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Nineteenth Century Camellias in Italy
Identification Handbook for an Itinerary in the District of Lucca.
Cattolica, G., Lippi, A. and Tomei, P.E.
Lucca 1992
Pacini Editore, Via A. Gherardesca, 56014 Ospedaletto (Pisa), Italy (please contact).
No ISBN-Number. About US$120. 121 pages. Italian and English.
This is a remarkable attempt to identify old Camellia trees in the spectacular gardens in the district of Lucca (Tuscany). 89 specimen were scientifically described, with given location and a small icon (mostly historical). The book is very well done, with excellent printing, paper and binding. However, the aim of the book is scientific, not for the aesthetic book-hunter. My first impression about the rather expensive book was disappointment. The reason was that there are 6 icons displayed per page in the illustration part, just large enough to display the specimen, the full beauty of the icons do not come out ( I guess that the book would be too expensive with one icon per page). Sample page. of the picture part.
Nevertheless, this book sets a landmark in the thoroughly identification and description of ancient living camellia trees. Any further attempts (hopefully there will be much more) will be measured on the very high quality and scientific standards set by this publication. This book is a must for everybody who is interested in historical camellia trees. My disappointment disappeared by reading and using the book.
Index of identified and spotted camellias:
Simple flower: Aitoni # Alba Simplex # Rosa Simplex # Rubra Simplex # Soulangiana
Semidouble flower: Anemoniflora Alba # Anemoniflora # Chandleri # Drouard Gouillon # Formosa de Joung # Gran Duchessa di Etruria # Grandiflora Superba # Granta # Hagoromo # Ignea # Ignescens # Kuro Tsubaki # Latifolia Rubra # Lefevriana # Marmorata # Mill Endi # Moshio # Nobilissima # Palmer's Superba # Parksii Vera # Pomponia Semiplena # Preston Eclipse # Punicaeflora # Ridolfi # Rubina # Splendidissima Alba # Swethii Vera # Tricolor Florentina # Vespucius # Victoria Antwerpensis # Violacea Superba # Welbankii
Double flower: # Adrien Le Brun # Flore Pleno Albo # Aspasia # Auguste Delfosse # Bella Romana # Bellina Major # Bonardi # Candidissima # Carlotta Papudoff # Centifolia Alba # Contessa Lavinia Maggi # Contessa Nencini # Fimbriata # Francesca da Rimini # Francesco Ferruccio # Giardino Santarelli # Gioconda # Giuseppina Mercatelli # Goffredo Odero # Gran Sultano # Ida Borrini # Imbricata Alba # Incarnata # Jubilee # Le Grand Frederic # Lucina Plena # Lynkii # Madame Pepin # Madoni # Marchesa Teresa d'Ambra # Marie Antoinette # Mathotiana Rosea # Mathotiana Rubra # Mutabilis Traversi # Optima Rosea # Oranda Kö # Oscar Borrini # Pallade # Paolina Maggi # Parvula # Plutone # Principessa Baciocchi # Principessa Clotilde # Prof. Filippo Parlatore # Sacco Vera # Santa Maria del Fiore # Stella di Compito # Stella Polare # Stellaris # Terzjana # Virginia Franco Rosea
By Klaus Peper.
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