You £: Kurume City, t••,.;:, ';',-._t' Grower of v; Al 1479-2 Yoshiki, I< TEL 0942-47-0592, FAX On the Cover: What is in a name? In the records at the Washington Park Arboretum, it is listed as 'Wilmetta'. In the Southern California Camellia Society's Camellia Nomenclature 1981 Historical Edition, it is listed as 'Willmetta', of USA origin in 1954, by Mrs. A. Jensen, Washington State. On the other hand, Robert J. Hansen, writing about winter damage to the camellias at the Washington Park Arboretum in the American Camellia Society's American Camellia Yearbook for 1950, has it listed as 'Wilmetta', with the notation that it suffered severe leaf scorch. And in the same yearbook, Mrs. G.W. Tritle of Seattle, Washington, said, "Wilmetta, a seedling brought ti'om Japan probably 40 years ago and never identified, but named by the owner, seems to be very hardy." On the Back Cover: Camellia 50/1 The "International Camellia Register", published in 1993, has it listed as 'Willmeta', named for frontispiece in 1. Robert Sealy's ~A Will and Meta Jensen, who brought it with them as a seedling from Holland. We can only assume that into Japanese for the Japan Camellio Tom Savige obtained his information for the Register from the Jensen family. p. 24). For more about Sealy and RO' For more about the camellias at the Washington Park Arboretum, see the article by Greg Davis on George Forrestto China to collect pI, page 28. which was used by John Charles \Vil AIMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA SOCIETY To foster the love of camellias throughout the world and maintain 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 19-25 March 2005 - International Camellia Congress, Locarno, Switzerland 14-19 March 2005 - Pre-Congress Tour in Italy 25-31 March 2005 - Post-Congress Tour in Germany 14-20 August 2006 - International Camellia Congress, Melbourne, Australia 8-13 August 2006 - Pre-Congress Tour in Victoria 20-24 August 2006 - Post Congress tour to Sydney 24-28 August 2006 - Extended Tour in far north Queensland/Great Barrier Reef from 24 August 2006 - North Island, New Zealand (see p.ll) Spring 2008 - International Camellia Congress, Cornwall, England Spring 2010 - International Camellia Congress, Kurume, Japan Publication of this volume of the International Camellia Journal was delayed because of the illness of the editor. 2 INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA JOURNAL 2004 No. 36 An Official Publication ofthe International Camellia Society CONTENTS Page Message from the President Greg Davis 4 Otomo Fund Management Rules 9 OtomoFund 10 Events, People and Places International Camellia Congress II in Melbourne, Australia - 2006 Massachusetts Camellia Society Richard Schuihof 16 Celebrates l75th Anniversary Show Baptism of 'Cotes d' Armor' for the Roger Salalin 18 Camellia Festival of Guingamp in Brittany 26-28 March 2005 Riddle of the Leverkusen 'Masayoshi' Shigeo Matsumoto 22 is Solved Translating Sealy's "A Revision of the Shigeo Matsumoto 24 Genus Camellia" into Japanese The Creators of "A Revision of the Herb Short 26 Genus Camellia" A Treasure of Vintage Camellias Greg Davis 28 in Washington Park Arboretum Legacy of a Plant Hunter Herb Short 35 3 On the Camellia Road in Yunnan Mirella Gloria and 38 Gianmario Motta A Rare-book Collector's Reflections on Shinichiro Kishikawa 44 the History of Camellias in the West Obituaries Dr. Klaus Peper 53 Dr. Robert Withers 54 Os Blurnhardt 55 Colonel Tom Durrant 55 Culture and Research Phenology of Camellia Japonica Cultivars Pilar Vela, Carmen Salinero, 56 in Northwestern Spain Olga Agufn and Pilar Pinon and Marfa J. Sainz A Plantation for the Propagation of You Muxian 61 Camellia Chrysantha Green Tea is Good Enough to Eat Herb Short 63 Potus The [ Drink of Tea] Peter C. Tillreus 64 New Registrations 73 In the Regions 75 Treasurers Report 82 Membership 85 Directors and Officers 93 4 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The Locarno Congress is now on center published in 1997, are evidence of our long stage. We have been pleased with the good dedication to this important function. The late planning work on the part of Claudia Respini Thomas J. Savige was the primary driving force and Mary Caroni. We are confident that the behind these publications. Now we must find Congress and accompanying tours will be a a new Tom Savige and we are asking for great success. This will be ajoyous occasion nominations for this important position of for camellia friends. We hope to meet many International Camellia Registrar. new Italian, Swiss and German camellia We would like to see more Gardens of friends as well as the many ICS friends we Excellence. We currently have eight have not seen since Jinhua. worldwide. Please contact your Region Our Chinese camellia friends are now hard Director about nominating one of your local at work promoting their 2nd International gardens. Symposium on Camellia Nitidissima The Otomo Research Fund is growing ­ (previously Camellia chrysantha) to be held but oh, so slowly: The camellia world is now in Guilin on 1-7 March 2005. This symposium poised to make some major advances in its is co-sponsored by the ICS, the Forestry research efforts. The ICS is in the best position Administration, the People's Government of to be a majorplayer in theseresearch programs. Guilin, and the Camellia Branch of the China However our financial contributions are very Flower Association. The symposium will be limited until we can get some major held in a 5-Star Resort Hotel, the Guilin contributions to our Otomo Fund. Please help. Menyland, which has a 30-hectare theme park, Of continuing importance is our work to a first class golf course, and 20,000 camellia increase ICS membership. Your local trees. China's 5th National Camellia Show will Membership Representative needs your help. be held simultaneously in Guilin. Neville With the Locarno Congress we should see a Haydon and I have agreed to attend. major increase .in membership in 2005. Help In addition to the above festivities, the town to make sure your region is among the leaders of Qintong, Jiangsu Province, has invited us in membership growth. to their two days ofcamelliafestivities centered I wish to thank all the Officers, Directors, around their 700-year-old camellia tree which and Membership Representatives who have reportedly will have 10,000 blooms. Dragon worked so hard during the past year to keep Boat races as well as camellia displays will be the ICS moving towards the excellent Aims of featured. If! don't show up in Milan, you might the Society. A special thanks to our Executive start your search here! Committee: Neville Haydon, Peter Levick, Pat One of ICS' most important functions is Layman Short, Herb Short, and Morris Waller, maintaining records of camellia registrations who have been in almost daily e-mail contact worldwide. Our two-volume "International with me in tending to the many challenges of CamelliaRegister",published in 1993, and the our 28-nation Society. "International Camellia Register Supplement", Greg Davis 5 Jff~·H-il:llJ.!!~;ji',: tib:JY~1:E I't'~ JJi;il'Ht~ l;ii[ \l,if-*:i:t:};:-0; I'm!'!} 'I" ,c,,'J,')f 15' 0 '*i )'UifiLJ: [5<: ±TAl IJillv}#1! 1'Jo:.') i'ffif • -F '3Y )6 fr::l:;frI-0; 9:'t 1'~:t<:1;BE • :f;I1:liJJiILfr± Bf'£il& T ~f ~\j\'j(Tn<J 1)-Jjji-0; ~Si. 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