. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. PI,ATIv 202. COFFEE-BUSH. STUARTIA PENTAGYNA. (TEA FAMILY.) Shrub, sir fret oi Miiir high, htlrk gld\--btti;fH ; Inttvs attrrmite. /n-linlftl, rjtit^ ,»» nblnnfr, tiruff nf both rmO, ithscurfly srrratr, puf>'-\tf>/ and orfrn y^ltun-istt hf-tifijtli ; Jti'uri t hti^f. wtilarv; ptLili /i:r t>r ji i. infmitliir i)t tib,iiiiti-. in^Pft <i»<l it<iit,tli- ,tn the ^in ,- j/./m.' nnmrn'tt\ : /fml a pi'hitcit fi:<'ii t,ip'ii!'\ ICill favorites among cultivated
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. PI,ATIv 202. COFFEE-BUSH. STUARTIA PENTAGYNA. (TEA FAMILY.) Shrub, sir fret oi Miiir high, htlrk gld\--btti;fH ; Inttvs attrrmite. /n-linlftl, rjtit^ ,»» nblnnfr, tiruff nf both rmO, ithscurfly srrratr, puf>'-\tf>/ and orfrn y^ltun-istt hf-tifijtli ; Jti'uri t hti^f. wtilarv; ptLili /i:r t>r ji i. infmitliir i)t tib,iiiiti-. in^Pft <i»<l it<iit,tli- ,tn the ^in ,- j/./m.' nnmrn'tt\ : /fml a pi'hitcit fi:<'ii t,ip'ii!'\ ICill favorites among cultivated plants are the magnificent Camellias, prized for their elegant foliage as well as for their handsome flowers. The Tea Rose, Camellia Japonica, grows to the .size of ,i large tree in its home in the island empire of Ivistern Asia. It is much in the South, hecoming a large slirnh that endures the mild winters of that latitude without ])rotectiv I,iini:ens as a distinct gemis luidcr the name of Tliea. are ammig the most invaluable plants cultivated by man. These are Camellia (Thea) \'iridis and Camellia liohea, from \vh< se varieties all the tea of conuuerce that is not mainifactured from hay, is obtained. Ournearest native ally of beautiful genus is .Sttiartia, of which there aie two species in the Simthern States. One, Stuartia \'irginica, inhabits the low country along the from \'iiginia .simthward. The other, .Stuartia rentagyna, is found in the Cumberland and Alleghany mountains, along the of streams from Kentucky to Georgia. It is a tall .shrub, or perhaps, sometimes, a small tree. The foliage is not unlike that of Camellia Japonica, though of a much lighter green. The flowers are Ix'autiful. The petals, five or si,\ iii number, are pure white within, but greenish or purplish and silky haired without. The filaments of the stamens are usually dark â ^ Jo. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images t
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