CAMELLIA  , a genus or subgenus of See also:

• EVERGREEN

evergreen trees or shrubs belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Ternstroemiaceae, with thick dark shining leaves and handsome See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-coloured See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . The name Camellia was given by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Camellus or Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit who travelled in See also:

• ASIA

Asia and wrote an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the Philippine See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, Luzon, which is included in the third See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray's Historia Plantarum (1704) . See also:

• MODERN

Modern botanists are agreed that the See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-plant, placed by Linnaeus in a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate genus, Thea, is too nearly allied to Camellia to admit of the two being regarded as distinct genera . Thea and Camellia are therefore now considered to represent one genus, which has been generally called Camellia, but more correctly Thea, as this name was the earlier of the two . Under the latter view Camellia is regarded as a subgenus or See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of Thea . It contains about eight See also:

• SPECIES

species, natives of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• CHINA

China and See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . Most of the numerous cultivated forms are horticultural products of C. japonica, a native of China and Japan, which was introduced into See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• PETRE, SIR EDWARD (1631-1699)
• PETRE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1572)

Petre in 1739 . The See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild plant has red flowers, recalling those of the wild rose, but most of the cultivated forms are See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double . In the variety anemonaeflora nearly all the stamens have become transformed into small petaloid structures which give the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of a double See also:

• ANEMONE

anemone . Another species, C. reticulata, a native of Hongkong, is also prized for its handsome flowers, larger than those of C. japonica, which are of a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright rose See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and as known in cultivation semi-double or double . Both C. sasanqua and C. drupifera, the for:ner inhabiting Japan and China, the latter See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin-China and the mountains of India, are oil-yielding plants . The oil of C. sasanqua (of which sasaukwa is the native See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese name) has an agreeable odour and is used for many domestic purposes .

It is obtained from the seeds by subjecting them to pressure sufficient to reduce them to a coarse See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder, and then boiling and again pressing the crushed material . The leaves are also used in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a decoction by the Japanese See also:

• WOMEN

women for washing their See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair; and in a dried See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state they are mixed with tea on account of their pleasant flavour . The oil of C. drupifera, which is closely allied to C. sasanqua, is used medicinally in Cochin-China . The flowers of these two species, unlike those of C. japonica and C. reticulata, are odoriferous . Camellias, though generally grown in the cool greenhouse, are See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . They grow best in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich compost of sandy See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat and See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, and should not be allowed to get too dry at the roots; a liberal See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

• WATER

water is especially necessary during the flowering See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . The best position—when grown out of doors—is one facing See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north or north-west, with a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall or hedge behind for See also:

• PROTECTION

protection from See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold winds . See also:

• JULY

July is the best See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time for planting; care must be taken that the roots are evenly spread, not matted into a See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball . The plants are propagated by layers or cuttings, and the single-flowered ones also by seeds . Cuttings are taken in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August and placed in sandy peat or loam in a cold shaded See also:

• FRAME

frame . In the following See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring those which have struck are placed in a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September or See also:

• OCTOBER

October the rooted plants are potted off . Camellias are also propagated by grafting or inarching in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early spring on See also:

• STOCKS

stocks of the See also:

• COMMON

common variety of C. japonica .

The See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale See also:

• INSECT

insect sometimes attacks the camellia . To remove the white scale, the plants are washed with a sponge and See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of soft See also:

• SOAP

soap as soon as their growth is completed, and again before the buds begin to swell . The See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown scale may be got rid of by repeated washings with one of the many insecticides, but it should be applied at a temperature of 900 .