(C.japonica), Loddiges Catalogue, 1830, p.22; Booth, 1830, Transactions of the Horticultural

Society of London, 7:556: Named for John Dampier Parks, a collector for the London

Horticultural Society for whom it was imported by him from China in 1824. Strongly

reticulated, thin, round leaves. Flowers, 10 cm across, the outer petals large, about 5 cm in

diameter, slightly cordate. Centre petals erect and irregular, many of them twisted and

disposed similarly to Variegata, making the flowers confused in the centre with a few

imperfect stamens. Fragrant, pale to deep cerise, irregularly blotched or striped white.

Synonyms: ‘Park’s Striped’. ‘Park’s Rose Striped’, ‘Park’s Striped Rose’, ‘Parksii Striped’,

‘Rosa Odorata’, ‘Striped Park’s’, ‘Rosea Odorata’. Orthographic errors: ‘Parckstriped’,

‘Parkii’. ‘Parcksii Vera’, ‘Parcksii Stripes’.

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