Book  (1872)  Page(s) 79-80.  
 
Descriptive Notes of Species & Varieties.
C. Adelina Patti (Cripps). — One of the varieties of the lanuginosa group.  It follows that type as regards habit and foliage, while the moderate-sized flowers are of a pure white, with very dark-coloured anthers, which show up in fine contrast with the sepals.  It is one of the extensive series of pale-coloured forms related to C. lanuginosa, which have been raised at the Tunbridge Wells Nursery.