. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. M J^x. - 1 w/ii THE CAMELLIA. I '(i^^iiX-r^f ''L 'ffiin C'lniifl/iii Jiinonicd. ''~ . C-1:-/;;j^O0:iMEM()RATIVE namrs so abound in catalog-ucH ol: plants that a g'anlen may be vey;'ardodj not only as a selertetl portion of tlie liook of natnve, bu( also of the book of men. A large jtroportion of our most valued plants are, by virtue of the familiar names they bear, living memorials of the masters of the world, whose names a grateful post<.'rity would not -willingly let die, and has therefore assoeiated them with things t
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. M J^x. - 1 w/ii THE CAMELLIA. I '(i^^iiX-r^f ''L 'ffiin C'lniifl/iii Jiinonicd. ''~ . C-1:-/;;j^O0:iMEM()RATIVE namrs so abound in catalog-ucH ol: plants that a g'anlen may be vey;'ardodj not only as a selertetl portion of tlie liook of natnve, bu( also of the book of men. A large jtroportion of our most valued plants are, by virtue of the familiar names they bear, living memorials of the masters of the world, whose names a grateful post<.'rity would not -willingly let die, and has therefore assoeiated them with things that may be regarded :is everlasting; for Natiiri.^ will take care of her own children, even \\dien our neglect may have ex- posed them to the danger af extinction. The camellia bears a eommemcjrative name. Cleorg'e .Tose[)h Camelliis, or Kamel, was a. ^loravian Jesuit, and travelled in Asia. Being a botanist and a careful collector of curiosities, he wrote an admirable monograph on the vegetation of the Isle of Luzon, the most northerly of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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