Spencer's Pink

Nobelius Nursery Catalogue, 1939: Pink single. Hazlewood Nursery Catalogue, 1941: Single. Flesh pink, medium sized flowers, with a cluster of golden stamens. A seedling of unknown parentage, sold to Mrs G.A.P. Weymouth, Malvern, Victoria, Australia and transferred to their property at Ferntree Gully in 1908; the property was sold to Sir Baldwin Spencer, 1922 and again sold on his death. The flowers of the single pink were sold to a florist who called it ‘Pink Czar’. Mr Alan Bolton, Nobelius’s propagator in 1933, obtained cuttings and plants were listed in their catalogue of 1935 as ‘Pink Czar’, but afterwards in their 1939 catalogue and on the name was changed to Spencer’s Pink as it had come from the old property of Sir Baldwin Spencer. This name has been generally adopted as being more appropriate than ‘Pink Czar’ as it has no relationship with The Czar. A further synonym is ‘Lady Spencer’. For colour illustrations see: pl..XVIII, Waterhouse, 1952, Camellia Trail and p.118, Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias. Chinese synonym ‘Fenyi’.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.251.

Spencer's Pink 花姑娘（C. japonica)红山茶。1939，澳大利亚Victoria，Malvern，Mrs G.A.P. Weymouth培育选出。不明实生种。单瓣、波浪、淡粉、中轮、花期12月、树性直立。同种异名：Lady Spencer。花名：史宾瑟的粉红。

Spencer's Pink (花姑娘)一茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.24/28, No.874.