CONTENTS 1955

RELATIVES, SPECIES AND VARIETIES

New Camellias During the Next Ten Years --- Ralph S. Peer ...1

Some Hybrid Camellias --- H. G. Hillier ...3

Camellia Reticulata and Its Garden Varieties (Reprint) --- Te-Tsun Yu ...10

Camellia Mutants and Their Nomenclature --- A. W. Jessep ...24

New Camellias on the West Coast --- E. C. Tourje ...29

My Seedling Camellias --- Harvey F. Short ...41

New Camellias from the Northwest --- Mrs. Carrie Kamphaus ...45

Camellia Introductions from the Gulf Coast --- Jessie and Sigmund J. Katz ...47

My Experience With Camellia Seedlings --- R. L. Wheeler ...53

Notes on New Zealand Camellias --- Mimosa and Felix Jury ...60

Camellias in Australia --- Walter G. Hazlewood ...64

Camellias in Portugal --- Joaquim Moreira da Silva ...73

The Mercatelli Camellias --- E. G. Waterhouse ...80

Commercial Propagation of Camellia Sinensis in India --- W. Wight ...88

Cultural Experimentation Committee Report ...100

DISEASES AND PESTS

Ten Years of Camellia Pathology --- D. L. Gill ...106

Some Camellia Diseases --- Erdman West ...115

Nematode Damage to Camellias --- R. L. Self and Eldon J. Cairns ...119

GENERAL CULTURE

Life --- Charles L. Gay ...124

Psychological Effect of Camellias --- Margaret Bradley Dykes ...129

Master or Slave? --- Harriet Hentz Hauser ...131

Confessions of a Camelliaphile --- Frank Stanford Persons II ...135

Some Why's and Wherefore's of Watering --- G. J. Stout ...141

Camellia Character --- Roy T. Thompson ...148

What Every Camellia Grower Should Know --- Claude Chidamian ...152

What I Have Learned About Growing Camellias in the Past Ten Years --- S. L. Marbury ...159

Some Comments on Pruning --- Harold L. Paige ...162

Why Grow Seedlings? --- David L. Feathers ...172

Cross-Pollination of Camellia Flowers --- K. Sawada ...178

Notes on Transplanting Camellias --- J. Howard Asper ...187

Mulches --- Z. C. McRee ...190

It's Easier Done Than Said --- Frank Barranco ...193

One Man's Greenhouse --- David L. Feathers ...203

Rooting Response of Camellia Japonica to Chemical Treatments --- Henry P. Orr and Dvon Brogan ...207

PLANTINGS AND GARDENS

Camellias at the Villa Taranto --- Neil McEacharn ...214

The Camellia in Italy --- Guiliano Puccini ...218

Camellias in New York --- P. W. Zimmerman ...225

Camellias in Virginia --- Frederic Heutte ...232

The Oakdale Camellias --- Henry B. Rehder ...239

Photographing the Camellia Blossom --- Robert P. Woltz, Jr. ...246

Camellias in Florida --- John Niles Sewell ...251

COLD INJURY

Varietal Differences in Cold Resistance of Flower Buds --- Wendell M. Levi ...255

Reports on Cold Injury to Camellias in Alabama ...272

Cold Injury to Camellias in Virginia ...288

SHOWS, AWARDS AND VARIETAL REGISTRATION

The 1955 Arrangement Contest --- Mrs. W. Jack Bryant ...300

Modern Trends in Flower Arranging --- Marie Stevens Wood ...315

The Oregon Camellia Society Promotes Culture of the Camellia --- L. H. Lindsay ...324

Supplemental List of Varieties of Camellias Registered with the A. C. S. ...334

CAMELLIA LITERATURE

Camellia Writings --- H. Harold Hume ...342

L'ENVOI

A Camellia Widow --- Dorothy Barringer ...382

List of Members ...386

COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

I. 'Reg Ragland' ...18

II. 'Crimson Robe' ...50

III. 'Daikagura Var.' ...82

IV. 'Shiro-Chan' ...114

V. 'Audolphe Audusson Var.' ...146

VI. 'Pink Clouds' ...178

VII. 'Showa-no-sakae' ...210

VIII. 'Bill Wylam' ...242

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