CONTENTS 1984

INTRODUCTION

Frontispiece ...i

Jack L. Mandarich, President of ACS ...ii

Dedication to Jack L. Mandarich --- Charles O'Malley ...v

American Camellia Society Officers and Directors ...vii

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

ACS Fellows, Bronze Plaques ...ix

ACS Certificates of Commendation, U.S.A. Officers and Directors -- International Camellia Society ...x

National Awards ...xi

American Camellia Society National Hall of Fame ...xii

Contents ...xiii

CULTURE

Motivating Camellias --- Albert Piringer ...1

The Tea Scale and Its Control in the Camellia Garden --- Costas A. Kouskolekas ...4

Camellia Insect Control --- Gene R. Strother & Roy J. Ledbetter ...12

Camellia Bud Mite Control --- C. Blumenthal ...18

Camellias as Houseplants --- Pat Walton ...19

Growing Camellias on an Enclosed Porch --- Carol B. Spehnkough ...21

Growing Camellias Indoors --- Hubert A. Schneider ...24

Camellias in Condominiums --- Ivan J. Mitchell ...27

Growing Camellias in Containers ...30

Winter of 1983-1984 Cold Damage at Massee Lane --- Betty S. Hotchkiss ...32

The 1983 Christmas Freeze --- Charles O. Zagst ...37

RESEARCH

Seed-Breeding of Camellia Chrysantha --- Xia La-fang ...42

Where Do We Stand in Regard to Grafting of APEX of Camellia --- Dr. Jean Creze ...48

A Note of Grafting Camellias With Aloe Verrucosa --- Dr. Luther W. Baxter, Jr., Susan G. Fagan & Peggy A. Mitchell ...52

The Winter Hardiness of Interspecific Camellia Hybrids --- Clifford R. Parks ...54

Update On Cold-Hardiness Studies with Camellias in the Northeast --- Dr. William L. Ackerman ...60

Camellia Tip-Dieback, A New Disease Caused by Cold Injury to Shoot-Tips When Flower Buds Are Open, Partly Gibbed Flower Buds --- Luther W. Baxter, Jr., Susan G. Fagan & Peggy A. Mitchell ...70

A Note on Camellia Root Rot and Other Things --- Dr. Luther A. Baxter, Jr., Susan G. Fagan & Peggy A. Mitchell ...72

Going For The Silver! --- Ken Hailstone ...77

INTERNATIONAL

About Old Camellias In China --- Bao Chenzhang ...79

A Botanical Garden On The Hillfoot of Purple Mountain --- Dr. He Shan-an ...88

China Revisited in 1984 --- Milton H. Brown ...94

Dedication of the Camellia Garden of International Friendship --- T. J. Savige ...99

MISCELLANEOUS

Camellias In Boston --- Walter A. Wheeler ...102

The New Era Of The Camellia --- Leslie Riggall ...109

Increasing Professionalism On Our Staffs --- Lowell Cordas ...114

ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS

The 1983-1984 Artistic Arrangement Design Contest --- Mrs. Donald R. George ...116

SPECIES AND VARIETIES

The Yellow Camellias --- Col. T. Durrant ...127

Shan-Cha-Hwa Camellia Reticulatas --- Milton H. Brown ...133

Miniature Hybrids --- T. J. Savige ...156

Miniatures Revisited --- Richard Kwan ...160

The Elegant 'Elegans' Family --- David L. Feathers ...163

Tricolor --- T. J. Savige ...165

The Judges Have Spoken --- Milton H. Brown ...169

New Camellias Registered Since 1983 Yearbook ...175

COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Camellia Chrysantha (Hu Tuyama) ...18

The 'Elegans' Family ...19

ACS Aubrey Harris Hybrid Award ...82

'Donnan's Dream' Honors William Donnan ...83

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