CONTENTS 1986>

INTRODUCTION

Frontispiece ...i

Milton Henry Brown ...ii

Dedication to Milton Henry Brown --- G. Stuart Watson ...v

American Camellia Society Officers and Directors ...viii

Board of Trustees, American Camellia Society Endowment Fund ...ix

Past Presidents, ACS Fellows, Bronze Plaques ...x

ACS Certificates of Commendation ...xi

USA Officers and Directors -- International Camellia Society, National Awards ...xii

American Camellia Society National Hall of Fame ...xiv

Contents ...xvi

CULTURE

Micropropagation of Camellia --- Kenneth C. Torres and Jackie Carlish ...1

Creating Your Own Plants --- Richard A. Jaynes ...8

Concepts of Camellia Culture --- J. Carroll Reiners ...16

Repotting the Big Ones --- E. C. Snooks ...21

RESEARCH

Camellia in Vitro Apex Graft Attempt to Suppress the Camellia Virus --- J. Creze ...27

A Study on Frost Resistance and Peroxidase Zymogram of Some Hardy Camellias --- Gu, Ying; Sun, Zui-Jun; He, Shan-An; Cai, Jian-Hua; and Bi, Hui-Chan ...33

"In Vitro" Cultivation as a Method for the Propagation of Camellias --- A. Samartin and M. L. Gonzalez ...39

The Life Cycle of a Camellia --- P. G. Valder ...46

INTERNATIONAL

A Hardy Camellia in East China --- Gu, Ying and He, Shan-An ...57

MISCELLANEOUS

American Camellia Society Awards for Camellias ...58

Those Crazy C. chrysantha Camellias --- Bill Donnan ...63

Camellias on Martha's Vineyard --- Mrs. Julian Hill ...66

ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS

1985-1986 Artistic Arrangement Design Contest --- Mrs. Clarence Dodson, chairman; Mrs. R. D. McNeil, co-chairman ...6

SPECIES AND VARIETIES

The Judges Have Spoken ...79

Gigantea -- Kelvintoniana -- Jacksonii --- T. J. Savige 85

New Camellias Registered Since 1985 Yearbook ...88

New and Best Varieties Growing in the Gulf Coast Area --- John Terry, Col. E. L. Atkins, Robert Gramling, James Newell, Robert Sansing, Jr., John Geiser, Roy Stringfellow, William F. La Rose, Vi Stone, Bagby Hall, Dr. Lyle Robertson, Dr. David Scheibert and Alfus Johnson ...95

New Camellias on the West Coast --- Bill Donnan ...105

The Origin and Classification of the Garden Varieties of Camellia Reticulatas --- Dr. Bruce Bartholomew and Dr. Te- Tsun Yü ...112

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