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The NATIONAL ! HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OCTOBER, 1946 The American Horticultural Society PRESENT ROLL OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS April, 1946 . OFFICERS President, Dr. DaVid V. Lumsden, Silver Spring, Md. First Vice-President, Mr. Wilbur H. Youngman, Washington, D. C. Second Vice-President, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Miss Cahrlotte Elliott, Lanham, Md. Treasurer, Mr. J. Marion·Shull, Chevy Chase, Md. DIRECTORS Terms Erpiring 1947 T erms Er piring 1948 Mrs. Robert Fife, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Walter Douglas, Chauncey, N. Y. Mrs. Mortimer J . Fox, Peekskill, N. Y. Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pa. Mr. B. Y. Morrison, Takoma Park, Md. Mrs. Clement S. Houghton, Chestnut Hill, Mr. Kenyon Reynolds, Pasaden;i, Calif. Mass. Dr. Donald Wyman, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Dr. E. J. Kraus, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott, Media, Pa. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. George Lawrence, Pres., Dr. Ira N. Ga:brielson, Pres., American Begonia Society, American Rock Garden Society, 447 N. Hidalgo Ave., Investment Bldg., Alhambra, (;alif. Washington, D. C. Dr. H. Harold Hume, Pres., American Camellia Society, Mr. John Henny, Jr., Pres., University of Florida, American Rhododendron Society, Gainesville, Fla. Brooks, Oregon Mr. Thomas J. Newbill, Pres .• Dr. Charles Vernon Covell, Pres., American Delphinium Society, American Rose Society, 234 S. Brainard Ave., 1419 Broadway, La Grange, Illinois Oakland, Calif. Dr. Frederick L. Fagley, Pres., American Fern Society, Mr. Wm. T. Marshall, Pres. Emeritus, 287 F ourth Ave., Cactus & Succulent Society of America, New York 10, N. Y. 327 North Ave., 61 Mr. Jesse E. Wills, Pres., Los Angeles, Calif. American Iris Society, National Bldg., Mrs. Hollis Webster, Pres., Nashville. Tenn. Herb Society of America. Mr. George W. Peyton. Pres., 300 Massachusetts Ave., American Peony Society, Boston IS, Mass. Rapidan, Va. Mr. Robert W. Ewell, Pres., Mr. M. C. Lichtenwalter, Pres., American Primrose Soci ety. Midwest Horticultural Society 3275 S. E. Ankeny St., 5061 N. St. Louis Ave., Portland 15, Ore. Chicago 25, Ill. SOCIETIES AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1946 Akron Garden Center, American Rose Society, 226 South Main St., Dr. R. C. Allen, Secy., Akron, Ohio Box 687, Harrisburg, Pa. Bonne Terre Garden Club, Arlington County Garden Club, Mrs. Robert Moran, Secy., Mrs. Lewis H. Weld, Pres., Bonne Terre, Mo. 6613 N. Washington Blvd., Bristow Garden Club, East Falls Church, Va. Mrs. R. L. J ones, Pres., American Begonia Society, Box 660, Bristow, Okla. Mr. Geo rge Lawrence, Pres., California Garden Clubs, Inc., 447 Hidalgo Ave., Mrs. J. A. Simmington, Alhambra, Calif. 870 Chida Vista Ave., Pasadena, Calif. American Fuchsia Society, California Horticultural Society, Headquarters: Calif. Acad. of Sciences, Miss Cora R. Brandt, Secretary, Golden Gate Park, 300 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. PubUcation Office. 82nd St. and Elm Ave., Baltimore, Md. Entered a. second-class matter January 27·. 1982, at the Post Office at Baltimore. Md .. under the Act of Aups' 24. 1912. Chestnut Hill Garden Club, Garden Cl ub of Stuart, Mrs. Bryan S. Perman, Treas., Miss Virginia Dawron, T reas., 41 Crafts 1<.1l., Stuart, Fla. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Georgetown Garden Club, Chevy Chase (D. c.) Garden Club, Mrs. Carroll Greenough, Pres., Mrs. Edward J . Mullins', Pres., 1408 31st St., N. W., 5315 28th St., Washington, D. C. Chevy Chase, D. C. Chicago Horticultural Society, Go ldthwaite Garden Club, U5 So. La Salle St., Mrs. Mary H . Winsor, Ohicago 3, Ill. Goldthwaite, Texas. Chico Horticultural Society, Greeley Garden Club, 1144 W. 3rd St., Mr. J . E. Looney, Chico, Calif. Ch. of Horticulture, Civic Garden Cl ub of Denver, Inc., Greeley, Colo. Mrs. Charles L. Bend, Pres., Hamilton Garden Club, 2272 Jasmine St., Mrs. L. D. Bratton, Pres., Denver 7, Colo. Hamilton, Texas Co lorado Federation of Garden CILl bs, Inc., Hawthorne Flower & Garden Club, Miss Effie Hext, Librarian, Mr. L. C. Zimmerman, 218 East 8th Ave., 7912 Cermak Rd. & 48th St., ' Denver 3, Colo. Chicago 23, Ill. Community Garden Club of Bethesda, Mrs. A. C. Ehlshlager, Pres., Home Garden Club of Denver, 13 A lb emarle St., Mrs. William P . Mellen, Pres., Washington 16. D. C. 4864 Tennyson St., Dallas Garden Club (Founders' Group), Denver, Colo. Mrs. Fred Luckha'ber, 1. B. M. Country Club, Maple Terrace, R.R. No.2, Johnson City, N. Y. Dallas 8, Texas Kendall Garden Club, Fauquier & LoudolJ Garden Club, Miss Edith 1V!. Edgerton, Secy.-Treas .. Mrs. Warren Snider, Pres., Rt. 3, Box 568, Leesburg, Va. Portland 6, Ore. Federated G.c. of Cincinnati and Vicini tv. Lake Forest Garden Club, 1v1 rs. VV. R. Grace, Sr., Pres., . Lake Forest, Ill. 7911 Hamilton Ave., Mt. Healthy 31, Ohio. Longmont Garden Club, Forest Hills Garden Club, Callahan House, Terry St., - Mrs. H. Norair, Pres., Longmont, Colo. 2936 Albemarle St., N. W., Hen's Garden Club of Phoenix, Washington, D. C. Mr. Maurice J . Bradford, Pres., Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, Rt. 1, Box 826, Walnut ami Central Parkway, Phoenix, Ariz. Cincinnati 10, Ohio Michigan Horticultural Society, Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, Mr. Earl Bailey, Exec. Sec'y, East Boulevard at Euclid Ave., 2201 E. Jefferson Ave., Cleveland 6, Ohio Detroit 7, Mich. Garden Center Institute of Buffalo: Midwest Horticultural Society, 1500 Elmwood Ave., 100 North Central Park Blvd .. Buffalo 7, N. Y. Chicago 24. Illinois Garden Center, :--Iorthern Nut Growers Assn., Youngstown Public Library. Mr. Clarence A. Reed, Pres., Youngstown 3, Ohio 7309 Piney Branch Rd., N. 'V., Garden Cl ub of Alexandria, Washington 12, D. C. Mrs. Richard P . Williams, Pittsburgh Garden Center, Episcopal High School Schenley Park, Alexandria. Va. Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Garden Cl ub of Danville, Rock Garden Society of Ohio, Danville, Va. :Mrs. H. O. Wendal, Treas., Garden Club of Fairfax, 2811 Shaffer Ave., Mrs. Edward Howrey, Pres., . vVestwood, Cincinnati, Ohio Burke, Va. San Antonio Garden Center, Garden Club of Gloucester, Witte Museum, Mrs. N. S. Hopkins, Librarian. San Antonio, Texas Nuttall. Va. South County Garden Club of Rhode Islall(:!. Garden Club of Virginia, Mrs. Edmund C. Mayo, Treas .. Mrs. C. .Tames Andrew, Pres., R. F. D .. Saunderstown, R. 1. 929 Graydon Ave., State Agricultural Society, Norfolk 7, Va. P. O. Box 2036, Garden Club of :Morristown, Sacramento, Calif. Mrs. Warren Kinney, Takoma Horticultural Clull, Chairman of Hort., A. C. Barret, Pres., Lee's Hill Farm 4719 Brandywine St.. N. Vl .. Morristown, N. ]. \Vashingtoll, D. C. (Col/til/lied 0 11 iI/side b o c /~ ( over ) The National Horticultural Magazine Vol. 2S Oopyright, 1946, by THE AU])RI OAN HOW1"ICUUl"UR.AL SOCIETY No.4 OCTOBER, 1946 CONTENTS PAGE Thyme and Thyme Again. STEPHEN F. HAMBLIN -- ______________________________________ 33 1 Gardens an Important Cog in German Food Supply. WILBUR H. YOUNG- MAN __________________________ ____ ______ _________ ___________________________________________________________________ 336 A Maker of Books on Gardening, Charles de Sercy, Pirate and Pioneer. MARGERY F . WARNER ________ __ ________________ ~ _________________________________________ ______ 344 Dahlias During the War Years. MORGAN 1. RILEY _________________ ________________ __ _ 348 Bamboos in American Horticulture (V). ROBERT A. YOUNG ___________________ __ 352 Rhododendron Notes: Rhododendrons in the Pacific Northwest. HERBERT IHRIG ____________________ 365 University of Washington Rhododendron Show. IVbs. ARTHUR J. KRA USS ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 372 Azaleas in 0 hio. W. N. LEIG HTY _______________________ _____________________________ ____ ____ 374 Loiseleuria procumbens. H. LINCOLN FOSTER ________________________ ___ __ _______ 376 Overwintering Dormant Seedlings. H. LINCOLN FOSTER.. _____________ __ ____ 376 Azalea, Hazel Da wson ____________________________________________________________________ ____ _____ _____ 377 Azalea, Mai-hime _____________________________________________________________________ _____ __________ ____ 378 Narcissus Notes: Daffodils in 1946, Dallas Texas. MRS. W . H . BEN NERS ________________________ 380 Daffodils in New Hampshire. MRS. G. H. CAUGHEY __________________ _______ ___ 381 Postscript from the Tulsa Exhibit. ELEA NOR HILL ______________________________ 382 Daffodils in Virginia. MRs. GRACE LEAR YOUNG _______________ ___________________ 382 Narcissus, Mary Copeland ___________________________ ______ ______________________________________ 384 Lily Notes: The Protection of Lilies Against Damping' Off. VV'ILLIAlVI L. DORAN __ 385 Cactus and Succulents: My Stay-at-home Friends. W . TAYLOR MARSHALL _______________________________ 387 Colle tia c1rucia t a. W . TAYLOR MARSHALL ________________________ _____ ___ ____ ___________ 391 EpiphyUU1!J!1, cre!J1.atum . DR. E. C. ROOSE N-RuNGE.. __________________________________ 392 Our Gar den. H. G. R us H ._____________________________________________ __ __ ___ _________ _______ ____ _ 395 Recreation Park, Long Beach, California. H. G. RUSH ________ ___ ____ _________ 396 Succulents in Cincinnati. C. R. COLE _______ _______________________________ _______ ____ ___ __ 399 /\ Book or Two ___________________________________________________________________ . ____________________ ____________ 402 The Gardener's Pocketbook: Shrub Notes from Tennessee. R. S . STURTEVANT _____________________________ _____ 405 Elliottia mC e11l/,Osa . MARY G. HENRY_____________________