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First Public Camellia Show Historical Marker
- First Public Camellia Show State
Historical Marker
- Located in a park in the middle of Third St. near
the intersection with Cherry St. in Macon, Ga.
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FIRST PUBLIC CAMELLIA
SHOW
After a revival of interest in
camellias, the first public Camellia Show in the U.S. was held
Feb. 5, 1932 at Burden-Smith & Co. At the suggestion of Henry
T. Conner, immediately after the show, the Azalea and Camellia
Soc. of America, forerunner of the American Camellia Soc., was
formed with 48 charter members. Maconites serving as officers
-- all of whom, with the Vineville Garden Club, directed the
show -- were T.J. Stewart, James H. Porter. Dr. W.G. Lee, Henry
T. Conner. J.G. Bailie of Augusta was treasurer. At the Dempsey
Hotel, Sept. 29, 1945, the American Camellia Society was organized.
Dr. H. Harold Hume, Univ.. of Fla., was its first president.
011-11 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
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