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MR LAWRENCE R. BRYANT409 Coolidge Drive, 54n GabrielMR. PAUl DENNISON1539 Mdple S1., PMddenCl 4:MR. JULIUS NUCCIO3346 Cdnyon Crest Rd" AltddeM.MR. GEORGE E. WIDMANN8544 E. LArkddle ROdd, San GabrielDR. HERBERT SHIRLEY136 N. Valley 5t.. Bu~bdnkMR. DAN M. SULLIVAN

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COMMlTTF.E CHAIRMEN

Southern Cali/ornia Camellia Societg J-nc.DIRECTORSPRESIDENT .

MR. HAROLD E. DRYDEN820 Winston Ave., Son Morino 9SYcdmore 3-4214

1ST VICE PRESIDENTMR. AUGUST F. KAPP4201 O(lk Grove Drive, Pdsadena 2SYedmore 0-2636

2ND VICE PRESIDENTMR. RALPH S. PEER8159 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles 46

SECRETARY-TREASURERCOL. C. tA. GALE40 N. San Rdfael Ave., P(lSll.dend 2SYCllmore 6-3740

Progrl::l:1"DAN SULLIVANRYan \-13310

Membership dnd Reception:DR. HERBERT SHIRLEYCHdrleslon 6-1522

Budget and Finance:AUGUST F. KAPPSYcamore 0-2636

Southern Calilornia Camellia Garden'DR. DAVID W, McLEANDOuglas 7-2703

In:er Society Relations:LAWRENCE R. BRYANTCUmberland 3-2794

Hertrich AW<'lrd:WM. E WOODROOfSTate 4-1352

Nomenclature: To be filled

Registration Committee: To be lilled

Research: To be filled

Growers Relations:JULIUS NUCCIOSYcamore 4-3383

Oliicial Photographers:MRS. WAYNE LOELEDWARD L. CRESSEL

Kodachrome Librdry: To be filled

Librarian:MRS. C. M. GALESYcamore 6-3740

Plant Procurement end Sales:JOSEPH KAPPSYcamore 7-4237

Camellia Review:DR. JOHN H. CLAIRMONTCitrus 3-4611

OFFICIAL BULLETINELIZABETH BEEBE, 537 Mount Curve, Alt<'ldeM _ SYcamore 7-2253

HONORARY UFE MEMBERSDR. H. HAROLD HUME, Provost, Division of Agriculture, University of F10ridaMR. WILLIAM HERTRICH, Curator Emeritus, Huntington Botanic Gardens,

San Marino, Calif.MR. WALTER G. HAZELWOOD, Epping', New South Wales, AustraliaMRS. ANNE GALLI, 505 Bradford St., Pasadena 2, Calil.

PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY, INC.Capyright, .1953

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Notify the S8cretary at once. Magazines are not lor­warded by the Post Olliee.Republication permitted, if due credit is given this megazine.All manuscript lor publicarion should be sent direct to the EdItor.Published monthly lrom October through April. <'lOd in July,Tile Society holds open meetings 'on the' 3econd Thursday 01 every month. No­vember to April, inclusive. A cut-camellia blossom exhibit at 7:30 o'clock regularlyprecedes the program which starts at 8:00.Application for membership may be made by leiter. Annual dues: $5.00,

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Central California Camellia SociCly _ _................... ...F,resno, Calif.Meeting Place: Elemcnla.ry School r\udilorium, Fresno State eollegeSecretary; Frances F. Lennox, 2040 Hunter Ave., Fresno 3Dat~ of ro-Ieeting: 3rd Friday of the month

Camellia Society of Kern Collnty .. .... __..__... .....BakcI'l!fieJd, Calif.Meeting Place: Fiesta Room, EI Adoblc Motel, Union Ave.Secretary: Loui"" J. Haberfeldc, 1800, 2nd St., BakcrslleldDate of Meeting: 2nd Monday of the mnnth, Ocl. thTU May

San Diego Camellia Society . .5.n Diego, CalifMeeting Pl:u;e: Floral Association Building, Balboa ParkSe<;:relan"; Mrs. L B. Goodall, 3036 Suncrest Dr., San Diego ]6Dale of Meeting: 2nd Friday of eaeh monlh al 7,30 p.m.

Pomona Valley Camdlia Sociel)' _ _ _ ..Pomona, CalifMeeting Place: Claremollt Women's Club, 345 W. 12th, ClaremontSecretary·Treasurer, J. M. Hartke, 1372 Caswell, PomonaDate of Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month

Temple City Camellia Society...... _ _ _ _ Temple CitY,Calif.Meeting Place' Women's Club Audilorium, Woodruff al Kauffman. Temple City'Secreta!")': June l'ttan9(ln Schroth, 432 N. Alhambra St., San GabrielDate of Meeting: 2nd Monday of each month, Oct. thru May

Camellia Society of Orange County _ _...5anta Ana, Calif.Meeting Place: Community Center, West 8th St., Santa AnaSe.::retary: Harold Larson, 212 S. Orange St., OrangeDale of Meeting: 3rd Thursday of the month

Huntington Camellia Garden "._ ._ ...._..._...San Marino, Calif.Huntington Library and Art Gallery, Odord Rd., San Marino

CONTENTSVOL. 15 JANUARY, 1954 NO.4

Camellia Reviewer, Elizabeth Beebe

New Hybrid Camellia by Ralph Peer

Camellia Report from the Nation

Soulhern California Camellia Garden Opens­(Contribuled by E. C,. TQurje)

Long Range Problems of a Collector, Roy Thoml'~ol£

Versatility of the Camellia, Elizabeth Councilnuut

December Meeting of the SCCS

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Author in Our MidstCongratulations and the flOest

Camellia of the New Year to Eliza­belh Councilman who announces lhather book "Two Cats and Forty Cam·

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No More Seeds~ot a Camellia seed remains! ot

a single seed from all the hundredsand hundreds that were gatheredfrom the Huntington Camellia Gar­den and sold through the Society_ Wedo hope that some of the individualswho are experimenting with theseseeds ",;11 keep rewrds SO that a yearor two from now they can write usof 'the results.

How Appropriate!Did you note that one of our mem­

bers, David L. Feathers, lives onCamellia Lane in Lafayette, Cali­fornia? Sounds very appropriate andintriguing. How did it happen to reoceive its name, Mr. Feathers, or didyou name it? And how many Cam­ellias grow in Camellia Lane? Couldalmost make a song of it.

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new Nomenclature Book: it! goodarticles on Camellia culture; itschecked and re·checked classificationof species and varieties of Camelliasrunning into the thousands; the fact(reiterated by our Treasurer) thatonly paid·up members will receivea copy aUlomatically; its advanceorders including one for 300 copies(rom Mr. Frank Criffin, publisher ofthe Camellian; its 10,000 copie! thatare being printed and taking twoand one hall tons of paper to do thejob. Finally, we know that Mr. Will·iam Woodroof and .:\'1r. RonaldTownsend will be among those re­lie\·ed when the publication is finallyoff the press. It all is a wonderfulundertaking and an achie\'ement thatthe Society should be mighty proudto sponsor.

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Our ResolutionWe shall Iry 10 begin this 1954

with 85 dean a slale 85 possible.This means picking up some looseends for we confess (0 the weaknessof thinking of Ihings we should hal'edone imediately alter an issue hasgone to press.

1. We should ha\"c noted in theDecember number that Jean May,namesake of our co\'crf1o~wfrs-bek Colbert and the original

picture or-her Included her youngson. He accounts for her eslalic ex­pression.

2. OUT other girl of December,Marjorie Townsend, is the elderdaugtiler-orrrornJd Townsend, theSuperintendent of the Henry E. Hunl­ington Library and Art Gallery.Marjorie, we might add, has had 8

keen interest in the prospect..h-c pic.tUTe of "her flower," and the win­someness of the Camellia MarjorieTownsend is a happy reflection ofher own bright self.

3. Still adding to our omissions.,we discover that by !lOme chance weplaced Mr, Sam Harn in Georgiawhen of course everyone knows-helives in Gainesville, Florida. '

4. AndlasOy, as speakers say muchto the relief of their audiences., theheading of "New Members" O\"erthe roster of members of the S.c.e.S.was misleading as of course, manyrenewals were included. We havebeen publishing the names ali bothnew members joined and old memobers renewed, so ,thal by spring acomplete lisl of members would beeasily available.

There! We hope all loose ends arenow gathered together.

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News and rumors are flying madlyabout conccrning the much·heralded

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NEW HYBRID CAMELLIABy RALPH PEER

The C. Williamsii Francis HangerCourtesy J. E. Downward

,Last spring, the Royal Horticultural Society granted an Award of Merit tothe C. Williamsii "Francis Hanger" which. resulted from artificial pollinationexperiment carried on by Mr. Francis Hanger, now the Curator 'of the RoyalHorticultural Society' Garden at Wisley, Surrey, England. The crossing ofthe japonica "alba simplex" with the pecies saluenensi was accomplishedat Exbury, the famous gardens belonging to Edmond de Rothschild, locatednot far from Southampton, England. The seeds developed in the Fall of 1946,and were sown in ovember of that year. The seedling were grown underglass, but did not flower until the winter of 1950-51. From this lot, Mr.Hanger obtain'ed one plant baring exc Bent white flowers, which was eventu·ally named Francis Hanger.

The Williamsii hybrid camellias (crosses of japonica with saluenensis)developed up to this time have not been large How red, but the delicate blos­soms are mo t ati factory. One peculiarity is that when th flower wilts itpromptly falls from the plant. .

One pecimen of Francis Hanger is now growing at Park Hill, but has notyet blossomed. In 1955, I hope to be able to distribute scions to any nurseriesi'nterested in propagating this new camellia.

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Camellia /(eport from the .NationTHE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF INFOR.\1ATION ON THE GE ERAL CAMELLIA

SITUATION I DIFFERENT AREAS

INTRODUCTION

Some time ago letters were sent to various men who work with Camellias.The e men were a ked to follow a questionnaire so that eventually the datacould be tabulated and an evaluation of the Camellia situation and futureover all of the. Camellia-growing areas in th United States could be made.The first results already show marked differences even in popular choice,proving once more that tthe Camellia revels in being unexp ted.

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The Report of K. Sawada

01 tile Overlook Nurseries, Inc., ofMobile, Alabama

The popularity of CameJlja in thisarea is coming back stronger thanever. We had a severe freeze in 0­

vember, 1949 and some people werediscouraged a little. But since thattime we· have had fine Camelliaflowers for the two seasons and thep ople in this area today are moreenthusiastic ahout Camellia than be­fore. I strongly believe that the popu­larity of the Camellia will. n ver godown in this area, because the people

,realize the value liot only of thisflower but it is one of the best plantsfor our Southern landscaping.

We haven't,. at present, many out­stand~ng new varieties which havcbeen originated in this area. " a·thotiana Supreme," a sport of Matho·tiana by Flowerwood ursery, Mo­bile, Alabama., also "Ethel Davis," aseedling of Mobile Ornamental ~ur­sery are thought.to be good flowers.K. Sawada, Mrs. K. Sawada, WhiteEmpre,ss, 'Victory White and FrizzleWhite, which were originat d by the\vriter, are still favorites in this area.

Popularity of flower' here dependsupon individual taste. However, it

seems that large semi-double or loosepeony flowers are getting morefavored rather than the full-doublei.mbricated flower. White or verylight color flowers seemed to be morefavored than dark r d color.

In this area we grow more Camel­lia than any other section of theUnited States. We propagate 90%of them by cutting. This work ismostly done in greenhouses in Au­gust and September. Some varieties,however, do not thrive well by theirown roots, so we graft such varieties

,on strong growing C. japonica or C.sasanqua root. We formerly grew

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Camellias mostly under lath houses.,but today we grow them in openfields. The field-grown planu usuallyare strong and compact in growth.They are dug in ball and burlap andmoved. There is little difficulty withthem if properly handled. Recentlygreat number of Camellia also aregrown in containers in this section.

Scales such as Tea scale, Camelliascale, also Mite such as Red Spider,are the great menace to Camelliahere. Camellia canker, commonlyknown as Die Back, is the worstdisease to CamelJia in this section.

uThe Report of Andrew F. Sears

of Pord.an4,OnI:0fl.

Mr. Se.,• .is Editor of "Can:lelliu as aHobb}'," a publicalion of the Orecon Ca·mellia Society.

For a while aher our two severewint!::rs of 1949·50 and 1950-51, in.terest in Camellias in this areaslackened off to the point that theonly people interested in Camelliaswere those who were already rabidCamellia Ians. Howe\"t~r, the interestis picking up again, and it seemsthat among the general public thereis more real interest in Camellias atthis time than I have ever notkedin the past. As an illustration of this

'revived interest, at our March, 1953Camellia show, we were impressedby the large number 01 people whowere not raising Camellias hut wereseeking intelligent information aboutspecific varieties, species, what varie·lies would make the best shrub forsped fie locations, etc., whereas inthe past lhey had always hf:en seck­ing more general knowledge with butvery vague ideas as to the differencein the varieties and species or eventhe possibility that there would beany difference in the suitability ofthe different \'arieties for specificconditions or locations.

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In spite of the increased interestamong the general public, interestamong the commercial nurserymenhas lagged. There are very few, ifany, of the first class nurserymenwho are showing morc than slightinterest in Camellias, alld none ofthe nurserymen who do handlc Ca.mellias seem to show any interest intrying to keep up with the new de.velopments, impro\'ed varieties andother advancements in Camellia cul­ture. Perhaps part of this can beattributed to Ihe fact that we havea large number of Camcllia nursericsthat are being operated by peopleas a side line; bli people who archolding down Eu I lime jobs else·where, or by people who are semi·retired and who are not interestedin making a full time business orpropagating and selling Camellias.In Iact, a big percentage of the Ca·mellias raised for sale in this are"aare being raised by semi,profcssionalnurserymen who are not particularlyinterested in Camellias, but only inraising plants for sale. Very lew ofthem are interested in newer varie·ties. In fact, I know of only oneCamellia nursery in this area whichhas obtained any of the ne..... ChineseReliculatas, and T dou1bt whetherover half a dozen have seen morethan two varieties of the Williamsiihybrids or have any or the Williamsiihybrids for sale in their nurseries.In fa(.1, very few nurseries handlemore than half a dozen of the manyexcellent new varieties introducedduring the last five years; and a.Camellia fancier .....ho wants verymany of the latest introductions hasto ship them in Irom California orfrom southern nurseries.

As for outstanding new varietiesdeveloped in this area, they are quitelimited but nmong these that can becalled really outstanding are: BerthaA. Harms, a seedling grown by Mr.

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H. H. Harms; Monte Carlo, a sportdeveloped by Barney Coletto; SwcetBon Air and Alba Queen, seedlingsgrown by Barney Colello.

Sweet BOft AirCourtesy H. H. Harms

As to the types that are the favor­ites in this area. I would say thatthe semi-doubles. such as the Fin­landias, Ville de antes or the larger,morc spectacular Grandiflora, Lotusand Cigantea ratc the highest withthe informal doubles such as Debu­tante, and Kutnasaka running a closesecond.

By far, the largest percentage orplants propagated in this arca arcfrom cUllings rooted with bollomheat in greenhouse benches, althoughthere is a considerable amount ofgrafting (cleft method) done on un·derstock approximately %" in diame­ter, and most or this grafting is doneon thc greenhouse benchcs, in thespring or the year, Most rooted cut·tings are grown under lath for thefirst two years and then transplantedinto the open, Practically all trans·plunting of field grown stock is doneby hand with the plants looselyballed.

We have practically no menace atall to Camellia in this area, Asidcfrom overcrowding, perhaps the mostCamellia plants lost arc from Straw­berry Root Weevil. However, the

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Strawberry Root Weevil is fairlyeasily controlled, if not completelyeliminated, by taking proper pre·cautions, and once eliminated or con­trolled, it lakes several years of neg·Icct before the menace from thissource become serious again. Wehave practically no scale in this area,although there have been indicationsduring the last two years that theaIDount of scale is increasing slowly.As far as I know, we have no DieBack or fungus troubles c:w.:ccpt per­haps among a few container-grownplants that are o\-er-watered. AI·though I have heard rumors of someflower spot in this area, I ha\'e yetto see a case of it, and in every casethat I have investigated the damageto the flowers was caused by weatherdamage, particularly rain. If there isany flower spot or blight in this area,it certainly isn't serious. In the win­ters of 194-9-50, and 1950-51, wc didhave thousands of Camellia plantskilled or frozen back by our unusual,almOl;t record·breaking. cold spells.Howe\'er, these t.....o winters were rarcolder than normal, and the coldestwe had had for a great many years,and it is very seldom that coldcauses any damage to the plants inthis area.

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The Report ofC. Norwood Hastie, Jr.

of MaRno/iu CardenJ and Nu.rurielChurleltOll, Sou.th Carolina

M regards the gencral Camclliasituation and future for Camellias inthis vicinity, J ft.-el a bit pessimistic.Il seems that new varietics arc nolonger being soughl after and lhepublic is reluctant to pay for graftedCamellias. Nurserics here nrc nowtrying to grow mainly the most popu·lar varieties on their own roots whichcan be sold at a low price. Nursery.men who havc been catering to col·

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lectors are having a difficult timemoving their plants.

Prices are depressed because thereis so much low quality distress mer~

chandise which is being brought infrom the Gulf area. It now seemsthat people want a large plant fortheir money and are· not too particu­lar as to what it is.

There have been so many outstand­ing varieties which have come fromthe Charleston area that it would bequite a task to list them. Most ofthem have come from Magnolia anda few from Middleton Gardens. TheAmerican Camellia Society Yearbookwill give you a list from these Gar­dens. In the last few years, the JessieKatz, Paulette Goddard and *Wild­wood have been probably the best.

People still seem to prefer the fulldouble Camellias of the Alba Plenaformation. Many seem to think thatthose showing stamens are not verydesirable.

Most Camellias are propagatedhere in greenhouse benches using a

. sand and peat mixture or vermiculite.After rooting, they are usually pottedand put in· cold frames for the firstyear. About half of the Camelliasare grown under lath or tree shade,and the other half out in the openfield. Growing' in containers is be­coming popular.

Our greatest potential menace isthe Camellia petal blight which hasnot yet made its appearance. Nur­series are also threatened with quar­antine measures in the event that theWhite Fringe Beetle is discovered.

In a nutshell, this is the Camelliasituation in the Charleston area.

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The Report of Lucien C. Athertonof San Deigo, California

The general Camellia situation inSan Diego is healthy, as evidenced

by the continuing growth in member­ship of the San Diego Camellia Soci­ety. There is an increased interest inthe hobby angle, as well as in land­scape gardening. Sasanquas are meet­ing with the approval of the collectorsand a little education and promotionwill create a demand for them inhome beautification. Practically allof the local nurseries handle Camel­lias, especially varieties suitable forlandscaping and incidental plantings.

San Diego County has won widecspread acclaim in the Camellia worldfor the outstanding varieties develop­ed by such growers as Harvey Short,E. W. Miller, A. P. Carlton, StanleyMiller, and others. Probably no·single individual has produced asmany fine seedlings as Harvey Shortdid at Ramona.

Our favorites are of the more con­servative types, and as usual withthe· novice, favoring the formals,while the more singular types haveless demand. The majority of plantsare the good old proven varieties,which are adaptable to landscaping,and produce corsage flowers. Thenewer unproven varieties. and exhibi­tion types are not sd popular.

Propagation in this area is handl­ed almost entirely by amateurs. Withone exception all of the local com­mercial stock is imported, most of itfrom the Los Angeles area. As usualthe amateur finds grafting the mostsatisfying means of propagation, withthe curious and hopefuls planting afew seeds. Very little propagation isdone by cuttings, in spite of theproven superiority of plants growingon their own roots. All nursery stockis grown and handled under lath.There is no field grown stock fromthe San Diego area.' .

The greatest menace to Camelliasaround here is ignorance of basiccultural principles. Improper plant­ing depth and poor drainage cause

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the greatest loss. The strawberryweevil is present but damage can bekept to a minimum by proper plant.ing depth. Likewise blossom blightis found where good housekeeping isnot practiced, but is not a seriousthreat in dcan gardens. Lack of anormal rainfall and the use of Colo.rado River water requires a read­justment of the watering and ferti·lization programs. The greatest men­ace to successful Camellia growingis the large percentage of plantspurchased by the publie from largechain slore outlets. This percentageis greater in San Dicgo than in mostareas, especially among the homegardeners wanting a few plants forlandscape purposes. Many of theseplants are forced and of weakgrowth, and consist of many varietieswith poor pcrformance records forthis area. Glamorous Camdlias atbargain prices lure many a homegardener (0 try one regardless ofvariety or simple cultural require­ments. Thus, the Camellia is falselylabeled as a touchy shrub.

San Diego htls provcn to be oneof the more favon.-d areas for Ca­mellia g~owing, and we are jusllyproud of the quality and quantityof our blooms. The Camellia adapta­bility to local conditions is demon·strated in the Balboa Park CamelliaGardens, and the many fine bloomsto be exhibited in 1954. The SanDiego Camellia Show will attest tothe veracity of this statement.

VThe Report of Sigmund Katz

of Covington, LouisianoYou ask me for tin opinion on the

general Camellia situalion and thefuture for Camellia in my vicinity.The general situation is good, andwithout too much advice and eoose­quem pampering, the plants are morelikely than nor to outlive theirowners. II I were to name the out­standing varieties that had been de-

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veloped in the Gulf area you wouldbe bored for they've been hashedand rehashed! The Clower seedlingsfrom Gulfport, especially OowerWhite, Simeon, Olive Barrett andOlive Elizabelh; the Filo Turnerseedlings East of Pensacola andJulius Kahn's adjoining Turner's;Beauharp and Elizabeth Le Bey fromWilkinson, just north of Pensacola;Thelma Dale, Mrs. Baldwin Wood,Barbara Morgan, and Morning Glowfrom Bradford at Ocean Springs; C.M. Wilson and the Sawada scedlings,the latter including K. Sawada, Mrs.K. Sawada, While Empress and BlushHibiscus, just to mention a few; Em­mett Pfingstl from our own garden;Virgin's Blush, Mollie Moore Davisand many others from J\'fcIlhennyare among the few that arc betterknown..,

SQi'ftt'-- people like one~ type andsome another, but in general I'dsay the less formal types are thefavorites by far.

People about here propagate bygrafting; the nurserymen use bothrooting and grafting for propaga·tion, and for flrsl transplanting ofrooted eUllings into lath houses andthen to the fl_c1d .. They ball and bur·lap for delivery and sales. They donot use pencil-size understock butselect their slock from l/2" to 1" indiameter.

Probably the greatest menace toall Camellias in all areas, outside ofdieback and canker, is inexpert ad­vice. The next greatest menace isadvice of any kind, and after that,people who write on the subject.

VIThe Report of Jerry Olrich

of Socramen/o, Cali/omiaQ(Mr. 01rich is State Gardener)

The future for Camellias in Sacra·menta is very good. In a communitythat is growing as fast as Sacramenlqwith so_ many new homes being

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built one cannot but say the futureoutlook is good.

Camellias do so wonderfully wellin this area that it is no wonderthat ten thousand or so plants aresold yearly. The Camellia Society ofSacramento has assisted the nurseriesin a Camellia Week sale for the pastthree years, and the first year overthirteen . thousand Camellias weresold in one week, so you can see whySacramento can claim the title of"The Camellia City."

Sacramento has one of the largestshows in the United States. This showwill attract from ten to sixteen thou­sand people. The show is staged atthe unicipal Auditorium and theadmi ion is free. It is ma,rveloushow the citIzens pitch in and assist·the show in every way.

There have been many varietiesthat pos ibly have gotten their startin Sacramento. Tbis is possibly, dueto the reason that Camellias werefirst introduced into Sacramento in1852. Some of the old varieties areAlba Plena, Uncle Sam, Alba Fim­biiata, Belgian Red, Chandleri, Puri­ty, Pink Perfection, Peoniaflora, Rer­ni de Flores, Wakanura, SeptemberMorn, \Varratab,.and· many· others.

Some of the varieties that wereintroduced from this area are Arra­bella, Peoniaflora, Capitol City, MissSacramento, Uncle Sam, Warratah,Anne Lindberg, Barbara E: BelgianRed, Biho, Biho Pink Monjisu Red,Captain Jack, Captain John Sutter,Carnival, Colletti Maculata, Comptede Gomer, Mrs. Eddinger, MarthaWashington, Mary Ann Slater, IIrs.Moores Speckled, ~oth~r' of PeaiT,Mrs. William Beckman, PrIde ofRosebud Farm, and September Morn.I suppose there are many more, butit would take a lot of checking tofind them all.

.The most successful way of grow­ing Cam llias in this area is Iromcuttings, seed's, and grafting. Most

all of the eedlings are chance seed·lings, as I know of no one in thisarea who does any scientific hybrid­ising. All nurserymen, in this areagrow cutting _under glass and afterthe cutting are rooted, they aretran planted into pots or cans andthen grown under lath until sold.

Camellia are very easy to grow inthis area, as, there are few di easesthat attack them. Tea Scale, whichwill ometime hother them if theyare grown in a too shaded spot, canbe ea ily controlled by a light spray­ing of volch oil.

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spots that it is hard to believe thatthey would grow. Around some ofthe old homes that have been con­verted into apartment hou es no oneseems to take care of, the. plantsplallteq around them and in the sum­mer very rarely get watered, but theystill persist in growing and blooming.

A few years ago a semi-hurricanehit this vicinity and many of thelarge Elms which had been shadingthe Camellias were blown downthereby eliminating their protection,but the old Camellias are still grow­ing and blooming and do not show.any or very little sunburn.

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ICamellia MAIL BAG IFrom Overseas!

R member the "picture of the: Sa::sanqua Fluted White we publishedin the November'Review? Following'i a letter received from Walter G.Hazelwood' of Epping, ew SouthWales. The plant· came originallyfrom his garden. He says, quote:

"Back in the late twenties or earlythirties, we imported a batch of Ca·mellias sa anqua from Japan andmo t of the e were labelled Mikuniko~ed, M~kuniko white, Mikuniko pink.We already had the ordinary, ingle

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Harms, P.iEk-Shadows, Princess Lav·encrer,-Rosea Mundi, Roy""COWley, S.Peter yce, Yvonne Tyson and manyother va'rieties which you will wantin your garden after you have seenthem at their best.

The Soci ty's Garden Committe. recently purchased, using its special

fund for that purpose, thirty-ninespecimen Camellia plants of excell­

,ent varieties. They are 'contained ineighteen-inch red wood tubs and wiIIbe available for display purposeswhen ver and wherever the manage­ment of the Huntington Botanic Gar­dens may detennine.

The opening of the Garden onJanuary 9, 1954 will be the occasionfor th formal presentation of' thesespecimen Camellia plants by yourGarden Committee to the HuntingtonLibrary and Art Gallery.

Visit the fabulous Huntington Li­brary and Art Gallery again thisyear. Of course you will tour theequally famed Botanic Gardens and,your Southern California CamelliaGarden.P.S. Ask to see the sensational neweedling developed by \YQlianLll" t­

rich Curator £meritps and named for.t e lovery~--Townsend daughter, theMarjorie Townsend.

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The Southern CaliforniaCamellia Garden Opens

Our members, particularly those inthe Los Angeles area wiI! be inter-sted to learn that the H my E.

Huntington Library and Art Galleryhas designated January 9th a the195·:1, opening datof its famed Cam­ellia Garden unit of Huntington Bot­anic Gardens.

After discussions between yourGarden' Committee and the Hunting­ton Management, it was concludedto advance this season's opening dat .The large number of varietiesbrought to bloom by. the unsea on­ably warm weather seems to morethan justify the earlier date.

Mr. Townsend with his staff' ofassistants ha done much to makemore attractive the unmatched set­ting in which' this wonderful gardenspreads its charms for the pleasure,

. interest and .education of the Camel- 'lia-loving public. And to think thatit i all there without charge or obli­gation to the public! Simply callSycamore 2-614,1 or write to theHuntington Botanical Gardens, SanMarino, California and ask forreservations for the day of yourchoice. The Gardens are op n everyafternoon except Mondays, from oneto four-thirty.

Where other than here -will befound a thousand varieties of bloom·ing size? They are here to be seen,admired and studied at your leisure.Moreover they are the finest varietieswhich your Garden Committee hasbeen able to obtain - in fact thefinest.

This year will bring to bloom forthe first time in the Garden, suchnew and difficult to get varieties asAgnes of the Oaks, Anna Bruneau,Betty Theisen, Bride's Bouquet, ClaraBrooks, Dr. John D. Bell, Duchess ofSutherland Pink, Elizabeth Le Bey,Frosty Morn, Gigantea Alba, JessieKatz, Kerleric, Masquerade, MoonGlow, orning.Glow,~

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Camellia Lovers Go'Round the WorldWestward

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Miller of ElCajon, California, left November 1stfor a trip westward around the world.Already word has been received fromMr. F. M. Jury, a well known Ca­mellia amateur living near New Ply­mouth, New Zealand, that the Millershave visited him. They are continu­ing by air to Europe and will wind uptheir Camellia adventures in Englandbefore returning home.Eastward

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Peer, ParkHill, Los Angeles, are departing onJanuary 10th for a trip around theworld, eastward. Ten days will bespent in England, during whi'ch therewill be a trip to Trewithen and Caer­hays Castle, the two' famous Camelliagardens in Cornwall. There will beshort stops in Ceylon (where Camel­lias grow in the highlands), Aus­traliaand New Zealand before pro­ceeding to French Indo-China. Hereit is hoped to obtain plants of thetrue "yellow Camellia." Hong Kong,the present gateway to China, is onthe itinerary, and after that a fullmonth (April) will be spent in Japanexploring both the North ,and SouthIslands~

LONG RANGE PROBLEMS OF A COLLECTORBy Roy T. THOMPSON

From the point of view of a ground-planter ~m a single residential lot, themost important thing to remember about camellias is that they keep on in­creasing in size. Relative to the lifetime of the individual who plants them,they keep on getting larger indefinitely, for their life span is several hundredyears. The plant is small when you buy it and deceptive in appearance for intwenty-five years it may be looking in your second-story windows and havea breadth of twenty feet. In other words, camellias are trees - there is noother word for them - after twenty to thirty years and it is as trees thatthey achieve their fullest impressiveness and beauty.

This fact does not concern us atfirst, in fact it never occurs to us finds 200 available spaces. Very well,unless and until we live with them he must rigorously adhere to the planover a period of years. Then certain (Continued on Page 19)problems become apparent, and ifthe camellia planter is also· a collec-

, tor, these problems become insistent.For a collector of anything from tea­cups to stamps, the great virtue of acollection is the largest possible. num­ber of kinds or varieties. Also, unlesshe restricts himself by definite plan­ning, he tends to assemble. his collec­tion uncritically. If he chooses cam­ellias, little does he realize that, touse an old pioneer phrase, he hasseized a bear by the tail. For he haschosen growing organisms which, ina few years, will threaten to fill upevery available space in his garden,in his patio and walks, and even thedriveway to his garage, and in graft­ing season his garage, his attic, andhis cellar will be cluttered with grafts.He will, of course, plant out a greatmany specimens in the ground, butas- the. ne)\' .varieties flood in uponhim, his space will be used up andhe will begin to wonder if he reallyneeds a lawn.

There is only one solution: thecamellia collector must form somesort of long-range plan which willenable him to keep on collectingcamellias and at the same time main­tain order on his premises. In thefirst place it is essential for him tosurvey his lot and determine justhow many camellias it will takeplanted in the ground. Suppose he

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THE VERSATILITY OF THE CAMELLIABy ELIZABETH COUNCILMAN

CHAPTER IV

THE EVERGREEN FLOWERING SHRUB

Many people grow the Camellia are beyond your wildest dreams infor the flower alone, and this is un- differentness and garden beauty.derstandable because it is a flower If I were considering a garden ofof rare beauty; yet it also is one of ~his type, I would begin with. mythe finest and most handsome ever- trees and lawn. Many varieties ofgreen flowering shrubs that it is pos-· trees, both deciduous and evergreen,sible to obtain. . are used successfully for shading Ca-Camellias Offer Everything mellia gardens with the mighty Oak

Ordinarily, when you think of a probably the most highly recom­shrub or tree for your garden, you mended.think of .the type growth of the Japonica Backgroundparticular plant in reference to .theplace where you wish to plant it, or, One section of the garden shouldif you are interested in the blossoms be selected and landscaped at a time.only, you will forego the beauty of Say you want to begin with thethe bush, such as the rose or orchid, southwest corner and a bed alongf

the west side with the summer shadeor the beauty of the flower; but

with the Camellia, and only the Ca- of a deciduous tree. You would beginmellia to my knowledge, it matters with your background Camellias; fornot whether you want a tree, a tall this you most likely would chooseslender shrub, a low spreading bush, varieties of japonica.a fast grower, a slow grower or a Here you would want plants that

. flower-producing plant, you have would grow rapidly into large spread­them all in the different species and ing bushes and plants that are hardy.varieties of the genus Camellia. Rank growers they are sometimes

Due to the versatile manner in called. I. would get as large plantswhich the Camellia grows, its ex- as possible for this use because theytended blooming season, its ability will be the frame of your garden.to acclimate itself to different degrees Marchioness of Exeter, Kingyo-Tsu­of sun and shade, and its different baki, Debutante, Mathotiana, Ara­types of foliage, an entire garden jishi, Enrico Bettoni and Princesscan be landscaped with nothing but Baciocchi, along with .~heritaCamellias, lawn and trees and be Coleoni and Mar~rita C61eoni Var.extremely beautiful and different. areall good ~for t1iiS"prrtp(rse;-~~Violets and different varieties of name but a few. <{

bulbs would also enhance this type You now have your large, vigor-planting. ous growing back-ground plants ofThe landscaper's Dream japonicas. For the foreground border

. To begin with, if you were contem- of this bed I would recommend theplating an entire garden of Camel- specie Sasanqua, variety Tanya, oflias, much care and thought would the Camellia family. This Sasanquabe required in its planning. Nothing is low growing and is excellent forshort of a complete study of the a border. Just inside this border, Igrowth habits and sun tolerance of would plant a row of Narcissus whichthe different varieties would produce will add scent to your garden.the desired effect, but the possibilities (Continued on Page 15)

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December Meeting of SCCS Is a Colorful Affair

Colors

The December meeting of theSouthern California Camellia Societywas an enthusiastic and colorful af­fair. Several long tables were riotouswith the lovely pink, red and whiteearly blooming Camellias, many. ofthem blooming too early a~cordmg

to the experts. Sweet pink Debu­tantes, High Hats and Sasanguasadded charming bits of color to thecoi:ffeur~ or coat lapels of femininemembers of the audience. Even someof the sterner sex sported smallboutonnieres, among them WilliamWylam whose crisp little SasanquaKi Ku Tojii he said was classed asa "dinky stinker."

Mr. Harold Dryden, President ofthe Society, complimented the mem­bers on their fine turnout. He madeseveral announcements among themthe important information of plansfor a Camellia convention to be heldin conjunction with the Society'sCamellia Show March 6th and 7th.It is hoped that societies affiliatedwith the S.c.C.S. will be interestedin cooperating so that in 1955 a na­tional Camellia Convention may beheld here in Pasadena. Full programfor the forthcoming Convention andCamellia Show will be published inthe February and March issues ofthe Review.

Mr. Dryden then turned the meet­ing ~ver to Mr. Dan Sullivan, Pro­~ram Chairman, who introduced Mr.O. A. Batcheller, speaker of theeveniIlg·

"rhe Happy Horticulturists

The trai~i~g of Horticultural stud·ents was the topic of the interestingtalk given by O. A. (Jolly) Batch­eller at the meeting. Mr. Batcheller,who is the head of the OrnamentalHorticultural Department of the Cali­fornia State Polytechnic College, Kel­logg-Voorhis unit located near San

Dimas told of the manner in whichhis st~dents are trained in the 27horticultural courses that are givenat the college. It is a carefully blend­ed curriculum of skills, and practices,tied in closely with the theoretical,and scientific knowledge, that makesthe graduates well adapted to. go int?the Horticultural Industry ImmedI­ately upon graduation.

All Projects Have.a Meaning

In the terms of the. college's Presi­dent, Julian A. McPhee, it is the"Upside Down" method of instruc­tion, where the students "Learn byDoing". Students are also, encour­aged to enter growing projects,whereby they can "Earn while theyLearn". There is no busy work, statedMr. Batcheller, who showed that eachcourse inter-related, and worked to apredetermined goal. The students. inthe design course prepare a ?esignfor the improvement of a sectIOn ofthe campus, then the landscape con­tractors work out plans for the carry­ing out of this design and then super­vise the students in the landscapeconstruction as they actually put inthe improvement as a part. of theirclass work. The students in the prop­agation and growing phase of thecourses are continually growing ma­terial for use on the two campuses.

To give the members a betterunderstanding of this inter-relation,Mr. Batcheller showed a coloredmovie of the students in their classwork, doing all of the various phasesof horticulture, including: propaga­tion, pruning, balling, boxing oftrees, surveying, drafting, ~o~struc­tion and contracting. In addItIOn thestudents, in their co-curricular activi­ties, enter garden shows, and. for thelast six years have had a major partin the college"s entry in the RoseParade float.

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DEC. MEETING from Page 13

Cal Poly is an inexp nsive collegeto attend, said Mr. Batcheller. A re­cent survey shows that 88% of themen earn all or part of th ir way.Some of the projects they work to acertain point for class work, andthen work for wages. "Of cour e,"remarked r. BatcbeUer, "the boyssometimes think they don't reach thatpoint quickly enough." Approximate­ly 400 tudents attend the college, .which was formerly the VoorhisSchool for Boys. In 1938, r. Voor·his gave the campus to the State, andit then became "Cal Poly" which isa part of th State college system ofHigher Edycation. There are 87 stud·ents enrolled in the Ornamental Hor·ticultural Department, taking threeyears of work at San Dimas, andgraduating from the parent campusat San Luis Obispo with a Bachelorof Science degree.

Camellias Add GlamorOne of the major projects is the

Camellia Show Garden which is ajoint venture of the college and thePomona Valley Camellia Society. Mr.Batcheller brought a drawing of thegarden as projected. Started twoyears ago, the garden now has 167varieties of Camellias with a total ·of287 plants. Blooms of Pink Perfec­tion and Daikagura from the gardenbordered the drawing.

Eventually the garden will be anoutstanding feature of Cal Poly for itis plann d around the main entranceto the campus. A wood d hillsideslope on one ide of the drive makesan ideal spot for display. Live Oaktrees make the major shade, with un­usual trees being plant d as old wal­nut trees are removed. The studentshave joined with members of thePomona Society in holding plantingparties and it is· the students who areresponsibl for care of the plants:They .are taught how to fertilize, howto disbud, how to graft, and all gen·eral culture of the Camellias. Mr.

.OUR COVER FLOWER

We are indebted to the Flower­wood Nursery of ohile, Alabamafor our cover flower, the CamelliaJaponica Ruth Royer.That nursery states, "We rate thisas the best Camellia grown today."which is certainly high praise.The nursery also describes theflower as a sport of MathotianaRubra (Purple Dawn).

It will be noted that there issome disagreement on this pointas the Sod ty's omenclaturebook states that Ruth Royer is asport of the Duchess of Suther­land. .

Whatever its source, the Howerkeeps its own serene beauty, ofpink and white, shading fromclear pink to pure white.

Batcheller had taken color d moviesand the audience (being human) en­joyed seeing others at work. It wasnoted that the boys all s emed to bin fine fettle as they boxed a tree,balled a plant or sat at the drawingboard.

The Broad Field of HorticultureA brisk qu stion and answ r per·

iod was testimony to the interest inMr. Batcheller's talk. It also broughtout the information that he has beengiven the assignment of visiting adifferent high school every week totalk to students on the general subjectof horticulture and the advantages ofgoing into it as a life work. Cali·fornia, of course, is a fertile field asit has more than 15% now of all'horticultural sales in the nitedStates and supports nearly 6/100nursenes.

The Soci ty greatly appreciatedMr. Batch II r's app aranc and alsothe fa t that he brought two finePhilodendron Selloum plants for the

. plant sale.

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VERSATILITY from Page 12. The bed that we now have complete-

ly bordered, I would then plant withReticulatas. This exposure should bejust right for them and with yourearly blooming Sasanquas in theforeground and your mid-seasonblooming Japonicas in the back­ground, you could not find a nicersetting for the magnifioent Reticu­latas. I would add Baby Tear Mossand Violets scattered through the bedfor added beauty.

Everyone might not care for a bedof Reticulatas and if that be the casewith you, you might choose to plantyour collection of new and rare varie­ties of Camellia in such a setting or,perhaps you are interested in re­lated family groups such as the Fin­landia family with Finlandia (white) ,Finlandia Var., Finlandia Red, KingLear and Monte Carlo, or the Daika­gura family with Daikagura (Var.) ,Daikagura Red, High-Hat and JoshuaYoutz.

Then again, you may just want acollection of Camellias for your ownpleasure. It really doesn't matterwhat your taste in Camellias is, asection of your land thusly plannedand planted would enhance any gar­den, no matter how large or smallit might be.

Ed. Note: Mrs. Councilman con­tinues her discussions in the JanuaryReview with Chapter V, The Hedge.

DEC. MEETING from Page 14During the intermission the memo

bers enjoyed a short social periodwhile regaling themselves with coffee,doughnuts and cookies.

Mr. William Wylam was called onto give a run-down of the Camelliason exhibition. He remarked especial­lyon so many blooming out of sea­son, due probably, he thought, to un·seasonably warm weather. The manyDaikaguras came in this category,

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as did Lallarook. Debutante, he reomarked, was the most satisfactory ofall the pinks. White Empress, "anearly white," he praised as a flowerbut not as .too good a plant. For"My Darling" he had high praise. Inconnection with the monthly flowershow, exhibitors were reminded to besure and put the name of the floweron one side of the card and the nameof the exhibitor on the other side ofthe card.

White Empress TakesTop Honors

The judges named a White Em­press exhibited by Mr. 1. W. Stroh­meyer as the best flower exhibited.Second best was awarded to C. R.and Ruby Lennig for their Debu­tante. Mr. Edwards Metcalf carriedoff third award with his H. A. Down­ing. Of Alba Plena, the flower ofthe month, first was won by Mrs.Paul Dearborn, second by Charles R.Herr and third by D. W. Moorhusen.

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l__C_a_m_e_llt_ean_a__IEnglish Version'

In the quaint book "Greenhouse& Stove Plants" by Thomas Baines,which was published by John Murrayof London in 1885, several pages aregiven to the Cam.ellia which is ratedvery highly. In listing the variousvirtues of the Camellia, Mr. Bainessays, quote: "we have an assemblageof properties that place the Camelliain the front rank of flowering sub-jects." _

Even back in 1885 Mr. Bainesstates that "the more usual and alsomore satisfactory method of increaseis by grafting in some of the ordi­nary ways on the free-growing singlekinds" and in describing younggrowth he comments, "half the Cam­ellias we meet with are spoilt in the

early stages of their existence forwant of sufficient use of the knife."

An interesting and surprisingly de­tailed exposition of Camellia cultureis climaxed by a list of the "bestkinds," which include some of to­day's favorites such as Alba Plena,Chandleri, Donckelaari, C. M. Hoveyand Mrs. Hovey, Lady Hume's Blushand Mathotiana. Other which are notcommonly found here are Bealii, verydeep crimson, flowering late in thespring; Cup of Beauty, white stripedwith rose, good form and beautifullyimbricated; Duchess de Berri, purewhite, cupped, beautifully imbricat­ed; Napoleon III, rosey-crimsonedged with white; Targione, whitestriped with cerise, imbricated.

The entire article is well worthreading and is especially interestingfrom this vantage point of 69 yearsof Camellia progress. It adds onemore bit of proof to our premise thatthe Camellia is here to stay.

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cember Bulletin:We are devotees of the most beautiful of all winter flowers, the Camellia.

Our members range from those having one prized, potted Camellia to somewho are real experts in the Camellia world. Our membership is scatteredthroughout most of the postal zones in San Diego city and in most of theoutlying communities of the county; in fact, our membership seems to beequally and interestingly divided between the foothill district (as far east asRamona) and the city.

We meet the second Friday of the month during the Camellia season fromNovember to May, the May meeting being a dinner meeting. Our constitu­tion provides that most of the routine business be settled by an elected boardof directors in order that the meetings be devoted to the pleasant subject ofCamellias. We usually have an outstanding speaker tell us about some inter­esting phase of the culture or display of this most surprising of plants, thetrue aristocrat of the flowering plant world. We have so much fun that eventhe president of the Rose SQciety is a member of Qur group; this fact alsoindicates the broadmindedness of our organization.

Membership in the San Diego Camellia Society also carries with it for theone membership fee of five dollars a membership> in the SCCS. In additionto our Bulletin, the members receive a copy of the Society's unique booklet,"The Camellia, Its Culture and Nomenclature," as well as any research pub­lications put out during the year. Our Society also maintains an extensivelibrary of publications related to the Camellia. Once a year we put on aCamellia Show (in February) in which the wide range of Camellia blossomsis displayed to the general public in a truly beautiful setting. In addition,the Society is sponsoring and helping maintain a Camellia garden in BalboaPark, which some day will be one of the prize features of that already famedinstitution.

GLENDALEThe Pacific Camellia Society will hold its annual Camellia Show February

13th and 14th in the Auditorium of the Glendale YWCA, Lexington Avenueat Glendale Boulevard, in Glendale, California. All Camellia growers areurged to participate. The new classification system-classifying by vari~ty

rather than by form will be used. This insures that many flowers which havenever been considered "show flowers" will now be entered for competition.We hope every flower will be represented on the show tables.

Many ribbons and cups are to be awarded. There will be ribbons· for each, variety of Camellia entered as well as the cups awarded for the Best Amateur

Flower and the Best Professional Flower. There will be a Sweepstakes Cup,a Trophy for the B((st Plant, the Frank Williams Cup fol' the Best Seedlingand if earned, the Gold and Silver Certificates of the American CamelliaSociety.

There will be classes and ribbons for arrangements and for individualcontainer plants also.

Entries may be made from 10 A.M. to 12 noon Saturday the 13th andthere is no entry fee. Schedules may be obtained from Mrs. Sidney Harris,3871 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. The show hours will be from

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NEWS, NOTES 6' NOTICES from Page 174 to 10 P.M., the 13th and from 11 A.M. to 10 P.M. the 14th. There will bea SOc admission charge. ,

POMONA VALLEYany interesting speakers took part in the December meeting of the

Pomona Valley Camellia Society, which was held in the Claremont Women'sClub House.

O. A. (Jolly) Batcheller, head of the Ornamental Horticulture Departmentof Cal Poly at San Dimas reported on the Camellia Garden which is a jointenterprise of the Pomona Society and the College. Ronald Townsend, Curatorof the Huntington Botal1ic Gardens gave the history of the Camellia Gardensthere, which have been sponsored by the Southern California Camellia Soci­ety, and which will be at the height of their bloom from January to April.Mr. Townsend invited all (0 come and see them. Harold Dryden, Presidentof the S.C.C.S. brought greetings from Carl Tourje who was unable to attend,and told of plans for a gathering of Camellia Societies which are affi.liatedwith the S.c.C.S., Lo be held in conjunction with the Flower Show of theSociety arch 6th. and 7th. Mr. Howard Asper of Pasadena talked on theplans of Los Ang les County for the extension and beautification of theDescanso Gardens which they recently purchased.

Great intere t attended the announcement by Harold Pearson, Show Com­mittee Chairman of the Pomona Valley Society, of February 20 and 21 asthe dates for the Camellia Show of the Society. The show will be held in the

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LONG RANGE PROBLEMSfrom Page 11of having only 200 camellias, nomatter how many new varieties ap­pear on the market. Suppose he nowhas 400 varieties, many of them incan~. The next logical step will be tobuild up evaluation factors whichwill enable him to sort out the lessdesirable varieties and eliminatethem.

The first step in building up evalu­ation factors is to get the cooperationof his family - for permanentlyplanted camellias are a family, notan individual affair. Somehow orother the family musf decide whichcamellias afford them the greatestamount of satisfaction. This and thisalone should be the determining fac­tor, not what the so-called authoritiessay, or what the books say, but whatthe family likes best.

Here the most important singlefactor will be aesthetic appeal. Eachindividual has his own aestheticmechanism, that is, each responds invarying degrees to the infinite com­binations of line and color. and pat­tern presented by flowers. Some pre­fer formals, some singles; some dis­like variegation, some collect onlywhites, etc. etc. The important factis that the response to flowers is ahighly individual matter which noauthorities or rules or text-books canalter. Some flowers leave us unmovedothers qmse our, aesthetic emotion~literally . to dance with delight, as

Wordsworth puts it:And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

The great point is: once you havediscovered which flowers give youand yours the greatest joy and pleas­ure, stick to these accepted patternsregardless of what others say. If thelittle white and pink Miyako-nishikicauses your heart instantly to dancewith joy, add this one to yourcollec­tion and enjoy it endlessly. The 12­inch ruler is not a side measure ofaesthetic enjoyment; one's responseto beauty does not always coincidewith the largest diameter in flowers.

If the "pleasure-yield" of a cam­ellia is its most important single cri­terium for selection in your limitedcollection, there are other, if minor,considerations. Does the variety be­ing considered do well in your local­ity? The White Daik (Joshua E.Youtz) for example, has difficulty inopening its flowers at different timesand in different localities. A greatmany other varieties have this sameidiosyncrasy. Does the. plant itself(without flowers) contribute valuablelandscape .effect? There is a greatvariation in compactness and shapeamong camellia varieties and, sincethey are going to be looked at twelvemonths in the year, their physical ap­pearance is important. It doesn't payto allow chance to determine thesematters.

As the long-range collector devel-(Continued on Page 21)

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MAIL BAG from Pagel 0white and when the new one floweredwe christened it Fluted White to dis­tinguish it from the old one. Lateron we stopped growing the ordi­nary one but the name Fluted Whitepersisted. It must have another namein Japan but the trouble would betOe find it. The name of Fluted Whitestarted as a nursery designation todistinguish it from the other singlewhite that we, had, but we got intothe habit of calling it this way andit has persisted. I really' think weshould try and find the correct one.Is this variety totally new to Americaor has it been imported under a Ja­panese name? When we importedthis camellia from Japan I had notany personal interest in camellias~nd they were just plants to me.Since then I have contracted camellia-

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Can any of our readers supplymore information about the lovelyFluted White?The Spicy Touch!

An innocent looking envelopeyielded the following, quote:

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End quote. Well, first, speaking as ahousewife as well as an editor (tress)we like hash and have our own

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LONG RANGE PRO;SLEMSfrom Page 19ops his techniques he will learn also,especially if he is somewhat philo­sophical, to allow the new "hot" var·ieties to cool off a little before heprocures them, for the heat wavesemanating from them may obscuretheir true value. If they are. truly"tops" they will be just as good twoyears hence, far more plentiful, andmuch less expensive. Besides, thenew variety has not yet been triedout in widely separated areas andmay have disappointing weak pointsin his area.

Another collecting technique whichthe philosophical long-range collectorwill eventually adopt-certainly if helives on a single-residence lot-is thecomplete avoidance of any attempt toproduce "fine new varieties" fromseed. If he yields to this temptation,his plans for an orderly yard andgarden might as well be scrapped, forto produce one good variety fromseed will require many thousand in­dividual seedling plants. Heavenknows that there are planty of newvarieties-perhaps too many-beingintroduced each year. Why crowdyourself out of valuable garden spacewhen you can get an infinite varietyof new ones steadily and· unfailinglyfrom those who have room to growthem?

The time will eventually come

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when the long-range collector willhave to decide between the mere sizeof a plant or tree and the desire tohave a newer, better variety in itsspace. He may decide in favor ofniere size, regardless of variety, be­cause size of tree does come to havea distinct value. A huge camelliabush or small tree blooming in frontof a house is a thing of distinction,no matter what kind of flowers itbears. Passing cars will slow up tolook at it and the house where itstands will be remembered and re­visited year after year. If the ownerdecides to cut down such a largespecimen in order to have a "bettervariety" in its place, he must recon­cile himself to years of waiting be­fore the new variety will equal theold in landscape effectiveness. Thisis an individual choice he must make.

Thus, camellia collecting on a resi­dential lot, if it is to be kept withinreasonable bounds, must be regula­ted, curbed, and controlled by long­range planning. Otherwise the dis­gusted collector may abandon thewhole business, lose his interest incamellias, and go back to tea-cups,stamps, or even tropical fish. If heremains long enough on his lot, hewill discover that camellias havemany ways of affording garden satis­faction, the most surprising· one, per­haps, being their habit of growinginto small trees. And for this he mustmake preparations long in advance.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETYMEMBERS FOR 1954

NEW MEMBERSDr. James W. Anderson, 303 Medical Arts Bldg., Norfolk 10, VirginiaMr. J. G. Baker, 204 Burleigh Ave., Norfolk 5, Va.Mr. Percy Barham, 426 Newton Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Breard, 300 K St., Monroe, La.Mr. Joseph J. Connor, Box 50, Phoebus, Va.Mr. James M. Davis, 3906 Midlothian Pks., Richmond 24, Va.Dr. M. 1. Fuller, 277 S. Perkins, Memphis, Tenn.Dr. A. Scott Hamilton, 1300 Island Dr., Monroe, La.Mrs. W. T. Henderson, 316 Byrd Blvd., Greenville, S.c.Hill's Camellia Gardens, 1722 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, Va.O. H. Johnson, 507 Hall Ave., Hattiesburg, Miss.Mr. Edwin W. Kaminski, Star Rt. 2, Georgetown, S.c.Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. "Kilbride, 2255 S. Woodward Way, N.W., Atlanta, Ga.Mrs. Lydia S. King, 712 N. Oakhurst Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.Mr. Dick Lashley, Carolina Theatre, Greenville, S.c.Mr. 1. C. Lefebure, 10318 Bowman, South Gate, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Lewis, 227 River Falls St., Andalusia, La.Roy 1. Mayhew, Box 8482 Univ. Station, Baton Rouge 3, La.Mr. Edwin 1. McAllister, 1410 Rexford Ave., Pasadena 8, Calif.Mr. J. H. Norton, 1539 Gilmer, Montgomery, Ala.Harry Novick, 9022 Alcott St., Los Angeles 35, Calif.Mr. Sam Partlow, Box 205, Liberty, Texas.Mr. George Peterkin, Jr., 4519 Oakshire, Houston 6, TexasMr. F. H. Prevost, Box 585, Anderson, S.c.Mr. R. W. Proudfit, 3664Fairland Blvd., Los Angeles 43, Calif.Dr. C. N. Ramsay, 200 Republic Bldg., Cleveland 15, OhioMrs. Sam D. Register, Box 704, Valdosta, Ga.Mr. Louis N. Roberts, 523 Hermes, Encinitas, Calif.Mr. W. D. Robbins, Robbins Nursery, Willard, N.C.Mr. John William Rogers, 4600 Lakeside Dr., Dallas 5, TexasRoyal Horticultural Society's Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, Woking,Surrey, Eng.W'. T. Scurlock, 2445 Rusk, Beaumont, TexasMr. and Mrs. Edgar 1. Sinnott, 985 Stoneridge Dr., Pasadena, Calif.W. M. Sisson, 6531 Homewood Ave., Hollywood 28, Calif.Mr. W. H. Steed, Steed's Nursery, Candor, N.C.Mrs. V. B. Tate, 240 N. Blake Rd., Norfolk 5, Va.Mrs. Hilda Thorsk, 1897 Locust St., Pasadena 8, Calif.Mrs. Alice Tinkham, Sec'y Treas., Los Angeles Camellia Society, 135 S.

Bowling Green Way, Los Angeles 49, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. C. S. van Benschoten, 8413 E. Beverly Drive, San Gabriel, Calif.Mrs. John E. Wells, 130 W. 74th St., Savannah, Ga.Mr. and Mrs. David Will, 4906 Alta Canyada Rd., La Canada, Calif.J. William Young, Rt. 3, Jones Rd., Mac~m, Ga.

RI;NEWALS

1. Clifford Argue, 4714 El Camino Corto, La Canada, Calif.Fred T. ,and Leonora W. Bergstrom, 4071 Dover Road, Pasadena 3, Calif.

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1954 sees MEMBERS from Page 22

Mr. H. E. Bergstrom, 2968 Woodlawn, San Marino 9, Calif.Mr. Victor de Bisshopf, Tronchiennes, Brussels, 2, Belgium1. V. Blackwell, 306 Devon Drive, Birmingham 9, Ala.Mr. R. B. Bleeker, Box 12, De Luz, Calif.Mark T. Boatwright, Johnston, S.c.Dr. W. E. Bones, 14975 Corona Del Mar, Pacific Palisades, Calif.Fern Boster, 2032 Fletcher Ave., S. Pasadena, Calif.Mrs. Ruby F. Bowman, 160 Brandon Way, Fort Bragg, Calif.Mr. Harry A. Bronson, 1075 Lincoln Ct., San Jose 25, Calif.Mr. Robert Brown, 1151 Shasta Ave., San Jose, Calif.Mrs. Carter Burdell, 1000 Milledge Road, Augusta, Ga.Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Burke, 1340 W. "F" St., Wilmington, Calif.Mr. Thomas B. Butler, 490 Connecticut Ave., Spartanburg, S.c.Mrs. F. P. Calhoun, 2906 Andrews Drive, Atlanta, Ga.J. Rainsford Cantelou, Edgefield, S.c.Stanley Frederic Card, 1616 Encino Ave., Monrovia, Calif.Mr. Wm. Herbert Carr, 175 Fairoaks Lane, Atherton, Calif.D. E. Causey, Box 916, Greensboro, N.C.Mrs. Katherine 1. Coe, P.O. Box 62, Loomis, Calif.Elizabeth C. Councilman, 11549 E. Bryant Rd., EI Monte, Calif.Mr. W. G. Cuzner, 1540 Mirasol Dr.,San Marino, Calif.Mr. Paul A. Dearborn, 644 Fairmont Ave., Glendale 3, Calif.A. 1. Erickson, 9 Central Court, Los Gatos, Calif.Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Easterly, 104 N.. Madison Ave., Pasadena 1, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Farmer, 1158 Oak Cliff Road, Macon, Ga.Mr. David 1. Feathers, 1 Camellia Lane, Lafayette, Calif.Mrs. Chas. G. Frisbie, 1865 Campus Road, Los Angeles 41, Calif.Mr. J. D. Funk, 2012 La Mesa Dr., Santa Monica, Calif.Col. and Mrs. C. M. Gale, 40 N. San Rafael Ave., Pasadena 2, Calif.Mrs. Jake Giles, 4120 E. Lucas Dr., Beaumont, TexasMr. W. G. Gilmore, 119 Lorena Lane, Birmingham 9 ,Ala.Mr. W. M. Glassell, 2018 Monticito Drive, Glendale 8, Calif.Dr. O. D. Hammond, Blackville, S.c.Miss Helen Harman, 202 Greene St., Camden, S.c.Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. H~lfrell, 3613 N. Baldwin Park Blvd., Baldwin Park,

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Mr. George J. Helms, 445 Beverly Ave., San Leandro, Calif.E. P. Henderson_ The Pines Nursery, Bath, S.c.Mrs. Elizabeth W. Hicklin. 2920 Gervais St., Columbia 4<, S.c.Mrs. Maude Hundert-Mark, Yemassee, S.c.Mr. Ralph H. Hughes, P.O. Box 354, Plymouth, N.C.Mr. J. P. Illges, P.O. Box 103. Columbus, Ga.*Mr. and Mrs. Everett E. Jackson, III, 155 Pecan Ave., Fairhope, Ala.H. V. Jervey, 3503 Hanson Road, Columbia, S.c.Col. and Mrs. Thomas M. Jervey, 285 Palmetto Drive, Pasadena 2, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Kaiser, 1209 S. 9th St.. Alhambra, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Kapp, 920 Athens St., Altaden~, Calif.*Mrs. Mathon Kyritsis, 6 Clavton St., Waukegan, Ill.Mrs. Frederick M. Kissinger, Rt. 1, Box 17-M, :,3J1'andywine, Md.Mr. R. 1. Lange, 3505 Salisbury Road, Birmingham, Ala.

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Dr. and Mrs. John D. Lawson,2920 Capitol Ave., Sacramento, Calif.Dr. B. G. Linder, 3111 Sterling Road, Birmingham, Ala.Mr. Robert E. Littrell, 2100 3rd Ave., S., St. Petersburg 3, Fla.Mr. S. 1. Marbury, Box 1450, Wilmington, N.C.Mr. and Mrs. M. Leslie Marshall, 6742 N. Sultana Ave., San Gabriel, Calif.Mr. Ken Morioka, 1543 18th St., Santa Monica, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. George B. Marx, 269 Prospect Ave., Long Beach 3, Calif.Mr. William D. Mason, 5415 Lakewood Dr., Norfolk 9, VirginiaMr. Chester H. Mau, 5414 N. Hilton Ave., Temple City, Calif.Mrs. 1. 1. Mayes, 2025 Riverside Dr., Jackson, Miss.Dr. Jas. S. Montague, 727 W. 7th St., Los Angeles 17, Calif.*Mr. James R. Moore, 11 N. Linden St., Hampton, Va.Mrs. Phoebe Morehead, Orange Cove, Calif.Mrs. P. C. Morris, Yemassee, S.c.Mr. Thomas B. Mote, 2069 Pine St., Redding, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. Vern '0. McCaskill, 25 S..Michillinda Ave., E. Pasadena 10,

Calif.Mrs. Frankie McPeck, 230 Franklin St., Selma, Ala.Mr. J. H. Neise, Jr., 241 37th St., Newport News, VirginiaMr. and Mrs. Jack 1. Notrica, 2030 N. Edgemont, Hollywood 27, Calif.C. W. Oakes, 492 Flat Shoals, S.E., Atlanta, Ga.Mr. Harry H. Oka, 608 S. Date Ave., Alhambra, Calif.

-Mr. A. R. Parler, Box 164, Elloree, S.c.Mr. and Mrs. James A. Perry, 8941 E. Duarte Rd., East San Gabriel, Calif.*Rev. Frank S. Persons, II, Box 1031, Opelika, Ala.Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peterson, 8104 E. Stewart & Gray Rd., Downey; Calif.H. C. Petteway, Box 947, Lakeland, Florida*Mr. B. P. Poyner, Jr., P.O. Box 826, Dothan, Alabama

-Mr. C. F. Prettyman, Summerville, S. C.Mr. Joseph H. Pyron, Box 402, Valporaiso, Fla.*Mr. H. E. Quarles, 2308 Fairway Dr., Mobile, Ala.*Miss Quida Robertson, Rt. 2, Box 149, Hammond, La.Mr. Roger E. Rodecap, 9229 Samoline Ave., Downey, Calif.H. W. Rothman, 336 Adair St., Long Beach 5, Calif.Mrs. A. H. Sanborn, Route 4, Box 371, Chico, Calif.Mr. Robert J. Scott, Rt. 1, Box 15, Grand Bay, Ala.Dr. Herbert Shirley, 136 N. Valley St., Burbank, Calif.Mr. Rudolph Siegling, 7 Limehouse St., Charleston 21"S.C.Mr. Fred I. Sinclair, 822 E. Mountain St., Pasadena 6, Calif.Mr. Tyson 1. Smith, P.O. Box 384, Eufaula, Ala.

-- Mr. David C. Strother, Fort Valley, Ga. 'Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Surina, 4808 Kester Ave., Sherman Oaks, Calif.Charlotte P. Swezey, The Circle, East Hampton 1.1., N.Y.*Mr. K. Takahashi, 3129Barney Ave., Menlo Park, Calif.Edyth Thomas, 7011 Templeton St., Huntington Park, Calif.*Mr. Bur~ess Thomasson, 3233 Thomas Ave., Montgomery, Ala.Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thompson, 4633 N. Ivar Ave., Rosemead, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tillery, 614 Pearl St., Beaumont, TexasDr. Lee F. Turlington, 1922 10th Ave., Birmingham 5, Ala.A. Vasquez, 1155 S. Soto St., Los Angeles 23, Calif.

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NEWS, NOiTES 6' NOTICES from Page 18

new Holt Avenue branch office of the First National Bank.Bloom displays, a regular feature of the Pomona meetings, were shown by

Jolly Batcheller, Clark Thomas, Jack Holland, C. D. Cothran, Mr$. LauraWhitehead, Elizabeth Whitehead and Mrs. Earlda Lane.

1954 SCCS MEMBERS from Page 24

Mrs. Ida Vignolo, Rt. 3, Box 743, Stockton, Calif.Mr. Edward 1. Vollers, 681 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill.Dorothy A.Waldron, 1675 Sheridan Road, Glendale 6, Calif.Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Wheeldon, 6311 Three Chopt Road, Richmond

20, Va.Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young, 6210 Pine Ave., Bell, Calif.Mr. 1. E. Youtz, J r., 2530 Deodar Circle, Pasadena 8, Calif.Mr. 1. C. Wannamaker, 407 Greene St., Cheraw, S.c.*Mr. Thomas A. Williams, 1028 Whitney Bldg., New Orleans, La.*Mr. Joseph A. Zorraquinos, 4438 N. Earle, Rosemead, Calif.

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Another Character," Claud!Dear Editor:

Reading about Claud Chidamian'sCamellia Characters in the Reviewamused me no end.

He must have had me in mindwhen he wrote about Burbank, Jr.,except we are tee-totallers at ourhouse so no beer cans. In fact, Momdoes our canning so we don't havemany cans of any kind, only sauer­kraut cans when we have saurkrautand spare ribs, and dog food canswhen we buy dog food to feed our

MAIL BAG from Page 20method of making it that seems verysatisfactory to the family. Second,what is hash to a Camellia expertmay burst like a new discovery to aCamellia hobbyist. Further, life itselfbecomes inevitably more or less are·hash of the familiar-it all dependson the kind of rehash you make of it.We like ours sort of spicy and enjoya dash of pepper-such as, for in­stance, this letter. The letter's con­tents, furthermore, were, temperedby the addition of the Report, for theletter was signed, Sigmund Katz.

The Show's The Thing!Don't be forgetting our Camellia

Show and have your finest Camelliasready for showing March 6th and7th. Final plans and details will beannounced in the February Review.

tom cats. But these cans are all toolittle so I have to scavenge the neigh­bor's rubbish ~ barrels. Like Mr.Tourje says, you shouldn't plantCamellias in cans littler than you canput gallons in, but I do; I use tomatojuice cans and 2 pound coffee cans.And it wasn't Kumasaka and thecucumber that I was trying to cross;it was a match between Mina Motoand. Broccoli that I was promoting toproduce perfumed polyanthus type.

I guess he must have been thinkingabout some other guy after all.

Elmer MuellerEd. note: Only goes to show thatCamellias go all out to do their biteven if they· may be surprised some­times at the treatment they receive.Don't they love to confound the ex­perts, tho! It won't even be necessaryfor Mr. Mueller to ask his neighborsto buy their food in larger~ans.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Aluminum Greenhouses, Inc 18. Bamico Gardens _ 28

The Camellian - 20Campbell Seed Store 16Coolidge Rare Plant

Gardens, Inc. . 15Councilman Camellia Acres 16Destruxol Corp., Ltd 28

Golden Gardens ......•...................21

McCaskill Gardens :~ 19

Membership Application 25

Marshall's Camellia Nursery 18

Nuccio Nurseries _ _ 26

Patio Wood Products 26

Surina Camellia Gardens 26

Advertising rates in the Camellia Review are as follows: Inside backcover, $30.00. Full page, $25.00. Half page, $15.00. Quarter page, $8.00.Advertisements may be sent direct to the Editor, Elizabeth Beebe, 537Mount Curve, Altadena, California.

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One of oui biggest thrills of the /holiday season is also in connection (with Elizabeth Councilman who hasnamed a beautiful Camellia seedling \,the "Liz Beebe." How can we ever ilive up to this? The plant is between {seven and eight years old and this is Iits third .blooming. The. fIowe~ is a Ipure whlte splashed WIth cnm on }and between four and five inchesacross. May we be worthy of suchan honor. /

CAMELLIA REVIEWERFrom Page 2ellias" is to be published this springby the Exposition Press of NewYork. We had a short view one dayat her house of (loosely speaking)a dozen cats and hundreds of Cam·ellias in the hinterland so we shall bewaiting eagerly to read how it allcame about.

On this same subject we shouldlike to be informed of any more pub­lications by oUf' members. Won't youlet us know?

~I~ DOROTHY DIGS\r,l~'~ in the\\ ..~. ~ garden

Growers of fine'amcllias everywhere in

the country are receiving Destruxol'sTRACE TONE with unbounded en­thuSiasm. TRACE TONE is solvingtheir most puzzling problems- . . . re­storing sick Camellias to health . . .because TRACE TONE not only con­tributes more of the' life-giving, life­sustaining trace elements to the plantthan anything else wiil do, but it alsorestores ature's Balance to the soil inwhich it grows. Write for literature.

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......Come On, 1954

And here is wishing everyone whohas read this far a wonderful 1954with life to their liking; and that ofCQurse would include healthy Cam­ellias, a wealth of Camellias 'and thehappiness that comes from successwith Camellias whether they areraised for fun or money. There wouldbe profit either way

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For the finest in BousePlants we suggest a visitthrough our greenhouses.

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