(C.japonica), I Giardini, giornale d’Orticultura, 1855; Burdin Maggiore & Co.

Catalogue, 1855-1856: Delicate white with a few rose stripes, imbricated. Mercatelli

Catalogue, 1881: Perfectly imbricated, all the petals transparent, waxy white; sometimes rose

flowers. Originated by Onofrio Maggi, Brescia, Italy. Verschaffelt, 1859, Nouvelle

Iconographie, Book VII, pl.II erroneously figures and describes this cultivar under the name

of ‘Carolina Franzini’. See colour photo front cover, ANZCRS., 1960, Camellia News, No.6.

Synonym: ‘Contessa Paolina Maggi’. Orthographic errors: ‘Pauline Maggi’, ‘Pauline Magii’,

‘Paolini Maggi’, ‘Paulina Maggi’, ‘Pauline Maggie’, ‘Paulona Maggi’, ‘Paulinia Maggi’,

‘Comtesse Paoline’, ‘Contessa Pauline Maggi’. Sports: Mrs H. Boyce, Contessa Paolina

Maggi Rosea, Quintilla Pelosa, Berta Giglioli. In New Zealand Duncan & Davies

erroneously equated this cultivar with Bonomiana, later listing it in the 1952 catalogue as ‘Paolini Maggi’(Bonomiana).

Paolina Maggi Rosea. Waterhouse, 1952, Camellia Trail, pp.18, 27. Synonym for Contessa Paolina Maggi Rosea.

Paolina Maggi Shell Pink. Wilmot, 1943. Camellia Variety Classification Report, 1943, p.12.

Synonym for Mrs H. Boyce.

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