DOCSLIB.ORG

The NATIONAL HORTICUL TURAL MAGAZINE

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The NATIONAL HORTICUL TURAL MAGAZINE The NATIONAL HORTICUL TURAL MAGAZINE APRIL - · - - 1929 The American Horticultural Society A Union of The National Horticultural Society and The American Horticultural Society, at Washington, D. C. Devoted to the popularizing of all phases of Horticulture: Ornamental Gardening, including Landscape Gardening and Amateur Flower Gardening; Professional Flower Gardening and Floriculture; Vegetable Gardening; Fruit Growing and all activities allied with Horticulture. PRESENT ROLL OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS March J, 1929 OFFICERS President, F. L. Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. First Vice-President, F. L. Mulford, 2400 Tunlaw Road, Washington, D. C. Second Vice-President, Mrs. Francis King, Alma, Mich. Secretary, D. Victor Lumsden, 1629 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. Treasurer, Otto Bauer, 1216 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. DIRECTORS TERMS EXPIRING IN 1930 Miss Mary McD. Beirne, Ashland, Va. Mrs. Mortimer Fox, Peekskill, N. Y. Dr. Harrison Howe, Washington, D. C. Prof. A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y. J. C. Wister, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. TERMS EXPIRING IN 1931 Miss Isabel Busbee, Raleigh, N. C. Frank W. Campbell, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. L. H. Fowler, Washington, D. C. Fairman R. Furness, Media, Pa. J. Marion Shull, Chevy Chase, Md. AFFILIATED SOCIETIES GEORGIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. G. H. Firor, Secretary, Athens, Ga. ALBEMARLE GARDEN CLUB. Mrs. Allen Perkins, President, Mid<llebrook Hills, University, Va. ALEXANDRIA, VA., GARDEN CLUB. Care of Miss Mary Lindsey, President, Braddock, Alexandria, Va. GALESBURG HORTICULTURAL AND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. C. Z. Nelson, Secretary, 534 Hawkinson Avenue, Galesburg, Ill. GARDEN CLUB OF HAGERSTOWN, MD. Care of Mrs. Marshall Wilson, President, The Terrace, Hagerstown, Md. GARDEN CLUB OF SOMERSET HILLS, N. J. Care of Mrs. Marshall Sandford, Far Hills, N. J. GEORGETOWN GARDEN CLUB. Mrs. J. B. Gordon, 2917 Q Street N. W., Washington, D. C. LOS ANGELES GARDEN CLUB. 2530 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, Calif. ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 821 Central National Bank Building, St. Louis, Mo. Entered as seoond-class matter March 22, 1927, at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under the Act of August 24, 1912. Apr., 1929 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 49 BOBBINK & ATKINS ASK FOR VISIT CATALOGS NURSERIES $ .11- ROSES SPRING PLANTING .1 We have several hundred thousand two-year-old, low-budded, field-grown Rose plants In several hundred varieties ready to ship t hi s spring. "Roses by Bobbink & Atkins," our revised Rose Catalog, is profusely illustrated in color. Many new and rare varieties have been included; an extensive list of Climbing a nd Roses adapted to all parts of the country a re described a nd priced. Descriptions are given with comments on t heir merits a nd demerits. All are classified a nd arranged to help the buyer. HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS Our catalog, Hardy Herbaceous Plants, co ntains a co mplete li st of Old-fashioned Flowers and Rock Garden Pla nts, many of which we have growing in pots. Beautifully illustrated in color a nd black. It contains an alphabetical table of H ardy Herbaceous Plants, indicat- ing flowering period;_~, hei g ht and color. .:;'1- """ EVERGREENS, TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES An illustrated catalog 61 Hardy Azaleas, Conifers, Evergreens, Hardy Broad-leaved Eve~­ greefls, Flo\Verjng Shrubs, Hedge Plants, H a rdy Vines, Lilacs, Rhododendrons, Shade' T.,f~es. ;- ;~~ OUR SPECIALTIES - Chinese Magnoliasl Evergreen Azaleas, Lilacs, Ja panese Maples, Koster a nd Moerheimi' Blue Spruce, Ran:l Flowering Shrubs, Red Dogwood, Weeping Flowering Cherri es. VINES AND CLIMBERS Ampelopsis, Aristolochia, Bignonias, Cotoneasters, Euonymus in variety, Honeysuckle, Ivies, Silver Lace Vine, Wisterias. HEART CYPRESS TUBS YAle take pleasure in directing the attention of our patrons to our Plant Tub Manufacturing Department. These are described in our special Tub Pamphlet. Estimates furnished Sor special tubs. In your req uest for catalog, it is importa nt to state definitely what you intend to plant. We issue several catalogs. Nurserymen and Florists Rutherford, New Jersey 50. THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Apr., 1929 . Liliam A. Guernsey (See page 86J Narcissus, T he Fawn and Irish Pearl The National Horticultural Magazine B. Y. MORRISON, Editor SHERMAN R. DUFFY, BERNARD H. LANE, J. MARION SHULL, HAMILTON TRAUB, Contributing Editors Vol. 8 Copyright. 1929, by THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY No.2 APR.IL, 1929. Dr. Walter Van Fleet. By FURMAN LLOYD MULFORD 52 The Manufacture of Incense. By P. H. and J. H. DORSETT 61 The Lilies. By H. CORREVON. Translation by B. H. LANE 65 Types of Peonia Albiftora. By MRS. EDWARD HARDING 71 Peonies for Exhibition 72 A Shopper's Guide . 74 Words ....... 76 The Gardener's Pocketbook: Autumn Crocuses 77 Extermination of Moles 79 Hesper-is nivalis '79 Statice latifolia 81 Dodecatheon meadia 81 Phlox stellaria 84 Cotoneaster divaricata 84 Iris spuria 84 Narcissus, "The Fawn" and "Irish Pearl" 86 Papaver ....... 86 Lilium sargentiae 90 Trenching-Pro and Con 90 Seeds 92 A Book or Two 95 The magazine in this issue reflects the coming June show in the special notes related to peonies, for our society is to have the great pleasure of being host to The American Peony Society in its annual exhibition to be held in Wash­ ington June 7-8. Further details of the show will be sent to members in due season. We are most happy to have these guests and the magazine is happy to have articles from Mrs. Harding and from Mr. Little arranged by Dr. White, all three members of both organizations. Plans for the show are developing amazingly and promise one of the finest shows that has ever been held, thanks to Dr. White and the cooperation of all he has approached. In the remainder of the magazine you will find continuations of all the de­ partments that have been inaugurated save that of Planting and Design. This will appear again in the next issue, having been displaced by other papers at this time. And in The Gardener's Pocketbook, which is the editor's favorite department, you will find for the first time correspondence in which there is a difference of opinion. It probably will never be that we shall rival our con­ temporary, The Forum, and become. a "Magazine of Controversy," but let us have and enjoy a difference of opinion and practice. It is of the greatest value, as the editor discovered this winter in a trip to Florida, where he found cover crops raised to be mowed down hut not dug under, the exact opposite of the practices with which he is familiar. Published quarterly by The American Horticultural Society, Washington, D. C. Editorial Office, 116 Chestnut Street, Takoma Park, D. C. Contributions from all members are cordially invited and should be sent to the above address. Advertising Manager, Margaret C. L"ncaster, 6615 Harlan Place, Takoma Park, D. C. A subscription to the magazine is included in tbe annual dues of all members; to non-members the price is seventy­ five cents the copy, three dollars the year. 52 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Apr., 1929 Dr. Walter Van Fleet By FURMAN LLOYD MULFORD The honor that is due those who a museum. The following June Mr. have made the world a more beautiful Maynard thought he saw an oppor­ place in which to live celtainly belongs tunity to open a branch store in to Dr. Walter Van Fleet. He was Williamsport and arranged with Walter one of the greatest plant breeders to manage it. Mr. Maynard stayed this country has had and he gave there with him until August, but a especial attention to roses. From few months later they closed out. boyhood he was interested in natural About this time Walter taught his history and plant growing and the craft to Chas. F. Eldon and other products of his unremitting and pains­ successful taxidermists. taking energy, combined with un­ Early in 1876 he published an limited patience, are known to garden article on the Rough Winged Swallow lovers all over the country as well as in the first number of the Nuttall in foreign lands. Bulletin which a few years later was Walter Van Fleet was born at called the Auk. In 1886 and the two Piermont, Rockland County, New following years he published several York, not far from the northern end articles on birds in Frank Leslie's of the Palisades of the Hudson, on Popular Magazine, and in 1888 a book June 18. 1857. His ancestors came for children on some of our common from Uti'echt, Holland, to New Am­ birds. sterdam in 1662, a later generation In 1877 the family again moved to moving to the Mohawk Valley. His Williamsport. Soon after W al ter signed parents were Elvira and Solomon a contract to go to South America Van Reusselean Van Fleet. He had a with the Collins Construction Com­ brother older and two sisters younger pany that was about to build a rail­ than himself. The family moved from road on the upper tributaries of the Piermont, New York, to Duboistown, Amazon near the Falls of the Madeira. Pennsylvania, and then across the In February, 1878, he sailed from river to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on the City of Richmond when he was very small; and a little without his parents' knowledge. His later to Watsontown, Pennsylvania, work was wood chopping, which took where he spent most of his boyhood on so much of his time that he apparently a small farm that his father handled found but littlC( left in which to make while principal of the Watsontown short excmsiorls into the jungle with Academy. As children, he and the his shot gun. While working here sister nearest his own age had their he had an attack of tropical fever own plots in the family garden, which and was nursed in the hut of an Indian, were a source of delight to them.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Plant Terminology
    PLANT TERMINOLOGY Plant terminology for the identification of plants is a necessary evil in order to be more exact, to cut down on lengthy descriptions, and of course to use the more professional texts. I have tried to keep the terminology in the database fairly simple but there is no choice in using many descriptive terms. The following slides deal with the most commonly used terms (more specialized terms are given in family descriptions where needed). Professional texts vary from fairly friendly to down-right difficult in their use of terminology. Do not be dismayed if a plant or plant part does not seem to fit any given term, or that some terms seem to be vague or have more than one definition – that’s life. In addition this subject has deep historical roots and plant terminology has evolved with the science although some authors have not. There are many texts that define and illustrate plant terminology – I use Plant Identification Terminology, An illustrated Glossary by Harris and Harris (see CREDITS) and others. Most plant books have at least some terms defined. To really begin to appreciate the diversity of plants, a good text on plant systematics or Classification is a necessity. PLANT TERMS - Typical Plant - Introduction [V. Max Brown] Plant Shoot System of Plant – stem, leaves and flowers. This is the photosynthetic part of the plant using CO2 (from the air) and light to produce food which is used by the plant and stored in the Root System. The shoot system is also the reproductive part of the plant forming flowers (highly modified leaves); however some plants also have forms of asexual reproduction The stem is composed of Nodes (points of origin for leaves and branches) and Internodes Root System of Plant – supports the plant, stores food and uptakes water and minerals used in the shoot System PLANT TERMS - Typical Perfect Flower [V.
    [Show full text]
  • MSRP Appendix E
    Appendix E. Exotic Plant Species Reported from the South Florida Ecosystem. Community types are indicated where known Species High Pine Scrub Scrubby high pine Beach dune/ Coastal strand Maritime hammock Mesic temperate hammock Tropical hardwood Pine rocklands Scrubby flatwoods Mesic pine flatwoods Hydric pine flatwoods Dry prairie Cutthroat grass Wet prairie Freshwater marsh Seepage swamp Flowing water swamp Pond swamp Mangrove Salt marsh Abelmoschus esculentus Abrus precatorius X X X X X X X X X X X X Abutilon hirtum Abutilon theophrasti Acacia auriculiformis X X X X X X X X X Acacia retinoides Acacia sphaerocephala Acalypha alopecuroidea Acalypha amentacea ssp. wilkesiana Acanthospermum australe Acanthospermum hispidum Achyranthes aspera var. X aspera Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens Acmella pilosa Page E-1 Species High Pine Scrub Scrubby high pine Beach dune/ Coastal strand Maritime hammock Mesic temperate hammock Tropical hardwood Pine rocklands Scrubby flatwoods Mesic pine flatwoods Hydric pine flatwoods Dry prairie Cutthroat grass Wet prairie Freshwater marsh Seepage swamp Flowing water swamp Pond swamp Mangrove Salt marsh Acrocomia aculeata X Adenanthera pavonina X X Adiantum anceps X Adiantum caudatum Adiantum trapeziforme X Agave americana Agave angustifolia cv. X marginata Agave desmettiana Agave sisalana X X X X X X Agdestis clematidea X Ageratum conyzoides Ageratum houstonianum Aglaonema commutatum var. maculatum Ailanthus altissima Albizia julibrissin Albizia lebbeck X X X X X X X Albizia lebbeckoides Albizia procera Page
    [Show full text]
  • First Steps in Winemaking
    FIRST STEPS IN WINEMAKING A complete month-by-month guide to winemaking (including the production of cider, perry and mead) and beer brewing at home, with over 130 tried and tested recipes 3rd EDITION 6th IMPRESSION By C. J. J. BERRY (Editor, The Amateur Winemaker) "The Amateur Winemaker," North Croye, The Avenue, Andover, Hants About this book THIS little book really started as a collection of recipes, reliable recipes which had appeared in the monthly magazine, "The Amateur Winemaker." First published in January 1960, it was an instant and phenomenal success, for a quarter of a million copies have been sold, and it is now recognised as the best "rapid course" in winemaking available to the beginner. This new edition has the advantage of modern format, and better illustrations, and the opportunity has been taken to introduce new material and bring the book right up to date. Those who are in need of recipes, and who have probably just fallen under the spell of this fascinating hobby of ours, will also want to know more of its technicalities, so this book includes a wealth of practical tips and certain factual information that any winemaker would find useful. In particular, the hydrometer, ignored in many books on winemaking, has been dealt with simply but adequately, and there is a really practical section on "home-brew" beers and ales . you will find this small book a mine of useful knowledge. The original recipes are there, over 130 of them, with quite a few others, and they are all arranged in the months of their making, so that you can pursue your winemaking all the year round with this veritable Winemakers' Almanac.
    [Show full text]
  • Zen Garden, Beautifulness, Ryoan Temple, Ginkaku Temple, Sankei Garden
    American Journal of Sociological Research 2016, 6(4): 91-98 DOI: 10.5923/j.sociology.20160604.01 A Study on the Beauty of Zen Garden – Cases of Ginkaku Temple, Ryōan Temple and Sankei Garden Tsai Lung-Ming Department of Tourism Management, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan Abstract “Zen” in Chinese called “Chan” welcomed by the Western countries. Indian people’s meditation is somehow like sitting, so Zen also called “Zazen” means sit and meditation. A Zen painting which means the thinking in mind of the author expressed on the painting. That’s a kind of spiritual thinking. In Muromachi Era and Kamakura Era, Japanese culture was profoundly influenced by the Chinese Song and Yuan Dynasty. Most of the arts such as tea ceremony, painting, incense, lacquer ware…etc. Rito Akisato built the Ryoan Temple in 1797. The 15 stones were famous across the world. They are 5, 2,3,2,3 five groups. The garden in Ginkaku Temple using sand to make waves for imitating sea waves also very famous. Sankei Garden is a natural style garden which built in Edo era, and has Study room (Shoin) style tea house in it. There tea ceremonies were opened very often. An empirical test garden built in the campus of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. With landscape facilities of dry stream, water basin, ‘Run and Chase’ grouping stone, three-stone grouping, small pond and stone lantern to intimate the Zen garden. Keywords Zen garden, Beautifulness, Ryoan Temple, Ginkaku Temple, Sankei Garden A Zen garden is not necessary to be located in a Zen 1.
    [Show full text]
  • South Carolina Wildflowers by Color and Season
    SOUTH CAROLINA WILDFLOWERS *Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron) BY COLOR AND SEASON Mountain Camelia (Stewartia ovata) Dwarf Witch Alder (Fothergilla gardenii) Revised 10/2007 by Mike Creel *Wild Plums (Prunus angustifolia, americana) 155 Cannon Trail Road Flatwoods Plum (Prunus umbellata) Lexington, SC 29073 *Shadberry or Sarvis Tree (Amelanchier arborea, obovata) Phone: (803) 359-2717 E-mail: [email protected] Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) Yellowwood Tree (Cladratis kentuckeana) Silverbell Tree (Halesia carolina, etc.) IDENTIFY PLANTS BY COLOR, THEN Evergreen Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) SEASON . Common ones in bold print. Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis, marshalli, etc.) Storax (Styrax americana, grandifolia) Wild Crabapple (Malus angustifolia) WHITE Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) SPRING WHITE Dec. 1 to May 15 SUMMER WHITE May 15 to Aug. 7 *Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco) *Swamp Spiderlily (Hymenocallis crassifolia) Carolina Anemone (Anemone caroliniana) Rocky Shoals Spiderlily (Hymenocallis coronaria) Lance-leaved Anemone (Anemone lancifolia) Colic Root (Aletris farinosa) Meadow Anemone (Anemone canadensis) Fly-Poison (Amianthium muscaetoxicum) American Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) Angelica (Angelica venosa) Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata) Ground Nut Vine (Apios americana) Sandwort (Arenaria caroliniana) Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabium) American Bugbane (Cimicifuga americana) Sand Milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) Cohosh Bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa) White Milkweed (Asclepias
    [Show full text]
  • 333»/..\$Z?.33.33.333/3.33\..3.3
    .. ._.\_3.mv \. .. 3.33.333.... z . 3 ...3../.3.H.”\ . x3 2.3”. ..3.....33......3.\../..3.\3\3....3 . .. .. 3 .. .3\.".3.3ash/32.3.... .. .. .. 33.3 . .... .. 33 . n. 3.5.33.3 .3.. 3343333333“. 3.4333433 . 53.13.3333 .33bx.\k.3.0... 933/34.3n..393./.33.3K\z3.../H333..3:... 3 . .3\.33 . : . ...3 . 3. 333333.33... $3333.33 .H . 3 .. .. n. .. .mwm.umzz...3\ . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .3. 3333.33.33. .. 333333 .. 33/3.\...3.3.3.3..."33......3333."33.3... .. 33 . 3. .3....3 3. .?.V...... u ...... .. .23\.\/..3...3 . 33.3.3.3)...333... n. ..3....33..33.333.33g . .. 39333. n . 3.3.33.3...333w3333 : . .. .. 3 . 33.33.33... "53.33.33.331. .. .. n. .. 33.3”..3 . 333? . ”:33?H3......\\. .. kr333 . .. .....3 . 3x..\...z.3/s3.u... .... .3.. 3.33%.}. ./3 .. {... .3.35.733.3333‘33...3.333.. 3V.. u . .. ....333333.3.33.3. .. ..n 3.33%.33 . .. 3 . Nam. EXRVV. .. 3... .33.... M. .. 3.3.3.33 . .3/3. .3 3 . 3.\..3 . \.. 33.......3.. /.. .... 3.3 3x . 3.....3./.\\\...32.....\..... 3.3.3333. 3V\3umz33.<...3..33....\s..3..333...33¢.h\.." . .33....3WW33 .. 33 . 333»/..\$Z?.33.33.333/3.33\..3.3......3 . 3wvflmww/Wmm3mnykb . 33 . .u .. 33..3333.3.333.R3...33. 3.33333 . 3 $33 ...3/33.33.3333. 9.... .3“..v.3\333 . 33..\..33,3 .. \33.. n 3.2.33... ..3/.33....3..33.3..... 333 . 93.43.37. /zv\3 . \xh.333.33.3/m3 . .../333333...“..4. 3....3 . .n . .. .. ..3 . .. 2.3x.“ .
    [Show full text]
  • Broadleigh Gardens 2014 Spring List
    Broadleigh Gardens 2014 Spring list MAIL ORDER • 01823 286231 Bishops Hull • Taunton • Somerset TA4 1AE www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk Specialists in small bulbs Broadleigh Gardens Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1AE Telephone: 01823 286231 Fax: 01823 323646 www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk “...they think warm days will never cease” aving been asked about my ‘retirement’ after Chelsea I thought you might like to see one of Hthe growing grandsons with the growing plants. The species peony collection is also growing and we hope Iris Double Lament Lilium Friso to have sufficient to offer more varieties soon. Things never stand still and one of the consequences of not doing Chelsea is that we no longer need some of the large show plants so this year we are able to offer the evergreen Dianella tasmanica (page 12) with its extraordinary blue berries. Some of our plants did not enjoy the wonderful summer as much as we did but the Schizostylis were an eye opener. They are stream side plants from southern Africa so we think of them as wanting dampish soils but forget that The youngest grandson - but Eucomis pole-evansii is winning! they experience seasonal rainfall and very hot summers. They literally blossomed and are still in full flower as I varieties are grown in an open field so we know they are write this in mid November. They are perfect to keep the hardy and we lift plants for sale. There are many more interest going into autumn I grow them in my dry ditch varieties on the website. with iris and hostas.
    [Show full text]
  • Plant List for Web Page
    Stanford Working Plant List 1/15/08 Common name Botanical name Family origin big-leaf maple Acer macrophyllum Aceraceae native box elder Acer negundo var. californicum Aceraceae native common water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica Alismataceae native upright burhead Echinodorus berteroi Alismataceae native prostrate amaranth Amaranthus blitoides Amaranthaceae native California amaranth Amaranthus californicus Amaranthaceae native Powell's amaranth Amaranthus powellii Amaranthaceae native western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Anacardiaceae native wood angelica Angelica tomentosa Apiaceae native wild celery Apiastrum angustifolium Apiaceae native cutleaf water parsnip Berula erecta Apiaceae native bowlesia Bowlesia incana Apiaceae native rattlesnake weed Daucus pusillus Apiaceae native Jepson's eryngo Eryngium aristulatum var. aristulatum Apiaceae native coyote thistle Eryngium vaseyi Apiaceae native cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum Apiaceae native floating marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides Apiaceae native caraway-leaved lomatium Lomatium caruifolium var. caruifolium Apiaceae native woolly-fruited lomatium Lomatium dasycarpum dasycarpum Apiaceae native large-fruited lomatium Lomatium macrocarpum Apiaceae native common lomatium Lomatium utriculatum Apiaceae native Pacific oenanthe Oenanthe sarmentosa Apiaceae native 1 Stanford Working Plant List 1/15/08 wood sweet cicely Osmorhiza berteroi Apiaceae native mountain sweet cicely Osmorhiza chilensis Apiaceae native Gairdner's yampah (List 4) Perideridia gairdneri gairdneri Apiaceae
    [Show full text]
  • Colonial Garden Plants
    COLONIAL GARD~J~ PLANTS I Flowers Before 1700 The following plants are listed according to the names most commonly used during the colonial period. The botanical name follows for accurate identification. The common name was listed first because many of the people using these lists will have access to or be familiar with that name rather than the botanical name. The botanical names are according to Bailey’s Hortus Second and The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (3, 4). They are not the botanical names used during the colonial period for many of them have changed drastically. We have been very cautious concerning the interpretation of names to see that accuracy is maintained. By using several references spanning almost two hundred years (1, 3, 32, 35) we were able to interpret accurately the names of certain plants. For example, in the earliest works (32, 35), Lark’s Heel is used for Larkspur, also Delphinium. Then in later works the name Larkspur appears with the former in parenthesis. Similarly, the name "Emanies" appears frequently in the earliest books. Finally, one of them (35) lists the name Anemones as a synonym. Some of the names are amusing: "Issop" for Hyssop, "Pum- pions" for Pumpkins, "Mushmillions" for Muskmellons, "Isquou- terquashes" for Squashes, "Cowslips" for Primroses, "Daffadown dillies" for Daffodils. Other names are confusing. Bachelors Button was the name used for Gomphrena globosa, not for Centaurea cyanis as we use it today. Similarly, in the earliest literature, "Marygold" was used for Calendula. Later we begin to see "Pot Marygold" and "Calen- dula" for Calendula, and "Marygold" is reserved for Marigolds.
    [Show full text]
  • Spring Wildflowers
    BLUE / VIOLET (CONTINUED) GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) Lindenwood Wildflowers Phlox (Polemoniaceae) • Corolla : the showy inner floral envelope; the segments (called • Greek Valerian (Polemonium reptans ): similar to Jacob’s-ladder petals) may be separate or joined. The wildflowers listed below are those that are most common and but stem weaker and fewer leaflets; stamens do not project • Disk (in composites): the round or button-like center (like in a daisy) Spring most-likely to be seen by park visitors; all species listed have been beyond flower. Native. April – June composed of numerous tubular disk flowers, usually surrounded by observed at the preserve in the past. Species are arranged by a circle of ray flowers. prominent flower color and then by Family. The months that are listed are the average blooming periods in this region for the flower. Snapdragon (Scrophulariaceae) • Floweret : the individual flowers of a composite/aster flower head. See the glossary for any obscure technical vocabulary included in • Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia ): creeping with • Head : a crowded cluster of stalk-less, or nearly stalk-less, flowers. the descriptions. A (*) located after the Family name indicates that small, 4-petaled flowers; leaves are small, opposite, toothless, • Leaflets : the smaller, individual parts of a compound leaf. Wildflowers certain general family characteristics were given in a previous color short-stalked and oval. Alien. May – Sept. • Lobed (leaf): Indented, with outer projections rounded. section. Note: edibility is not included; for your own benefit, DO • Native : originally from this area; not introduced. Violet (Violaceae) NOT ATTEMPT TO INGEST ANY WILD PLANT. • Opposite (leaves, etc.): arranged directly across from each other.
    [Show full text]
  • The Plant Collection of the 6Th Earl of Coventry at Croome Park, Worcestershire
    margaret stone, ann hooper, pamela shaw and lesley tanner an eighteenth-century obsession – the plant collection of the 6th earl of coventry at croome park, worcestershire The parkland at Croome, Worcestershire, was the frst landscape designed by Lancelot Brown, employed by George William, 6th Earl of Coventry. The Earl amassed a vast, diverse plant collection, for which over six hundred bills have survived; they cover more than sixty years from 1747 to his death in 1809. Large numbers of plants were purchased at enormous cost and there were many frst introductions to Britain. By the end of the eighteenth century this was arguably the fnest private collection ever formed. This paper is a study of that collection. in 1751, george william, viscount Deerhurst, succeeded to the title of 6th earl of coventry; he was twenty-eight years old and had been managing the croome estate for three years (figure 1). he had demolished the early eighteenth-century formal gardens and now employed lancelot brown as clerk of works to remodel the seventeenth- century house. brown had worked at stowe, buckinghamshire, for ten years between 1740 and 1751, acquiring experience in supervising building work and remodelling the lake; he was by then thirty-fve years old. the exterior of croome court shows considerable similarity to william kent’s neo-palladian holkham hall, norfolk. the earl must have been deeply involved in the project; he kept his invoices carefully, often annotating them, and they have survived to the present (figure 2).1 clearly, he had a good working relationship with brown, who was soon appointed to develop the grounds.
    [Show full text]
  • Evidence of the Morphological Range, Transition and Evolution of Stomatal Protection Mechanisms in Some Selected Proteaceae
    EVIDENCE OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL RANGE, TRANSITION AND EVOLUTION OF STOMATAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS IN SOME SELECTED PROTEACEAE Ratnawati Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Masters of Science Degree l ' \ ' i. <.. I . t I \ I \ :'\. ' • SCHOOL OF PLANT SCIENCE DECEMBER 2001 DECEMBER 2001 This thesis is not to be made available for loan or copying for two years following the date this statement was signed. Following that time the thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. - - ---- - __·1 -----------~--- --- -- ------------- ------- DECLARATION Except as stated herein, this thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award or any other degree or diploma, and to the best of my knowledge and belief contains no copy or paraphrase of material previously published or written by any other person, except where due reference is made in the text. I dedicate my work to my beloved husband, Agung, and my sons, Odit and Yusta, for their spiritual support during my study. Abstract Xero- and scleromorphic adaptations are obviously shown by Australian plants, in response to the Australian climate and edaphic factors. Since these adaptations overlap, there are problems separating the two. Some qualitative hypotheses about the distinction between xero- and scleromorphic characters have been proposed. This research is an effort to quantitatively determine xeromorphic characters in some members of the Proteaceae, in order to elaborate upon some of the existing hypotheses about these characters. Twenty three species of Banksia, 16 species of Grevillea and 6 species of Orites were sectioned and observed under the light micrscope and measurements were made of the stomata! depressions, margin recurvations, cuticle thickness and hair dimensions.
    [Show full text]