CONTENTS 1979

INTRODUCTION

Dedication to Douglas Deane Hall ...v

American Camellia Society, Officers and Directors ...vii

Board of Trustees, American Camellia Society Endowment Fund, and Past Presidents ...viii

ACS Fellows, Bronze Plaque ...ix

ACS National Camellia Awards: John P. Illges Medal, Peer Sasanqua, Sewell Mutant, Harris Hybrid, Arminta Cawood, Australian Camellia Research Society Trophy, John A. Tyler, Jr. Miniature Award ...1

ACS National Camellia Hall of Fame ...2

John A. Tyler, Jr. Miniature Award ...3

CAMELLIA PERSONALITIES

In Appreciation to Doris and John W. Freeman --- Aline (Mrs. C. M. ) Gay ...6

CULTURE

The Specimen Plant -- A Camellia Use Neglected? --- Irving B. Anderson ...9

Espalier: A Nice Way to Flatten a Camellia --- Helen D. Brown ...11

Varied Uses of Camellias --- D.J. Henderson ...15

Flower Photography --- Vonnie Cave ...21

Barrel to Root Camellia Cuttings --- V. W. H. Campbell, M.D. ...26

Climate and Camellias, David Trehane ...28

Gibbing -- Not Whether but When --- Harold E. Dryden ...34

You Can Make Bonsai Easily --- Toshiro Ueda ...37

RESEARCH

Giemsa C-banding and Karyotype of Camellia (C-banded karyotypes can tell more detail on inter- and intra-specific relationships in Camellia) --- Katsuhiko Kondo and Clifford R. Parks ...40

A Study of the Effects of Storage, Gibberellic Acid, and Embryo Culture on Germination in Camellia Japonica --- Alan Watson Irvin ...47

Interspecific Hybridization of Camellia with Particular Reference to Fragrance --- Ken Hallstone ...57

Drip Irrigation for Ornamentals --- Neil R. Foster ...61

The Root Environment of Camellias in Containers --- Dr. F. A. Pokorny ...70

Soil Preparation in the Landscape --- Gerald Smith and Henry Clay ...75

CAMELLIA VARIETIES

Sasanquas for Homeowners --- Henry Clay ...83

Oranda-Ko, el Matusalen de las Camelias --- Robert Gimson ...91

The Judges Have Spoken --- Milton H. Brown ...97

Camellias Registered with the ACS Since The American Camellia Yearbook -- 1978 ...101

INTERNATIONAL

Camellias in the People's Republic of China, A Brief Account of Szechuan Camellias --- Huang Teh-Ling ...116

The 1978-79 Winter in the United Kingdom --- Mrs. Muriel Hyde ...121

SHOWS AND SHOW RULES

What Should a Judge Know and Look for When He Judges a Camellia Show? --- J. Carroll Reiners ...128

Privileges of Judges and Judging --- Marguerite ( Mrs. T. J. ) Smith ...132

1978-79 Artistic Arrangement Contest L'Camellia Beautiful --- Mrs. Milton R. Bell ...136

MISCELLANEOUS

Sacramento: The City That Grew Up With Camellias --- Helen D. Brown ...147

The Camellia Story --- Tohko Adachi ...157

Flowering Bamboo --- J. Frank Bucher ...162

Effects of Drought in Summer and Cold in Winter on Camel- lias --- Dr. James A. Smart ...164

Early History of Camellia Japonica in Boston --- Susan H. Foos ...170

The Camellia Collection at Barnard's Inn Farm and How It Came to Be --- Mrs. Julian W. Hill ...172

In Defense of the White Camellia --- Barbara Buler ...177

A Visit to the Stevens-Taylor Gallery --- Ann Blair Brown ...180

Live Oak Gardens -- It all started with a Camellia! --- J. L. Rayless, Jr. ...185

Amphidiploid Cultivar 'Fragrant Pink Improved' Appeared from 'Fragrant Pink' Synthesized by the Colchicine Treat- ment --- Katsuhiko Kondo and William L. Ackerman ...190

The Meristems of Camellias --- Dr. Jean Creze ...198

Color Illustrations

'Daintiness', a hybrid (C. saluenensis x C. japonica) originated by L. E. Jury and registered, with the New Zealand Camellia Society in 1975 ...20

'Little Bit', ACS Reg. No. 333, a C. japonica originated in 1958 by Camelliana ...21

'Premier', a C. japonica seedling originated by the late Harvey Short in 1965 ...52

'Sunset Oaks', ACS Reg. No. 1548, a mutant of the C. japonica 'Finlandia' that was originated by Kramer Brothers Nur- sery in 1965 ...53

'Ann Blair Brown', ACS Reg. No. 1441, this is a C. japonica seedling whose seed parent was 'Frau Geheimrat Olde- vig'. It is one of the famous seedlings of R. E. ("Dick") Dodd of Marshallville, Georgia ...116

'Chingmei Hung-Keuiyeh' ('Crimson Osmanthus Leaf'), here you, as well as the green toad, can enjoy for the first time a color picture of one of the "newest" C. retictilatas from The People's Republic of China ...117

The Barn at Massee Lane. As it is each year, the Barn at Mas- see Lane is transformed into literally a fairyland of color when The Middle Georgia Camellia Society holds its Annual Show there during the second weekend of November ...148

'Howard Asper Var.', the solid of this cultivar, 'Howard Asper' was awarded the first Harris Hybrid Award of the Ameri- can Camellia Society in 1963. It was also honored by being in the initial selection of The American Camellia Society's National Camellia Hall of Fame in 1979 ...149

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