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Princesse Sophie

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-15498

CountryBelgium

Year Published/Registered1844

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Princesse Sophie'

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Princess Sophie  van Houtte Catalogue, 1845-1846, 23:50. Orthographic variant for Princesse Sophie.

Principessa Sofia  Jose Maria Serra Establecimiento de Horticultura 1855, Catalogue, p.8. Orthographic variant for Princess Sophie.

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Verschaffelt, 1844-1845, Catalogue, p.28. van Houtte Catalogue, 1845-1846, 23:50 as ‘Princess Sophie’: Obtained from seed by Mr Caters de Wolf, Berchem, Belgium. Belongs by its imbrication to the class of perfections, with large, rounded, emarginate petals, undulate at the margins, ruffled at the cen­tre, of fine pink, veined deeper and above average in size. Verschaffelt, 1855, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book V, pl.IV. Orthographic variant: ‘Princess Sophie’. Orthographic error: ‘Principessa Sofia’.

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