Akakarako

Camellia japonica 'Akakarako'

1936

Chūgai, 1936-1937, Catalogue as ‘Aka-karako’. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, p.72: Red anemone form. Resembles ‘Jikkō’ as synonym for Benikarako, but centre petals are looser. Originated in the Kansai District, Japan. A different cultivar to ‘Benikarako’. Invalidly equated with ‘Arajishi’ in USA. Corruptions of Japanese name: ‘Aka-korako’, ‘Aka-koroko’.

Baby Sargent

Camellia japonica 'Baby Sargent'

1936

Rubel, 1936, Camellias Under Glass, p.44. Dark red. Full peony form. A bou­tonniere type resembling Professor Sargent. Mid-season flowering. Originated in the USA.

Blanchette

Camellia sasanqua 'Blanchette'

1936

Coolidge Catalogue, ca.1936. A pure white single, very sturdy and upright with dainty, grey-green foliage. Originated in USA.

Bomb Pink Peony

Camellia japonica 'Bomb Pink Peony'

1936

Rubel, 1936, Wholesale Price List, No.74, p.10: Finest shell pink camellia of full peony form, 10 cm across. Mid-season blooming. Large, globular, well rounded flowers. See black and white photo in list. Originated in USA.

Briar Rose

Camellia sasanqua 'Briar Rose'

1936

Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens Catalogue, (ca.1936): Medium to large, deep pink to purplish pink, 7-8 cm across, with 7 rectangular petals, 3.5 cm long with notched apex and reflexed margins. Leaves, green, elliptic, 3.5-4.5 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide, blunt apex, rounded base, faintly veined, shallowly serrate. Originated by Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, East Pasadena, California, USA from seed of unknown parents imported from Japan in 1927. Synonym: ‘Pink Briar’.

Carpenteri

Camellia japonica 'Carpenteri'

1936

Glen St. Mary Nursery Catalogue, 1936, p.24, as ‘Carpentri’: Medium pink. Medium size peony form. Originated at Glen St. Mary Nursery, Glen St. Mary, Florida, USA. Orthographic errors: ‘Carpentre’, ‘Carpentri’, ‘Carpinteri’, ‘Carpentrii’, ‘Carmeptre’. Carpinteri. Vanderbilt, 1940, Camellia Research, p.3. Orthographic error for Carpenteri.

La Verne Red

Camellia japonica 'La Verne Red'

1936

Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens Ltd. Catalogue, ca. 1936. No description. Originated in USA. (Believed extinct.)

Pierette

Camellia japonica 'Pierette'

1936

Coolidge Rare Plants Garden Camellia Catalogue, [ca.1936]: Flesh pink, striped cherry-red. Large fluffy, full double. Slow, bushy growth, with medium large, heavy, rounded, mid-green leaves. Flowers mid-season. Originated at Coolidge Gardens, Oregon, USA. See black and white photo, p.277, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I. Sports: Pierette Variegated, Pierette White. Orthographic error: ‘Pierot`.

Rose Queen

Camellia japonica 'Rose Queen'

1936

Coolidge Rare Plants Garden Camellia Catalogue, [ca.1936]; McIlhenny, 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias: Rose-pink. Medium, formal double. Vigorous, bushy growth. Blooms mid-season. Originated from a old unidentified plant in the old Busch Garden, Pasadena, California. It was also released as ‘Busch Garden Red’ at the same date. Austin Grif­fith, who researched these names, believes it synonymous with ‘Beaute de Nantes’. Sports: Rose Queen Variegated, Queen of the Acres.

Snow Maiden

Camellia japonica 'Snow Maiden'

1936

Coolidge Rare Plant Garden Camellia Catalogue, 1936: White. Small semi-double. Vigorous, upright, open growth. Blooms mid-season. Originated in USA by Coolidge Rare Plants Garden, Pasadena, California. See illustration, p.233, Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III. Erroneously equated with Utsusemi as ‘E.H.Rust’.

Tanner William's Red

Camellia japonica 'Tanner William's Red'

1936

Kiyono Nursery Catalogue, 1936-1937, p.15, (Illustr.): A semi­double to loose peony form, deep orange red.. Blooms mid-season. Vigorous, compact growth. Originated in USA.

Tricolor Imbricata Rubra

Camellia japonica 'Tricolor Imbricata Rubra'

1936

Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1936-1937, p.17: A virus varie­gated form of Bella Romana Red - Red blotched white. Originated in USA.

Tricolor White

Camellia japonica 'Tricolor White'

1936

Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1936-1937, p.13; McIlhenny, 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias: Semi-double; petals loosely arranged; tips turned down; pure white, stamens in the form of a crown, greenish white tipped yellow ochre. Fendig, 1952, American Camel­lia Catalogue: Medium to large pure white, semi-double, up to 10 cm across, petals are rectangular, 5 cm x 3.8 cm and tend to curl downwards. The margins are occasionally shallowly notched and wavy. The stamens form a tight central cluster, solidly united at the base and 3.2 cm long. Filaments are white at the base and pale yellow towards the anthers which are large and dull gold. The leaves are dark, glossy green, narrowly oval, 10 cm x 6 cm. Apex blunt, base tapered, margins bend downward from midrib, serrations coarse. Plant habit is vigorous, com­pact and upright. Hardy and flowers freely. A sport of Tricolor, it has sometimes been erro­neously called “Leucantha”, which is a different cultivar. Synonyms: ‘Siebold White’, ‘White Tricolor’, ‘Tricolor Sieboldii White’, ‘White Tricolor Siebold’, ‘Shiro-ezo-nishiki’. Pseudonyms: ‘Leucantha’, ‘Wakanoura White’, ‘Shiro-wakanoura’.

Two Story House

Camellia japonica 'Two Story House'

1936

Rubel, 1936, ‘Camellia Culture under Class...’, p.44 as the name of a camellia sold in South Alabama, USA. No description. (Believed extinct.)