Camellia japonica
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Read about Camellia japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Camellia japonica. Linn. (Thea japonica, Nois.). Figs. 758- 761. Shrub or tree, sometimes to 40 ft., glabrous: lvs very shining and dark green above, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, sharply serrate, 2—4 in. long: fls. red in the type, 3-5 in. across: petals 5-7, roundish. China, Japan. B.M. 42. S.Z. 82. F.S. 20:2121. S.I.F. 1:73. Gn. 24, p. 411; 28, p. 203; 36, p. 241. Var. alba. Lodd. Fls. white. L.B.C. 7:636. Gn. 54, p. 243. J.H. III. 54:227; 64:397. Var. alba-plena, Lodd. Fls. white, double. L.B.C. 3:269. Gn. 53, p. 244. Var. anemoniflora, Curtis. Fls. red, with 5 large petals, the stamens changed into numerous smaller and narrow petals; the whole fl. resembling that of a double anemone. L.B.C. 537. B.M. 1654. Gn. 44, p. 329. Var. magnoliaeflora, Hort. Fls. pale rose, semi-double, with 12-15 petals rather narrow and half upright. Gn. 76, p. 31. Var. apucaeformis, Rehd. (C. apucaeformis, Jacob Mackoy). Lvs. bifid at the apex.—For the numerous other garden forms, see the above-mentioned monographs; also, Flore des Serres, L'Illustration Horticole, and other older horticultural publications contain a large number of varieties with illustrations. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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