CONTENTS 1966

Dedication to Aubrey C. Harris --- ROY STRINGFELLOW ...v

20th Anniversary of ACS --- T. J. SMITH ...xiii

CAMELLIA PERSONALITIES

Charles Puddle VMH --- T. J. GALLAGHER ...1

.. An "Expert's" Expert! --- CHARLES L. KEETON ...3

CULTURE

Problems of Culture and Nomenclature --- GARDENER'S CHRONICLE 1841 ...8

Basic Camellia Culture, North Carolina --- MRS. JACK H. BROWN ...10

Convertible Slathouse --- JOE W. MIOT, SR. ...14

Ah, So! Reticulata? --- HOWARD E. BURNETTE ...16

Seedling Culture and Hybrids in New Zealand --- COLIN R. SPICER ...21

Air Layering Understock --- DAVID L. WILSON, JR. ...25

The Camellia Seedling --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...27

TRAVELS

From Key West to the Golden Gate --- LESLIE RIGGALL ...30

Camellias in Japanese Gardens --- MRS. PAUL KINCAID ...35

A Visit to New Zealand --- W. P. FULTON ...46

Two Melbourne Camellia Gardens --- COL. TOM DURRANT ...54

VARIETIES

New Varieties on the Pacific Coast --- REY M. MERINO ...60

New Varieties in the Southeast --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...64

Some New Ones and Some We Missed --- MARK S. CANNON ...68

Black Camellia of Japan --- KIYOSHI ISHIKAWA ...74

The Little Ones --- DR. LYMAN B. STITT ...76

It Will Never Happen Again! --- MARK S. CANNON ...78

Supplemental List of Varieties 1965 ...82

HYBRIDS

Backyard Hybridizing II --- DR. ROBERT K. CUTTER ...103

Interspecific Camellia Hybrids --- DR. P. L. HILSMAN ...113

MISCELLANEOUS

Succotash from the Garden --- BUXTON WHITE ...142

Observations on Judging Camellias --- MRS. MARTHA CATTS ...145

Problems of the Judge --- DR. JOHN D. LAWSON ...149

Can Chimaeras Occur in Camellias? --- C. BLUMENTHAL ...152

It's a Funny Thing About Camellias --- E. MANNING ROBBINS ...155

Ignorance Was Bliss --- CLAYTON HOFF ...161

Richland, Virginia -- "A Camellia City" --- MRS. KATHERINE PUGH ...163

History of 'GREENSBORO RED' --- BILL RHODES WEAVER ...168

Awards Announced at Annual Meeting in Tallahassee ...172

GIBBERELLIC ACID

Gibbing: Timing and Quality of Bloom Produced --- HASKELL GRAY, JR. ...172

My Experience With Gib --- JAMES W. PINKERTON ...174

Gibbing Camellias in the Fall of 1964 --- KIMBROUGH AND BLACKWELL ...175

Concerning Gib --- GERALD L. HENDERSON ...179

Gibberellic Acid -- Late Treatment --- W. F. (HODY) WILSON, JR. ...184

Gibberellic Acid Bud Treatments --- DR. D. L. GILL ...187

RESEARCH

A New Method Used to Propagate Camellias --- J. C. MOORE ...191

Use of Germinated Camellia Seed Extract --- J. C. MOORE ...195

The Genetics of Camellias --- DR. CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...197

Camellia Breeding Progress Report -- III --- DR. CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...203

 

The 1964-65 Artistic Arrangement Contest --- MRS. JAMES M. TYLER ...228

Charter and By-Laws of the American Camellia Society ...263

List of Members ...275

List of Member Societies and Clubs ...340

List of International Members ...343

Color Illustrations

I. 'ELEGANS SUPREME' ...18

II. 'ERIN FARMER' ...50

III. 'KATE SMITH' ...82

IV. 'SPELLBOUND' ...114

V. 'GLENWOOD' ...146

VI. 'SPRING DEB' ...178

VII. 'SILVER RUFFLES' ...210

VIII. Artistic Arrangement "Three-quarter Time" using Camellia 'EDNA CAMPBELL' ...242

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