P L A T E CXCIX.
C A M E L L I A J A P O N I C A.
Double red Camellia.
CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. ofSchrcler'sStkedU. ofGen. Plant.
A ION A DE L PHI A POLY ANURIA. Threads united. Many Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C A L Y X imbricatus, polypbyllus; foliolis interi- |l EMFALEMENT tiled, many-leaved; the inner leaforibus
majoribus. H lets the largeft.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER OF VARIETY.
Camellia ibliis fenioribus bali attenuatis, junioribus
r u b e n t i b u s ; petalis interioribus divaricato
erect is ; floribns plenrs, r n b r i s.
Camellia with the older leaves tapered at the
bate, t h e younger ones r e d d i i l i ; the inner
petals ftand upright fpreading different
• w a y s ; flowers double and red.
A G A I N have we t o call upon the indulgence of. our Botanical friends for t h e i r fufterance, in a t h i rd
intrufion on t h e foims of our own prefcription. But, as we had given the two other varieties of this
fine p l a n t ; and t a k i n g it for granted, by j u d g i n g from our own feelings, that a figure of this very
fcaree variety would be agreeable to moft; that they might be (by comparifon) able to decide upon
t h e difference w h i c h does exift, but has been denied by many, between this, and t h e Striped V a r ,;
fee our figure, Vol. 11. PI. X C I . It has been t h o u g h t by moll, who have not feen this p l a n t ; that it
was but t h e Striped Var. w h i c h had loft its variegation. This is certainly not t h e c a f e ; for, it ftands as
diftinct from the Striped, as from the W h i t e v a r i e t y ; which may be readily traced, either from the
p l a n t s themfelves, or our figures; by comparing the fpecific, or rather differing character we have
ailigned to each. The Double red Camellia was introduced about the year l / t ) 4 from China, by R.
Prefton, Efq. Woodford, Effex.
T h e largefl plant n ow in Europe, of this variety, is in the felect and moll valuable collection of the
Hon. T . Greville, Efq. Paddiugton, imported, laft year, from China in the higheft perfection. It
is propagated by c u t t i n g s , or l a y e r s ; and delights in a light, fandy loam; with about o n e - t h i r d of the
pot, from the bottom, filled w i t h peat e a r t h . It flowers from November, till February, in the Hothoufe
; or from J a n u a r y , till April, if kept in the Green-houfe. Our figure was taken, in November,
this year, at t h e Hammerfmith Nurfery.