Eugénie de Massèna (Portugal)

Rollisson’s Plant Catalogue, 1877-1878: Bright rose with a salmon tint, veined with crimson, neatly and broadly bordered white; flowers large and well imbricated. This Camellia is a sport of Dom Pedro V, Rei de Portugal and was named for the wife of Napoleon’s Marshal, Andre Massèna, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d’Essling. Coloured illustrations: Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.86; Waterhouse, 1952, Camellia Trail, pl.XII; front cover, ACRS., 1961, Camellia News, No.8. Orthographic errors: ‘Eugene Massena’, ‘Eugene Massina’, ‘Eugene Messener’, ‘Eugenia Massena’, ‘Eugenia de Massena’, ‘Eugenia de Massina’, ‘Eugenia di Massena’, ‘Eugenia du Massena’, ‘Eugenie di Massena’, ‘Eugene di Massner’, ‘Eugene de Massina’, ‘Eugene di Massina’, ‘Eugenie de Massena’.