1987 American Camellia Yearbook

Introduction

Alfus O. Johnson

vi American Camellia Society Officers and Directors

vii Board of Trustees, American Camellia Society Endowment Fund

viii Past Presidents and ACS Fellows

ix Bronze Plaques

x ACS Certificates of Commendation and the International Camellia Society

xi ACS National Camellia Awards

xiii ACS National Hall of Fame

xvi Table of Contents

Culture

76 Massee Lane Survivors

Belly Hotchkiss

Research

13 History and Progress on Cold Hardiness in Camellia

William L. Ackerman

26 The Response of Ten, Non-reticulata Camellia Hybrids to the Dieback

L. W. Baxter, Susan G. Fagan and Sally B. Segars

31 The Elusive Yellow Camellia - Results from Breeding and Pigment Analysis

Clifford R. Parks and Ron Scogin

International

22 Japanese Camellia Imports into California in the Early 1900s

Toichi Demoto

62 Japans Sacred Cranes and the Camellias Associated with Them

T. J. Savige

87 Verschaffelts Nouvelle iconographie Des Camellias

George Graves

106 Georg Joseph Kamel

Antonio Sevesi

Miscellanous

1 American Camellia Society Awards for Camellias

26 Report of the Committee on Nomenclature of Camellias

California Nurseryman's Association

60 Camellia Cultivar Names in Latin

T. J. Savige

98 The Camellia-A Condensed History

Elizabeth Cooper

112 Rules and Regulations Governing Procedures and Judging of American Camellia Society Shows

Artistic Arrangement

66 The 1986-87 Artistic Arrangement Contest

Mrs. Clarence Dodson and Mrs. R. D. McNeill, III

Species and Varieties

5 Studies on the Origin of Camellia x vernalis

Takayuki Tanaka, Shunpei Uemoto and Clifford R. Parks

19 Progress Report on Evaluation of Kunming Reticulata Cultivars

G. H. Goff and K. C. Hallstone

38 The Judges Have Spoken

44 Interspecific Hybrids between Camellia vietnamensis and C. chrysantha

Shinsaku Nadamitsu, Yoshiaki Andoh, Katsuhiko Kondo and Michiharu Segawa

50 Cytogenetic Studies on the Origin of Camellia vernalis II

Takayuki Tanaka, Naotoshi Hakoda and Shunpei Vernota