(C.japonica), Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, 1816; Loddige’s Botanical

Cabinet, 1817. No description. Loddige’s Botanical Cabinet, 1826, vol.XII, fol.1103: "There

is an uncommon degree of delicacy and beauty in this flower. The original double white

camellia is doubtless a most exquisite plant which scarely anything can surpass, yet the one

now before us, from the finely fringed edge of the petals, has a novel character peculiarly its

own. In the foliage it is scarely, if at all, distinguishable from the double white." (Alba Plena).

Originated in China as a sport of Alba Plena. Brought to England in 1816 for Colvill, a

nurseryman of King’s Road, Chelsea. Illustrations: Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent

espèces.....camellia, 1845, pl. 46; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.87;

American Camellia Yearbook, 1975 facing p.180; Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the

Huntington Gardens, vol.I, p.135; Front cover, New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, 1975, Vol.IX,

No.2. Synonyms: ‘Alba Fimbriata’, ‘Fimbriata Alba’, ‘Fringed White’, ‘Alba Plena

Fimbriata’, ‘Double Fringed White’, ‘Fimbriata Plena’, ‘Fimbriata Improved’, ‘Alba

Fimbriata’, ‘Fimbriata Amplissima’, ‘Fimbriata Alba Plena’, ‘Fringed Petal’. Orthographic

errors: ‘Fimbriatta’, ‘Fimbricata Alba’, ‘Fimariata’. Although this was an ancient camellia

originally imported from China, they now have no record of its original name and have given

it the synonym: ‘Xiuya Baichilun’.

Fimbriata Alba. Tourres, Macheteaux Catalogue, 1835, p.17. Synonym for Fimbriata.

Fimbriata Alba Plena. Sprenger Catalogue, 1906. Synonym for Fimbriata.

Fimbriata Alba Pleno. Baumann, Mulhouse Nursery Catalogue, 1841-1842, p.14. Synonym for

Fimbriata.

Fimbriata Amplissima. Costa, 1846, Catalogue. p.5. Synonym for Fimbriata.

Fimbriata Blush. (C.japonica), The Plant Finder, 1990-1991, p.89. No description. Listed by

Coghurst Nursery, 1989. No valid listing located.