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L'Italia

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Id:ICR-10358

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1851

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'L'Italia'

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L'Italie  Auguste van Geert, 1848, Catalogue, No.36, p.40. Orthographic error for L’Italia.

L'Stalia  Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. Orthographic error for L’Italia.

La Italia  Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.128. Orthographic variant for L’Italia.

Description

» English Description

Luzzatti, 1851, Collezione di Camelie, p.24: Of the same form as Oblongo Decur­rens but more pronounced, bright red, a superb variety obtained from seed by Carlo Luzzatti, Florence, Italy. See Verschaffelt, 1854, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book II, pl.III: The blossoms are of a uniform, cherry-red colour; the exterior petals are rounded, the interior lanceolate, perfectly imbricated in 5 or 6 concentric, spiral series. Orthographic errors: ‘L’Stalia’, ‘La Italia’, ‘L’Italie’.

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