Id：ICR-18869
Country：Italy
Year Published/Registered：1841
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Sweetii Vera'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
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Lewelling Variegated Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1938-1939, p.18. Orthographic error for ‘Lewellyn Variegated’, synonym for Sweetii Vera.
Lewellyn Variegated McIlhenny 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias as ‘Lewellyn Var.’. Synonym for Sweetii Vera. Orthographic errors: ‘Lewelling Variegated’, ‘Llewellyn Variegated’.
Llewellyn Variegated Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.4, as ‘Llewellyn Varie.’. Orthographic error for ‘Lewellyn Variegated’ (Sweetii Vera).
Sweet Vera Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.7. Orthographic error for Sweetii Vera.
Sweeti Vera Variegated Magnolia Gardens and Nursery Catalogue, 1944-1945. Orthographic error for ‘Sweetii Vera Variegated’, synonym for Sweetii Vera.
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» English Description
Berlese, Iconographie, 1841, color painting. Fils, 1846 Catalogue, p.8. “Pleine paeoniforme, fond rose tendre, ponctué de stries carmin” (Full peony form, soft pink base, dotted with crimson streaks). Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1936-1937 as ‘Sweeti Vera’: White and pale pink, peony form. Fendig, 1949, American Camellia Catalogue: Loose, peony form, flesh pink streaked and dotted rose, 11 cm across x 5.5 cm deep. There are about 11 outer petals, 5 cm long and numerous, large inner petals, irregular in size, shape and formation. Stamens numerous, some central and some in fascicles. Leaves dull-green, slightly twisted at tips, tapered both end, blunt point. Shallow indentations, 8 cm x 5 cm. Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I, pp.342, 343: Large peony form, Carmine rose 621/1 and /3, the darker tone applying to the flecking and slender striping, 9-10 cm across x 5 cm deep. Petals variable shapes, near orbicular, smooth margins, brief notching, tendency to recurve. Centre of the flower; slightly smaller petals and large petaloids, erect and undulate, intermingled with white filamented. stamens. Leaves elliptic, tending to curve and cup, 9-10.5 cm long x 5-6 cm wide, dark glossy green, thickly leathery, coarse serrations, apices abrupt, well defined venation. Synonym: ‘Lewellyn Variegated’. Sport: Lewellyn Red. For colour photo see, Hume, 1946, Camellias in America, facing p.288.
Note: The color illustration from Berlèse is different from the flowers of USA origin with same name, might be a different cultivar.
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