CONTENTS 1974 Vol.II

Dedication to Joseph Hicks Pyron --- MRS. A. B. ( ELIZABETH ) COOPER ...vii

Dedication to N. Terrell Weaver --- MRS. T. J. (MARGUERITE) SMITH ...ix

American Camellia Society: Officers, State Directors, Directors-at-Large, Fellows, Bronze Plaque Awards, Past Presidents ...xiii

Color Illustrations ...xix

A.C.S. Awards:
Illges Seedling Japonica Awards ...1
Peer Sasanqua Awards ...1
Sewell Mutant Awards ...1
Harris Hybrid Awards ...1

The American Camellia Society's Library --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...2

Meetings of American Camellia Society -- Annual and Fall --- JOHN N. SEWELL ...8

The American Camellia Society Endowment Fund -- A Perspective --- CHARLES R. BUTLER ...13

Camellia Family Trees --- ALBERT FENDIG ...15

Reticulata Hybrids Evaluated --- WILLARD F. GOERTZ ...24

Woodroof Reports on New Varieties --- WILLIAM WOODROOF ...33

The Camellia of the Year --- E. KETTLE ...29

A Discussion of the Camellia Reticulata --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...31

Sasanquas on the West Coast --- HAROLD E. DRYDEN ...36

Camellia Sasanqua --- ABRAM H. CANNON ...40

New Camellias from the Southeast on the Show Circuit --- CLYDE X. COPELAND ...50

New Camellia Introductions from the West Coast --- MELVIN L. GUM AND WILLIAM E. WOODROOF ...51

Camellias in the Northeast --- WALTER H. BURDEN, JR. ...53

Camellia Insect Control --- GENE R. STROTHER ...57

Studies on Twig Blight, Canker, and Dieback of Camellias --- LUTHER W. BAXTER, JR. ...63

A Current Look at the "Gib" Picture --- WILLARD F. GOERTZ ...76

A Camellia Season with Gibberellic Acid --- ARTHUR A. MARYOTT ...80

"Grafting the Big Ones" --- W. C. FRESHWATER ...84

A Successful Grafter --- O. D. HYATT AND TOM EAGLESON ...88

Growing Camellias from Seed Requires Care and Patience --- DICK RICHARDSON ...91

Observations on New Camellia Hybrids --- F. E. JOHNSTONE, JR. AND C. R. PARKS ...95

Camellia Japonica 'DEWA -- TAIRIN' --- T. SAVIGE ...102

New Information on Yunnan Reticulatas from China --- KINHACHI IKEDA ...106

Green Thumb Tips for the Urban Gardener -- Mulching Ornamentals ...118

How I Grow Camellias Under Glass --- RICHARD E. WARD ...123

Bushland to National Camellia Garden -- a Great Australian Achievement --- ERIC CRAIG ...134

Report on C. reticulata "E.G. Waterhouse National Camellia Garden" --- ERIC UTICK ...142

Thoughts on Camellia Sasanqua in New Zealand --- HARRY CAVE ...144

Tsubaki Trilogy -- A History of the Camellia in Japan --- SATORU OGISU ...148

Galicia Revisited --- HUBERT B. OWENS ...158

Establishing Camellias and Maintaining Camellias in Western North Carolina --- ROBERT E. SHULL ...167

Color Rythm in the Lathhouse --- GERTRUDE THURMAN STUMP ...174

Camellias Flourish in North Carolina's Unique Elizabethan Garden --- MRS. WILLIAM KEMP ...176

Camellia-Bordered Rose Window -- McRae United Methodist Church ...183

Camellia Research Is Fun --- KEN C. HALLSTONE ...184

The Search for Floral Fragrance in Camellias --- W. L. ACKERMAN ...186

Camellia Hybridization Guidelines --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...191

Interspecific Hybridization of Camellias with Particular Reference to Fragrance --- KEN HALLSTONE ...198

Some Personal Observations on Hybridizing --- FRANK V. PURSEL ...202

A Possible New Dimension in Camellia Hybrids --- L. E. JURY ...204

Some Good and Bad Garden Camellias --- LESLIE RIGGALL ...209

Reflection on this Year's Show Winning Blooms --- E. KETTLE ...212

The Judges Have Spoken ...214

Arrangement Contest, 1973-74 --- MRS. MYNELLE (HAL E.) HAYWOOD AND MRS. ETHEL ( WILLIAM H. ) SMITH ...218

Camellias Registered in the Past Year ...229

List of Members ...241

List of Member Societies and Clubs ...281

List of International Members ...283

Color Illustrations

'TERREL WEAVER' A hybrid (C. reticulata 'CRIMSON ROBE' x C. japonica 'VILLE DE NANTES') originated by Dr. Walter F. Homeyer, Jr., Macon, Georgia and being propagated by Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California ...141

Summer at the Elizabethan Gardens, Roanoke Island, North Carolina ...172

Memorial Rose Window -- McRae Methodist Church, McRae, Georgia ...173

'YULETIDE' C. Sasanqua, originated by Nuccio's Nurseries, Alta- dena, California. It was awarded coveted ACS Ralph S. Peer Seedling Award, Nov. 7, 1974 ...12

'NAVAJO' C. Sasanqua. Photo courtesy of New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, made by Yvonne Cave, A.R.P.S. ...13

Versatile Sasanquas and Hiemalis. Pictures courtesy of Sweeney, Krist & Dimm, Portland, Oregon ...44

A New Dimension in Hybrids, Pictures courtesy of L. E. Jury, New Zealand ...45