Shiragiku

Synonym：

Gardenia  Chandler’s Nursery Catalogue, 1936, p.5. Synonym for Shiragiku.

Gilded Snow  Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.117. Translation of ‘Neige Doreé’, synonym for Shiragiku.

Golden Snow  Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.6 as a synonym for ‘Neige d’Or’, itself a synonym for Shiragiku.

Harriet I Laub  McIlhenny, 1941, 700 Varieties of Camellias, p.7. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Imbricata Alba Plena  Hillier Catalogue, 1928-1929. Synonym for Shiragiku.

Imbricate Alba Plena Hillier & Son Nursery Catalogue, 1938, p.116. Orthographic error for 'Imbricata Alba Plena', synonym for Shiragiku.

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Japanese Perfect White Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, p.4. Synonym for 'Neige d'Or', itself a synonym for Shiragiku.

Japanese Perfection Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.6. Synonym for 'Neige d'Or', itself a synonym for Shiragiku.

Kakugan Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue as a synonym for ‘Shiro-kiji’ a corruption for Shiragiku.

Lord Chesterton The Pacific Camellia Society, 1946, Camellia Nomenclature, p.22. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Neig d'orr SCCS., 1942. Classification of Camellias, p.2. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, syn­onym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Neige d'Or Vanderbilt, 1940, Camellia Research, p.6. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Neige d'Ore American Camellia Yearbook. 1946, p.86. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’. synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Neige d'Oree McIlhenny, List of Camellias, 1935. Orthographic errors: ‘Neig d’Orr’, ‘Neige d’Or’, ‘Neige d’Ore’, ‘Neige Doree’ . ‘Niege Doree’, ‘Neige Dore’s’, ‘Neige Dorii’. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’. Synonyms: ‘Golden Snow’, ‘Japanese white’. ‘Japanese Perfection’. ‘Perfec­tion White’, ‘White Japanese Purity’.

Neige Doree McIlhenny Catalogue. 1940. Orthographic variant for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Neige Dorii Sander, St. Albans Catalogue, [before 1914]. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Niege d'Ogre Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research II, p.5. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Niege d'or Vanderbilt, 1943, Trade Available Camellia Stocks. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Niege d'Oree Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.5. Orthographic error for ‘Neige d’Oree’, synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Perfection White II Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.6. Synonym for Shiragiku.

Pumila Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.7. An invalid synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Neige d’Or’.

Purity Armstrong Nurseries Catalogue, 1933, p.44. The American synonym for Shiragiku. Chi­nese synonym: ‘Zhengjie’.

Refinement McIlhenny, 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias, p.5. Synonym for Shiragiku.

Shira Gaki Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.11. Corruption of the Japanese name Shiragiku.

Shiragika Nobelius Nursery Catalogue, 1939. Corruption of Japanese name Shiragiku.

Shirigiku Portland Camellia Nursery, Camellia Catalogue, 1946-1947, p.6. Corruption of the Japanese name Shiragiku.

Shirokiku Saitama Nursery Catalogue, 1911.Different reading for Shiragiku.

Snow White McIlhenny, 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

Tama-usagi Watanabe, 1960, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.1, p.65; ibid, 1970, No.10, p.160. Synonym for Shiragiku. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.222.

Tama-usagi-Hōkyōji (Pretty Rabbit at Hōkyō Temple), Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.56, p.28, description, p. 102: Leaves large, flat, thick, broadly elliptic, apex shortly acuminate. Flowers formal double, white, outer spreading horizontally, inner unfolding, forming a small heart. Blooms mid-season. Originated at the Buddhist temple Hōkyō, Kyōto City, Japan. For colour photos see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.417. The name alludes to the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. Synonym for Shiragiku. Note: Tuyama lists ‘Tama­usagi-hōkyōji’ and Shiragiku separately, but it has now been confirmed that they are the same cultivar.

Tamausugi Hazlewood & Jessep, 1989, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues. Corruption of the Japanese name: ‘Tama-usagi’, synonym for Shiragiku.

White Chrysanthemum Macoboy,, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.117. Synonym for Shiragiku.

White Jap Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1950-1951, p.32. Abbreviation for ‘White Japanese’, synonym for Shiragiku.

White Japanese Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.8. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Purity’. Abbreviation: ‘White Jap.’.

White Perfection II Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.8. Synonym for Shiragiku as ‘Neige d’Or’.

Zhenjie Gao, Jiyin, Ltr, 30 July 1990. Chinese synonym for the Japanese C.japonica Shiragiku as ‘Purity’.

白菊 杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花，p.69, No.91.

贞洁 高继银，1998,世界名贵茶花,p.82, No.4.