CONTENTS 1976

Dedication to William P. Kemp --- DOUGLAS DEANE HALL ...v

ACS Awards ...1

"Spirit of Camellias 1976" --- GRAEM YATES ...2

In Appreciation of Jay Ellis --- yJoseph H. PYRON ...3

The Effect of Soil Aeration and Drainage on the Root Growth of Ornamentals --- GERALD SMITH ...4

Gibberellins --- DOUGLAS AND MARYLIN BATT ...14

Think Before You Gib or Gibberellic Acid Is Not Altogether a Miracle Drug --- WILLIAM Y. BENNETT ...21

The Technique and Fundamentals of Camellia Hybridizing --- KEN HALSTONE ...23

Camellia Nutrition or What's In A Fertilizer --- WILLIAM Y. BENNETT ...30

The Effect of 6-Furfurylaminopurine (Kinetin) in Conjunction With Naphthaleneacetic Acid on the Healing of Newly Grafted CamelliaS --- A.G. STANLEY ...34

What is a Chimera --- WILLIAM A. ACKERMAN ...38

Pruning --- R.A. SANSING, JR. ...42

Pruning --- RICHARD CLERE ...46

Leaf Miners on Ornamental Plants --- V. RODNEY COLEMAN ...48

Aphids on Ornamental Plants --- RODNEY COLEMAN ...50

Growing Camellias in Containers --- RUSSEL GAINER ...52

Growing Camellias in Wire Baskets --- F.A.R. TRY ...54

John Donald Wade of Marshallville --- GERALD J. SMITH ...57

The Importance of a Good Show Program and Schedule --- JOHN N. SEWELL ...62

"See Deep" --- GERTRUDE THURMAN STUMP ...66

Color --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...69

Camellias Talk Back at the Dallas Camellia Show --- FRANK BAILEY ...70

Activities of a 23-Year Old Men's Camellia Club --- ERRETT H. CALLAHAN ...74

Those Literary Camellias ...77

Confounded by Camellias --- WILLIAM F. BARBISH ...79

Camellias at Planting Fields Aboretum --- PHILIP J. BARCZAK ...82

Robins Memorial Camellia --- MARVIN JERNIGAN ...87

Professor Waterhouse and 'Eryldene' ...95

A Historical Review of Taxonomic Complexes of Cultivated Taxa of Camellia --- KATUHIKO KONDO ...102

New Camellia Selections --- CLIFFORD R. PARKS ...116

The Carlyon Camellias --- JOHN T. GALLAGHER ...120

Reticulata Camellias at the Antipodes --- TOM SAVIGE ...124

New Disease In South Georgia (Retic Fever) --- HULYN SMITH ...133

A Revised List of Yunman Reticulatas --- KINACHI IKEDA ...136

Sasanqua -- The Step-Child Camellia --- DAVID L. FEATHERS ...146

New Camellia Introductions on the West Coast --- BILL DONNAN ...151

Camellia Registration --- MILTON H. BROWN ...155

New Camellias Registered ...159

The 1975-1976 Artistic Arrangement Contest --- MRS. SAM HUTAFF ...165

The Judges Have Spoken --- MILTON H. BROWN ...176

Conversion Charts ...180

American Camellia Society Awards for Camellias --- JOSEPH H. PYRON ...187

Photographing Camellia Arrangements --- MRS. PAUL KINCAID ...194

Updating the New Miniature Camellias --- ERNEST PIERI ...198

Membership Roster for 1976 ...200

Color Illustrations

SNOWMAN, was originated by Wilmer Stewart, Stewart's Camellia Nursery, Savannah, Georgia ...19

FIGURE l. ANN McCULLOCH HILL, C. sasanqua cv. 'CRIMSON KING x (Howard Asper's 'NARUMI-GATA' x 'LION HEAD' hybrid number 4) ...50

FIGURE 2. 'DOROTHY SPENGLER, same cross as in Figure 1 ...50

FIGURE 3. C. x williamsii 'WILLIAM'S LAVENDERR' x C. japonica 'PRINCESS LAVENDER' ...50

FIGURE 4. Cross between two blue-fading clones of C. japonica ...50

FIGURE 5. C. saluenensis x C. japonica 'PINCESS LAVENDER' ...51

FIGURES 6. and 7. Hybrids between C. saluenensis and C. rosaeflora crossed with C. japonica ...51

FIGURE 8. A C. japonica hybrid of parentage 'VILLE DE NANTES' X PRINCESS LAVENDER ...51

MARGARET DAVIS was originated by Arthur Davis and named after his wife. Photo is a photo by Mr. Davis of water- color of 'MARGARET DAVIS' by that noted Australian painter, Paul Jones ...114

'E. T. R. CARLYON, White, 'VIRGINIA CARLYON, 'GWAVAS', 'TREGREHAN' 'CHINA CLAY', 'EDWARD CARLYON' ...115

C. r 'SHINTZETOU', C. r 'TSAOTAOHUNG', C. r 'YINGCHUNHUNG', C. r 'HUNGWANCHA' ...146

Camellia Sasanqua 'PEACH PUFF'. This lovely C. sasanqua was originated by David L. Feathers, Lafayette, California, author of the article "Sasanqua -- the Step-Child Camellia" ...147