The American Yearbook 1983

Contents 1983

INTRODUCTION

Dedication to Henry Carroll Lunsford, Sr. --- Ivan Mitchell ...v
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  American Camellia Society, Officers and Directors ...ix
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  Board of Trustees, American Camellia Society Endowment Fund, Past Presidents ...x
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  A.C.S. Fellows, Bronze Plaques...xi
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  A.C.S. Certificate of Commendation, U.S.A. Officers and Directors International Camellia Society ...xii
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  A.C.S. National Camellia Awards ...xiii
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  American Camellia Society National Hall of Fame ...xiv
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  In Appreciation -- Al and Vera Parker ...xv

CULTURE

Propagation of Camellia by Hypocotyl Grafting, Ma. Luiza Vietez ...1
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  Using Pesticides Safely --- H.D. Hudson Company ...5
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  Using Insecticides Effectively --- H.D. Hudson Company ...7
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  Aphids --- Kenneth Peck ...9
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  Why We Prune --- Marvin Jernigan ...13
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  Growing Camellias in Containers --- Les Baskerville ...16

RESEARCH

The Interrelationship of Plant Nutrients and the Role of pH --- E.C. Shooks ...19
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  Distinguishing Camellia L Species Using Dorsal Leaf Surface Impressions --- W.L. Ackerman & Ao-luo Zhang ...28
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  Patterns of Winter Injury to Camellia Japonica --- Clifford R. Parks and James D. Doyle ...39
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  Karyomorphological Studies in Some Species of Camellia L --- Kasuhika Kondo and Yoshiaki Andoh ...45

MISCELLANEOUS

Flower and Plant Usage ...51
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  Economics of the Camellia --- Julius Nuccio ...62
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  Tannenbaum mit Kamellien --- Wallace F. Freshwater, Sr. ...65
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  Camellias Are a Hardy Lot --- Ivan Mitchell ...67
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  For Attractive Garden Fence: Take a Hint from the Japanese ...74
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  The Camellia Collection at the Washington Park Arboretum --- J.A. Witt ...76
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  A Brief History of the Vance R. Burks Memorial Camellia Garden, Louis Squyres ...81
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  Observation on the Value of the Camellia Garden --- Louis Squyres ...85

INTERNATIONAL

The Camellia and Matsuyama --- Kazuo Ninomaya ...86
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  Yunnan Flowers at Home and at Edinburgh --- T.T. Yü ...98
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  The Hammond Camellia Garden, 1982 --- Judith Petherman ...107
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  Searching for Camellia Japonica in China --- Harold Fraser ...110

ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS

1982-1983 Artistic Arrangements Contest --- Mrs. Paul A. Dahlen ...116

SPECIES AND VARIETIES

The Yunnan Camellia Reticulata Cultivars --- Bruce Bartholomew ...127
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  Some Notes on the "Tiannan Chahua Xiaozhi" --- T. J. Savige ...131
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  Camellias, A Poem --- Frances E. Dantzler ...134
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  Camellia Nomenclature --- T. J. Savige ...135
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  Some Miniatures and Small Flowered Species and Their Hybrids --- Neville Hayden ...143
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  Harvey Short -- The Man, the Bloom --- E. C. Snooks ...148
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  The Judges Have Spoken --- Milton H. Brown ...150
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  New Camellias Registered Since the 1982 Yearbook ...156
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  Camellias, Planting and Care ...166

Color Illustrations

A Scenic Walk at Historic Massee Lane ...14
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  Christmas Camellia Tree ...15
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  'Mary Paige' ...46
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  Camellias Galore ...47
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  'Desire ...62
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  'Harvey Short's Finale ...63
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  'Rachel Tarpy ...94
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  'Fircone ...95