(C.japonica), Chandler & Buckingham, 1825, Camellia Britannica, with plate; Curtis, 1825,

Botanical Magazine with plate; Edwards, 1825, Botanical Register with plate: Originated by

Chandler in 1819 and first published with illustration in Edward’s Botanical Register, 1825,

where it was stated to be the product of the ‘Waratah’, (Anemoniflora) with the ‘double

striped’, (Variegata). The flowers are large and very regularly formed, measuring up to three

and a half inches (8.5 cm) in diameter. They are a deep, almost crimson, red colour. The

petals, although not numerous, are comparatively large, of a roundish form, a little divided at

the extemities and incurved at the edges. The whole are marked with dark coloured veins.

Sometimes the flowers vary...with the petals marked with white. Synonyms: ‘Mr Chandler’s

Camellia’, ‘Chandler’s Red’, ‘Chandleri Elegans Rubra’, ‘Chandleri Red’, ‘Chandleri Rubra’,

‘Chandleri Crimson’, ‘Chandleri Pulcherrima’, ‘Boleni’, ‘Pride of the Emperor’s Garden’,

‘Chandler’s Superb Striped Waratah’, ‘Chandleri Striata’, ‘Chandlerii’(Australia), ‘Striata

Chandleri’. Orthographic errors: ‘Chandlerii’, ‘Chandelery’, ‘Chandlearii’, ‘Chandelarii’,

‘Chandelerii’, ‘Chandeleri Nuova’, ‘Chandlerri’, ‘Chandlreri’, ‘Chandlery Rubra’..

Considerable confusion was caused by the use of synonyms for the companion seedling,

Elegans which incorporated the words ‘Chandler’ or ‘Chandleri” and in some cases the name

Chandleri has erroneously been used for Elegans. See illustration p.73, Paxtons, 1836,

Magazine of Botany, vol.2, and Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent espèces.....camellia,

1845, pl.60 . ‘Versicolor’ erroneously given as a synonym.