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AIMS OF THE . \ INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA SOCIETY To foster the love of camellias throughout the world and main tain and increase their popularity To undertake historical, scientific and horticultural research in connection with camellias To co-operate with all national and regional camellia societies and with other horticultural societies To disseminate information concerning camellias by means of bulletins and other publications To encourage a friendly exchange between camellia enthusiasts of all nationalities MAJOR DATES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA CALENDAR 20-31 March 1999 - International Camellia Congress, Myazaki, Japan (see p. 13). 14 Feb- 5 March 2001- The International Camellia Congress, Los Angeles, California, USA (see p. 106). On the Cover: - Camellias had their season in the hot sun of late May at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show in London. For how Tom Stuart-Smith beat the odds to mount Chane!'s gold-medal-winning garden featuring white camellias, see pages 22-25. :M:iyazaki Children's Park Kodomo-no-kuni Welcomes you to our Camellia Garden during the /~/ 1999 International Camellia Congress Camellia Garden with 550 varieties WELCOME AZALEA & KURUME CAMELLIA Visit Kurume on the 1999 Post Congress Tours. See the 350-year-old Camellia 'Masayosi' ('Donckelarii'). Come see us 120 YOSHIKI, KUSANO MACHI KURUME, FUKUOKA, 839-11 AKASI JAPAN HISATOMI 2 INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA JOURNAL 1998 No. 30 An Official Publication ofthe International Camellia Society CONTENTS Page .Directors and Officers 4 Message from the President Pat Macdonald 7 ICS News 12 People and Events 1999 International Camellia 13 Congress in Miyaki, Japan Camellias of Miyazaki Akira Hidaka, Kazuyo Hamago and Elizabeth Sheldon 14 The Old and Famous Camellias of Japan Shuho Kirino 17 Le Bosquet de Chanel: Camellias at the Chelsea Flower Show Tom Stuart-Smith 22 Searching for Camellias in Greece Waldemar Max Hansen 26 Death of an Old Camellia in Portugal 35 Repairing the Camellia House at Wardour Barry Williamson 37 A Camellia Show in Tokyo Maryella Pigott 39 Obituaries Shinji Shinoda 41 Yoshiaki Andoh 42 Ashes of Paul Jones Interred at Eryldene 43 A Plaque to Robert Fortune 44 Books "Nippon Tsubaki - Sazanka Meikan" (The Nomenclature of Japanese Camellias and Sasanquas) by the Japan Camellia Society 45 "The World's Best Camellia Cultivatars" by Gao Jiyin, Mrs Chen Shaoyun and other Chinese camellia experts 46 "Camellias" by Jennifer Trehane 47 "The lllustrated Encyclopedia of Camellias" by Stirling Macoboy 48 I 'I 3 Culture and Research Ring-Width Studies on a Camellia from Claremont Landscape Garden Martin Bridge 50 The Riddles of Claremont Herb Short 54 International Camellia Research Conference in China 58 The Wild Camellias of Laoshan Wang Shaoping, Wang Renqin and Li Li 60 Camellia Species as Ornamental Plants Neville Haydon 63 . A Tribute to Dr. Sun Yatsen Gao Jiyin and Herb Short 66 A Camellia Treasure from a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store Herb Short 68 Flower Blight Reaches Europe 70 New Species Camellia cucphuongensis 71 Camellia rosmannii Tran Ninh 74 New Species of Genus Camellia from Vietnam Tran Ninh and Naotoshi Hakoda 76 New Species of Camellia Chang Hung Ta 80 Camellia peteloW Tran Ninh and Naotoshi Hakoda 82 Additions and Corrections to International Camellia Nomenclature for the Year 1997 Thomas 1. Savige 84 In the Regions 99 200 I International Camellia Congress in Southern California 106 Treasurer's Report 107 Membership 109 4 Directors and Officers 1998-2000 ~~ ~~ '1 \ PATRON: Mr. Tom Savige, Hawksview Road, Wirlinga, N.S.W. 2640, Australia PRESIDENT: Mrs. Pat Macdonald, 44 Kelland Road, Waipipi, 3RD Waiuku, New Zealand VICE PRESIDENTS: Mr. Lewis Fetterman, P.O. Box 306, Clinton, N.C. 28328, U.S.A. Dr. Ross Hayter, Bells Flat Road, Yackandanah, Victoria 3740, Australia Miss Jennifer Trehane, Church Cottage, Hampreston, Wimbourne, Dorset BH21 7LX, England Dr. Shunpei Uemoto, T-560, 2-4-32, Ueno-Higashi, Toyonako City, Osaka, Japan DIRECTORS: Africa Mr. Leslie Riggall, Fern Valley Botanic Garden, Igwababa Road, Kloof, 3610 Natal, South Africa Asia Mr. Gorou Emure, 3-1-13, Kouyama, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 176, Japan Mr. Katsusuke Oota, 1488-3, Heirinji, Iwatsuki-shi, 339 Saitama-ken, Japan Australia Mr. Bob Cherry, 2117 Greta Road, Kulnura, NSW 2250 Mr. Peter Levick, 73 Roland Avenue, Wahroonga, NSW 2076 Miss Nance Swanson, 43 Wellington Road, East Lindfield, NSW 2070 France Mme. Franyoise Brivet, 32 rue des Fontaines, 92310 Sevres M. Max Hill, 30 Chemin du Bois Chaperon, 91640 Bris-sous-Forges Germany/Austria Mr. Peter Fischer, Hoden 16,21789 Wingst, Germany Dr. Volkard Roezel, Engelsberg 19,53819 Neunkirchen, Germany Italy Dott. Ing. Antonio Sevesi, Piazzale San Francesco 3, 21047 Saronno 5 New Zealand Mrs. Vonnie Cave, "Seafield", R.D. 24, Wanganui Mr. Neville Haydon, Camellia Haven, P.O.Box 195, Takanini 1730 Portugal Sr. Jose Gil de Ferreira, Casa Do Casal, Refojos, 9780 Santo Tirso United Kingdom Mrs. Marigold Assinder, 29 Deodar Road, Putney, London SW15 2NP Mr. William Johnson, Trannack Vean, Heamoor, Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8UP . Mrs. Elizabeth Scott-Moncrieff, 14 Richmond Road, Malvern Link, Worcestershire WR14 lNE U.S.A. Mr. Gregory Davis, 7815 Burgoyne, Houston, TX 77063 Mr. Arthur Landry, 10522 Ferncliff Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70815 Mr. William Stewart, 912 Roeder Way, Sacramento, CA 95822 Channel Islands and Other Regions Mrs. Ann Bushell, Richmond House, Richmond Avenue, St. Peter Port, Guernsey GYI lQQ, Channel Islands Mr. August Duttweiler, Steinmuri 10, CH 8604 Volketswil, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA REGISTRAR: Mr. Malcolm Perry, 54 East Parade, Eastwood, NSW 2122, Australia Dr. Neil Mitchell, 34 Hutchinson Cresent, Kamfah 2902, Australia SECRETARY: Mrs. Eve Murphy, P.O.Box 313, Pukekohe, New Zealand TREASURER: Mr. Neville Haydon, P.O.Box 195, Takanini 1730, New Zealand MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR: Dr. David Razzak, Bas Sejour, Ruettes des Fries, Cobo, Guernsey GY5 7PW, Channel Islands 6 EDITOR Herbert Short, 41 Galveston Road, East Putney, London SW15 2RZ, England Copy Editor: Roger Long, Ozarda, Les Hamonets, St. John, Jersey JE3 4PF, Channel Islands EDITORIAL BOARD Mme.Francoise Brivet, 32 rue des Fontaines, 92310, Sevres, France Mrs. Vonnie Cave, "Seafield",R.D.24, Wanganui, New Zealand Mrs. Jean Comber, 521 Long Lake Drive, Pensacola, FL 32506, U.S.A. Mrs. D.M. Freeman, The Lea Rig, Pelynt, Looe, Cornwall PLl3 2LU, England Dr. Nancy van Schaik, PO.Box 472, Kleinmond 7195, South Africa Klaus Urban, Langheckenweg 13, 60433, Frankfurt, Germany Mrs. Mieko Yamamoto, 6-2-13-506 Akasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107, Japan Zhao Shiwei, Beijing Botanical Garden, Wofosi Rd, Beijing, 100093. China Printed by George Over Limited, Rugby and Harrow, England CopyrightNo article or illustration may be reprinted without permission of the International Camellia Society and the author. Time Table When it is 1200 (noon) at ICS Headquarters in New Zealand, it is- October to April+ April to October+ 1000 - Eastern Australia 1000 0930 - Central Australia 0930 0800 - Western Australia 0800 , 0800 - Japan 0900 , 0700 -China 0800 0200 - South Africa 0200 , 2400 - Western Europe 0200 2300* - Channel Islands 0100 Portugal UK 1800* - East Coast USA 2000* 1700* - Gulf Coast USA 1900* 1500* - West Coast USA 1700* * Previous day + Precise dates depend on when countries change to Summer Time. 7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Taking over the position of ICS President Now that we have the Otomo Fund set is certainly a challenge particularly when I up, we have an opportunity for more consider the illustrious camellia experts direct assistance to researchers. However, who have preceded me. It is only when one this cannot be achieved unless we receive takes on such a position, one realises the more financial contributions to the Fund. huge amount of work carried out by one's We are very grateful indeed to. those predecessors over the last 36 years to bring individuals and Regions who have made the Society to its present acknowledged donations already and hope that all of you status in the world horticultural scene. will seriously consider doing so. The challenge now, as always, is to move You might think that the ICS Executive forward. has shifted to the end of the earth! New It is also time to study our Aims again and Zealand might be a long way away but make certain that we are adhering to them. distance is no barrier with instant Looking at the first and last Aims, we communication possible by phone, fax, must make sure that there is a place in the e-mail, etc. Please get in touch with me, Society for every camellia enthusiast or ICS Secretary Eve Murphy, if you have around the world; that their special expert any concerns - but it is very nice to hear ise and interest is acknowledged and from you any time. encouraged, whether they be scientists, We are enormously fortunate that our hybridists, nurserymen, historians, registrars, Editor, Herbert Short, and Membership editors, directors or membership represen Registrar, David Razzak, have carried on tatives. Most important of all are the people their excellent work in these two crucial who· grow and cherish a few or many positions. My personal gratitude to them camellias in their garden, conservatory or both. We are very fortunate, as well, to shadehouse, whether large or small. If we have Neville Haydon as Treasurer, with did not have them as members, most of the his considerable accountancy skills and efforts of the "experts" previously men-· his huge knowledge of the genus tioned would be wasted. Camellia, and Eve Murphy as Secretary. .The second Aim - "to undertake historical, Those of you who came to New Zealand scientific and horticultural research in con for the Congress will know what an nection with camellias" - has until now efficient and charming person Eve is, and been focused, for the most part, on the epic we are lucky to have the use of her office "The International Camellia Register".