CONTENTS 1950

THE NEW CAMELLIA RETICULATA HYBRIDS --- Dr. W. E.Lammerts ...1

NOTESON VARIETIES OF CAMELLIA SASANQUA --- Kan Yashiroda ...12

CAMELLIAS IMPORTED BY E. A. McILHENNY --- Ira S. Nelson ...30

STAR NURSERY CAMELLIAS --- Frank D. Williams and Roy T. Thompson ...37

EARLY OCCIDENTAL CAMELLIANA: PART I --- James Stokes ...47

SOME NOTES ON THE HONG KONG CAMELLIAS --- Ralph Dean ...71

CAMELLIAS IN ITALY --- E. G. Waterhouse ...75

CAMELLIA CULTURE IN BELGIUM --- Roger de Bisschop ...80

GUICHARD SOEURS NURSERY --- H. Harold Hume ...83

CAMELLIAS ABROAD -- 1950 --- Ralph and Monique Peer ...85

THE CAMELLIA AND MAGNOLIA CONFERENCE OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY --- Ralph S. Peer ...92

SOME INTERESTING CAMELLIAS IN ENGLAND --- C. P. Raffill ...99

ENGLISH CAMELLIA HYBRIDS --- W. Arnold-Forster ...103

CHROMOSOME NUMBERS IN CULTIVATED CAMELLIAS --- Earl B. Patterson, Mary Olga Longley, Donald S. Robertson ...107

A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME AMERICAN CAMELLIA HYBRIDS --- H. C. Swim ...113

THE CLOWER SEEDLINGS --- Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clower ...117

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CAMELLIA SEEDLINGS --- R. L. Wheeler ...121

LOOK-AWAY GARDENS CAMELLIAS --- Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Mealing ...124

THE COVINA-AZUSA-GLENDORA CAMELLIAS --- Roy T. Thompson ...134

THE GRACIOUS LADY AND ROSEBUD FARM --- Herbert V. Mitchell ...142

EIGHT NEW CAMELLIAS FROM THE WEST COAST --- Ray T. Thompson ...144

OLD CAMELLIAS OF THEGULF COAST --- Edwina N. Mogabgab ...145

NOTES ON SOME OLD VARIETIES --- A. A. Hunt ...152

CAMELLIA COTTAGE --- J. J. Whitfield ...154

A PATRIARCH AMONG CAMELLIAS --- J. M. Napier ...158

THE CAMELLIA CITY OF THE SOUTH --- Mrs. Leonard Turner ...162

CAMELLIAS IN VICKSBURG --- Mrs. J. D. Pond ...166

CAMELLIASIN AND AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Jerry Hill ...168

WINTER DAMAGE TO CAMELLIAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ARBORETUM, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON --- Robert J. Hansen ...171

CAMELLIAS AFTER THE WINTER 1949 -- 1950 --- Mrs. G. W. Tritle ...176

AN AMATEUR'S EXPERIENCE WITH CAMELLIA JAPONICA IN THE NORTHERN CAMELLIA BELT --- C. Raymond Mays, M.D. ...178

PROTECTING CAMELLIAS --- Dmitri Vail ...182

GREENHOUSE CAMELLIA CULTURE --- Dr. Royal Gick ...193

GROWING CAMELLIAS ON A PORCH --- Mrs. F. E. Newbold ...201

DELAYED IN TRANSIT --- Dr. Maurice Amsler ...204

BARE-ROOTED CAMELLIAS --- Sterling S. Tompkins ...206

PLANTING CAMELLIAS: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW --- John Niles Sewell ...208

SOILS AND SOIL TREATMENT FOR CAMELLIAS --- Harry L. Daunoy ...210

SOIL ACIDITY AND CAMELLIA GROWTH --- Nathan Gammon, Jr. and R. J. Wilmot ...216

NUTRIENT SOLUTION FERTILIZATION IN RELATION TO FEEDING CAMELLIA PLANTS THROUGH THE LEAVES --- Dr. Walter E. Lammerts ...221

NUGREEN AS A SOURCE OF NITROGEN FOR CAMELLIAS --- Edgar C. Tullis ...224

PLANT PATENTS --- S. Henry Edmunds ...227

LARGE ONES CAN BE GRAFTED --- William L. Gray ...233

GROWING CAMELLIAS FROM SEED --- Fred T. Bergstrom ...236

GRAFT-CUTTING METHOD OF PROPAGATING CAMELLIAS --- Shogo Yamaguchi ...238

STUDIES ON THE PROPAGATION OF CAMELLIA JAPONICA USING LEAF-BUD CUTTINGS AND ROOT-INDUCINC SUBSTANCES --- H. Hamilton Williams ...241

PROPAGATION OF CAMELLIAS BY CUTTINGS --- R. F. Stevens ...246

CAMELLIA FLOWER BLIGHT --- Roy A. Young and J. A. Milbrath ...254

CONTROL OF THE INSECT PESTS OF CAMELLIAS --- L. C. Kuitert ...261

EXCERPTS FROM PANEL DISCUSSION AT ANNUAL MEETING, AMERICAN CAMELLIA SOCIETY, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, JANUARY 21- 22, 1950 --- Prof. H. K. Riley ...269

DR. NURSERYMAN AND "CAMELLIA-ITIS" --- Margaret F. Higdon ...274

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA GARDEN --- Ronald B. Townsend ...280

NORFOLK'S BUREAU OF PARKS LOOKS TO ITS CAMELLIAS --- Frederic Heutte ...284

VERSCHAFFELT'S NOUVELLE ICONOGRAPHIE DES CAMELLIAS --- George Graves ...288

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY OF CAMELLIAS --- Herbert V. Mitchell ...298

THE FINE ART OF ARRANGING FLOWERS --- Mrs. W. T. Wood ...303

THE 1950 ARRANGEMENT CONTEST --- Mrs. W. T. Wood ...306

ILLGES MEDAL AWARD, 1950 --- W. T. Wood ...315

HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE CITY CAMELLIA FESTIVAL --- Mrs. Frank L. Maxey ...319

CAMELLIA SHOW REPORTS ...322

LIST OF MEMBERS ...339

INDEX ...420

COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

II. 'Lion's Head' ...7

III. 'Bessie McArthur' ...26

IV. 'Pearl Maxwell' ...27