Camellia
New varieties of C. japonica are not very numerous, but recent additions from America have greatly improved our collections, and some more recent Italian forms are worth adding to the most select collections. The best are contained in the following list:
CARLOTTA PAPUDOFF, beautifully marked on a rose-coloured ground, good form; COMTE NESSELRODE, pale rose, shading to white at the margin, large, imbricated; GIARDINO FRANCHETTI, rose-coloured, lightly marbled, large, and well shaped; GIARDINO SANTARELLI, crimson, blotched white; GIOVANNI SANTARELLI, deep red, blotched white, large, and well imbricated; IMPERATRICE EUGENIE, rose, shading to white at the margin, finely formed; LEOPOLD I., crimson, fine form; L'INSUBRIA, rose, lightly marked with white, well imbricated, medium sized; MADAME CACHET, white, blotched red, fine form; MONARCH, rich scarlet, large, of good form; OCHROLEUCA, cream-colour; RETICULATA, clear rose, large; RETICULATA FLORE-PLENO, deep rose, large; TRICOLOR, white, striped deep red, semi-double; TRIOMPHE DE LODDI, blush, striped rose; TRIOMPHE DE WONDELGHEM, deep pink.