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Plant Pat. 866

Aug. 23, 1949. E. B. HAGLER CAMELLIA JAPONICA' PLANT Filed sept. 9, 1947 JC Mm .m 3

Patented Aug. 23, 1949 Plant Pat. 866

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAMELLIA JAPONICA PLANT Elizabeth Burdell Hagler, Augusta, Ga., assignor to J. Laurence Sprunt, trading as Orton Nursery, Wilmington, N. C

Application September 9, 1947, Serial No. '773,066

1 claim. 1

This is a distinct and new Variety of Camellia japonica plant, which I have asexually reproduced. The parentage of the plant is unknown. It derives from a seedling and not a sport. The seed was planted in the fall of 1937 and the rst bloom appeared in October 1943.

The single gure of the drawing shows a fully open flower, with a stem and two leaves.

A detailed description of the plant follows:

Classieation Botanic-Camellia japonica. Blooming habit:

Houma-Early; October 1 to November 15. Bud:

Size-Large. Form.-Oval. Bloom:

2 Fruit: Has not borne. Form: Shrub. Growth: Medium, upright, branching, compact. Foliage:

Size-Medium, 21/2 wide x 4" long.

Quantita-Abundant.

Colon-New foliage- Moss Green, glossy, changing to Boxwood Green, glossy, as leaves age. Old ioliage-Boxwood Green, not so glossy.

Shape.-Ovate; apex-acuminate; baserounded.

Textura-Leathery, glossy, smooth; underside smooth.

Ribs and veins-Not prominent; pinnate;

net-veined.

Edye.-Serrate.

Wood:

New wood-Moss Green, glossy, when tender to mahogany when hard. Bark, smooth.

Old wood.-Brown. Bark, smooth.

My claim for Letters Patent is based on the fact that the present variety is a pure white Camellia japonica with a very early blooming season. It has the advantage of blooming before frost, between October 1 and November 15 and is the only self-white with this characteristic. Its early blooming season coincides with that of the colored varieties Daikagura Variegated, Daikagura Red, and Arajishi (red, sometimes showing specks of white) Iclaim:

The new and distinct variety of Camellia japonica plantas described and illustrated, characterized by the self -white flower blooming before frost.

ELIZABETH BURDELL I-IAGLER.

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