An Official Publication of the International Camellia Society

CONTENTS 1998 (No. 30)

Directors and Officers ...4
Message from the President --- Pat Macdonald  ...7
ICS News  ...12

People and Events

1999 International Camellia Congress in Miyaki, Japan ...13

Camellias of Miyazaki --- Akira Hidaka, Kazuyo Hamago and Elizabeth Sheldon ...14

The Old and Famous Camellias of Japan --- Shuho Kirino ...17

Le Bosquet de Chanel: Camellias at the Chelsea Flower Show ---  Tom Stuart-Smith ...22

Searching for Camellias in Greece --- Waldemar Max Hansen ...26

Death of an Old Camellia in Portugal ...l35

Repairing the Camellia House at Wardour --- Barry Williamson ...37

A Camellia Show in Tokyo --- Maryella Pigott ...39


Obituaries

Shinji Shinoda ...41
Yoshiaki Andoh ...42
Ashes of Paul Jones Interred at Eryldene ...43
A Plaque to Robert Fortune ...44



Books

"Nippon Tsubaki – Sazanka Meikan" (The Nomenclature of Japanese Camellias and Sasanquas) by the Japan Camellia Society  ...45

"The World’s Best Camellia Cultivars" by Gao Jiyin, Mrs Chen Shaoyun and other Chinese camellia experts ...46

"Camellias" by Jennifer Trehane ...47

"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Camellias" by Stirling Macoboy ...48



Culture and Research

Ring-Width Studies on a Camellia from Claremont Landscape Garden --- Martin Bridge ...50

The Riddles of Claremont --- Herb Short ...54

International Camellia Research Conference in China ...58

The Wild Camellias of Laoshan --- Wang Shaoping, Wang Renqin and Li Li ...60

Camellia Species as Ornamental Plants --- Neville Haydon ...63

A Tribute to Dr. Sun Yatsen --- Gao Jiyin and Herb Short ...66

A Camellia Treasure from a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store --- Herb Short ...68

Flower Blight Reaches Europe ...70



New Species

Camellia cucphuongensis ...71

Camellia rosmannii --- Tran Ninh ...74

New Species of Genus Camellia from Vietnam --- Tran Ninh and Naotoshi Hakoda ...76

New Species of Camellia --- Chang Hung Ta ...80

Camellia petelotti --- Tran Ninh and Naotoshi Hakoda ...82

Additions and Corrections to International Camellia Nomenclature for the Year 1997 --- Thomas J. Savige ...84



In the Regions

2001 International Camellia Congress in Southern California ...106

Treasurer’s Report ...107
Membership ...109