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Jan. 20, 1959 V. R. JAMES CAMELLIA PLANT Plant Pat. 1,801

Filed June 3, 1958 l N v E N T 0 R VER ON R.JAMES r x ATT'YS.

'CAMELLIA PLANT Vernon R. James, Aptos, Calif. Application June 3, 1958, Serial N 0. 739,644

' 1 Claim. (Cl. 47-60) My present invention concerns a new and distinct variety of camellia plant which was developed by me on my breeding plot in Los Gatos,-California, through a succession of crosses that were pollinated in planned direction since 1950, the immediate seed parent being Clone Cuspidata Saluenensis and the pollen parent Hybrid Clone Japonica, both unpatented. Propagation of. this new variety is at the present time being carried on in Aptos, California. This new variety of camellia has been asexually reproduced through several generations, at

Aptos, California, by cuttings and by grafting and the 2 progeny of this new variety have continued to come true to form in all respects, thereby perpetuating the novel characteristics.

The primary object in carrying out my breeding efforts was to develop a camellia plant having a flower of larger size with an intense, warm pink color and improved characteristics of floriferousness and hardiness to cold weather. These results have now been obtained and fixed in the present new variety.

The accompanying illustration shows in full color a typical full-blown blossom, bud and the leaves.

The following is a detailed description of the new variety:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.-Clone Cuspidata X Saluenensis. Pollen parent.-Hybrid Clone X Japonica. Botanic name: Saluenensis Hybrid.

Flower 4 Blooming habit: Recurrent. Blooms profusely from early January through April.

Size: Large4 to 4 /2 inches in diameter. Depth-4 to 3 inches.

Borne: Singly.

Shape: Fluted, semi-double to Anemone form. When bloom first opens it is cup-shaped, with a high center. Later guard petals form and the'bloom flattens out horizontally.

Petalage:

Number.-10. 'ArrangementP-Imbricated.

Color.0uter petals--Phlox pink. Base--a shade I Bud j Shape: Ovoid.

States Patent C Plant Pat. 1,801 Patented Jan. 20, 1959 Diameter: 1% to 2 /2 inches (at color stage). Depth: 1 to 2 inches (at color stage). Opens slowly. Color: Phlox Pink when sepals first divide and when petals begin to unfurl. Sepals: Hooded over bud. Fastened together at base. Calyx: Cupped shape, with smooth and slightly hairy aspect. Peduncle: None.

Plant Form: Bush. Upright, vigorous and strong. Height: Grows to about 20 feet in approximately 40 years. Foliage: Abundant.

Size of leaf.-3 /z x 1% inches. Color of Zuni-Upper side-Dark Green. Under sideLight Green. Petioles: Length-V2 inch.

Ribs and veins: Indented.

Genital organs:

Stamens-Anthem: number-125-135; length- A inch. Filaments: length-4% to 1 /2 inches; color--Pale Green.

Pollen.-Golden Yellow.

Pistils.--Numberl. Length-1 to 1% inches.

Stigmas--Pale Green in color.

0varies.Sterile.

Fruit; Sterile.

The color designations according to British Color Council Horticultural Color Chart are as follows:

Sheet Color Number Flower:

Lightestidshade: Inside and reverses e shading to same color, 2 shades 77 Phlox Pink 625/3 darker especially at base Stlgmas and filaments 90 Chartreuse 663/2 Green. Stamens-anthers 8 Aureolinnn 3/2 to 5 Buttercup 5/1 Yellow.

Color designations according to A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul:

Plate Letter N 0.

Face of leaf 23 L 7-plus yellow. Under side of leaf 21 L 6.

Referring to the novel characteristics of this new variety, in comparison to other Saluenensis Hybrids, the flower is larger in size, more double, and is distinctive in its unique pink coloring, with each petal having delicate-lavender, vein-like lines running from the apex toward the base and a transparent character that gives the flower an appearance of great depth. Other distinctions of the new variety are the profuseness of blooming; with buds form ing singly along the stem and usually with two buds at the tip of the branch; the fact that the flowers drop free and do not dry on the bush, after being open about 12 to 16 days; and the flower structure wherein the guard petals lay out'flat when the flower is fully opened and the mixed petalettes and petaloids, together with the stamens,

stand upright but flare outwardly to provide the flower with a fluted center.

Having thus disclosed the invention, I .claim:

A new and distinct variety of camellia plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by its fioriferousness, the distinctive pink coloring of the boom, the large size of the bloom,,its hardiness to cold weather, and its vigorous strong growth.

No references cited.

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