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The 1984 Ails Summer Interns News Edition November 1984 erIC• an Summer interns Mike Wild, Tim Sams, Robin Roughton and John Losey pause beside the River Farm Water Garden. The 1984 AIlS Summer Interns Thanks to the enthusiastic support of Intern Program through their long, motto (and new notoriety) by telling over 1,000 Society members, River hot hours of challenging grounds the Post reporter, who visited on a Farm benefited from the energetic work: they learned what horticulture typically steamy day, "I love to care of four Summer Interns in 1984: is first-hand, enriched their formal sweat." After this phrase appeared in Robin Roughton (College of William educations immeasurably, and kept print, it became the unglamorous and Mary), John Losey (Oberlin Col· River Farm's 25 acres looking beauti­ and thoroughly appropriate watch­ lege), and Mike Wild and Tim Sams ful through the summer, word of the 1984 Interns, From all of (Old Dominion University). These This year's Interns were featured us at River Farm, thanks once again young horticulturists fulfilled the ex­ in an article in The Washington Post. to the AHS members who made this citing promise of the AHS Summer Mike Wild gave the Interns a new year's program possible, Society Presents 1984 Awards President Edward . Dane presented the Society's annual awards Saturday, ove mbe~ 3, at the American Horti­ cultural Society's Annual Meeting in San AntoniO, Texas. Former First Lady Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson was presented with the Soci­ ety's first National Achievement Award. Long known for her active participation in environmental and beautification projects, Mrs. Johnson is the founder of the National Wild­ flower Research Center in Austin, Texas. The primary object of the Center is to conduct basic scientific research on native and naturalized plants in an attempt to answer ques­ tions about their cultivation. A na­ tional information clearinghouse that will distribute information about wildflower products, projects, prob­ lems and research is also planned. In addition to her work with the Na­ tional Wildflower Research Center, Mrs. Johnson is an active board member of the National Geographic Society, The National Park Service AdviSOry Council and the American Conservation Association. The Society's coveted Liberty Hyde subject, as well as a documentary year-old Sears is still actively studying Bailey Medal was awarded to Eliza­ film produced by the Botanic Gar­ restoration and preservation of the beth Scholtz, Vice President of den, Nature's Colors-The Craft of best grasses and grains for the cen­ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, Dyeing With Plants. A graduate of tral and western United States. He New York. From 1960 to 1971, South Africa's University of Witwa­ has recently rediscovered the use of Scholtz was in charge of the Gar­ tersrand, Scholtz has also received grama grass, which is an excellent den's extensive Adu lt Education Pro­ honorary degrees from Pace Univer­ food for cattle, as well as a valuable gram. Scholtz then served as Director Sity and Long Island UniverSity. In ground cover in the desert South­ of the Garden from 1971 until 1980. 1981 , she was awarded Swarthmore west. Sears has also had an important Her work with dye plants led to a College's distinguished Arthur Hoyt influence in developing native plants Plants & Gardens handbook on the Scott Garden and Horticulture Award into useful horticultural subjects; his for having "devoted her career to in­ experimentation has spanned six spiring people's interest in horticul­ decades. Sears is the reCipient of ture-from the smallest child to fel­ eight honorary degrees and numer­ American low professionals." Scholtz, a noted ous awards. lecturer and author on horticultural The Amateur Citation was awarded Horticulturist topics, is also on the Visiting Com­ to Margaret Kane, an avid horticultur­ mittee of Old Westbury Gardens and ist who has lived in the San Antonio VOLUME 63 NUMBER 11 the Board of Magnolia Tree Earth area for over 15 years. An excep­ EDITOR, PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR Barbara W. Ellis. ART DIRECTOR Rebecca K. McClimans. ASSOCIATE Center. Currently, she is Chairman of tional gardener, she has shared much EDITOR, Lynn M. Lynch. ASSISTANTS TO THE EDITOR, Louise Baughn, Cindy \'<'eakland. the American Association of Botanical of her knowledge with the public Address all edito rial correspondence to: The Editor, Gardens and Arboreta Publication through a regular newspaper column American Horticulturist, American Horticultural Awards Committee. SOciety, Box 0105, Mount Vernon. Virginia 22121. and is active in her local garden AM ERl CAN HORTICULTURJST , ISSN 0096-4417, is published Dr. Paul Bigelow Sears was the re­ club, the American Hemerocallis So­ momh l ~r by the American Horticulrural Society, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22308, 703-768-5700. cipient of the G. B. Gunlogson ciety and the San Antonio Botanical Dues for membership in rhe Society start at $20 per yea r, 512 Medal, awarded each year to an or­ Society. o f which is fo r AMERlCAN HORTICULT URJ ST. COPl'right © 1984 b~ ' The American Horticultural Society. The American ganization or individual whose crea­ Jack E. Christensen, Director of Re­ Horticuhura l Society is a non·profit organizmion. tive use of new technology has made search at Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. , Contributions are dedu([ible for income laX purposes. Second-class posmge paid at Alexandria, Virginia and at gardening easier and more enjoya­ is this year's recipient of the Individ­ additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send Fo rm ble. Emeritus Head of Yale Universi­ ual Commercial Citation. Christensen 3579 to Al.\oIERlCAt\l HORT ICULTUIUST, Moum Vernon, Virginia 2212 1. l\'lember o f SOciety of National Associarion Publications. ty's Department of Conservation, 92- has helped develop numerous culti- 2 • NOVEMBER 1984 vars of roses and fruit trees, includ­ ing well-known All -America Rose Se­ lections winners 'White Lightnin", 'Mon Cheri' and 'Brandy', He has also introduced numerous miniature roses, Christen en serves on the Board of Trustees of the Na ti onal As­ sociati on of Plant Patent Owner and is Chairman of the All -America Rose Selecti ons Schedule Commi ttee, Lawry's California Center, a 1S-acre complex in Los Angeles, Ca li forn ia th at incl udes the corporate headquar­ ters of Lawrv's Food, Inc., is the re­ cipient of the Corporate Commercial Citati on, The gardens, fo und through­ out the complex, are a renowned shovvcase for exotic plantings and colorful fl owers, According to garden creator and AHS Board Member Georgie Va n de Ka mp, the plantings Lawry's Caillornia Center at Lawry's are designed to achieve the "informality of a restful, colorful garden, where the visitor can relax and dream, and appreciate the calm and serenity about him," Rachel Snyder, recipient of the Horticultural Writing Ci tation, is the editor of Flower & Carden Maga­ zine, An avid gardener, garden writer and lecturer, Snyder is a former di­ rector of the American Horticul tural Societv, a fo unding member of the Kansas Wil dfl ower Society, and a j member of numerous conservation Carlton B. Lees Dr. Marion T. Hall Lester P. Nichols organizations, Lawrence Halprin was presented Ca rl ton B, Lees was awarded th e Lester P Nichols, recipient of the with the Landscape Architectu re Cita­ Society's Me ri torious Service Citati on Scientific Citati on, is best known ti on in recognition of his many in recognitio n of his li fe long commit­ for his annual survev of fl owering award-winning designs, His land­ ment to horticulture, A fo rmer senior crabapples, By collecting information scapes include Battery Park City, New vice-president of the New York Bo­ on the disease resistance and per­ York, New Yo rk; Seattle Freeway tanical Garden, Lees has also served formance of crabapple cultivars Park, Seattle, Washington; and Ghirar­ as Executive Director of the Massa­ across the country, Nichols has been delli Square, San Francisco, He is chusetts Horticultural Society and the instrumental in promoting knowl­ also a noted author in his fi eld, the Pennsylvania Horticul tural Society, as edge about disease-resistant plants, recipient of numerous landscape well as a board member of the He is responsible for the ava ilability awards, and an advisor to the Na­ American Horticultural Society, A of many of these cultivars in the ti onal Endowment for the Arts, noted writer, lecturer, designer and trade, Nichols is Professor Emeritus , The Local Horticulture Citation was photographer, he was instrumental in of Plant Pathology Extension at The awarded posthumously to Carroll Ab­ restoring the New York Botanical Pennsylvania State UniverSity, His ar­ bott, a remarkable individual who Garden's Enid A Haupt Conservatory, ticles have appeared in many schol­ devoted much of his life to saving The Professional Citati on was arly publications, Texas' wildflowers, Author of H ow to awarded to Marion T. Hall , Director Mr. and Mrs, C. Roy Boutard were Kn ow and Cm w Texas Wildflowers, of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Il­ awarded the Teaching Citati on in rec­ he also established a family-operated linois, In addition to directing the ognition of their devoted service to wildflower mail-order business called 1,S OO-acre Arboretum, Hall is a Pro­ the Berkshire Garden Center in Green Horizons, In addition to grow­ fessor of Ho rticulture at the Univer­ Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Bou­ ing his own seeds, he coll ected Sity of Illinois, and is on the board of tard has staged outstanding exhi bits hundreds of pounds of a wide variety directors of The Joyce Foundation, at the old New York Flower Show of wildflower seeds from city parks, He formerly served as Chairman of and at the Boston Sp ring Flower and airports, ranches and highway rights­ the Natural Resources, Illino is Plan­ Garden Show, Mrs, Boutard has di­ of-way, He was considered the pre­ ning and Conservation League and as rected an innovative teaching pro­ mier seed dealer in the world in Director of Northeast Illinois Natural gram for inner-City children in Pitts­ Texas species, Resources Service Center.
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