Hybrid camellia. Joseph Knight's new Warratah camellia, Camellia japonica var. e. Cross of a warratah/anemony variety and semi-double variety. Raised by Joseph Knight at his Exotic Nursery in the King's Road. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1825.

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