Id：ICR-5586
Country：United Kingdom
Year Published/Registered：1956
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia 'Francis Hanger'
Species/Combination：C. williamsii
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Francis Manger
Southdown Nursery Catalogue, 1973-1974. Orthographic error for Francis Hanger.
» English Description
RHS Supplement to the Dictionary of Gardening, ed. P.M. Synge, 1956: Medium single white with central cluster of yellow stamens. Jackman & Son, 1962-1963, Planter’s Handbook, No.24, p.31: A pure white williamsii. Flowers freely. Originated in England. Anonymous, 1963, Gardeners’ Chronicle. ser.3, 133:156: ‘Awards of Merit’. Camellia x williamsii Francis Hanger - A beautiful, single flowering variety. It is pure white, the blossoms 8 cm across, are enhanced by a striking boss of golden stamens. Shown by the RHS Gardens, Wisley. Mr Francis Hanger made this cross at Wisley in 1946. It is C.japonica Alba Simplex x C.saluenensis, petals 9 in number, broadly-ovate to orbicular-ovate, stamens in a cylindrical mass, 2.5 cm long, united in their basal half, anthers rich yellow, stigma 3-fid, hidden by longer stamens. Leaves elliptic to broadly-ovate, 6-8 cm long x 3.5-5 cm wide, coarsely crenate, dark green, thick, with acuminate apex; cuneate at base. Orthographic error: ‘Francis Manger’.
