Bonardii

Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, p.218, 237; Illustr. pl.71, Berlèse 1841, Iconogra­phie: Leaves, 9 cm long x 5 cm wide, ovate-rounded, thick, prominent venation, sharply serrate, dull green. Buds elongated, scales green. Flower, 8-9 cm across, white with a reflection of flesh-­pink just perceptible with a few deep red streaks; outer petals strap-like, on an average, reflexed, notched and imbricated; those following are smaller but of similar shape and like­wise imbricated and notched. The corolla is round and rose-like and sometimes irregular. Berlèse 1843, says it was named by M. Paillet, but in his Monographie, 1845 says that it was origi­nated by Ridolfi. Paillet, 1844, in his article “Camélias, Rhododendrons et Azaleas” gives himself as the originator. L’Horticulteur Universel, 1842, Vol. III, p. 161 : Mr Bonnard, a French gardener, returning from Florence three years ago, imported into France several camellias grown from seeds in Italy, and misplaced the names of several of them along the way, including that of the variety we are referring to here. Mr. Paillet, a horticulturalist and merchant in Paris, received this camellia directly from Mr. Bonnard and gave it the name C. ‘Bonnardii’, it is under this name that it is known in the capital. Orthographic variants: ‘Bonnardii’, ‘Bornadii’.