. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. e-longing to the order Brassicaccce, frequentlyfound in cultivated fields, especially among flax,where it has long been cultivated for its seeds,which contain much oil. Camellia, ka-melya, a genus of plants be-longing to the natural order TernstroemiacecE, anorder which includes the tea-plant and severalspecies of beautiful flowering shrubs, all nativesof China. The name Camellia was given to thisgenus by Linnaeus in honor of Kamel or Ca-mel
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. e-longing to the order Brassicaccce, frequentlyfound in cultivated fields, especially among flax,where it has long been cultivated for its seeds,which contain much oil. Camellia, ka-melya, a genus of plants be-longing to the natural order TernstroemiacecE, anorder which includes the tea-plant and severalspecies of beautiful flowering shrubs, all nativesof China. The name Camellia was given to thisgenus by Linnaeus in honor of Kamel or Ca-mellus, a ]\Ioravian Jesuit. The Camelliajaponica, as it grows in the woods and gardensof Japan and China, is a lofty tree of beautifulproportions, and clothed with a deep green shin-ing foliage, with large, elegant flowers, eithersingle or double, and of a red or pure whitecolor. There are numerous varieties of thisspecies in China, the greater part of which havefound their way to Europe and America, whileother new varieties have been produced. Thedouble-white, double-striped, and double-wara-tah, the last so called from the central petals I. Ciuanaco. 2. Dromeilarv. 3. rwo-lIuiiiiiLd Camel. CAMELIDAE.
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