The Garden, 1887, 3:318: Large, semi-double, white, striped rose pink,
with holly-like foliage. Puddle and Hanger, 1960, RHS., The Rhododendron
& Camellia Yearbook, No.14, pp.153, 154: Semi-double, 6-9 cm across,
predominantly white with Carmine Rose 621 streaks and blotched; petals,
18-19 in 3 rows, 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm, obovate to orbicular, apex undulate;
stamens in central mass, filaments sometimes petaloid. Leaves dark green
glossy, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, margins finely and sharply
serrate, apex Long-acuminate, 10 cm long x 4-5 cm wide. Plant habit
compact, slender. Imported from Japan and obtained by L. van Houtte,
Belgium, from whom it was secured by the Caledonia Nurseries, Guernsey.
It is a most variable variety producing the sports: Yours Truly, Lady
Vansittart Blush, Lady Vansittart Pink, Lady Vansittart White, ‘Frances
McLanahan’. Orthographic errors: ‘Lady Van Settie’, ‘Lady Van Sitart’,
‘Lady Van Sittard’, ‘Lady Van Sittart’, ‘Lady Van Sitti’, ‘Lady
Vansette’, ‘Lady Vansetti’, ‘Lady Vansettie’, ‘Lady Vansittaart’, ‘Lady
Vansitart’, ‘Lady Vansittard’, ‘Countess Devansittart’, ‘Vansittart’,
‘Mdm Vansittart’, ‘Lady v.Sittart’. Synonym: ‘Lady Vansittart
Variegated’, ‘Lady Vansittart Lanarth’, ‘Lady Vansittart Striped’. See
colour pl.XXXIV, Urquhart, 1960, The Camellia, vol.II. Believed to be
synonymous with the Japanese Edo-nishiki. Chinese synonym ‘Fanxitate
Furen’.
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