白い椿"White camellia"

日本や中国を原産とし、万葉の時代から日本人に愛されてきたツバキ。

ヨーロッパに渡ったのは18世紀。

東洋的で端正な美しさに「日本のバラ」という賛辞が捧げられます。

The camellia which makes Japan and China origin and has been loved by the previous dry Japanese in more than 1000.

It's the 18th century that I migrated to Europe.

A praise as "Japanese rose" is Oriental and is offered to handsome beauty.

19世紀には小デュマの原作小説に基づき書かれたオペラ「椿姫」にも主人公の女性を象徴する花として登場します。

Appear on the opera written based on an original work novel of Dumas "La Traviata" as the flower which symbolizes the female of the main character in the 19th century.

学　名/scientific name :　Camellia Japonica

花言葉/ language of  Flowers: "adoration","loveliness"

　　　　　　「完全なる美しさ」「申し分ない魅力」「至上の愛らしさ」 

色は他にピンクと赤があり、花言葉はそれぞれの色によって異なる様です

There are other pink and red, and the color seems different in language of flower  depending on the respective colors.