William Niblo

Verschaffelt, 1860, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book XII, pl.I: Received this camellia from New York, USA, where it originated from seed. The foliage is small; the large flowers are a delicate pink, deeper towards the circumference where sometimes appears a few large longitudinal stripes. The petals are uniform, rounded, outspread and regularly imbri­cated; at the centre of each of them is a pale pink stripe.