An Official Publication of the International Camellia Society

Contents

Message from the President --  Patricia Short ... 4
Notes from the Editor  --  Jennifer Trehane ... 6

International Camellia Congress.  Chuxiong, Yunnan, China,  2012 ... 7

First International Symposium on Historic Camellias and Conservation ... 9
Return to Goto -- Neville Haydon, New Zealand ... 9
The Ever-Expanding International Camellia Register -- Neville Haydon, New Zealand ... 10

A brief communication on the dangers of publishing new taxa under the new ICBN rules
-- G. Orel, Australia ... 12

Investigation of historic giant camellias and their protection in Goto islands
-- Chuji Hiruki, Japan ... 14

Project Camellia:  Conservation and preservation of rare and endangered Camellia species
in the subtropical rainforests of VietNam and China -- G. Orel, Australia ... 18

Germplasm Conservation of Camellias in China -- Jiyuan Li and Sui Ni, China ... 25

Establilshment and charaqcterization of a field germplasm bank of Camellia
reference cultivars -- P. Vela, C. Salinero, M.J. Sainz, M. Gonzáles, and J.L. Couselo, Spain ... 30

Camellia papuana Kan. et Hat, a phantom -- Takayuki Tanaka, Japan ... 36

Study of regeneration by stem cutting of Camellia japonica stands in Goto,
Nagasaki, Japan -- Takashi Kubayashi, Koichi Tajima, Takehiko Shiroyama, Kazuya Yanagimoto,
and Tadao Inuzuka, Japan ... 38

Camellia oil:  A versatile cosmetic ingredient -- Atsushi Saito, Japan ... 43

A personal search for pre-1900 camellia cultivars and their preservation -- Florence S. Crowder, U.S.A. ... 45

Research on inter-species-crosses of Camellia azalea, and the first five summer-blooming
hybrids -- Gao Jiyin, Liu Xinkai, Huang Wanjian, Cheng Guanghui, and Zhao Qiangmin, China ... 47
The first Camellias to Bloom from Summer to December --
Gao Jjiyin, Liu Xinkai, Huang Wanjian, Zhong Naisheng, Chen Guanghui, and Feng Guimei, China ... 54

What is 'Gibberellic Acid' and Why Should I Care? -- Bradford King, U.S.A. ... 59

A Camellia from the island of Ullung -do -- Kai Bergstrom, Sweden ... 62

The Largest Camellia Nursery in the World -- You Muxian, You Mingfei, and Zhou Li, China ... 64

Camellia Tour to Korea -- Shigeo Matsumoto, Japan ... 68

Comparison of climates for Camellia growing -- Kai Bergstrom, Sweden ... 73

Observation of Sichuan Camellias at Nanshan Botanical Garden, Chongqing City
-- Lee Ping, John Wang, You Muxian, and You Mingfei, China ... 74

President's tour of southern hemisphere camellia regions -- Pat and Herb Short, U.K. ... 77

Camellias in Vancouver, B.C., Canada -- Jennifer Trehane, U.K. ... 80

Chinzan-so Garden in the heart of Tokyo -- Jennifer Trehane, U.K. ... 84

The Belgian National Camellia Collection at the Provincial Domain Het Leen
at Eeklo: From Ammo Depot to Camellia Paradise -- Marc de Coninck, Belgium

Camellia Ladies in Europe -- Luc Dhaeze-Van Ryssel, Belgium ... 88

Remarks on various Gardens about London, and in other parts of England, visited in April and May, 1829 ... 91

Old Catalogues Change Camellia History -- Herb Short, U.K. ... 92

New Books ... 98
Deceased 2011 ... 100
Obituaries ... 101
News from the Regions ... 102
Treasurer's Report ... 109
ICS Membership Report -- Ines Kasimir ... 113
International Camellia Society Directors and other Officers ... 115

 Translations (President's message and abstracts of principal articles
in French, German, Chinese, and Japanese)  ... pp. 118 - 126

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