Marte di Santo

Medici Spada, 1858, Delle Nuova Camellia, che si vengono ottenendo dalle Semine Romane, p.6: Originated in Italy by Delgrande. Rome. Flower a large hemisphere, petals numerous, rather small, cordiform. admirably imbricated; colour vermilion with reflections of deep carmine and livid purple, a colour that is unusual and difficult to describe; the apex of the petals, folding towards the centre, gives an ash-grey tint.