Jacksonii

Verschaffelt, 1849, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book II, pl.I: Mr Jackson, horticultur­alist of Kensington, London, England found it amongst seedlings he bought some time ago in Scotland. The camellia has very vigorous growth, large leaves, 9-10 cm long x 7-8 cm wide. Its blossom has a most regular imbrication with profuse, rounded petals of bright carmine red, with a wide stripe of white in the middle. The Garden World Illustrated, 1884, vol.1, p.650: Growing in the open in Chudleigh Knighton, South Devon [it] showed varied coloured flowers; blush pink with carmine stripes; china white with lighter stripes; pure cerise; pure crimson and striped (half and half) Orthographic errors: 'Jaksonii', 'Jacsoni', 'Jacksoni'