Now that the Chrysanthemums are on the wane we are beginning to look to another Chinese product, the Camellia. We hear occasionally people speak of Cameelia, but the real name was Camelli, with Camellus, Camel or Kamel as aliases. He was born, according to a statement by Father Paque, at Brunn in Moravia, in 1661. He became a member of the Order of Jesuits, and passed a large part of his life as a missionary in the Philippine Islands, where he died on May 2, 1706. At Manilla he established a free dispensary for the relief of the indigent and sick, and entered into communication with Ray and Petiver. In the Philippines Camelli made rich collections and many drawings. These drawings are now in the possession of the Jesuit College of Louvain, to which they were presented by Count Alfred Limminghe, who bought them at the sale of A. L. de Jussieu. The eminent French botanist attached much value to these drawings of Camelli, and attached many notes and comments to them. The drawings of Camelli are said to be so beautifully executed as to resemble engravings rather than pen-and-ink sketches. The botanical plates amount to 257 in number.

These plates were originally intended to illustrate an appendix to Ray's Historia Plantarum, but which intention was not carried out for financial reasons. - Gardeners' Chronicle.