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BOU /tJ, San Francisco, "The the beautiful, old Roth Golden Gate City," pro Estate with its lovely for vides a perfect setting for mal English gardens in the 41st Annual Meeting Woodside. Visit several of the American Horticul gardens by Tommy tural Society as we focus Church, one of the great on the influence of ori est garden-makers of the ental gardens, plant con century. Observe how the servation, and edible originator of the Califor landscaping. nia living garden incor Often referred to as porated both beauty and "the gateway to the Ori a place for everyday ac ent," San Francisco is tivities into one garden the "most Asian of occi area. dental cities." You will Come to San Fran delight in the beauty of cisco! Join Society mem its oriental gardens as bers and other meeting we study the nature and participants as we ex significance of oriental plore the "Beautiful and gardening and its influ Bountiful: Horticulture's ence on American horti Legacy to the Future." culture. A visit to the Japanese Tea Garden in the Golden Gate Park, a Please send me special advance registration information for the botanical treasure, will Society's 1986 Annual Meeting in offer one of the most au San Francisco, California. thentic examples of Japa NAME ________ nese landscape artistry outside of Japan. Tour the Demonstra Western Plants for Amer ~D~SS _______ tion Gardens of Sunset Explore with us the ican Gardens" as well as CITY ________ joys and practical aspects magazine, magnificent what plant conservation of edible landscaping, private gardens open only efforts are being made STATE ZIP ____ which allows one to en to Meeting participants, from both a world per joy both the beauty and and the 70-acre Strybing spective and a national MAIL TO: Annual Meeting, American Horticultural Society, the bounty of Arboretum. perspective. P.O . Box 0105 , Mount Vernon, VA h0 rti culture. Learn "What's New in Take a trip to Filoli, 22121. VOLUME 6S NUMBER 6 President's Page: Resolutions by Edward N_ Dane 2 Strange Relatives: The Pink Family by Jane Steffey 4 Garden Hints: From Wood and Meadow by Michael S. Trimble 10 People and Plants: Blessings and Curses by Charles A. Lewis 16 Sierran Inspiration Text and Photography by Pamela Harper 22 Native Plants and the Nursery Trade by Jane Scott 27 Sources 33 Book Reviews by Barbara W. Ellis and Gilbert S. Daniels 34 Pronunciation Guide 38 Classifieds 40 The Design Page: Border Textures by Margaret Hensel 44 On the Cover: Native American plants have long been popular in the nursery trade. Unlike these cacti, which were grown from seed, many of the native plants offered in mail-order catalogues and at nurseries are co ll ected from the wild. Wild-collecting threatens the survival of many of our native species of cacti, orchids, lilies and ferns, to name a few. To learn more about this subject-and what you can do to help alleviate the problem-see " Native Plants and the Nursery Trade" on page 27. Photograph by Marv Poulson. Editor's Note: It has come to our attention that several copies of the April Through the centuries, gardeners have turned to issue of American Horticulturist were missing pages and/or had duplicate Mother Nature when searching for design inspiration. pages. An y member who received a defective copy of the April issue (or This lovely garden pool, which is sculptured in who receives a defective copy of any issue, for that matter) is requested to concrete, has a mountain counterpart that was carved write to the Editor in care of the Society. Please return your defective copy, out of solid granite by wind and water. Join Pamela or list which pages were missing and/or duplicated. This information will Harper on page 22 for a look at a fascinating San help us to identify where the production problem occurred and will enable Francisco garden and the mountain scenery that us to take the necessary steps to correct it. We will be happy to replace inspired its design. Photograph by Pamela Harper. defective issues and refund your postage. EDITOR, PUBLI CATIONS DIRECTOR: Barbara W. Elli s. ART DIRECTOR: Rebecca K. McClimans. ASS OCIATE EDITORS: Lynn M. Lynch and A. Brooke Russell . HORTICULTURAL CO NS ULTANTS: Gi lbert S. Dani els, Jane Steffey. ASS ISTANTS TO THE EDITOR: Martha Palermo, Cindy Weakland. BUS INESS MANAGER: May Li n Roscoe. MEMBERSHIP DIRECTO R: Sall ie Hutcheson. COLOR SEPARATIONS: John Si mmons, Chromagraphics Inc. ADVERTISING REPRESENT ATI VE: C. W. Adve rtisin g, P.O. Box 138, Mount Ve rnon, VA 22121, (703) 360- 6666. Replacement issues of AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST are available at a cost of $2.50 per copy. The opinions expressed in the articl es that appear in AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST are those of the authors and are not necessa ril y those of the Society. M anuscripts, art work and photographs sent fo r possible publicati on will be returned if they are accompani ed by a sel f addressed, stamped envelope. \YJe cannot guarantee the safe return of unsoli cited material. AMERI CAN HORTICULTURIST, ISSN 0096-441 7, is the official publication of the Ameri ca n Horticultural Society, 7931 East Boulevard Dri ve, Al exandria, Vi rginia 22308, (703) 768-5700, and is iss ued monthly. Membership in the Society includes a subscription to AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST . Membership dues start at $20.00 a year, $12.00 of which is designated fo r AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST. Copyright © 1986 by the Ameri ca n Horticultural Society. Second-class postage paid at Al ex andria, Virginia and at additional mailing o ffi ces. Postmaster: Pl ease send Form 3579 to AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121. American Horticulturist PRESIDENT'S PAGE Resolutions y the time this appears in print, make every attempt to treat ourselves and most of us will have begun a new our environment more kindly by a practice B season in our gardens. Because of I would call "reading leaves" instead of the lead time required to publish each issue "reading labels," that is, by beginning to of American Horticulturist, however, I am practice more careful and considerate use writing this column at a time when my of chemicals when dealing with plant dis own garden is decid@dly dormant. In fact, eases and pests. 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There are some resolu M:an. ufac tul.'l.n.g Cozn.pany tions, however, that I think have enough it is still not too late for Dept.AH, 11304 SW Boones Ferry Ad .. Portland, OA 97219 universal ap.peal for Society members to consider. new garden-year First on the list, I think, is to resolve to resolutions. try something new in our gardens-by way of either plants or gardening techniques. Finally, I would like to offer a resolve Personally, I benefit enormously from to share our gardening experiences with publications like the one before you when others. One of the most wonderful aspects I plant my garden each season. Advertise of gardening is that it is not generally a ments and "how-to" articles are the chief competitive activity. In all of my travels catalysts that motivate me to action. Also, with the Society and all of my talks with because my garden is now a clean slate, I Society members, I have never found a gar can use my imagination to envision perfect dener who wasn't willing to share his or results from my efforts. I am totally unen her horticultural experiences with others. cumbered by the realities of the labor in I can't think of any better way to fulfill volved in carrying out any of my plans, this resolution than by introducing a friend the problems posed by the vagaries of to the American Horticultural Society. weather or the non-cooperation on the part Perhaps you will benefit from these of the plants themselves. thoughts if for no other reason than be The second resolve that I would like to cause they may lead you to think of other pass on is to take some opportunity during good resolutions for yourself. This is our the new garden season to increase your chance to treat ourselves to perfect gar knowledge of some aspect of gardening dens. As long as our landscapes are still with which you are not very familiar. The only images in our own minds, is there any opportunities are limitless. For instance, harm in believing that all of our efforts plan to spend a little time in other gar will be successful? All we know now is dens-public or private-to observe their that our gardens this season will be the successes and failures.