CONTENTS 1972

Dedication to Payne H. Midyette --- MRS. T. JEFF SMITH ...v

1966 -- The Year of Decision --- PAYNE H. MIDYETTE ...1

First, You Have To Catch A Bear --- CLYDE X. COPELAND ...4

Our Introduction To Camellias --- WALTER HARMSEN ...6

American Camellia Society 1971 Popularity Poll --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...9

Exhibiting Camellia Blooms --- THOMAS C. EVANS ...18

Attracting More Visitors To Camellia Show and Mid-Winter Festival --- GRAYDON AUSMUS ...21

Judging --- MILO ROWELL ...23

My Miserable Knowledge of Camellias --- CLAYTON HOFF ...32

Developing a Basis for Selecting More Winter-Tolerant Camellias --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...38

Off Season Grafts --- W. F. WILSON ...43

A Report on Use of Artifical Light on Camellia Seeds --- DOUGLAS H. BATT ...45

A New Camellia Introduction, C. nokoensis Hayata --- W. L. ACKERMAN ...47

'Kwari-Ba Tsubaki': Japan's Haunted Camellias --- JACK CRAIG ...51

Too Much Gibbing? --- PAYNE H. MIDYETTE ...59

New Camellias From The West Coast --- JOHN MOVICH ...61

Some New Ones Coming Up --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...66

Italian Camellia Pioneer, Dr. Luigi Sacco (1769-1836) --- DOTT. ING. ANTONIO SEVESI ...69

In Appreciation of Robert Owens Rubel, Jr. --- GEORGE E. NEWTON ...74

Basic Camellia Culture ...77

Tips for Beginners --- BOB WATERS ...77

Growing Outdoor Camellias --- M. G. ISLEY ...83

What About Fertilizers? --- ERNEST PIERI ...88

Importance of Soil Acidity ...102

Planting Camellia Seed ...103

Rooting Cuttings ...106

Cleft Grafting ...109

Disbudding ...115

Using Gib Acid ...116

Prune for Vibrant Youth and Exhibition Blooms --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...119

Root Pruning ...122

Bare Rooting Camellias --- SON HACKNEY ...123

Camellias Registered in 1971 ...125

Ninth Report on Varietal Differences in Cold Resistance of Camellia Buds --- WENDELL LEVI ...138

1970-1971 Arrangement Contest --- MRS. HERMAN HAFELE ...159

Rules and Regulations Governing Procedures of Judging of American Camellia Society Cooperative Shows ...182

Repetitive Flowering from a Single Floral Axis in Camellia --- W. L. ACKERMAN ...206

Winter Hardiness of Camellia lutchuensis Interspecific Hybrids --- W. L. ACKERMAN ...211

Color Illustrations

Plate II. Parks' hybrids ...39

'VERNA HALBERT' ...56

'AZTEC' -- C. reticulata 'CRIMSON ROBE' x C. japonica 'LOSTUS' (Asper) ...88

'RAY LANGE' ...120

'C. M. WILSON SPLENDOR' ...152

'ANNE JACKSON' ...184

'CAROLINA SUNRISE' ...200