Libri

Luzzatti Catalogue, 1853. No description. Burdin Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1853­-1854. No description. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.41: Bright red, unicolour, centre convex, composed of small petals. Figured and described in Verschaffelt, 1860, Nouvelle Icono­graphie, Book IV, pl.III: Received from Mr Charles Luzzatti, Florence, Italy. The blossoms of largest size (11 cm across) are composed of numerous, rounded or ovate petals, entire or emarginate, and regularly imbricated. The ground colouring is pink with a violet tint towards the petal margins, with a veining of the same colour. Orthographic variant: ‘Libra’