(C.japonica), Guichard, Henri, 1910, Catalogue des collections de Camelias... No.

275:...Imbricated, dark red, large striped petals; Fendig, 1949, American Camellia Catalogue:

A large, semi-double bloom about 11 cm in diameter. There are 12 rounded petals, about 5 cm

in diameter, arranged in three rows. Numerous stamens are grouped in the centre. Calyx is

large and deeply cupped. Foliage is dark, glossy green, the margins coarsely serrated, 11 cm

by 5 cm. Plants are vigorous, compact and hardy.The cultivar was named after M. Adolphe

Audusson, Angers, France from whom Guichard obtained it about 1877. Synonyms: ‘Audrey

Hopfer’, ‘Adolphe Audusson Purple’, ‘Adolphe Audusson Red’, ‘Adolphe Audusson Red

Sport’, ‘Hopfer No. 270’ and, erroneously, ‘The Czar’. Sports: ‘Adolphe Audusson Special’,

‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’. Orthographic errors: ‘Adolf Adusson’, ‘Adolf Audusson’,

‘Adolfe Audusson’, ‘Adolph Auduson’, ‘Adolph Audusson’, ‘Adolphe’. Awards: National

Camellia Hall of Fame, 1978; RHS, FCC, 1956. Colour illustrations: Guichard Soeurs

Catalogue (about 1938), p.8; Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1935, No.97, opposite p.8; Fairweather,

1979, Rhododendrons & Azaleas, p.112, Gerbing, G.G., 1945, Camellias, p.5.

Adolphe Audusson (Blotched). Glen St Mary Nursery Catalogue, 1956, p.10: Synonym for

Adolphe Audusson Variegated.

Adolphe Audusson Purple. River View Nursery Catalogue, 1957-1958, p.10: Synonym for

Adolphe Audusson.

Adolphe Audusson Red. Camellia Digest, 1(1),1942: Synonym for Adolphe Audusson.

Adolphe Audusson Red Sport. Thomasville Nursery Catalogue, 1951: Synonym for Adolphe

Audusson.