Antique Camellias

A list of camellias introduced before 1900 that are still with us today

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This is a list of camellias still found in gardens and some like Alba Plena even in garden centers which according to Camellia Nomenclature were introduced before 1900. A collection of such antique camellias would make a worthy garden.

Camellia Cultivar, Year Introduced 

ALBA PLENA, 1792

VARIEGATA, 1792

RUBRA PLENA, 1794

MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY, 1800's

HIGO, 1800's

LADY HUME'S BLUSH, 1806

CARNEA, 1806

ANEMONAEFLORA, 1806

AUNT JETTY, 1811

HORKAN, 1816

FIMBRIATA, 1816

COCCINEA, 1819

ALBA SIMPLEX, 1819

WELBANKIANA, 1820

CAPTAIN RAWES, 1820

WOODVILLE RED, 1822

POMPONIA, 1822

SPECIOSA, 1824

ROSSII, 1824

ALTHEAFLORA, 1824

CHANDLERI, 1825

ANEMONAEFLORA VARIEGATA, 1825

ANEMONAEFLORA ALBA, 1825

OCHROLEUCA, 1830

BLANDA, 1830

WOODSII, 1831

IMBRICATA RUBRA, 1831

ELEGANS (CHANDLER), 1831

COLVILLII, 1831

TRICOLOR (SIEBOLD), 1832

SWEETI VERA, 1832

ROSA MUNDI, 1832

LANDRETHII, 1832

CURVATHAEFOLIA, 1833

TRIUMPHANS, 1834

NOBILISSIMA, 1834

DONCKELARII, 1834

CARSWELLIANA, 1835

NIVALIS, 1836

NITIDA, 1836

ROSE EMERY, 1837

PICTA (HERBERT), 1837

CONSPICUA, 1837

DERBYANA, 1838

AURORA, 1838

HENRI FAVRE, 1839

ROSEA PLENA, 1840's

MATHOTIANA, 1840's

LINDSAY NEILL, 1840

LEFEVRIANA, 1840

GIGANTEA, 1840 's

VANDESIA CARNEA, 1841

SARAH FROST, 1841

PICTURATA, 1841

PERUCHINI, 1841

IMPERIALIS, 1841

FEASTI, 1841

BINNEYII, 1841

ALBERTII, 1841

PRESSII, 1843

MARIA ANTIONETTA, 1843

LOWII, 1843

DUCHLSSE D'ORLEANS, 1843

DARSII, 1843

COLLETII, 1843

ANEMONAEFLORA ROSEA, 1843

YORK AND LANCASTER, 1844

STILES PERFECTION, 1844

GENERAL WASHINGTON, 1844

BROOKLYNIA, 1844

BELLA PORTUENSE, 1844

ALBA CASOIETTI, 1844

PAXTONII, 1845

JUBILEE, 1845

GUNNELLII, 1845

GENERAL LAFAYETTE, 1845

WILDERI, 1846

MRS. ABBY WILDER I, 1846

MADONNA, 1846

DUNLAP'S IMBRICATA, 1846

DE LA REINE, 1846

WILDER'S ROSE, 1847

MINIATA, 1847

MARIA MORREN, 1847

COUNTESS OF ORKNEY, 1847

STOREYII, 1848

ROSE MARIE, 1848

REINE DES FLEURS, 1848

RADIATA, 1848

PRATTII, 1848

MRS. EDINGER, 1848

LEDA, 1848

H. A. DOWNING, 1848

ENRICO BETTONI, 1848

DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 1848

DUC DE CHARTRES, 1848

DUC DE BRETAGNE, 1848

COUNTESS OF ORKNEY (UNITED STATES), 1848

CARYOPHYLLOIDES, 1848

AUGUSTINA SUPERBA, 1848

VERSCHAFFELTIANA, 1849

NAPOLEON D'ITALIE, 1849

MACULATA PERFECTA, 1849

KING'S ROSEA, 1849

GRAND SULTAN, 1849

GRAND DUC CONSTANTIN, 1849

DUCHESSE DE NORTHUMBERLAND, 1849

DRYADE, 1849

DAVIESII, 1849

CONTESSA NENCINI, 1849

COLUMBO, 1849

ARCHIDUCHESSA ISABELLA DI TOSCANA, 1849

ALBA SPECIOSA, 1849

ALBA INSIGNIS, 1849

SAMILOFF, 1850

PRINCESSE BACIOCCHI, 1850

PRINCESSE BACCIOCCHI, 1850

PRINCE OF WALES, 1850

PIE IX, 1850

PERDITA, 1850

OPTIMA, 1850

MARINA, 1850

MARGUERITE GOUILLON, 1850

LEILA (AUSTRALIA), 1850

LEEANA SUPERBA, 1850

IL CIGNO, 1850

IL 22 MARZO, 1850

HELENA, 1850

FRA ARNOLDO DE BRESCIA, 1850

EMPEROR, 1850

CUP OF BEAUTY, 1850

CATHERINE LOINGHI, 1850

CASSANDRA, 1850

ASPASIA MACARTHUR, 1850

SACCO, 1851

QUEEN OF ENGLAND, 1851

MRS. LURMAN, 1851

HONNEUR D'AMERIQUE, 1851

EVA, 1851

ELISABETH, 1851

DUKE OF LANCASTER, 1851

DUC DE DEVONSHIRE (ENGLAND), 1851

DUC DE BRABANT, 1851

DIVONIA, 1851

COMTE DE BROOBRINSKY, 1851

CAMILLE BROZZONI, 1851

CALEB COPE, 1851

BELLE JEANETTE, 1851

ARMEDIA ROSEA, 1851

MONARCH, 1852

GIARDINO FRANCHETTI, 1852

GENERAL DROUOT, 1852

COMTESSE CARINI, 1852

COMTE DE PARIS, 1852

CARLOTTA GRISI, 1852

ARCHIDUCHESSE MARIE, 1852

ARCHIDUCHESSA AUGUSTA, 1852

ANNETTE, 1852

VALTEVAREDA, 1853

SOPHIA, 1853

MARIE MORREN, 1853

ELISA CENTURIONI, 1853

C. M. HOVEY, 1853

BEALII ROSEA, 1853

ASPASIA, 1853

WILLIAM PENN, 1854

TRIOMPHE DI LODDI, 1854

LUCREZIA GAZZARINI, 1854

LEMICHEZII, 1854

LA COSTITUZIONE, 1854

JENNY LIND, 1854

IMPERATRICE EUGENIE, 1854

CONCORDIA, 1854

TARGIONI ROSEA, 1855

SABINA, 1855

ROI LEOPOLD, 1855

REGINA DEI GIGANTI, 1855

PIRZIO SECONDO, 1855

PAOLINA MAGGI, 1855

MME. PICOULINE, 1855

MME. DE STREKALOFF, 1855

MARIA THERESA, 1855

MAGNIFICENT, 1855

LA MAESTOSA, 1855

ITALIANA, 1855

DUCHESSE DE BERRY, 1855

DE NOTARIS, 1855

BROZZONI NOVA, 1855

BELLA LAMBERTH, 1855

AUGUSTE DELFOSSE (BELGIUM), 1855

ANDREA DORIA, 1855

VIRGINIA FRANCO, 1856

THERESA MASSINI, 1856

TABBS, 1856

SPECTABILIS, 1856

RUBENS, 1856

MME. PEPIN, 1856

LEOPOLD I, 1856

KELVINGTONIANA, 1856

ISABELLA SPINOLA, 1856

FRANCESCO FERRUCCIO, 1856

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, 1856

COUNTESS OF DERBY, 1856

COMTE BOUTOURLIN, 1856

CENTIFOLIA ALBA, 1856

BELLIFORMIS, 1856

BELLA DI FIRENZE, 1856

BELLA D'ARDIGLIONI, 1856

ANGELA COCCHI, 1856

VERGINE DI COLLE BEATO, 1857

RAFIA, 1857

PAGODA, 1857

ONORE DEL MONTE, 1857

KOSSUTH, 1857

DEMETRIO BOUTOURLIN, 1857

CONTESSA CALINI, 1857

COMTE DE CHAMBORD, 1857

CENTIFOLIA ROSEA, 1857

BELLA DI PONTE d'ERA, 1857

TRICOLOR (NOVA) MATHOT, 1858

PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1858

PERFECTO VARIEGATA, 1858

MATHOTIANA ALBA, 1858

IMPERATOR, 1858

COMTESSE WORONZOFF, 1858

COMTESSE DU HAINAUT, 1858

SOPHIA CHIARUGI, 1859

ROSE LA REINE, 1859

PRINCE EUGENE NAPOLEON, 1859

PRINCE DE SALERNE, 1859

MARGHERITA COLEONI, 1859

LEON LEGUAY (FRANCE), 1859

DUCHESSE DE BRABANT, 1859

COMPACTA ALBA, 1859

BONOMIANA, 1859

PROFESSORE GIOVANNI SANTARELLI, 1860

PROFESSORE FILIPPO PARLATORE, 1860

NINFA DEL TEBRO, 1860

MONSIEUR D'OFFOY, 1860

LA PACE, 1860

FANNY BOLIS (Italy), 1860

CORRADINO, 1860

CONTESSA LAVINIA MAGGI, 1860

COMTE DE GOMER, 1860

CIMAROSA, 1860

REINE DES BEAUTES, 1861

PEARL, 1861

DIDO, 1861

BICOLOR DE LA REINE, 1861

SPECIOSISSIMA, 1862

LILLYAN FINLAY, 1862

LEVIATHAN, 1862

GIARDINO SCHMITZ, 1862

COMTE DE TOLL, 1862

AZUREA, 1862

PRINCIPESSA CLOTILDE, 1863

FANNY SANCHIOLI, 1863

DUCHESSE DE NASSAU, 1863

CARLOTTA PAPUDOFF, 1863

BELLA ROMANA, 1863

AUGUSTE DELFOSSE, 1864

DIONISIA PONIATOWSKI, 1865

STELLA POLARE, 1866

ROMA RISORTA, 1866

ODORATISSIMA, 1866

NICETUS, 1866

MISS MORT, 1866

HELENOR, 1866

CADROE, 1866

BRONACHIA, 1866

VITTORIO EMANUELE II, 1867

SAKURABA-TSUBAKI, 1867

CONTESSA LAVINIA MAGGI ROSEA, 1867

VENUS DE MEDICIS, 1868

MME. AMBROISE VERSCHAFFELT, 1868

ISABEL, 1868

IRIS, 1868

FRANCOIS WIOT, 1868

CONTESSA TOZZONI, 1868

CELESTINE, 1868

GIARDINO SANTARELLI, 1869

MME. DE CANNART D'HAMALE, 1870

LADY BOWEN, 1871

ALMA, 1871

PRINCEZA REAL, 1872

MRS. ANNE MARIE HOVEY, 1872

MME. CACHET, 1872

COVILLII, 1872

COMMENDATORE BETTI, 1872

ROI DES BELGES, 1873

NINFA EGERIA, 1873

IL GIOGELLO, 1873

HARRIET BEECHER SHEATHER, 1873

GREAT EASTERN, 1873

BERTHA GIGIOLI, 1873

ZAMBO, 1874

MISS MINNIE MERRITT, 1874

MARIANA, 1874

MARCHIONESS OF EXETER, 1874

LOMBARDII, 1874

DUCHESSE DE ROHAN, 1874

PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1875

PINK PERFECTION, 1875

MISS GLADSTONE, 1875

MATHOTIANA ROSEA, 1875

HERME, 1875

WRIGHTII, 1877

METALLICA, 1877

JOUVAN, 1877

EDITH, 1877

ADOLPHE AUDUSSON, 1877

WILLIAM BULL, 1878

MRS. SKOTTOWE, 1878

C. H. HOVEY, 1878

BARONNE DE BLEICHROEDER, 1878

SHUCHUKA, 1879

SHEATHERI, 1879

MRS. BELL, 1879

LADY ST. CLAIR 'Pink Shell', 1879

KINGYO-TSUBAKI, 1879

SULPHUROUS, 1880

RAINHA SANTA ISABEL, 1880

MUTABILIS, 1880

MME. LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, 1880

INFANTE D. AUGUSTO, 1880

DAMA DO PACO, 1880

CORONATION (AUSTRALIA), 1880

CHATS, 1880

BROTERO, 1880

ALEXANDRE HERCULANO, 1880

ADAMASTOR, 1880

ZORAIDE-WANZI, 1881

VICOMTE DE NIEUPORT, 1881

UNIFA DE TEBRO, 1881

MARIANNA GAETE, 1881

IL TRAMONTO, 1881

GENERAL CIALDINI, 1881

ELENA NOBILE, 1881

ELEANOR FRANCHETTI, 1881

DUCHESSE DE MONTPENSIER, 1881

DOM CAMILLE BORGLIESE, 1881

CONTESSA PAOLINA GUICCIARDINI, 1881

ALBINO BOTTI, 1881

NOLI ME TANGERE, 1882

LATIFOLIA, 1884

CHEERFUL, 1884

ADRIEN LEBRUN, 1885

MAGNOLIAEFLORA, 1886

PURITY, 1887

LADY VERE DE VERE, 1887

LADY VANSITTART PINK, 1887

LADY VANSITTART, 1887

LADY CLARE, 1887

COVINA, 1888

CALIFORNIA, 1888

AMABILIS FULGENS, 1888

THE MIKADO, 1889

TAKAYAMA, 1889

NAGASAKI, 1889

LA REINE II, 1889

ALEXANDER BLACK, 1889

ADELINA PATTI, 1889

THOMPSON II, 1890 's

TE DEUM, 1890

SUPERBA NOBILISSIMA, 1890

ROSEA SUPERBA, 1890

PRIMA DONNA, 1890

MARGARET WALKER, 1890

GRANDIFLORA ROSEA, 1890

DR. BALTAZAR DE MELO, 1890

BARBARA MORGAN, 1890

MIYAKO-DORI, 1891

KAGIRI, 1891

KAGIRA, 1891

IWANE, 1891

DAIKAGURA, 1891

BARONNE DE BLEICHROEDER (UNITED STATES), 1891

ARANIN, 1891

ARAJISHI, 1891

LALLAROOK, 1893

AMABILIS, 1893

ARDOCH, 1894

ANN SHAW, 1894

YUKI-BOTAN, 1895

SOMEGAWA, 1895

SHIRO-DAIKAGURA, 1895

RUBESCENS MAJOR, 1895

PINK PEARL, 1895

MONJISU, 1895

KO-OTOME, 1895

KIKU-TOJI, 1895

HIGURUMA, 1895

GLOIRE DE NANTES, 1895

BENI-KARAKO, 1895

KURO-TSUBAKI, 1896

KUMASAKA, 1896

ELIZABETH WALLER, 1896

DONA JANE ANDRESEN, 1896

D. JANE ANDRESEN, 1896

PRIDE OF GREENVILLE, 1897

LADY LOCH, 1898

DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND, pre 1900

 

Note this list excludes some cultivars of unknown but probably 19 century date.

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