n the spring; the
seedlings, when of a proper size, are to be transplanted into the
borders of the flower-garden, where they will flower, ripen, and scatter
their seeds; but being a small delicate plant, whose beauties require a
close inspection, it appears to most advantage in a tan stove, in which,
as it will grow from cuttings, it may be had to flower all the year
through, by planting them in succession.

This latter mode of treatment is used by Mr. HOY, Gardener to
his Grace of Northumberland, at Sion-House, where this plant may be seen
in great perfection.

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~Camellia Japonica. Rose Camellia.~

_Class and Order._

~Monadelphia Polyandria.~

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CAMELLIA _japonica_ foliis acute serratis acuminatis. _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 632._ _Thunberg Fl. Japon. t. 273._

TSUBAKI _Kempfer Amoen. 850. t. 851._

ROSA chinensis. _Ed. av. 2. p. 67. t. 67._

THEA chinensis pimentae jamaicensis folio, flore roseo. _Pet. Gaz. t.
33. fig. 4._

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This most beautiful tree, though long since figured and described, as
may be seen by the above synonyms, was a stranger to our gardens in the
time of MILLER, or at least it is not noticed in the last
edition of his Dictionary.

It is a native both of China and Japan.

THUNBERG, in his _Flora Japonica_, describes it as growing
every where in the groves and gardens of Japan, where it becomes a
prodigiously large and tall tree, highly esteemed by the natives for the
elegance of its large and very variable blossoms, and its evergreen
leaves; it is there found with single and double flowers, which also are
white, red, and purple, and produced from April to October.

Representations of this flower are frequently met with in Chinese
paintings.

With us, the _Camellia_ is generally treated as a stove plant, and
propagated by layers; it is sometimes placed in the green-house; but it
appears to us to be one of the properest plants imaginable for the
conservatory. At some future time it may, perhaps, not be uncommon to
treat it as a _Laurustinus_ or _Magnolia_: the high price at which it
has hitherto been sold, may have prevented its being hazarded in this
way.

The blossoms are of a firm texture, but apt to fall off long before they
have lost their brilliancy; it therefore is a practice with some to
stick such deciduous b