Id:ICR-4914
Country:United States
Year Published/Registered:1933
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
AGM Type:
Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Enrico Bettoni (US)'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
Chinese Name:
Japanese Name:
Meaning:
Synonym:
Lateriatis
Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. Orthographic error for ‘Lateritius’, synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Lateritius
McIlhenny, 1934, List of Camellia Japonica for Sale. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Lateritus
Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.4. Orthographic error for ‘Lateritius’, synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Macey Taylor
Valley Garden Supplies Catalogue, 1946-1947. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Maurice Hurst
Thomasville Nursery Catalogue. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Red Walker
Lindo Nursery Price List, 1940-1941. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
5 show +
Sarah Frost (2)
Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.7. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Sarah Frost of West
SCCS., 1942, Classification of Camellias, p.2. Synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
Venus
The Pacific Camellia Society, 1946, Camellia Nomenclature, p.37 as a synonym for Enrico Bettoni (US).
West Coast Sarah Frost
Griffiths & Strother, 1954, Nomenclatural Cross Reference List, p.4, 12. Synonym for ‘Sarah Frost II’, (Enrico Bettoni (US).
» English Description
Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1933, p.14; Kiyono Nursery Catalogue,1934-1935, p.11 as ‘Enrico Bettoni’: Deep, pure pink, peony form. Late flowering. About 10 cm across x 5 cm deep with 2 rows of large petals and yellow stamens mixed amongst petaloids. Tall, upright, vigorous growing with large, light green leaves, acuminate, finely serrate, 8cm x 4cm. Synonyms: ‘Elata’, ‘Red Walker’, ‘Hite Pink’, ‘Large Walker’, ‘June’, ‘Macey Taylor’, ‘Lateriatus’, ‘Maurice Hurst’, ‘West Coast Sarah Frost’ and, erroneously, ‘Haley’s Monarch’ and ‘Venus’. Sport: Enrico Bettoni Variegated. Orthographic error: ‘Eurico Bettoni’. See black and white photo, p.132, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.1, and colour plate facing p.96, Hume, 1946, Camellias in America. The variety is thought to have originated at Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, either as a seedling or a lost label, European import.