(C.japonica), Anonymous, May,1841, The Gardeners’ Chronicle

where it is given as synonymous with ‘Reticulatiflora’. Verschaffelt,

 1849, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book XII, pl.IV: “Although this camellia,

of Italian origin, has been grown commercially for 4 or 5

years, we did not know it until M.A. Dalliere sent us a plant.

An exceptionally full foliage, a large blossom formed of

rounded or oblong-lanceolate petals, regularly imbricated and of

unusual size as well as a vivid red colouring (Dark Crimson) are

merits...” There has been considerable discussion on Professor

Waterhouse’s contention that the camellia known for

many years in Europe, Australia and New Zealand as Mathotiana

and ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ was, in fact, Grand Sultan. See discussion

 under Grand Sultan in Urquhart’s, The Camellia, 1956. Until future

information shows otherwise, this contention is accepted.

 Synonyms: ‘Te Deum’, ‘Reticulatiflora’, ‘Midsummer’s Day’. Other

 synonyms collected in the USA against the name ‘Te Deum’

are ‘Dr Shepherd’, ‘Firegold’, ‘Morague’, ‘Shah of Persia’, ‘Pasha of

Persia’. Orthographic variants: ‘Gran Sultana’, ‘Gran Sultano’,

‘La Gran Sultana’, ‘Le Grande Sultane’, ‘Grand Sultana’.

Sports: Augusto Leal de Gouveia Pinto, Shepherdess.