(C.japonica), Verschaffelt, 1844-1845, Catalogue, No.50, p.26. No description. Burdin

Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1845-1846. No description. Oudin Nursery Catalogue,

1845-1846, p.45 as ‘Madona’: Large size, imbricated, pure white, carmine stripes. Auguste

van Geert Catalogue. 1848, p.19 as ‘Madonna’: Very large size, irnbricated, pure white

circled carmine. Berlèse, 1849, Annales de la Société Central d’Horticulture de Paris, 40:81:

A formal double about 10 cm across. White with a margin of pale carmine red. Petals in 6

rows, large, shell-like, serried and imbricated with admirable symmetry. Flowers of the above

colours are usually quite variable and the modern cultivar associated with this name is a blush

white formal double, pencilled and speckled rose. Verschaffelt, 1850, Nouvelle Iconographie,

Book I, Pl.III. There is some confusion regarding the names ‘Madona’, ‘Madonna’, and

‘Madoni’ as, although the first and second have been used as orthographic variants of the

third, they are the valid names of separate and distinct cultivars. ‘Madoni’ is an Italian family

name, the others refer to the Virgin Mary. Originated in Italy. Synonym: ‘Madonna

Variegated’. Pseudonyms: ‘Madonna’, ‘Madona’. Sport: Madona Rosea. Received an RHS

First Class Certificate in 1865 as ‘Madonna’. From Madoni according to Rovelli, 1852.