Simeon

Fendig, 1950, American Camellia Catalogue; Doty et al., 1950, American Camellia Yearbook, pp.250, 253; ACS., 1950 Quarterly, vol.5, No. 1, Reg. No.35: A seedling resulting from a cross of Reverend John Bennett x Hikarugenji made by T.S. Clower, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA in 1937. The parent listed as ‘Reverend John Bennett’ was not the true variety of that name, but a misnomer (for Alba Superba (MG)) distributed in the trade at that time. The seedling first flow­ered 1944. Plant growth is rapid, upright and compact but some branches are pendulous while others are upright. Leaves: some are moderately wrinkled while others are smooth. Flower buds light green, long, pointed. Flowers semi-double, 15 cm across. colour a delicate rose. Blooms mid-season. See p.305, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I. Sport: Simeon Variegated. Chinese synonym ‘Ximeng’.

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第205页。美国密西西比州T.S.Clower先生培育，系由红山茶‘里维德’（Reverend John Bennett)品种与红山茶‘光源氏’(Hikarugenji)品种杂交而得。花深玫瑰红色，半重瓣型，大到巨型花，最大花径可达15cm,花瓣宽圆，略呈波浪状，瓣面可见深色脉纹，花心有筒状雄蕊，偶有小花瓣出现，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，椭圆形，略弯曲，光亮，植株紧凑，生长旺盛。花期中。

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.247.

Simeon西美王（C. japonica)红山茶。1950，美国密西西比州Gulfport，T.S. Clower培育选出。Reverend John Bennett x Hikarugenji。7年实生苗，初花1944年。半重瓣、鲜玫瑰红、巨大(15cm)、花苞淡绿色、长而尖形、花期1~2月、树性直立、浓密、垂枝性、长势强。 

Simeon (西美王)一茶花林目录,1992-2006, p.24/28, No.1128.

Simeon (西蒙)一高继银，1998,世界名贵茶花，p.84, No.4.