(C.japonica), van Houtte Catalogue, 1841, 7:13: ‘This is the ‘Nobilissima Nova’ but more

beautiful and more majestic’. (This is a formal double white with pink marks). Berlèse, 1845,

Monographie, ed.3, p.289, No.608: C. ‘Montironi’ or ‘Hélène Longhi’(Italie). Vigorous

pyramidal shrub, sparsely branched, leaves 4-5 cm wide, about 9-10 cm long, rounded or

oval, rough surface, deeply indented, dark green, bud is oblong with greenish scales; flower is

10-11 cm wide, full, ranunculiform, (formal double), soft white, delicate pink, about 9-10

rows of petals, 4 cm wide x 5 cm long, concave, numerous, converging together, some whole,

others slightly emarginate and imbricated throughout. Originated in Italy by Casoretti. For

illustration see Verschaffelt, 1850, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book VII, pl.III as ‘Montironi

Vera’. In USA this cultivar has been erroneously equated with Elisabeth and Teutonia and,

in Australia, with ‘Don Pedro’, (Dom Pedro V, Rei de Portugal). Synonyms: ‘Hélène

Longhi’, ‘Montironi Alba’, ‘Montironi White’, ‘Montironi Vera’, ‘Montironi Alba Vera’,

‘Montironi Nova’, ‘Montironi’(Casoretti), ‘Helena Longhi’. Orthographic errors:

‘Montirioni’, ‘Monteroni’, ‘Monteroni Vera’, ‘Monteroni White’, ‘Montirona Vera’,

‘Montironi Araba’, ‘Montaroni’, ‘Mortorini’, ‘Montironii’, ‘Montironii Vera’. Sports:

Montironi Rubra, Tito Speri. Montironi Alba. Oudin, Paris Nursery Catalogue, 1844, p.12; Franco Agostoni, 1844, Catalogo

Plantarum.... Synonym for Montironi. Note. This name came into use as much of Montironi

tended to have considerable pink in the background.

Montironi Alba Vera. Burnier & Grilli Catalogue, 1846-1847. Synonym for Montironi.

Montironi Araba. Mariotti Catalogue, 1924. Orthographic error for ‘Montironi Alba’, synonym for Montironi.

Montironi (Casoretti). Vervaenne, J. Catalogue No.11., 1888. Synonym for Montironi.

Montironi Nova. Catalogo della Stablimento Agrario-Botanico de Castagnola e Casabono, 1861-1862. Synonym for Montironi.

Montironi Pink. Lindo Nurseries Catalogue, [Ca.1945]. Pseudonym for Elisabeth Pink.

Montironi Rose. Nantes, Services des Espaces, Collections, 1980. Synonym for Montironi Rubra.

Montironi Rosea. Auguste van Geert, 1854, Catalogue, No.36, p.41. Carrière, 1865, Production et

Fixation.---p.14. Synonym for Montironi Rubra. In the USA this name has been erroneously

applied to Elisabeth Pink.

.