Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Plants cultivated at the
WAIMEA ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN
Haleiwa, Hawaii
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
USDA. ARS Herbarium
College Station, Tmas
Donated to NY in 1993
HERBARIUM
OF
P. A. FRYXELL
82p230*
HIBISCUS cv. TAWADA'S SINGLE RED
EfflANGEDED SPECIES
HORT.
ORIGIN
DR. JOTANI BELIEVES THIS TO BE A VERY ^»TEflEL HYBRID & PERHAPS RATHER
PRIMITIVE.	HIT Nil 1
BLUE LABEL; (DR. JOTANI BELIEVES THAT) .V"Ils IS THE EARLIEST SINGLE RED
. JgpiWgl* I IJ'UIJllMU KNOWN TO EXIST. IT IS THE SAME AS A PLANT ILLUSTRATED
CURTIS BOT.^G-^T 1792. TODAY, ONLY CINE OLD PLANT EXISTS, IN A GRAVE-
YARD ON YAKUSHIMA ISLAND, JAPAN. THE FLOWER IS ALMOST THE SAME AS THE SINGLE
RED FIRST ILLUSTRATED AS "AIN PARITI" BY VAN RHEEDE IN 'HORTUS MALABARICUS1,
1678. LINNAEUS, WHO FIRST USED THE NAME HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS OFFICIALLY,
REFERRED ONLY TO THE DOUBLE-FLOWERED FORMS. LATER BOTANISTS INCLUDED THE
SINGLE FORMS UNDER THE SAME NAME.
THIS IS THE SAME AS THE PLT. FEATURED IN CURTIS BOT. MAGAZINE:1792.
RECD. FROM DR. Y. JOTANI, JAPAN.
EX: CEMETERY:ISHIGAKI-JIMA, JAPAN.(RYUKYU ISLANDS)
ONE PLANT ONLY EXISTS THERE.
5/17/82
1/26/84:1 PLT. TO SPECIAL MIX(GALLON);1/26/84:10 CUTTINGS TO SAND BED
6/12/84:1 TO SPECIAL MIX?
RF?
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