According to the article "Seeking the Sincere Friendship between Japan and China Camellia" by Japanese scholar Hasegawa (originally published in Toona Magazine of Japan Camellia Association No.24, 1985). This article was later translated by Ms. Xu Biyu and published in China Camellia Newsletter (No.4, 1990). /kloc-in 0/700, British surgeon Kane Engel sent samples of camellia from Zhoushan Islands in China back to Britain. "This is the first step to introduce camellia into Europe." 1763, Swedish captain Ekbelli delivered tea trees from Guangzhou to Linnaeus, the ancestor of modern plant taxonomy. 1793, an Englishman, Hack Si Tong, recorded and brought tea plums (possibly camellia oleifera) from China back to China. /kloc-in 0/850, Fu Aoqiu, a British collector sent to China, sent yellow-flowered tea plums from China to Britain. 1868, French missionaries collected 17 new species of camellia in Guizhou and brought them back to the Paris Museum of Natural Science. 1792, a captain of the British East India Company brought China's "Chiba White" camellia varieties (now called "Xueta") and the corresponding colorful camellia varieties back to Europe and then introduced them to France. 1820, Reeves, the director of the British East India Company, collected a semi-double camellia variety and asked Captain Reeves to bring it to Britain for planting. 1826, it opened a flower in a garden in Kent and named it "Captain Reeves". British botanist Lintley identified it as a new plant and published it in the Journal of Botany of 1827. This is the first camellia variety introduced to Europe. Around 1797, a red single-petaled camellia variety first entered New Jersey from England, and a new era of camellia cultivation in the United States began. Camellia started later in the United States than in Britain, but it came from behind and developed rapidly, especially in the collection, preservation and breeding of camellia varieties. 1826, four kinds of camellia were brought to Australia from England. Five years later, another batch of camellia plants was brought to Camden Park. Camellia in New Zealand was first brought in by French immigrants in 1840. Since then, British immigrants and missionaries have also brought camellia varieties from Britain and Australia. 17 century, China camellia was introduced to western countries, and more than 15000 camellia varieties were cultivated in less than 200 years.
Some people suspect that China Camellia was first introduced to Britain in 1739. A few years ago, it was reported that camellias from China were found in the murals of Italian churches14th century or15th century. To this end, several Italian professors are studying it specially. Mr. Shen Yinchun, a famous Chinese-American camellia expert, went to Europe and America to investigate and study the camellia varieties scattered abroad in China since the Ming Dynasty. According to his preliminary understanding, hundreds of varieties have flowed to Europe. The Ming Dynasty began in 1368, which happened to be14th century. If it is confirmed from Italian camellias murals that China camellias were first introduced into Europe in14th century or15th century, it is 300 ~ 400 years earlier than the current identification time, which is a very valuable scientific research topic.