4, CAMELLIA SASANQUA: 
(This small-leaved Fall blooming member of the camellia family is a native 
of Japan where it is found growing wild in the mountain forests. The species 
is very popular in Japan, and has been cultivated by the Japanese for a very 
long time, and with them it is even more popular as a garden plant than 
Camellia Japonica. 
The Japanese have developed a large number of attractive varieties, the 
best of which have been brought from Japan for my collection. 
Sasanqua is the earliest bloomer of the camellia family, the flowering 
period being from Early October to Mid-December. 
Camellia Sasanqua has not been grown sufficiently in the United States 
to acquaint garden lovers with its beauty and value as a decorative plant. Its 
small, dark-green foliage, and the profuseness of Fall bloom embracing many 
colors and forms should make it exceedingly popular, when it is better known. 
Sasanqua is especially valuable and beautiful when grown as a high 
natural hedge. Such a hedge, when once seen in bloom will never be forgotten. 
As Sasanqua blooms in the South before the cold days of Winter, its bloom 
is never damaged by frost. This feature alone should make it popular in the 
northern part of the camellia belt.) 
Varieties now growing in Jungle Gardens are: 
APPLE BLOSSOM (Kiyono)—Single, White tipped Light Pink. 
ASAHI-GAI (Japan)—Rose Red. Usually single, but occasionally a peony-type bloom 
appears on same tree. 
AKI-GASHIKI (Japan)—Single, Rose Red, tipped, shading to White at center. 
BLUSH PINK (Japan)—Broad petals, suffused Pink. 
CHIRI-TSUBAKI (Japan) Syn.: Shishigashira—Small, semi-double, Daphne Pink. 
CLEOPATRA (Overlook)—Star-shaped blossom. Light Red Rose washed White. 
DAWN (Overlook)—Ragged semi-double. Daphne Pink. 
DOUBLE WHITE (Japan) Syn.: Snow, Fuji-no-mine—Pure White. 
FUJI-NO-MINE (Japan) Syn.: Snow, Double White—Semi-double, full, Pure White. 
GENJI-GURUMA (Japan)—Single. Rose Pink mottled White, tipped Rose Red. 
GOMI-NO-KOROMO (Japan)—Single. White fading into Pink on edges of petals. 
GOSHO-GURUMA (Japan)—Small, five frilled and cupped petals, tinged Rose. 
HASHIDATE (Japan)—Single, White to Pink on edges. 
HANA-FUKI (Japan)—Has not yet bloomed. 
HATSU-YUKI (Japan)—Small single. White tipped Deep Rose Pink. 
HAWANEI (Japan)—Has not yet bloomed. 
HINODE-GUMO (Japan) Syn.: Yae-gasumi—Semi-double. White shaded Rose Pink. 
Large. 
HIODOSHI (Japan)—Rosolane Purple, splashed and marbled White. Large, attractive. 
HIRYO (Japan)—Has not yet bloomed. 
HIRYO-NISHIKI (Japan)—Small, single. Crimson spotted White. 
HITO-MARO (Japan)—Large, single. White tipped Amaranth Pink. 
HOMARE-NO-NISHIKI (Japan)—Large, Light Red shading to Rose at center and 
base. 
HOTEI-ASOBI (Japan)—Cup-shaped, White tipped and marbled Amaranth Purple. 
HOWMEI (Japan)—Single. Light Rose Red, edged Purple. Light Pink center. 
KAIDO-MARU (Japan)—Single, White washed Pink. 
KAMAKURA (Japan)—Single Red with White splashy variegation. 
KIN-NO-SAI (Japan)—Base and center Light Rose Red. Striped Deep Red. 
KOKINRAN (Japan)—Large, single. Ivory White base lined Tyrian Pink. 
KOW-GYOKU (Japan) Syn.: Little Gem—Imb., full double Delicate Pink. 
KYO-NISHIKI (Japan)—Has not yet bloomed. 
KUREHA (Japan)—Semi-double. Pale Amaranth Pink to White at center. Attractive. 
LITTLE GEM (Japan) Syn.: Kow-gyoku—Imb., full double. Delicate Pink. Very 
attractive. 
MEIGETSU (Japan)—Small, single White. 
MINE-NO-YUKI (Japan)—Single, White washed Pale Amaranth Pink. 
