxhall.
