(C.japonica), Chandler & Buckingham, 1825, Camellia Britannica, with plate; Curtis, 1825,

Botanical Magazine with plate; Edwards, 1825, Botanical Register with plate: Originated by

Chandler in 1819 and first published with illustration in Edward’s Botanical Register, 1825,

where it was stated to be the product of the ‘Waratah’, (Anemoniflora) with the ‘double

striped’, (Variegata). The flowers are large and very regularly formed, measuring up to three

and a half inches (8.5 cm) in diameter. They are a deep, almost crimson, red colour. The

petals, although not numerous, are comparatively large, of a roundish form, a little divided at

the extemities and incurved at the edges. The whole are marked with dark coloured veins.

Sometimes the flowers vary...with the petals marked with white. Synonyms: ‘Mr Chandler’s

Camellia’, ‘Chandler’s Red’, ‘Chandleri Elegans Rubra’, ‘Chandleri Red’, ‘Chandleri Rubra’,

‘Chandleri Crimson’, ‘Chandleri Pulcherrima’, ‘Boleni’, ‘Pride of the Emperor’s Garden’,

‘Chandler’s Superb Striped Waratah’, ‘Chandleri Striata’, ‘Chandlerii’(Australia), ‘Striata

Chandleri’. Orthographic errors: ‘Chandlerii’, ‘Chandelery’, ‘Chandlearii’, ‘Chandelarii’,

‘Chandelerii’, ‘Chandeleri Nuova’, ‘Chandlerri’, ‘Chandlreri’, ‘Chandlery Rubra’..

Considerable confusion was caused by the use of synonyms for the companion seedling,

Elegans which incorporated the words ‘Chandler’ or ‘Chandleri” and in some cases the name

Chandleri has erroneously been used for Elegans. See illustration p.73, Paxtons, 1836,

Magazine of Botany, vol.2, and Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent espèces.....camellia,

1845, pl.60 . ‘Versicolor’ erroneously given as a synonym.

Chandleri Alba. McIlhenny Catalogue, 1941, p.3, with the synonym ‘Madge Miller’. As the name

‘Chandlerii Alba’ was previously used by Berlèse for an unknown variety, it is rejected here in

favour of Madge Miller as a valid name.

Chandleri Alba. SCCS, 1947, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for Shiro

Chan.

Chandleri Alba (1). Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. White form of Elegans,

synonym for Shiro Chan.

Chandleri Alba (2). Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. Synonym for Madge Miller.

Chandleri (Australia). SCCS., 1950, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for

Chandleri.

Chandleri Bolen Red. Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery

Catalogues, p.37. Synonym for Bolen’s Number 4 Red.

Chandleri Crimson. Hillier & Sons Large Specimen Trees, 1966-1967, p.12. Synonym for

Chandleri.

Chandleri Elegance. Paul, Lawrence, 1935, “Camellias in the South”; Gardeners’ Chronicle,

39(3):67. Synonym for Elegans.

Chandleri Elegans. van Houtte, 1839, Catalogue, 1:2. This name has been used variously, for both

Elegans and Elegans Variegated, over a period of time but has no validity for either.