(C.japonica), Doty & Doerner Nursery Catalogue, 1942, p.27

as ‘Mrs Chas. Cobb’; Magnolia Gardens and Nursery Catalogue,

1942-1943. No description. Gerbings Azalea Gardens

Catalogue Suppl. 1943-1944: The colour is madder red to coppery

bronze. Semidouble to loose peony form with golden stamens

intermixed. Flowers mid-season. Foliage large and

wide, a glossy green. Growth slow, spreading. Originated at Magnolia

Gardens, John’s Island, South Carolina, USA. See black and white photo,

 p.256, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens,

vol.I and p.27, American Camellia Yearbook, 1948. Colour pl. Fendig,

1949, American Camellia Catalogue. G.G. Gerbing, 1945, Camellias,

p.161.Abbreviations: ‘Mrs Cobb’, ‘Mrs Chas. Cobb’. Sport: Nellie Gray.

Orthographic error: ‘Mr Charles Cobb’,

‘Charles Cobb’. Chinese synonym: ‘Chalisi Kebo Nüshi’.

Mrs Charles Cobb Spotted. Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist -

Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.164.

Synonym for Nellie Gray. Mrs Charles Cobb Variegated. SCCS,

1956, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature, p.70 as

‘Mrs Charles Cobb Var’. Synonym for Nellie Gray.