(C.japonica), Coolidge Rare Plants Gardens Catalogue, 1946. No description.

SCCS, 1946, Camellias, p.15: Medium large, coral pink, formal double to peony form double,

9-10 cm across. Centre sometimes filled in with petaloids. Vigorous, upright, open growth

with dark, glossy green oval leaves, 8.5 cm x 4 cm, shortly acute apex, tapered base, finely

serrate. Originated in USA by Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA as a

seedling of ‘Purity’, (Shiragiku). Synonym: ‘Pink Purity’. Abbreviations: ‘Gen George

Patton’, ‘Gen. Geo. Patten’, ‘General George S. Patton’, ‘Gen. Geo. S. Patton’, ‘George

Patton’, ‘General Patton’, ‘General G. Patton’. See black & white photo, p.149, Hertrich,

1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I. Sport: George Patton Variegated.

Chinese synonym ‘Badun Jiangjun’, changed from ‘Patun’ and ‘Padun’.

General George Patton Variegated. Griffin, ed. 1958, Camellian, Vol.IX, No.1, p.8 as ‘General

George Patton Var.’. Synonym for George Patton Variegated.