(C.japonica), Anonymous, 1816-1817, Aligemeinen Deutchen Garten Magazine- as ‘Alba

Simpl.’: A seedling of Variegata, introduced in 1813 by Rollison of the Tooting Nursery. It is

a single, white with occasional pink flecks, 6-7 petals, broadly ovate, apex refuse, 4.5 cm x 4

cm log. Stamens in a central cluster,conjoined for the lower third of length. Flower about 8.5

cm across. Foliage dark green, glossy, elliptic, long acuminate to broadly elliptic acuminate,

margins widely and shallowly serrate, 12 cm long x 6.5 cm wide. It was first illustrated in

Monograph on the Genus Camellia by Samuel Curtis, 1820, p.1. Also figured in pl.17,

Chandler & Booth, Illustrations and Descriptions... as ‘flore albo’; Baumann & Baumann,

1828, pl.2 as ‘flore simplici albo’. See colour pl., p.112, Fairweather, 1979, Rhododendrons &

Camellias. Orthographic errors and variants: ‘Alba Simplici’, ‘Alba Flore Simplici’, ‘Flore

Simplici Albo’, ‘Simplex Alba’, ‘Alba Simplice’, ‘Alba Simple’ and ‘Alba’. Synonyms:

‘Snow Goose’, ‘Flore Alba’, ‘Single white’, “Alba Simple’. Erronously used as synonym for

Lady Bank’s and Yukimiguruma.

Alba Simplex. Courtois, 1833, Magazin d’Horticulture, p.317 under C.sasanqua. Synonym for

Lady Bank’s.

Alba Simplex. Treseders Nurseries (Truro) Ltd Camellia List, 1962-1963, p.2. Erroneous synonym

for Yukimiguruma.