CONTENTS 1968

Dedication ...v

An Appreciation to Dave C. Strother for Massee Lane --- MRS. T. J. SMITH ...1

The Long Camellia Trail --- J. R. FISHER ...4

CAMELLIA PERSONALITIES AND PLACES

A Visit to Pennygreen -- Home of the Patins --- DEAN E. E. PULS ...19

Meet A. B. Powell --- CHARLES L. KEETON ...24

A Pioneer's Search for Camellias --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...29

GREENHOUSE CULTURE

Greenhouse Management --- WALTER F. HOMEYER, JR., M.D ...44

Camellias in the Ground vs. Containers --- CABEY E. BLANCHARD III ...55

Some Helpful Hints in the Spring and Summer Care of Your Greenhouse Camellias ...56

Greenhouse Pest Control ...58

GENERAL CULTURE, PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL

Camellia Flower Blight --- A. H. McCAIN and T. G. BYRNE ...62

A Review of Information about Red Spider --- E. W. LYLE ...64

Summer Camellia Maintenance --- JOHN D. MARR ...66

JUDGING

Judging Camellia Seedlings --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...71

Camellia Judging --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...75

SPECIES

New Species and Varieties of Camellia and Theopsis of China --- HU HSON-HSU ...86

Some Comment on Camellia Reticulata --- COLONEL TOM DURRANT ...103

NEW VARIETIES AND REGISTRATIONS

West Coast Introductions --- CARYLL W. PITKIN ...121

New Varieties in the South --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...123

Camellias Registered in 1967 ...128

MISCELLANEOUS

Revival of Camellia Interest in Italy --- DR. ANTONIO SEVESI ...139

Halo Shining --- E. MANNING ROBBINS ...141

Camellia Diary of a Beginner --- S. R. BOYCE ...143

Travel Insurance for Show Blooms --- GEORGE M. WHEELER ...151

Poem -- To A Camellia --- NUNES ...154

American Camellia Society Arrangement Contest ...155

Special Award for 'BETTY SHEFFIELD' ...192

Other Special Awards ...193

RESEARCH

Gibberellic Acid -- Concentration for Camellias --- W. F. WILSON, JR. ...194

Di-Methyl Sulfoxide -- Camellias --- W. F. WILSON, JR. ...200

Termination of the Parks -- Los Angeles Arboretum Project ...202

Progress Toward the Development of a More Cold Resistant Camellia --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...206

Preliminary Observations on Inheritance of Flower Form --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...215

A Possible Origin of Anthocyanin (Red) Pigmentation in the Flowers of Camellia Sasanqua --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS, AUSTIN GRIFFITHS, JR., and KENNETH R. MONTGOMERY ...229

To Be Yellow and Sweet! --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...243

The Inheritance of Flower Color in Camellia Japonica --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...250

A Listing of Interspecific Camellia Hybrids Developed at the Los Angeles and County Arboretum --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...267

List of Members ...283

List of Member Societies and Clubs ...335

List of International Members ...337

Color Illustrations

I. Dave C. Strother ...22

II. 'ELLA WARD PARSONS' ...54

III. 'HIGH NOON VARIEGATED' ...86

IV. 'EL DORADO' ...118

V. 'WILL SUMMERSET' ...150

VI. 'KING SIZE VARIEGATED' ...182

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