CONTENTS 1974

Dedication to Judge Sherrill Halbert ...v

ACS Awards ...1

Camellias -- Future Outlook --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...2

Illges Award Winners -- The Blue Chips of the Camellia Market --- JON LAIRD CARVAIN ...5

Why Go to Camellia Shows and Attend American Camellia Meetings --- MARK S. CANNON ...10

The Camellia, One of the Orient's Gifts to the West --- LACY BULLARD ...12

In Appreciation to Mrs. William Parks Stevens and Her Magnificent Gift to ACS --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...18

In Appreciation of Carroll T. Moon ...20

In Memory of Emory J. Prevatt --- MRS. PAUL W. SANDERS, JR. ...22

Life Was a Joyous Adventure to Dr. Bob ...23

A Legacy of Camellias --- MRS. HAROLD R. COCKRELL ...25

Starting with Camellias ...26

Growing Camellias in the Sunshine --- JAY W. ELLIS ...30

Some Thoughts on Camellias --- FEROL ILENE ZERKOWSKY ...33

Selecting and Buying Camellias --- ARTHUR SQUYRES ...36

Platonic Friends in a Camellia Garden --- BUXTON WHITE ...39

Camellia Etiquette --- MANSFIELD LATIMER ...42

Camellia Alphabet ...47

How the Camellia Came to Augusta, Georgia --- NAOMI HOLT BARNARD ...50

Chinka-Shu: The Ito List of Camellia Cultivars 1879 --- YOSHIAKI ANDOH ...55

What of the Sasanquas --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...64

Judging -- Objective or Subjective? --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...66

What Constitutes a Good Camellia Judge? --- CLIF W. LATTIN ...68

The Reticulata Story --- HAROLD E. DRYDEN ...82

Chinese Accounts of the Yunnan Reticulatas --- E. G. WATERHOUSE ...86

A Cytological Study of Black Camellias and its Taxonomic Implications --- W. L. Ackerman ...96

Interspecific Hybridization of Camellias, with Particular Reference to Fragrance --- DR. ROBERT K. CUTTER ...103

Inheritance of Flower Size and Petal Substance in Camellia Japonica --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...107

Studies on the Use of Benomyl (Benlate) for Controlling Certain Camellia Diseases, A Progress Report --- L. W. BAXTER, JR. ...119

Treatment of Camellia Dieback with the Systemic Fungicide Griseofulvin --- DR. WALTER F. HOMEYER, JR. ...123

New West Coast Introductions for Fall of 1973 --- BILL WOODROOF ...126

What About New Varieties? --- MARK S. CANNON ...127

Old and New -- Good Maybe? --- W. F. WILSON, JR. ..129

New Camellias of Promise in the Southeast --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...131

The Look-Alike -- Please Fold, Spindle and Mutilate --- J. CARROLL REINERS ...133

Making the Camellia Show Scene ...136

1972-1973 Artistic Arrangement Contest --- MRS. MILTON R. BELL ...137

Supplemental List Camellias Registered in 1973 ...167

Color Illustrations

'ANN DAY' -- hybrid ('CRIMSON ROBE' x 'TIFFANY'), Willie Sellers, Mobile, Alabama ...21

'WYLMER POOL' -- Tammia Nursery, Slidell, Louisiana ...52

'BOB HOPE' -- Nuccio, Altadena, California ...53

'DELORES HOPE' -- reticulata hybrid, Monique Peer, Hollywood, California ...84

'GRANADA' -- Monique Peer, Hollywood, California ...85

'TAMMIA' -- Tammia Nursery, Slidell, Louisiana ...100

'IN THE PINK' -- Kramer Brothers, Upland, California ...101