(C.japonica), Anonymous, May,1841, The Gardeners’ Chronicle where it is given as

synonymous with ‘Reticulatiflora’. Verschaffelt, 1849, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book XII,

pl.IV: “Although this camellia, of Italian origin, has been grown commercially for 4 or 5

years, we did not know it until M.A. Dalliere sent us a plant. An exceptionally full foliage, a

large blossom formed of rounded or oblong-lanceolate petals, regularly imbricated and of

unusual size as well as a vivid red colouring (Dark Crimson) are merits...” There has been

considerable discussion on Professor Waterhouse’s contention that the camellia known for

many years in Europe, Australia and New Zealand as Mathotiana and ‘Mathotiana Rubra’

was, in fact, Grand Sultan. See discussion under Grand Sultan in Urquhart’s, The Camellia,

1956. Until future information shows otherwise, this contention is accepted. Synonyms: ‘Te

Deum’, ‘Reticulatiflora’, ‘Midsummer’s Day’. Other synonyms collected in the USA against

the name ‘Te Deum’ are ‘Dr Shepherd’, ‘Firegold’, ‘Morague’, ‘Shah of Persia’, ‘Pasha of

Persia’. Orthographic variants: ‘Gran Sultana’, ‘Gran Sultano’, ‘La Gran Sultana’, ‘Le Grande

Sultane’, ‘Grand Sultana’. Sports: Augusto Leal de Gouveia Pinto, Shepherdess.

Grand Sultana. Joseph Baumann, 1849, Prix Courant, p.5. Orthographic variant for Grand

Sultan.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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