CONTENTS  

Message from the President Greg Davis ...10

Otomo Fund ...18

Events, People and Places
International Camellia Congress in Locarno, Switzerland, March 2005
Roger Brehaut ...19

Pre-Congress Tour in Italy --- David Molloy ...26

Post-Congress Tour in Germany --- Herb Short ...32

Extended Post-Congress Tour --- Roger Brehaut ...37

Three Camellia Festivals in China --- Greg Davis ...38

The Queen of the Belgians Plants a Camellia --- Herb Short ...42

Saving Vi Stone’s Camellias --- Art Landry ...44

Obituaries
Colonel Tom Durrant ...46
Leslie Riggal ...47
Stirling Macoboy ...48

Books
"Collected Species of the Genus Camellia, An Illustrated Outline"
by Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks and Du Yuequang ...49
"Iconographie du Genre Camellia" by Abbé Berlèse (reprint) ...50
"18-19 Century’s Camellia Plates" by Shinichiro Kishikawa (Reprint) ...50

Culture and Research
England’s First Camellias --- Herb Short ...51

The Truth about Lord Petre’s Camellias --- Herb Short ...56

Andries Donkelaar (1783-1858) --- Marc de Coninck ...60

Camellias in France --- Jeannette Bleaney ...66

Saxony’s Camellias --- Marion and Matthias Riedel ...69

Camellias in the Czech Republic --- Marion and Matthias Riedel ...78

The Wilhelma Gardens --- Waldemar Max Hansen ...79

Notes on the History of the Camellia in Italy --- Andrea Corneo ...82

Introduction and Spread of Camellias in Portugal --- Clara Gil de Seabra ...91

Camellias in Galicia --- Carmen Salinero Corral ...96

Camellias and the Roman Catholic Church in Japan --- Chuji Hiruki ...102

The Genus Camellia and its Geographic Distribution in China --- Guan Kaiyan ...109

Camellia Species with Special Characteristics --- Gao Jiyin ...114

Relationships and Taxonomic Placement of C.crassissima and C.lienshanensis ---
Clifford R. Parks and Norihiro Yoshikawa ...118

Camellia Hamyensis: A New Yellow Species from Vietnam ---
Tran Ninh and Nguyet Hai Ninh ...125

New Registrations ...127

In the Regions ...131
Treasurer’s Report ...135
Membership ...138
Directors and Officers ...141