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Border and Garden Auriculas Primrose^^\ ^4> * * f s American Primrose Society In this issue Quarterly President's Message 3 Thrums and Pins 4 Spring Issue 1982 Why Name a Primrose 5 Vol. 40, No. 2 by Dorothy Dickson Primroses Spontaneous and Copyright 1948 Cultivated in Romania 6 Entered 2nd Class by Dr. Gheorghe Turcu Edmonds, Wash. Gold Laced Polyanthus Editors Committee: in the United Kingdom 8 1570 9th Ave. N. by Bernard M. Smith President's message Edmonds, WA 98020 Ptimula Kisoana - Larry Bailey - Chairman Secrets of Success 11 Irene Buckles Dan Douglas by Etha Tate Jerry Flintoff Rock Creek's Prospering Primulas . 12 Cy Happy by Gordon Emerson I think primroses are somewhat like people. After a few warm sunny days Orpha Salsman A Quest of Flowers, in winter or very early spring they start growing, thinking winter is over, only Vickey Sauer Harold R. Fletcher 15 to get nipped by a sudden return of cold weather. Here in the Pacific North- by Trevor Cole west we had a nice mild December with many things starting to grow, then ISSN 0162-6671 Diary of a Primroser 16 the first week of January temperatures dropped almost to zero. Everything by Cy Happy survived because of a snow cover until it warmed up again with spring like Blue Ridge Mountain Notes: weather for over a month. Another week of cold nights came not nearly Border and Garden Auriculas .... 18 as cold as before, only in the lower 20's, but with no snow. This proved too by James F. Long much for some of the quick growing primroses. Seldom do we have a regular In Search of Treasure 20 winter when it gets cold and stays cold until it warms up and stays warm. by Allan Hawkes Sometimes we get warm spells (false springs) followed by severe freezes three Rewarding Primula Culture times in one winter. That is why we have difficulty in growing some of the in Minnesota 22 rated hardy primroses here. Worst of all is when we have a totally mild by Steven John Kelly winter followed by a heavy freeze down into the teens during March or April. Seed Sowing Hints 24 We are like our primroses, so anxious for spring to get here that after a by L.S.A. Goodwin and Sons few weeks of warm weather we think 'this is it,' winter is over. Sometimes From the Mailbox 25 that is true, but most often we get fooled by a sudden cold snap as dis- Meeting of Officers and couraging to one's spirits as it is damaging to the health of our primroses. Board Members 28 Somehow when spring really gets here we always have a good display. by Ann Lunn, Secretary More plants survived and recovered than we expected. Spring is here and everything is right again. The enthusiasm and hope of a gardener is never dampened for long, even by the severest of winters. On the cover In the APS we are looking for the best display ever in our gardens and P. cuneifolia var. fauriei, photo by at the shows. This year let us make this incurable disease of primrose fever Mr. Kazuo Mori, editor of the japan contagious so many more people can suffer the woes and enjoy the pleasures Alpine Rock Garden Society, co- of growing primroses. author of'The Wild Flowers of Japan' and proprietor of K. Mori Alpines, Correction Trinity Garden in Japan. Mr. Mori Herb Dickson was extremely generous in contribu- Fall 1981, Vol. 39, No. 4, page 19, ting to the APS his slides of primula the name of the Show 'edged' Auric- used in his presentation to the Amer- la in the photograph is not 'Fleming- ican Rock Garden Society's Winter house' as noted. Fleminghouse is a Study Weekend at Portland, Oregon green-edge not a grey-edge. The ) 1982. auricula shown is not identified. Thrums and Pins Why Name a Primrose news of the society i ) by Dorothy Dickson assembled by the editors committee Chehalis, Washington Good news from the Rare Plant Nursery in Chehalis, Washington indicates that Herb Dickson is recovering from the second knee transplant. Things are Why would anyone want to name a organizations that have test gardens moving just a little slower than from the first transplant, but Herb is plan- particular primrose plant and where the plant under consideration ning on attending the National Show in Milwaukie. propagate it vegetarively as a clone must be grown, rated and compared when primroses (primula) grow so with others before being allowed to Orpha Salsman writes about a friend. easily from seed? Several good reasons be named and registered. The Fayme Haverty come to mind. American Primrose Society has a pro- Born 1898, Cincinnati, Ohio Even in the wild, sometimes a supe- cedure for naming show and Died February 10, 1982, Seattle rior plant stands out above all the "Those words give little indication of the character of Fayme Haverty, whom exhibition alpine auriculas (Volume others. This plant may be because of I was privileged to call my friend. Coming to Seattle as a child, she lived in 15, No. l;pp. 15-16, winter quarterly its color, size, fragrance, time of the area where Harborview Hospital now stands. Many the stories she could 1955); when the description and blooming, or due to a more attractive tell of Seattle in the early 1900's. During a twelve year stay in San Francisco, name is published in the Quarterly, it foliage. Notably, it would be almost she developed a deep interest in gardening which continued until she serves as a registry. impossible to ever reproduce another suffered a stroke in 1977. She leaves many friends who will miss the passing At present there are no guidelines plant like it from seed, Reasons for of this gentle lady." or procedures for naming any other this different appearance may be a Members still remember Fayme's notable achievements as director of the cultivated primula plant by the APS. APS seed exchange for many years. Dorothy Dickson recalls the wonderful species selection, mutation, or a natu- A person can now have a plant they seed socials Fayme organized for packaging seeds as well as the interesting ral hybrid. Similar variations can like and give it any name they want, happen in cultivated primroses and hours spent with her in the Northwest Hybridizers of the APS. The editors and that is all there is to it. Someone horticultural hybrids. committee hopes to publish some of Fayme's challenging notes from the else can give a different title to the Hybridizers in future issues of the Quarterly. Fayme was a very active Before giving a plant a name, there same plant and sell it under their own are other things to consider. A name without penalty, payment of member of the Washington State Chapter of the American Primrose Society, as well as other organizations, including the American Rock Garden Society. primrose must not only be different, royalties or any recognition to the but demonstrate that it is superior to original grower whatsoever. Fayme Haverty will be missed indeed. any other plant of its type under culti- The APS needs a registry for all All members of the society are reminded that the seed exchange is just vation. Named primroses should lend named primrose plants, one or more what the name implies - an exchange. Special crosses, species and native themselves to propagation in test gardens and some published rules collections should be done or planned now for a fruitful fall. The APS seed commercial quantities and have and procedures for naming primrose exchange is in desperate need of more donations of seeds from those merchantable values. (primula) plants. members who have 'special' primula. Oftentimes a person will name a First, the APS, must find a plant they have produced just because dedicated volunteer who will research Primrose growers in the Portland region lost a good and wonderful friend they happen to like it; or the primrose and compile a list of named primula when William Aaron Tate died suddenly after a very short illness in a is the result of their personal efforts plants now cultivated in the U.S. and hospital on the 5th of March. He was only 73 years old. He was born in and are prejudiced in its favor. Far toe- be willing to take charge of future Etna, Washington, but lived most of his life near Portland. often a plant that has been named is registrations and, if possible, find one He wasn't a great grower of primroses, in fact he claimed to be a specialist not superior in any respect, or in fact, or more individuals or botanic in growing dandelions, but his wife, Etha, must have been greatly helped by even be inferior to unnamed prim- gardens to serve as test gardens. his support and encouragement, because whenever help was needed. Bill was roses already under cultiviation by When these volunteers are located, always there. The Valley-Hi Chapter made him an honorary life member in commercial growers. procedures and rules can be worked gratitude for his cheery helping hand. He was a member of the Oregon Some horticultural societies have out by cooperation between them and Primrose Society, a chapter of the APS, for 26 years, and for the last ten official registries to keep plant names the APS board. years was the treasurer. Members will always remember his reports ending classified and in a format that allows Volunteers please communicate with the amount of money in the treasury and "give or take a little" with for quick reference.
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