Ginsekai

Minagawa, 1935, Chinkashū. Angyō, 1955, Shokubutsu Shunjū, p.5: Whiter than snow-white. Tuyama, 1966, Camellias Cultivars of Japan, pl.59, p.107. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.45 colour photo: Medium sized semi-double, white, 9-10 cm across with 10-12 large, rounded petals with crimped edges. Stamens small and imperfect. Plant habit spreading and somewhat pendulous. Leaves elliptic to obovate; apex sharp acumi­nate; venation prominent; margins medium serrulate. Late flowering. Note: Originated by Minagawa Jisuke, Kantō District, Japan as: White, double, large. In the Kansai district there is a different cultivar named Ginsekai-Kansai. Resembles Tsuki-no-Miyako and Tamagin­sekai.

 講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.327　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.216.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.106.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.79. 【花】白色の八重〜牡丹咲き、中輪、 4月。【葉】楕円、小〜中形、波曲。 【樹】立性。【来歴】1962年の「皆 川•椿花集」新花の部に「白八重 大輪」とあるが、現在のものは中輪。 写/村内、文/編集委員会。