Alba Boldini

Camellia japonica 'Alba Boldini'

1846

Burnier & Grilli Catalogue, 1846-1847, as from America. No description. Orthographic error: ‘Alba Bodina’. (Believed extinct.)

Beccaria

Camellia japonica 'Beccaria'

1846

Burnier & Grilli Catalogue, 1846-1847 as from Mariani. No description. Burdin Maggiore & Co., 1849-1850, Catalogue General: Purplish red, brighter at the centre, well imbricated. Luzzatti, 1851, Collezione di Camelie, p.6: Imbricated, vivid carmine, large, rounded petals arranged in a spiral. de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camellia, p.97: Large, double flower, vivid carmine. petals rounded and in a spiral. Ample foliage, strong habit. Verschaffelt, 1852, Nou­velle Iconographie, Book IX, pl.III: Italian. This variety has been grown for several years. Its petals, which are regularly imbricated, are distictly ovate-lanceolate, obtusely rounded at the apex, seldomly slightly emarginate. They are somewhat hooded and of a vivid pink with carmine tints. A few rare stripes of white appear at the centre. de Jonghe (1851) lists it as ‘Becca­ria’(Negri).

Chalmer's Perfection

Camellia japonica 'Chalmer's Perfection'

1846

van Houtte, 1846-1847, Catalogue, 27:21, 29; and Flore des Serres,... vol.2, p.125, pl.V as ‘Chalmer’s Perfecta’: Imported from the USA to Europe by Louis van Houtte. The bush is erect, well branched from the top to the bottom, leaves quite small, ovate sublanceolate, acuminate, of a good green with veins of a paler tint and wide spaced serrations. The buds are ovate-spherical, solidly attached, with scales of greenish brown. The flowers, 9-10 cm in diameter, have numerous petals, imbricated with regularity and decreasing in size from the circumference to the centre and are of a bright rose with tenuous veins of a deeper colour. Sometimes, on opening, they are a pale rose bordered with bright rose which dims with the age of the bloom. The flowers are technically called a “perfection”. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.19 describes it as “dark red and pale pink, small petals, rounded, often those at the circumference, cherry red, and those of the centre almost white, very beautifully imbricated.” while van Houtte Catalogue, 1846-1847, 29:21 has “Perfectly imbricated, very slender petals, sometimes dark rose, sometimes very soft rose, rounded and overlapping, graceful and unusu­ally spotted white. During the second flowering period, the centre petals open quite white while the outer petals remain a vivid cerise.” According to Rubel, 1957 Camellian, 8(4):21: This was originated by Chalmers, gardener to Mr George Pepper, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, USA and seen by C.M. Hovey of Boston in 1830. Van Houtte also says it bears the name of its origina­tor. Therefore, for all its similarity, it appears to be a different cultivar to Chalmeri Perfecta which was said to have been originated by Peter Raabe. Orthographic variants: ‘Chalmer’s Per­fecta’, ‘Perfecta’(Chalmer). Synonyms: ‘Perfecta’, ‘Chalmer’s’, ‘Perfetta Chalmers’. Ortho­graphic errors: ‘Perfetta Calmer’, ‘Perfection’ (Palmer’s), ‘Perfection Palmer’s’.

Emily

Camellia japonica 'Emily'

1846

Hovey ed., 1846, Magazine of Horticulture, 12:281: Originated by Chalmer. Striped variety of good shape. Buist, 1852, American Flower Garden Directory, p.211: A large, irregular flower, blush white, striped and spotted with rose. Originated in USA.

Gene King

Camellia 'Gene King'

1846

American Camellia Yearbook, p.172, Reg. No.1846: A very large, deep red, semi-double C.reticulata hybrid (‘Crimson Robe’ (Dataohong) x Jean Pursel) flowers mid season to late; originated by Frank Pursel, Oakland, California, USA. The 8 year old seedling first bloomed 1981. Average flower size, 15 16 cm across x 7.5 cm deep. Plant growth is upright, spreading and medium in rate with dark green leaves, 15 cm x 8 cm.

Mrs. Abby Wilder

Camellia japonica 'Mrs. Abby Wilder'

1846

Serratula Major

Camellia japonica 'Serratula Major'

1846

Prince & Co. Nursery Catalogue, 1846-1847, p.9. Description not seen. Originated in USA. (Believed extinct.)

Van Buren

Camellia japonica 'Van Buren'

1846

Hovey, 1846, Magazine of Horticulture, 12:343: Dr Gunnell has produced a beautiful crimson variety, equal in form to the old double white (Alba Plena) named after his friend the ex-President. It is a seedling of his own. Originated in USA

Wellsiana

Camellia japonica 'Wellsiana'

1846

Prince & Co. Nursery Catalogue, 1846-1847, p.10. Description not seen. Charles van Geert, 1847, Catalogue, No.101, p.17: Perfect imbrication, pure white base lined with crimson. Originated in USA. Orthographic error: ‘Welsiana’. Synonym: ‘Wellsii’.