(C.japonica), L'Horticultuer Belge, 1834; Anonymous, Oct.1834, Revue Horticole,

p.508, 509. No description. Berlèse, 1837, Monographie, ed.1, p.113: Leaves 7.5 cm wide x

10-12.5 cm long, oval, elliptic, tapered at the two extremities, well veined, apex recurved;

flower 8 cm across, spheroidal, very full and forming a regular rose, the petals of which

gradually diminish in size towards the centre and are mutually imbricated from the centre to

the circumference; they are white with distinct red or white stripes. See Berlèse, 1841,

Iconographie, vol.1, pl.40 and Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent espèces.....camellia,

1845, pl. 15. Originated By Hugh Low, England about 1833 as a seedling of Alba Simplex.

Synonyms: 'Alba Imbricata', 'Picta Alba', 'Triumphans Alba', 'Picta Alba Nova', 'Triumphans

Alba Nova', 'Triumphans Alba Venusta', ‘Triumphant Alba’. Note: Bransford Nurseries

Catalogue, 1976-1977, p.13, erroneously equates this with 'Purity', (Shiragiku). Received a

RHS Award of Merit, 1960.