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Winter 2016 Volume 42 No. 1

Camellian

A Publication of the Gulf Coast Camellia Society

THE GULF COAST

Camellia japonica ‘Cile Watford ’ Homeyer 2009

Photo by Randolph Maphis

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From the Cover................................................................................page 2President’s Message .......................................................................page 3Scenes fron the GCCS Annual Meeting..........................................page 4From A Gardener’s Journal..............................................................page 6Thanks to Donors.............................................................................page 7A Look at Some Camellia Species...................................................page 8Camellia Trivia...............................................................................page 13Are You Insane?............................................................................page 16In Memorium..................................................................................page 19Around the Region.........................................................................page 20Camellia 1 to Camellia 2................................................................page 21The Baton Rouge Camellia Society...............................................page 23Show Dates....................................................................................page 26Camellia Quiz.................................................................................page 27In the Winter Garden .....................................................................page 28Editor’s Notes.................................................................................page 29About the Gulf Coast Camellia Society..........................................page 30GCCS Officers...............................................................................page 31Back Cover ....................................................................................page 32

From the Cover ……

Volume 41 No. 4 Autumn 2015

The Gulf Coast Camellian

Contents

Camellia japonica ‘Cile Watford’ wasoriginated by Dr. Walter Homeyer fromMacon, GA. This bloom is a very purewhite, medium size, rose form double.Cile Watford was named for a long timeTallahassee Camellia Society membernamed Charles Watford. Hulyn Smith once said, “Dr. Homeyerwas a master hybridizer and just amighty fine camellia grower.” Dr.Homeyer registered over 50 varietiesincluding award winners such as FrankHouser, Edna Bass, and Terrell Weaver.

President’sMessage

Jim DwyerFoley, Alabama

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The 2015 meeting was very enjoyableand informative. Thanks to the AndyHoudek and the New Orleans Club andall who helped to make it a success.The dinner at the Bridges on Mondaynight followed by the auction provideda very festive evening. On Tuesday, acontinental breakfast followed by thebusiness meeting and the second roundof plant auctions made for a busymorning agenda. After lunch at theEpic Buffet, the educational sessionscommenced with ACS President JimCampbell and ACS Executive DirectorCeleste Richard bringing us up to dateon proposed changes to ACS bylawsthat would create more involvement oflocal clubs in ACS activities. FlorenceCrowder then informed us about activ-ities at the ICS Congress in Portugaland Spain. The educational ses-sions concluded with Dr. Allen Owingsproviding information to help usimprove our gardening practices. Theevening banquet and talk by BuddyLee on how to expand the normallimits of gardening made for an enjoy-able conclusion to our 2015 meeting.Those who did not make it to themeeting missed out on two days ofentertainment, education, and enlight-enment.

On a sadder note, I was sorry tohear of the passing of Max Mizell onlya few days after I was talking to him

at our meeting. Max was alwayssmiling and always cheerful. His loveof camellias was contagious andinspired everyone. Max and his wifeMarie provided many years of serviceto the camellia world. I will miss themboth.

The shows are beginning. Checkthe dates on page 26 or the ACSwebsite, gather your blooms, and goto the shows.

Let Kenn Campbell know what isgoing on in your local club so he canput in the Camellian and again, pleaseshare your comments and suggestionswith me.

Jim Dwyer and Max Mizell at the GCCS 2015 annualmeeting .


Scenes from the Gulf Coast Camellia SocietyAnnual Meeting 2015

The Gulf Coast Camellia Society Annual Meeting convened on October 19th and 20th

at the Hollywood Casino, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Members and guests gathered fordinner at the Bridges Restaurantfollowed by the first part of theauction..

At left: Leo Brown of Mobile, JimmyWalker of Mobile, and Vickie and AlBaugh, of Spanish Fort.

Below: Carol Comber of Pensacola,Jim Campbell of Covington, andRuby Campbell of Baton Rouge.

Above: Della and MikePigott of Sulphur La.

Right: Joan Blanchard ofPensacola, Judy Kerr of

Pensacola and SusanHultgren of Baton Rouge.


Luncheon Speakers:Dr. Allen Owings,

Director of theHammond Research

Station; FlorenceCrowder, Member ICSConservation WorkingGroup; Jim Campbell,

President AmericanCamellia Society; and

Celeste Richard,Executive DirectorAmerican Camellia

Society.

Banquet speaker BuddyLee, developer of the‘Encore’ azaleas.

A portion of the plantsready to be auctioned at the

banquet. The auction ofdonated plants, which is an

important fund raiser tosupport the Society, raised

$3396 and the silent auctionanother $841.


From a Gardener’s JournalBy Lynn RichardsonBrookhaven, Mississippi

Reading Instead of Working inThe Garden

Since we had three months of overninety degree weather here in

Brookhaven, I have been a lot moreindustrious in reading about gardeningthan actually gardening. According tosome family members I do that anyway.Lately I have acquired all the gardeningbooks of one of my very favorite Englishwriters, Vita Sackville-West. For manyyears she wrote for several magazines,including Country Life. She was a notedwriter and a poet and I have some of hernovels, too. Fortunately, someone putmost of her gardening columns intoseveral books and they are now quitewidely available thanks to the Internet. Inone of these columns she referred to a boxof labels from dead plants that she hadkept. Her gardener called it “TheMorgue.” We, too, have a “morgue.” Wetry to salvage all the tags of the camelliaswe have lost and make notes on the oneswho reappear in the morgue and avoidbuying more of those. The ones lost tomisfortune, deer, horses and other causeswe will try to replace. It seems that deercan eat the metal tags with no ill effects,rather like grit that chickens eat, I guess!

Back to more pleasant topics, recentlywe went to a “tea tasting” at the GreatMississippi Tea Company, founded threeyears ago by Jason Macdonald. Nigel, therenowned tea expert was there and aprotege of his from Scotland. There werepeople from Mississippi State Universityon hand and other guests from near and

far. I think we were the only non-expertsthere. This was a really fascinatingopportunity to learn about tea and thedifferences in taste. It basically dependson how the leaves are processed. We wereable to watch the leaves being processedand taste the tea after it was made fromdifferent processes. Having grown up inthis state only drinking sweet tea, probablystarting in my bottle, the differences wereamazing. This was unsweetened tea, too,and was really delicious. I’m sure youhave heard that sweet tea is the “housewine of the south.” When we moved upnorth the first time it was a nasty shockthat they did not have sweet iced teaavailable at any time, summer or winter.We could get iced tea, but it was definitelynot sweetened. I like hot tea, but onlywhen the weather is cold. Anyway, as theman in the commercial said, “I digress.”This is supposed to be about camellias andthe “sinensis” is a camellia. Unfortunately we are not going to beable to attend the convention in Biloxi thisyear, some other obligations had alreadybeen scheduled and were not to becanceled. We will really miss it, though.We are still watering the camellias heavilyso we might have some for the earlyshows. I did learn a lot from the last issue ofThe Camellian. Loved the way NormanVickers gets rid of vines in his plants. AlsoKenn Campbell’s method of growing seed.Kenn tells me I do have a friend who willshare cuttings of the hard to find camellias.I also love Florence Crowder’s article onefforts to find and preserve historic


camellias. At our show we set up a tableof the “unknowns” so that they can beidentified by the judges when they arethrough with their judging. Most of thetime most of these are identified by the endof the show. So far I don’t think we havefound many rare ones, but we can hope. I

Thanks to the DonorsThanks to the following people who have made contributions to the Camellian Trust

Fund this past year:

Al & Vickie BaughAlfred & Renae BreelandAllen & Patricia MocklinAnn & Bill DodsonArthur & Eva HooverBette & Dick HootonBette & Dick Hooton in memory of Max MizellCarolyn DicksonCeleste RichardChris SmithClaudette ShelferDavid & Mary MizellDonna WelchGaye LehrGerald & Sharron PharesGreer ThompsonJames & Eileen DwyerJim CampbellJimmy WalkerJoan BlanchardJoe & Laura HolmesJohn & Dinh SwansonJohn CauseyJoseph & Hilma JenusJoyce & Andy HoudekKen & Kay ClarkKenn & Ruby CampbellLarry HeardLauren Landry

Leo Broders Jr.Leo BrownLorraine & Neal PendletonLynn VicknairMana Chafin in memory of Dr. Fred LeeMax MizellMichael JinksMike & Ann RuthNell EubanksNickolas Piazza Jr.Pat PhillipsPatti PerkinsPaul & Joan CooperPeter & Lynnette Soules in memory ofNova MautheRebecca & Bob ChristianRobert MooreRodney LoweRoger & Ellen VinsonRoger & Linda RoyRosamay Davis in memory of her husband Greg DavisSusan & Allen BradleySusan HultgrenSusan MoranTrent JamesWalter & Alice CreightonWill Mangham

do encourage all of us to keep an eye outin some of our older neighborhoods forthese when we can. This is all for rightnow, y’all have a good time at the ACSconvention.


A Look at Some Camellia SpeciesBy Kenn Campbell, Baton Rouge, LA

Over 250 species of the genus camellia have been identified and named. Nativesof Southeast Asia, 80% of them originated in China and many are not foundoutside China. Commercially important plants include the tea plant (Camellia

sinensis), the source of green and black tea, and the tea oil plant (Camellia oliefera),from which oil is extracted from the seed and used for cooking, cosmetics, medicineand industrial purposes. Camellia japonica, Camellia sasanqua and Camellia reticulataare prominent ornamental species used in the landscape. The majority of gardencamellias are cultivars and hybrids developed from these plants. Although they don’t receive much attention, many camellia species are grown inthe Gulf Coast Region. The blooms range in size from very small like C. sinensis tovery large specimens such as C. gigantocarpa. They come in a variety of colors withvarious shades of red, pink, white, purple and yellow. Some are fragrant. Many areused for hybridizing, such as C. salunensis for ‘Donation’ (c. salunensis x c. japonica‘Donckelari’) and C. nitidissima for yellow flowers like ‘Kagiroghi’ (nitidissima xjaponica ‘Silver Chalis’).

Let’s take a look at a few of them:

Camellia fraterna - flowers, small, whiteor whitish lilac and fragrant. Leavespointed - elliptic 2�∕�” x 1�∕�" withserrations and black tipped. Grows intoa tall shrub. Origin - Central China. Thisone, growing in my yard in Baton Rouge,is about 60 years old and is 17 feet tall.(The wall in the background is eight feethigh.) On a sunny winter day it is a great

pleasure to stand under it and enjoy itsdelightful fragrance.


Camellia azalea - Flower, bright red,single, blooms summer to autumn and canbloom continuously. Leaves long andnarrow. This species is being used byhybridizers attempting to get continuousor long season cultivars.

Camellia dubia - Flowers, white or whitelightly flushed pink, fragrant and about1½" in diameter; leaves sharp pointed andvarying in size on any single branch, 2 �∕�”x 1 �∕�"; a shrub from Southeastern China.The bloom buds form all along thebranches. This plant is from a cuttingfrom Vi Stone in Baton Rouge. A colorfulwinter landscape shrub.

Camellia gigantocarpa - Flowers, white,large (4 ½"); small tree (16' x 30'); verylarge seed pod (4" x 4 ½"). Fromsouthern China. This one was grown byJim Campbell in Covington, LA.

Camellia granthamiana - Flowers, white,very large; leaves oblong-elliptic withpointed apex, leathery, shallow serrations,4" x 1½"; the only known existing wildplant is now a small tree in Hong Kong.This graft is from a scion from a plantgrown by Art Landry’s father in Houma,LA.


Camellia grijsii - Flowers, white, single,sometimes fragrant; leaves elliptic andsharply pointed, edges sharply serrulate,3 �∕�" x 1 �∕�". A shrub up to 9'. EasternChina. There is also a formal doublevariety named ‘Zhenzhucha’ introducedby Nuccio’s. Camellia grijsii is relatedto C. sasanqua, C. oleifera and C. kissiiand is used for a high-quality oilproduction. It was collected in 1861 inFujian by C.F.M. de Grijs. An old timefavorite in the southern states with manyvarieties, that range from white to pinkto red and all combinations thereof. It isavailable from Camellia Forest Nurseryin Chapel Hill, NC, and others.

Camellia japonica - Flowers rosy red,medium sized; leaves elliptic-oblong withsharp apex 3 �∕�" x 1 �∕�"; a shrub growinginto a tree to 50 feet; Japan, Korea andEastern China. This picture is the originalspecies from which all our beautifuljaponicas descend.

Camellia nitidissima variety nitidissima(formerly called C. crysantha) - Flower,small single to semidouble, golden yellowwith shiny textured petals; leaves similar toC. granthamiana but not as large nor ridgesas deep; small tree or large shrub (6' x 10');Southern China. This one is used byhybridizers for breeding yellow floweredcamellias. This one was exhibited at theOrlando Camellia Show in 2008.


Camellia kissi - Flowers white sometimesfragrant; leaves elliptic, pointed, serrulatefor one-quarter to two-thirds the lengthfrom the apex, 2 �∕�" x 1"; a shrub growingto a tree up to 40 feet; Northeast India,Nepal, Burma, Southern China, Island ofHainan, and Viet Nam.

Camellia reticulata - Flowers, rosecolored more than 3" in diameter; leavesbroad elliptic with pointed apex, edgesserrulate, 4 ½" x 1 �∕�". A looselybranched shrub becoming a tree up to 50'.Grown is thickets and open pine forests ataltitudes of 6000' to 9000', SouthernChina. This species has been bred and

Camellia oleifera - Flowers, white,fragrant, elliptic, serrulate, apex pointed.2 ½" x 1 �∕�". A shrub becoming a smalltree up to 22' high. China, Vietnam, Laos,Burma, India and Thailand. The oilpressed from the seed of this species iswidely used in cooking, cosmetics,medicine and industrial uses. Tea oil hasan oleic acid content of 85.3% which helpsreduce bad cholesterol. In 1999, John M.Ruter of the University of GeorgiaDepartment of Horticulture initiated aproject to evaluate C. oleifera as acommercial oil seed crop for the southeastU.S. So far results indicate an annualproduction of 3.0 kg fresh weight of fruitper plant is possible.

selected for centuries in China and is thesource of the beautiful Reticulata Hybridsof today such as ‘Frank Houser Var.’

Reticulata hybrid ‘Frank Houser Var.’


Camellia sinensis - Flowers, white; leaveselliptic with rounded apex, size variableaccording to the cultivar, maximumreported 5 �∕�" x 2". These leavesconstitute the tea of commerce. A shrubgrowing into a tree 53' but kept pruned toabout 3' when grown for tea production.China. In the 1800s a commercial teaplantation was established in Charleston,SC, and still produces and markets a finetea today. Plantations have recently beenestablished in Mississippi and Alabama.

Camellia saluenensis - Flowers, white towhite flushed with pink or pale rose pinkto deep rose pink with diameters up to 2";leaves elliptic, narrow and pointed, 2" x3∕4". A very compact much branched shrubgrowing to 15'. Southern China. Mr. J.C. Williams of Cornwall Englandintroduced a series of salunensis xjaponica hybrids in the 1940s which aregenerally known as Williamsii Hybridsand they are widely grown. A great manyother salunensis hybrids have ensued.

Camellia rosaeflora - Flowers, about 1 �∕�",pinkish rose; leaves elliptic, bluntlypointed, 2 �∕�" x �∕�". A shrub becoming asmall tree. Habitat unknown but probablyChina. This one was exhibited at theBaton Rouge Camellia Society Show in2006 by Garland Avants of Prairieville,LA.

Camellia pitardii variety yunannica -Flowers, deep pink to white, 5-6 petals, 2"-2 �∕�". Flowering January to March.Leaves oblong-elliptic to narrow-elliptic,2 �∕�" x 4 �∕�" long and �∕�" - 1 �∕�" wide. Thisone is growing in the garden of BillStracener in Baton Rouge.


Did You Know. . . ? Camellias are a symbol for theChanel fashion house’s haute couture,a tradition started by Coco Chanelherself. Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883-1971) fell head over heels for the camelliaafter one was given to her by her Englishborn polo-playing lover, Capt. Arthur“Boy” Capel (1881-1919). Sheimmediately began pinning silk versionsof the camellia to her lapels, her hair andthe blossoms decorated a black-and-gold-lacquered screen in her apartment.

Coco Chanel adored this flower for itsalmost geometrical roundness and theregular perfection and classical order ofits pure white petals. It was the whitecamellia that has become her emblem, andthe brand’s signature. The camellia alsoappealed to Chanel’s taste of provocationdue to its reference as the “forbiddenflower.” In the early 1900s the camelliawas more than a flower: it was an oftenshocking and forbidden symbol ofseduction, flirtatiousness, and the exotic.

CAMELLIA TRIVIASecond in the “Did You Know” series:

“Camellias in Fashion”By Ruby G. Campbell

Without perfumes or thorns, the camelliaseduces by its simplicity. Thus, it shouldcome as no surprise that one of the mostfiercely independent women of her timeadopted it as her symbol. Chanel did not simply take the flowerin its exact shape and use it as an

accessory; she reinterpreted it, and madethe lines completely her own. A stylizedcamellia embroidered on a blouse can befound as far back as 1922 and shortlythereafter the camellia started makingappearances on scarves and dresses, eitherinterwoven subtly or strikingly as a focalpoint. Slowly (and thanks solely toCoco), the camellia shifted from aprovocative symbol to the representationof the style and spirit of its wearer. In Southeast Asia, where the bloomoriginated, the camellia representslongevity. This is most appropriate as asymbol for Chanel considering her nearlyeighty-eight year life span. Born in apoorhouse in Saumur, in the Loire Valley

Chanel stylized camellia


of France, to unwed parents, Chanelsurvived an impoverished childhood andstrict convent education. Her mother diedof “poverty, pregnancy and pneumonia”when Gabrielle was a child of eleven, andher father placed her in a convent in thevillage of Aubazine. The difficulties of herearly life inspired her to pursue a radicallydifferent lifestyle, first on the stage, whereshe acquired the nickname “Coco,” andthen as a milliner. At age 23, she was living at a boardinghouse in Moulins when she met ÉtienneBalsan, an ex-cavalry officer, who wasalso a wealthy textile heir and owner ofChâteau Royallieu near Compiègne,

France. She moved in with him in abeautiful wooded area known forequestrian paths and hunting grounds andenjoyed a lifestyle of luxury and fastgratification. It was during this period thatshe began designing hats, initially as ahobby. Two years later in 1908, Coco begana nine-year affair with Balsan’s friend, theabove-mentioned “Boy” Capel, a wealthyship-owner, and self-made man whofinanced Chanel’s first shop and installedher in Parisian apartment. Capel isrumored to have deeply influenced Coco’sfashion style. His blazers inspired her to

put a squared, masculine touch on classicsuit designs. Even the whiskey decanterhe carried led to the bottle design for thefamous Chanel No. 5 fragrance. And even here, Coco’s fragrance wasunique: “a woman's perfume, with thescent of a woman,” as she liked to call it.Created like a haute couture dress, ChanelN°5 was the first perfume to stand out asan abstraction. Instead of using only onescent such as rose, jasmine or lilac whichwere the fashionable fragrances of thattime, no dominant scent could bedistinguished from among the eightyingredients that composed it. Herperfumer, Ernest Beaux, mixed naturalessences with synthetic products toenhance all their freshness and thus evokea mysterious flower. Supposedly Capel proposed to Chaneland she refused, wanting instead to waituntil she was financially independentalthough she certainly hoped to settledown with him at a later time. However,it was not to be. Although Capel was neverfaithful to Coco during their nine yearaffair and he ended up marrying anEnglish aristocrat in 1918, their romanticrelationship continued until his death inan automobile accident in 1919. This wasa devastating event for Chanel. Capel leftChanel £40,000 in his will, which allowedher to move into a new villa in Garches, asuburb of Paris. Until her death on 10January 1971, she remained steadfast thatArthur Capel was the love of her life. Coco Chanel honored Capel'smemory in the way that was natural to her.While grieving for him she began wearingblack, and was said to have told a friendthat the world would mourn with her.Coco designed "the little black dress,"which she introduced in 1926. The littleblack dress was instantly a hit, availableonly in black, and has been the epitome ofsimple elegance since. In 1926, American

Coco Chanel with camellia inlaid on screen’


Vogue likened Chanel’s “little black dress”to the Ford, alluding to its almost universalpopularity as a fashion basic. In fact, theconcept of the dress suitable for day andevening did become both a staple forChanel throughout subsequent seasonsand a classic piece of twenty-first centurywomen’s wear. Chanel’s personal life — includingrumors and speculations about her loveaffairs — have grown almost as timelessas her fashion designs. Even today, a fairbit of mystery lingers on whenbiographers discuss her personalrelationships. The stories about some ofher more famous friends and lovers havekept the imagination going for decades.Chanel allegedly had affairs with anumber of influential men, too numerousto mention here. Perhaps the most famousaffair in Chanel’s life was with the Dukeof Westminster,Hugh RichardA r t h u rG r o s v e n o r ,known to hisfriends as“ B e n d o r . ”During their tenyear affair hec o n s t a n t l ypresented herwith lavish giftsi n c l u d i n ga r t w o r k ,e x t r a v a g a n tjewelry, and evena home inMayfair. He alsogave her theparcel of landnear Monte Carlo where Coco built a largeluxurious villa called “La Pausa.” Rumorshave it that the Duke ordered all thelampposts in Westminster to be engravedwith two C’s for Coco’s initials alongside

a large “W.” Chanel, however, was awarethat her humble origin would prohibit herfrom marrying into an aristocratic family,but she chose to ignore that fact. Whenasked why she did not marry the Duke ofWestminster, she stated: "There have beenseveral Duchesses of Westminster. Thereis only one Chanel." Coco Chanel never married. She diedin her apartment at the Ritz Hotel onJanuary 10, 1971, at the age of 87. At thetime, she was working on her fashioncollection for the spring fashion showslater that month. Her friends stated thatnothing prior to Coco's death indicted shewas ill until a hotel chambermaid foundher and called a physician. Coco's deathcame peacefully but the cause of deathwas not determined. In May 1998, Coco Chanel's affairwith the camellia was literally brought to

life at the Chelsea Flower Show. KarlLagerfeld, a German fashion designer,artist, and photographer, and headdesigner and creative director of the

“Imaginary Garden of Coco Chanel” at the 1998 Chelsea Flower Show. Exquisite andserene, the garden encapsulates all things French and Chanel, with a gleaming figurineand beautifully clipped hedges, and adorned with a white camellia, Coco's favouriteflower and now a Chanel trademark.

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Are You Insane?Find Out: Take the Camellia Insanity Quiz

By J. D. Thomerson, Valdosta, GA.

If you have ever had a meal at a CrackerBarrel restaurant (and who living orvisiting in the Southeast has not), you

have surely noticed the small woodentriangular games that sit on every tablethat allow you to jump little toothpicksized pegs over one another removing theone that you jump over. You begin withall the small holes on the game boardfilled with pegs except one and you keepjumping pegs and removing the ones youjump until you cannot jump over anymore.If you have never been to a Cracker Barrelor can’t recall what I am talking aboutthen I think you need to stop at a CrackerBarrel one day and play this game. Thegoal is to only leave one peg on thewooden game board or if you are reallygood you only leave one peg in the exactcenter hole of the game. Let me warn you– the game can get addictive. It is muchharder to only leave one peg than youmight think. In fact, there is a gradingscale printed on this game describing aperson’s intelligence level based on howmany pegs they leave on the board. Hereis the grading scale:One Peg = You're a GeniusTwo Pegs = You're Pretty SmartThree Pegs = You're Just AverageFour Pegs = You’re Just Plain DumbFive Pegs or more = You’re an Ignoramus

I am embarrassed to tell you that Ihave played this game many times and onseveral occasions been declared an“Ignoramus.” Usually, I score in the “Just

Average” category and only on one or twooccasions that I can recall was I ever a“Genius.”

This peg board game got me thinkingabout the insanity level of the typicalcamellia grower or “Camellian” as weoften call one another. When Jerry Selphvisited my yard one day and saw thehundreds of potted camellias I had placedin my neighbors back yard because thereis no room left to plant them in my yardhe said (and I quote) “Oh, you’re sick.”Now, to a “Non-Camellian” this would bean insult, but not to a camellia addict.Someone telling you that you are sick isbasically telling them that you areofficially a member of the Camellia NutClub. I was honored by Jerry telling methat I was sick because believe me, he issicker than I am.

Being that I am a teacher by vocationI decided to create a quick quiz so othercamellia folks can determine if they are“sick” and if they are, how sick. To takethis quiz you simply need to keep track ofhow many times you would say “YES” toeach of the following 21 questions.

Ignoramus: a person who does notknow much: an ignorant or stupidperson.


Be Honest and Here We Go:

1. Do you have several written lists of camellias you want to buy, graft, or air-layer in various locations around your home?2. Do you get excited when someone mentions a good new fertilizer product?3. Can you rattle off fifty or more camellia varieties in five minutes or less?4. Have you lost track of how many camellias and the varieties you actually own?5. Have you ever debated whether Kanjiro, Kumagai Nagoya, Hongluzhen, Eqao, or some other variety was the best rootstock for grafting?6. Have you ever dug up and thrown away or grafted on a perfectly nice camellia variety to make room for a new variety you have never even seen bloom?7. Have you ever lied to you wife/husband or significant other about purchasing a new camellia or hidden a new purchase from their view?

8. Have you traveled more than 1 ½ hours to attend a camellia show?9. Have you ever decided you did not want to go on a vacation trip (or cut a vacation trip short) so you could make sure your camellias were well watered or maintained?10. Have you ever had a dream about a camellia bloom or a camellia show?11. Do you have old ACS yearbooks, journals, nomenclature books, or other camellia books scattered around your living room or den, car, office, or bathroom?12. Have you taken a camellia cutting from a vacant lot, public park, or unknown person’s yard?13. Have you ever promised someone or yourself that you have all the camellias you want or will ever plant only to break that promise months later?14. Do you have a spare refrigerator just for storing gibberellic acid, camellia cuttings or scions, chemicals, and/or camellia blooms?15. Have you ever asked for a camellia plant as a birthday or Christmas gift?16. Do you have two or more plastic or styrofoam storage bins or coolers dedicated for camellia blooms?17. Have you ever called or asked a friend to come to your yard to look at one of your camellia blooms?18. Have you ever taken twice as many photos of camellia blooms in a given year than you took of family members and friends?19. If you made a most hated list, spider mites, scale, dieback, and petal blight would all be in the top ten?20. Have you tried three or more successful methods of grafting camellias but continue to look for an even better method?When it deals with Camellias

are you Insane or just Crazy?


Bonus Question:21. Do you have at least one greenhouseused mainly for camellias? NOTE: addanother point if you have a secondgreenhouse or wish you had madegreenhouse #1 much larger.

Well, how sick are you? I am on theborderline between being “Sick” andbeing “Insane.” If you are a “NormalPerson” or only in “Danger of GettingSick” I encourage you to continueattending your local camellia club, go to

as many camellia shows as possible, jointhe American Camellia Society, get toknow as many other “Camellians” aspossible, especially those that are “Sick”and “Insane.” If you will do these thingsyou too will soon be complimented by a

fellow camellia friend when they tell you,“Oh, you’re sick.” And alwaysremember, when it comes to the camelliahobby, crazy people have more fun.

Camellia Insanity Grading Scale:(Based upon the number of Yes answers above)

0-3 = You’re Basically a Normal Person4-7 = You’re in Danger of Getting Sick

8-12 = You’re Sick - No Question About It13 or more = You’re Insane - There is No Doubt

fashion house Chanel as well as the Italianhouse Fendi and his own label fashionhouse, conceived the “Imaginary Gardenof Coco Chanel,” and commissionedEnglish garden designer Tom Stuart-Smithto design it in the Baroque style preferredby Coco. It was complete with greenerytrained into the shape of the Chanel logoof interlaced Cs, and featured only whiteflowers, including hundreds of pure whitecamellia. To achieve this was a feat of delayingnature. The camellia is not growncommercially as a cut flower. In England,it blooms briefly in late January and isonly sold as small bushes. In order tocreate the garden, specially createdgreenhouses had to be set up in Englandand the USA to engineer the flowers sothat they bloomed in May. Only the verybest examples would make the grade for

the 170,000 odd visitors to the show. Theentire hedged structure of the garden wasgrown for a year in advance in containersand then assembled on site like a jigsaw -the first time a garden was made in thisway for Chelsea. Today, the camellia is still animportant part of the Chanel mystique.The now-iconic flower is still found on thegarments of present-day celebrities, and italways features as a central theme in eachseason’s jewelry collection.

Sources:Alexandra Grashkina-Hristov. CocoChanel: A Biography of the World's MostElegant Woman.Justine Picardine. Coco Chanel: TheLegend and the Life.

Camellias in Fashion continued from page 15


In Memorium

MAX MIZELL

Maddox Wade “Max” Mizell passed awaypeacefully at his home in Metairie, La. onSaturday, October 24, 2015, at the age of90.

Max was amember and pastpresident of theCamellia Club ofNew Orleans and amember of theAmerican CamelliaSociety, the GulfCoast CamelliaSociety, the Ozone

Camellia Club, the Lion's Club ofMetairie, and Sun Masonic Lodge No.336.

Along with his beloved Marie andfamily, Max also loved Camellias. One ofhis proudest moments in life wasreceiving the American Camellia Society's"Tablet of Honor Award" jointly to Marieand him in January, during the society'snational convention in Tallahassee, FL. Despite Max's declining mobility, heremained active with Camellias. Heattended the Gulf Coast CamelliaSociety's convention in Bay St. Louis, MSthe week before his death, and upon hisreturn home, Max spoke fondly of seeinghis friends there. Max's attendance waspossible only due to the extraordinary andgreatly appreciated efforts of hiscompanion, Mia Oakes. Max also proudlyserved in the United States Navy duringWorld War II. I

DAVID NIHART

Sadly, on September 27, David Nihart,died unexpectedly in Mobile at age 64.He practiced law in the Mobile area 39years.

He was pastpresident of theCamellia Club ofMobile, and servedas the AlabamaDirector of theAmerican CamelliaSociety. He was acamellia judge inshows across the

country. He always enjoyed working withall types of flowers and photography.

David was President when I joined theClub in the early ‘90s. At the secondmeeting I attended, David gave me aone-year-old ‘Black Magic’ camellia hehad grafted from his own plant. Yearslater, at our January Show, I showed hima lovely bloom from that gift. Davidreached into the bloom with the eraser endof his pencil and eased back the centerpetals to expose a flawless boss of brilliantgolden stamens! That bloom won me theDolores Oates Trophy thanks to David’stip. If you ever went to the now closedRoussos Restaurant during camellia time,you almost certainly saw a huge containerwith dozens of gorgeous camellia bloomsfloating in it - those were all David’sblooms. All who have attended our JudgesReception the evening before our Showwill have appreciated David’s perennialcontribution of liquid refreshments to thatconvivial gathering. We know everyonewill raise a glass to him next January inappreciation of his many years of service

to our Club. David, you are and will bemissed. -Vera Curry.


AROUND THE REGION

AROUND THE REGION

VP Development Dr. BrendanKelly discusses enhancementplans for UWF CamelliaGarden with the PensacolaCamellia Club.

Attentive crowd at the PCC meeting

Christi Hankins, PCC President,presents Certificate of Appreciationto Rita Perling.

Ruby Campbell pinscamellia pin she bought inthe GCCS silent auction

on lapel of Kenn’s jacket.

Pensacola photo by Norman Vickers

Norman Vickers spotted this little fellowresting in the shade of one of his camellialeaves.

C. japonica ‘Kumagai-Ngoya’ is the favoriteunderstock of some ofthe grafters in ourregion.


Here we are again, smack dab in themiddle of THE SEASON. I mean,

camellia season—now what season didyou think I meant! And hopefully,glorious weather for all of the showswill prevail. As January and a new yearfloat into view, South Florida and its‘sugarplums’ make my husband’s eyeslight up as never before. Or as they doevery year at this time when he andSkip begin chattering on the phone likeold ladies! About? Why, the earlyJanuary pilgrimage and who will comeand how many cars and where to spendthe night and and. . .

It all started with Mark Crawford,the nurseryman from Valdosta. He andseveral others used to do a lot ofgrafting at Clarence Gordy’s place insouth Florida because Gordy had thespace. Mark allowed as how Dickought to go down and visit. SoCamellia 1 called Camellia 2, and offthey went to visit with the Gordys.After lunch, unbeknownst to Dick,about ten ‘visitors’ that had graftedthere began digging up the grafts totake home. Not being one to stand byand watch, Dick grabbed a shovel andstarted digging. Well, after the thirdtime of hearing, “who wants this one,”Dick shouted, “Time Out!” He putdown his shovel, shook his headconfused and asked these titans of thecamellia world, “What are the rules

here?” What an upstart they must havethought!

Then Dick was told that prioritywent to the Gordys and/or whoeverhad done the graft. If the graft wasn’ttaken, then it went to whoever wantedit. And that was the year he came homewith CG204 ‘Emberglow’ and‘Awesome Blossom,’ now known as‘Jim Smelley.’

That first trip has since grown intoa pilgrimage for scion gathering.Camellia folks east of Pensacola travelwest as far as Agricola, and those westof Pensacola travel east as far as Ocalaand all stops in between.

In early 2015, the largest grouptraveled, each to Tallahassee, Quitman,and Ocala, then Pensacola to Mobileand Agricola.

But when the camellia worldshifted with the loss of Clarence andMiss Lillian Gordy, so, too, did thetrip. The plans for scion gathering willbe different in 2016.

And please don’t call Dick or Skipor try to butter them up in any way foran invite. Almost everyone readilyshares scions. Plan your own trip tovisit the growers in your area, andremember to ask what scions YOU canbring for your hosts. I promise that youwill find your own Mecca orMandalay.

Camellia 1 to Camellia 2:On the Road to Mandalay

By Bette Hooton, Pensacola. FL


C. reticulata ‘Jim Smelley’ 2013 James and ElaineSmelley, Moss point. MS

C. japonica ‘Emberglow’ 2012 Gordy

Hulyn Smith (seated) leads a group to visitGordy’s garden in south Florida.

Clarence Gordy, welcomesRoger Vinson, Jim Smelley,

and Dick Hooton to hisgarden in 2012.


The industrious members of theBaton Rouge CamelliaSociety (BRCS) officially

kick off the camellia “season” inOctober with a picnic at Live OakPlantation in Watson, the beautifulhome place of Linda and Roger Roy.However, work has actually beenon-going throughout the spring andsummer as required by the seasonalrequirements of the plants. The club grows approximately2,000 camellias per year at the LSUAgCenter and Botanic Gardens atthe Burden farm. Some are own-root plants started in misting beds;others are grafted. Scions arecollected from camellia growersfrom South Central United Statesand other camellia growingcountries. Florence Crowder andJoe Holmes, members of theInternational Camellia Society, whobring cuttings from their trips, havediscovered that cultivars of the samename from different countries havea few variations. Members areencouraged to grow differentvarieties for their own enjoyment aswell as for others and to be a sourceof cuttings for propagation. Also,members who attend shows in thearea find varieties not in the BRCSinventory, and often get theexhibitor to share cuttings for thenext propagating season. This is ourmeans of having approximately1,000 varieties available.

Baton Rouge Camellia Society:An Active EnterpriseBy Gerald Phares, BRCS President

Art Landry and Mike Pigott busy grafting.

Mike Ruth and Joe Holmes check new grafts in shade house#2 and uncover as needed.

One year grafts are grown off in shade house #1.


The working group meetsevery Wednesday morning, withfew exceptions, at the BurdenCenter to produce the wonderfulplants that we offer for sale. Twoor three days are set aside forrooting and the same for grafting.The rest of the year is spent onroutine jobs such as weeding,repotting, watering, pruning, etc.A simple lunch of sandwich,cookies and other desserts isprovided for the workers everyweek but occasionally a superlunch of etouffee or a casserole isserved by one of the lovely ladies.Sometimes business is conductedat this time to discuss variousprojects with little parliamentaryprocedure. The camellia plants thusproduced are available for sale tomembers and the general public atall BRCS events, but especially atthe annual camellia show. At theend of the growing year, 50% ofthe profit from the sale of theplants is given to Burden for theuse of their facilities and otherincurred expenses. From fundsgarnered by selling the camelliaplants, the Baton Rouge CamelliaSociety has pledged $1,000.00 ayear for the past year, and the nextfour years to the AmericanCamellia Society. In addition, itis policy that working membersmay choose plants from ourinventory in return for their timeand efforts. One of the responsibilities ofthe Baton Rouge club is tomaintain the varieties that makeup the Higo, Oriental, and Stonecollections located at the BatonRouge AgCenter which were

One of the mist beds for rooting cuttings.

Repotting cuttings

2 and 3 year old grafts and cuttings in shade house ready for sale.


donated by Stella Cooper, the daughter ofVi and Hank Stone. Varieties of pre-1900registrations are soon to be planted in anew garden located in the arboretum at thecenter which will also be maintained bythe Baton Rouge group. A grant wasreceived by the AgCenter to allow for sitepreparation of the some 100 plants to bedonated by Charles and Florence Crowderover a two-year period. Each working member is given aresponsibility to oversee, with the entireclub assisting for major projects. Thestrength and success of any organizationis the willingness and effort to maintain afriendly and cooperative attitude with eachother. The strength of the BRCS is thewonderful participation of loyal,hardworking members. One member,Arthur Hoover, is a welder and mechanicwho maintains various pieces of Burden’sfarm equipment to put it back in operationand tends to spraying when needed. Mike Ruth collects the statistics as towhere scions are from, who grafted themand the outcome. He is also responsiblefor inventory of the various plants grownfrom own root and grafting and of thoseplants ready to sell. Roger Roy isresponsible for communications with theAmerican Camellia Society. A team ofmembers, headed by Trent James, goes togardens where assistanceis needed inidentification of varieties or culturalproblems. Dr. James is also currentlyconducting video interviews of localcamellians. For several years JoeHolmes, Jim Campbell, and FlorenceCrowder have been attempting to identifythe varieties at Avery Island and other areagardens. Rebecca Christian furnishespublicity of BRCS activities with the localnewspaper, and Florence Crowdermaintains the facebook page. PresidentGerald Phares is the instructor of thejudging school sponsored by the BRCS

when requested and organizes all effortsand is the key to our activities. Occasionally, members assist otherclubs or individuals with their projectswhen called upon. Many more individualslend to the success of the club. BRCS members are active in the GulfCoast Camellia Society, AmericanCamellia Society (69), InternationalCamellia Society as well as several localclubs and hold responsible positions inthem. But it is not all work for the BRCSmembers. A Christmas get-together isheld at the home of Rebecca and ‘Uncle’Bob Christian in Baton Rouge. ArlinDease invites the club to the end of theyear meeting at his wonderful‘Hemingbough’ in St. Francisville for alunch buffet. Following the meeting, allare invited to Walter Imahara’s garden,also in St. Francisville. It is only through the participation thatthe club is able to be successful in itsendeavors. The BRCS annual show will

be held February 13 and 14, 2016, atBurden’s Rural Life Museum, Essen Laneat I-10, in Baton Rouge. We invite all toparticipate in the work of the Baton RougeCamellia Society. We have fun and getthe job done, so join us if you can.


21 November 2015 - Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia SocietyLyman Community Center, 13472 Highway 49, Gulfport. MS (4 mi. North of I 10)

23-24 November 2015 - Middle Georgia Camellia Society State Fair ShowByron Municipal Complex, Byron, GA

5 December 2015 - Valdosta Camellia & Garden Club Show, Valdosta, GA

5 December 2015 - Ozone Camellia Club, Slidell, LA. City Auditorium 2053 2nd St. Opento public 2 p.m. Entry time for blooms - 8-11 a.m.

12 December 2015 - Pensacola Camellia Club, Pensacola, FL. First Presbyterian Church,33 E. Gregory St., Pensacola, FL. ) Open to public 2 p.m. Entry time 7 to 11 a.m.

9 January 2016 - Northshore Camellia Club, Covington, LA. Southern Hotel, 428 EastBoston St., Covington, LA. Open to public 1:30 p.m. Entry time 8 to 10:30 a.m.

9 January 2016 - Gainsville Camellia Society, Gainsville, FL.Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 Southwest 58th Drive, Gainsville, FL.

9 January 2016 - Tallahassee Camellia Society, Doyle Conner Administration Building,3125 Conner Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL

16 January 2016 - Coushatta Camellia Society, Conroe, TX. First Christian ChurchFellowship Building, 3500 North Loop 336 West.

16-17 January 2016 – Camellia Club of Mobile, Mobile, AL. Colonial Mall, Bel Air,Mobile, AL. Open to public 2-7 p.m. Sat., and noon-4 p.m. Sun. Entry time 7 to 11

23-24 January 2016 - Costal Carolina Camellia Soc. ACS National Camellia Show

30 January 2016 - Camellia Club of New Orleans, LA. Thoedore Roosevelt MiddleSchool, 3315 Kaine St., Kenner, LA.

30 January 2016 - Lakeland Camellia Show, Lakeland. FL

6 February 2016 - Brookhaven Camellia Society, Brookhaven, MS. BrookhavenRecreation Department, Highway 51 N. Open to public 2-5 p.m. Entry time 7 to 11

6 February 2016 - Coushatta Camellia Society, Huntsville, TX.Gibbs Ranch Conference Center, Sam Houston State University, 113 Fraser Road.

13-14 February 2016 - Baton Rouge Camellia Society, Baton Rouge, LA. Rural LifeMuseum, Essen Lane at I-10, Baton Rouge, LA. Open to public 3 p.m. Entry time 7:30

13 February 2016 - Southeast Alabama Camellia Club, Dothan, AL, First MethodistChurch Family Center, 1380 West Main St., Dothan, AL

20-21 February 2016 - Atlanta Camellia Show, North Georgia Camellia Society.

21 February 2016 Camellia Stroll, Hammond Research Station, Hammond, LA. TourHodie Wilson’s Camellia Garden from 1 to 5 p.m.

5-6 March 2016 - Chattahoochee Valley Camellia Society, Columbus, GA

If you have a show date or judging school date that you would like listed in The Camellian,please send them to the editor at the address on the inside back cover.

Camellia Show Dates 2015 - 2016


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In the Winter GardenBy Art Landry, Baton Rouge, LA

Winter is the Camellia Season wehave waited for all year. Now we

can enjoy those beautiful blooms and getready for the winter chores of grafting,planting, re-potting and mulching.Watering: The plants need amplemoisture to bloom, so water every weekif rainfall is sparse. Container grownplants need watering more frequently thangrowing in the ground. Check and water,if needed, 2-3 times a week.Planting: Transplanting of plants cantake place in December and continuethrough February. If you prepared yourplanting sites in October, the plantingplace should be in good shape by now ifyou've turned the soil over a few times. Ifyou didn't do this earlier, do it now andwait a month or two. Container-grownplants can be planted into the ground atanytime. Spread out roots if root-boundor cut off badly bound roots. Do not allowto dry out. Dig up those seedling plants whichsprout under your plants and plant then ingood potting soil in a pot or in a goodgarden location and in a year or so youwill have a grafting size plant.Grooming: Try to pick up spent bloomsto control petal blight. Pin back leavesand branches with clothespins to preventwind damage to your best buds.

January is a good time to do minorpruning while you are cutting flowersfrom the bush. If the branch is a weak oneor will have no growth bud on it, then cutit off back at the main branch or the trunk.Don't leave a branch with leaves on itwithout growth buds; it is likely to die

back anyway. You are better off to pruneit away at the time you cut the flower.Spraying: If you have a plant with a scaleproblem, you can spray with oil emulsionsuch as Dormant Oil or Ultrafine Oilspray. Another good product is Neem Oil,also sold as a rose spray. Look for theactive ingredient to be Neem Oil. (Forexample, Neem Oil is now 'the activeingredient in "Triple Action" spray byFertilome which also contains a miticideand a fungicide.) As with other oil sprays,use in mild weather periods to avoiddamage to the leaves. Always use asdirected by manufacturer.Mulching: Collect mulching materials(leaves, pine straw, etc) and spread agenerous amount around your plants.Chopping leaves with the lawnmower willavoid matting. Covering leaves with pinestraw will hold them in place and lookgood, too.Grafting: Grafting can be started inJanuary, but most grafting in this area isdone in February. It can also be done inMarch if dormant scions are stillavailable. If you are inexperienced atgrafting contact your local camellia clubabout a demonstration or hands-onassistance in learning.Attend camellia shows in your area andtake flowers if you can. The clubs puttingon shows always need plenty of flowersto make an impressive show.


1. Alabama Beauty 2. Alabama Beauty 3. Autumn Sentinel4. Daydream 5. Yuletide 6. Pink Snow

Camellia Quiz Answers

Editor’s NotesBy Kenn Campbell, Baton Rouge, LA

[email protected]

The Good Old DaysThe following note by Vera Curry

appeared in the Camellia Club of MobileNewsletter of October 2015.

“While browsing through anAmerican Camellia Society quarterlymagazine from 1958 (which I borrowedfrom Jim Smelley) I found a list ofCamellia Shows held throughout the USthat spring - the Shreveport, Louisiana,Club had a total of 14,000 blooms in theirShow on March 8/9, 1958!!!!!! Yep,that’s fourteen thousand!!!! The OzoneCamellia Club of Slidell, LA, (this Clubis still operating) had a total of 5,260 intheir Show on January 25, 1958.... Lotsof Clubs, no longer active, showed 2,000or more blooms.”

Yes, Vera, I remember those daysbefore petal blight descended upon us.You could cut a bloom and put it in a vaseand it would last a week. If yourefrigerated them they would stay showquality for a couple of weeks. Everyonesaved a week’s worth of blooms andcarried them to the shows. I can recall thatMr. Oscar Elmer of New Orleans wouldarrive in his limousine followed by a van.The chauffeur and van driver wouldunload a truckload of coffin sized icechests and proceed to place the flowers inthe show under his supervision.

There were several large growers thatprovided blooms to the cut-flower tradewhere they were used for floralarrangements for weddings, banquets, etc.

Those businesses ceased when petal blightshowed up.

Then in the late 1960s a series ofsevere winters wiped out many of theshows for three or four years. Many clubsgot discouraged and disbanded. Some likethe Baton Rouge club started up againafter a few years, but many did not.

Best Grafting Days The best grafting days occur a coupleof days on either side if the 1st Quarterphase of the moon. The first quarter datesfor the coming season are 16 January, 15February, and 15 March 2016. Shoot forthese dates if you can, but if you needmore time use the last quarter dates. Avoidthe full moon.

C. japonica ‘Oscar B. Elmer Var.’ 1978 J. L.Mandrich, Menlo Park, CA.


C. japonica “William Forest Bray” 1960, by W. F. Bray.Pensaola, FL

C. japonica “Gus Menard” 1962, by Ernest E. Judice, NewOrleans, LA

Gulf Coast Camellia Society

Invitation to Join

The Gulf Coast Camellia Society was organizedin 1962 for the purpose of extendingappreciation and enjoyment of camellias. TheSociety strives to provide information to itsmembers about all aspects of the care and cultureof camellia plants as well as the exhibiting andshowing of camellia blooms. The Society alsoserves as a forum for members to share andexchange information and experiences with othermembers.

Annual dues for membership in the GulfCoast Camellia Society are $10.00 forindividuals and $12.00 for couples. Membershipruns from October through September each year.Life Membership is available at $200 forindividual and $240 for couples. Inc ludedwith membership are four issues of The GulfCoast Camellian which contains articles on allaspects of camellia culture as well as serving asan exchange of news and information betweenand for members. The Camellian also containsreports of the Society’s operations, minutes ofmeetings, financial reports, show news, andother subjects of interest to our members.To join, send your name, address, phonenumber, and e-mail address, along with yourpayment to Gulf Coast Camellia Society, in careof Michael Ruth, 726 High Plains Ave., BatonRouge, LA 70810

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C. japonica “Grace Albritton Starfire” 1980, by C. X.Copeland, Jackson, MS

C. japonica “Blood of China” 1905, by Stoutz Garden,Mobile. AL


President Jim Dwyer14040 Riverside Dr.Foley, AL 36535(251) [email protected]

Vice-President Roger Roy P.O.Box 177

Watson, LA 70786(225) [email protected]

Treasurer Michael Ruth726 High Plains Ave.

Baton Rouge, LA 70810 (225) 767-1388 [email protected]

Secretary Rebecca Christian4634 Hyacinth Ave.Baton Rouge, LA 70808(225) 930-9330 [email protected]

Editor Kenneth B. Campbell3310 Fairway Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (225) 923-1697 [email protected]

State Vice Presidents Alabama Al Baugh Florida Carol Comber Georgia Mark Crawford Louisiana Jim Campbell Mississippi James Smelley, Susan Moran Texas Claudette Shelfer

The Gulf Coast Camellian is published quarterlyby the Gulf Coast Camellia Society, Inc.

Copyright 2014

The Gulf Coast Camellia SocietyOfficers 2015 - 2016

Camellia japonica from “…Camellieae…” Chandler and Beattie 1831The first of the genus introduced into England prior to 1701 from China.

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