CONTENTS

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  President's Message -- Marj Mansfield ...4
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  Editorial -- Ken Tate ...4
• Letter to the Editor:
  - C. japonica 'Brighton Special' -- B. Withers ...4
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  Camellia Flower Blight -- Kylie Waldon ...5
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  Mrs Edna Parkes (Tribute) -- Geoff Sherrington ...5
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  Shoalhaven Camellia Garden 10th Anniversary in 1998 -- Ann Hobbs ...6
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  Narrandera's 1997 Camellia Show and Garden Club of Australia National Convention -- Barry DiSalvia ...6
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  Wagga Wagga Garden Festival -- Barry DiSalvia ...7
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  1998 National Congress -- Barry DiSalvia ...7
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  Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Under Threat -- Alan Macfadyen ...8
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  Garden Reports ...8
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  New Book Series ...9
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  The Introduction of Tea Plants to Australia -- Richard Clough ...10
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  New Registrations -- l997 -- Ray Garnett ...15
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  Camellia 'St Patrick' -- R.M. Withers ...18
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  The 1998 International Camellia Research Conference, Hangzhou, China ...18
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  Striking Media for Cuttings -- Cowell's Nursery ...19
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  Camellia Shows in Tasmania 1997 ...19
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  Kylie's Column -- Kylie Waldon ...20
  - Reticulatas around the traps
  - Book Review: Camellias, A Photo Dictionary
  - Camellia Crossword
  - Camellias on the internet
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  Maise Chettle 1907 -- 1997 (Tribute) -- Don Aspinall ...22