CONTENTS 1975

Dedication to Clyde X. Copeland --- WALTER F. WILSON, JR. ...v

American Camellia Society: Officers, State Directors, Directors-at-Large, Board of Trus- tees, Past Presidents, Fellows, Recognition Bronze Plaques ...vii

Color Illustrations ...xii

In Appreciation --- MILTON H. BROWN ...1

Amendments to the Charter and the By-Laws ...3

ACS Awards: Illges Seedling Japonica Awards, Peer Sasanqua Awards, Sewell Mutant Awards, Harris Hybrid Awards ...6

Lichen Grown on Camellias --- GERALD SMITH ...7

Beware of Deep Planting --- GERALD SMITH ...8

Camellia Mining Scale --- G. W. DEKLE AND L. C. KUITERT ...9

Effects of Benomyl on Camellia Dieback --- D. L. GILL ...15

Camellias and Sulphur-Coated Urea --- W. L. ACKERMAN AND H. T. JAYNE ...20

Bud Drop and Bullnosing in Camellias --- C. BLUMENTHAL ...23

A Camellia Oddity --- ARMOND AND HELEN CAPUTI ...26

Camellia Diseases in Florida --- H. N. MILLER AND R. S. MULLIN ...28

Camellia Culture Under Glass --- CHIUN T. LING, M.D., SC.D. ...49

Guide-Posts for Camellia Show Judges --- HAROLD E. DRYDEN ...62

The Greenhouse Fever --- ANONYMOUS ...76

"Open Sesame" --- GERTRUDE THURMAN STUMP ...88

Camellia Flower Blight -- 1975 --- LUTHER W. BAXTER, JR. AND SUSAN G. FAGAN ...91

Camellia Species for the Garden --- LESLIE RIGGAL ...95

Camellias as Houseplants --- PAT WALTON ...100

Camellias in Condominiums --- IVAN J. MITCHELL ...103

Camellias a la Carte --- LLOYD J. HUERKAMP ...107

My Camellias with Unusual Leaves --- THOMAS PERKINS III ...108

Interspecific Hybridization of Camellias With Particular Reference to Fragrance --- KEN HALLSTONE ...114

Gibberellic Acid -- Flower Bud Vs. Vegetative Bud --- W. F. WILSON, JR. ...117

Growing Reticulatas in Virginia Beach --- MRS. M. K. (ZELMA) CROCKETT ...119

Camellia Reticulata in Galicia --- ROBERT GIMSON ...122

The California Camellia Season -- 1975 --- WILLARD F. GOERTZ ...130

Bloom Blight at Show Time --- ROBERT MATTHEWS ...133

Guidelines in Choosing Camellias --- JOHN N. SEWELL ...135

Bareroot -- First Order of Business --- JAMES H. McCOY ...139

The Judges Have Spoken --- MILTON H. BROWN ...141

Additional New Information on Yunnan Reticulatas from China --- KINHACHI IKEDA ...149

Camellia Bonsai --- JACK T. SWAN, M.D. ...157

The Channel Islands and the International Camellia Society --- MILTON H. BROWN ...159

Carving a Camellia in Relief in Lead Crystal --- PAMELA SCHOLZ ...172

Key Clubbers are Real Show Helpers ...176

American Cooks Overwhelm Australian Camellians --- ERIC CRAIG ...177

International Camellia Society Wins Coveted Gold Medal of Royal Horticultural Society --- DR. J. A. (JIMMY) SMART ...189

Portrait in Camellias --- YOLANDE GWIN ...193

Judge Emeritus Designation Adopted ...197

Oriental Hoax Blossoms Into Southern Belle --- SANDRA RIVARD ...198

Camellias of China --- KAI MEI PARKS AND CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...200

Container Culture ...208

Changes to "Rules and Regulations Governing Procedures of Judging of American Camellia Cooperative Shows ...209

Some Views on the Distribution of a Camellia in Toyama Prefecture and Gifu --- KENZO IRIYAMA AND SEIJI TAKEBE ...211

Neglected Beauties --- JAMES H. McCOY ...213

Camellias: The ABC's of Camellia Growing --- REX MURFITT ...216

Do You Fertilize the Camellia Plant, the Soil or Your Ego? --- J. CARROLL REINTERS ...220

The 1974-1975 Artistic Arrangement Contest --- MRS. ETHEL B. SMITH AND MRS. HAL E. (MYNELLE) HAYWOOD ...223

Camellias Registered in Last Year ...235

Membership Roster for 1975 ...243

Amendments to the Rules and Regulations Covering Special Awards, Medals, Trophies and Honors ...244

Camellias in Pontevedra, Spain ...116

'PINK FROST', a sport of 'PINK PAGODA', originated by S. E. Foster, El Cajon, California ...117

Landscape Display at Huntington Library and Botanical Garden, San Marino, California ...148

Four C. Reticulatas, 'CAPTAIN RAWES', 'PAICHAHUA', 'LIUYEHTINHUNG', and 'TSAOMOUTAN' ...149

'FIMBRIATA', reputedly the first color plate of a camellia in the United States ...180

Camellia Portrait of Georgia's Governor George Busbee at his Inauguration ...181

The "elusive yellow" camellia ...212

'ARCH OF TRIUMPH', Seedling of C. Reticulata 'WILD FORM' originated by David L. Feathers, 1974 winner of ACS Harris Hybrid Award ...213