CONTENTS 1997

INTRODUCTION

Purposes ...v

ACS Officers, State Directors, Directors-at-Large ...vi

Board of Directors -- ACS Development Fund ...vii

Past Presidents and Fellows ...viii

Bronze Plaque ...ix

ACS Certificate of Commendation ...x

USA Officers and Directors -- International Camellia Society ...x

ACS National Awards ...xi

National Hall of Fame ...xiii

Contents ...xiv

SPECIES AND VARIETIES

New Camellias Registered in 1997 ...(Color Photo Section)

New Camellias Registered since 1996 Yearbook ...1

A Tropical Species, Camellia lanceolata (B1.) Seem. --- Norihiro Yoshikawa, Clifford R. Parks, Daniel A. Lagunzad ...29

Azalea vs. Camellia Diseases --- Luther W. Baxter, Jr. ...65

The Judges Have Spoken 1996-1997 ...66

MISCELLANEOUS

Dealing with Sterile Camellia nitidissima (C. chrysantha) Fl Hybrids (Working against the Law of Probability) --- William L. Ackerman ...46

A Reexamination of the Phylogenetic Relationships Within the Genus Camellia --- Barbara H. Thakor ...49

American Camellia Society Awards for Camellias ...72

1997 ACS Flower Awards Announced ...76

The 1996-1997 National Design Contest --- Mrs. Harry J. Kendig ...77

INTERNATIONAL

Classification in the Genus Camellia L. --- Ye Chuang-xing, Ph.D. ...9

Camellia Relationships Based on the Reflection of Petals --- Kazuo Yoshikawa, Norihiro Yoshikawa ...24

Chollipo Arboretum, A Place of Beauty --- Ferris Miller ...37

RESEARCH

Louisiana Flower Blight Control Tests in 1997 --- Gordon E. Holcomb ...32

Flower Blight Studies at Massee-Lane 1996-1997 --- Betty Hotchkiss, Wyman Priester, and L. W. Baxter, Jr. ...34

Marion Edwards Has Given One Lash to the Camellia-Dieback Fungus --- Luther W. Baxter, Jr. ...53

Evolutionary Relationships in the Tea Family (Theaceae), Especially of the Subfamily Theoideae, Based on DNA Sequence Data --- Linda Prince ...54

Report on Camellia Research in Progress since February 1997 --- William L. Ackerman ...63

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