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The NATIONAL HOR TICULTURAL MAGAZINE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY JANUARY, 1945 The American Horticultural Society PRESENT ROLL OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS April, 1944 OFFICERS President, Major David V. Lumsden, U. S. Army Firs f Vice-President, Mr. Wilbur H . Youngman, Washington, D. C. Second Vice-President, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Dr. V. T. Stoutemyer, Washington, D. C. Treasurer, Mr. J. Marion Shull, Washington, D. C. DIRECTORS Terms Ex piring 1945 Terms Expi,ying 1946 Mr. Robert E. Allen, San Gabriel, Calif. Mrs. Walter Douglas, Chauncey, N. Y. Mrs. Robert Fife, New York, N. Y. Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pa. Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox, Peekskill, N. Y. Mrs. Clement S. Houghton, Chestnut Hill, Mr. B. Y. Morri30n, Washington, D. C. Mass. Dr. Donald Wyman, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Dr. E. J . Kraus, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott, Media, Pa, HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. Clarence A. Hall, Pres., Mr. Arthur Hunt Osmum, Pres., American Begonia Society, American Rock Garden Society, 213.1 EI Jardin, Tarrytown, Ventura, Calif. New York. Mr. Harry L. Erdman, Pres., Mr. Thomas J. Newbill, Pres., American Rose Society, American Delphinium Society, . Hershey, Pennsylvania 234 S. Brainard Ave., Mr. Wm. T. Marshall, Pres. Emeritus, La Grange, Illinois Cactus & Succulent Society of America, 327 North Ave., 61 Mr. C. A. W eatherby, Pres., Los Angeles, Calif. American Fern Society, Mr. James H. Porter, Pres., 27 Raymond St., Camellia Society of America Cambridge, Mass. Macon, Ga. Mr. Jesse E. Wills, Pres., Mrs. John H. Cunningham, Pres., American Iris Society, Herb Society of· America, National Bldg., 53 Seaver St. Brookline, Mass. Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Beatrice Harms, Pres., Mr. John A. Bongers, Pres., Midwest Horticultural Society, American Peony Society, 4155 West 14th St., Ottumwa, Iowa Chicago 23, Ill. SOCIETIES AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1944 Akron Garden Center, California Garden Clubs, Inc., 226 South Main St., Mrs. J. A. Simmington, Akron, Ohio 870 Chida Vista Ave., American Amaryllis Society, Pasadena, Calif. Mr. L. S. Hannibal, Seey., California Horticultural Society, Miss Cora R. Brandt, Secretary, Concord, Calif. 300 Montgomery St., American Fuehia Society, San Francisco, Ca li f. Headquarters: Calif. Acad. of Sciences. Chestnut Hill Garden Club, Golden Gate Park, Mrs. Bryan S. Perman, Treas., San Francisco, Ca lif. 41 Crafts Rd., Chestnut Hill, Mas s. Arlington County Garden Club, Chevy Olase (D. C.) Garden Club, Miss Eleanor Swain, Secy., Mrs. Perley G. Nutting, Pres., 4712 N. 32nd St., 3216 Oliver St., Country Club Hills, Chevy Chase, D. C. Arlington, Va. Chev,y Chase (Md.) Garden Club, Bristow Garden Club, Mrs. Frederick W. Connolly, Pres., Mrs. J. L. Kohler, Pres., 4437 Reservoir Rd .. Bristow, Okla. Washington, D. C. Publication Office. 32nd St . and Elm Ave., Baltimore. Md. Entered a. second·cla.o matter January 27. 1932. at the Post Offi ce at Baltimore. Md .. under the Act of August 2 • • 1911. l 'onllllunity Garden Club of Beth e,da. '. Ien· s Ga rde Jl Club of .P lI oeni >-, Mrs. Arnold Burr, Mrs. Mauri ce J. Bradford, Pres., Bell's Mill Road, Rt. 1, Box 826, Rockville, Md. Phoe ni x, Ari z. Dall as Garden Club (Founders' Group ), Michi gan H orticul tural Society, ::'if rs. Sam B. Dickinson, ::'IIr. Paul R. K rone, Secy., 1218 N . Clinton, H orticultural Building, Dallas 8. Texas East Lansing, M ich . Eagle Garden Club, :vI ielwest Horticultural Society. Mrs. J. D. All en, Pres .. Mrs. Beatrice H arms, Pres., Eagle, Colo. 41 55 West 14th St. , Fauquier and Loudoun Ga rden Cl ub . Chi cago 23, Il1. :Mrs. N . H . Mori so n, Pres., No rthern N ut Growers Assn., Middleb urg, Va. Mrs. Carl \ I\T eschcke, P res .. Federated Garden Cl ubs of Cin cinnati and 96 S. W abash St. , Vicinity, St. Paul , Minn. :\II rs. Charl es Bosworth, Pres ., )J orwich Garden Club, 2425 Ingleside Place, R uth T . Kroeger. T reas .. East W alnut Hills, 40 H ayes ::, t., Cincinnati, Ohi o Norwich, N . Y. Forest Hills Garden Cl ub, Ohio Associati on of Garden Clubs, M rs. Richard V. Mattingly, Pres., Mr. Victor Ries, 3701 Cumberland St., N. W., Ohio State U niversity, V-rashington, D . C. Columbus, Ohi o. Garden Center of Greater Cl eveland, Rock Garden Society of Ohio, East Boul eva rd at E uclid Ave., Mrs. Frank Garry, Librarian, Cleveland 6, Ohio Montgomery Stati on P os t Office, Ga rden Ce nter Institute of Buffalo, Montgomery, Ohio Delaware P ark Casino, Salida Garden Club, Buffalo, T. Y. Mrs. J ohn C. Burgener, Secy., Garden Centre, 802 D St., % Carolina Garden Stores, Salida, Colo. 23 'Iorth Lexington St.. Takoma H orticultural Club, Ashevill e, N. C. Mr. Frank L P ohanka, P res., Garden Center, Silver Spring, Md. Youn gstow n Public Library. The Pittsburgh Garden Center, Youngstown. Ohio Schenl ey P ark, Garden Club of Alexandria, Pittsburgh, P a. Mrs. J as. Sherj.er, Pres., The San Francisco Garden Club, 725 Kingstree t Road, Room 133, Fairmont H ote!, Alexandria, Va. San F rancisco 6, Calif. Ga rden Cl ub of Ohio, The Valley Garden Center, T he M. O'Neil Co .. 2700 N. 15th Ave., Akron, Ohio Phoenix, A riz. Garden Club of Virginia, The Trowel Club, M r . Loui s N . Dibrell, Pres .. Mrs. Robert M. H in ckl ey, 124 Broad St. , 4655 Garfield St., N. W ., Danvill e, Va. W ashi ngton, D. C. Garden Club, ,~r oman's Dept. Cl uh. Tulsa Garden Club, 8 - 2 Margaret Place, Mrs. Thos. G. Lesli e, L ibrarian, Shreveport, La. 1439 S. Carolina Ave., ~ Geo rgetown Garden Club, Tulsa 5, Okla. M rs. J ohn Blake Gordon, P re T win Fall s Garden Club, 3241 R St., N. W ., Twin Fall s, Idaho W ashington, D. C. Wayside Garden Club, Greeley Garden Cl ub, Mrs. W. ] . McCui ston, Pres., ·Mr. Asa T. J ones, Jr.. 454 S. H arvard St. , 1703-11th Ave., Tulsa, Okla. Greeley, Colo. "Va shillgtoll Garden Club. H ome Garden Cl ub of Denver, M rs. F red E. Evans, Pres .. M rs. ~r illi a m P. Mell en. P res .. 38 11 T St., N . 'vV., 4864 Tennyson St., V-rashi llgtOll, D. C. Denver, Colo. VVoodlawn Garden Club, Indian Head Garden Club, Mrs. A ll en ~r . Burkholder, Secy., Mrs. F rank A. Bolton. P res .. 14 19 N . Glebe Rei., P omonkey. Md. Arlington, Va. Kanawha Ga rden Club, W oodridge Garden Cl ub. Mr . Ruffner R. P ayne, Pre . .. Mr. A. H . H ester, P res .. 1507 A V irginia St. , 1824 R. I. Ave., N. E .. Charl es ton, ~r . Va . W ashington, D. C. Longmont Garden Cl ub, \Vorcester Co unty H orticultural Soc iety. Call ahan House, T erry St., 30 Elm Street, Longmont, Colo W orcester. Mass Ii] The National Horticultural Magazine Vol. 24 Copyright, 1945, by THE A M ERJeAN HORTIUUL'l'IJIML SOCTET'Y No.1 JANUARY, 1945 CONTENTS PAGE Bamboo Growing for the South. E . f\ . lV[c ILHENNL____ _ ___________________ . 1 The Story of Camell ia reticulata. ROBERT CASAMAJOR .______________________________ 7 Lateral Inflorescences in the Bromeliaceae. Y[ ULFORD B. FOSTER _______ ____ 14 Length of Blooming Period in Shrubs and F lowering Trees. S TAN LEY Vi. LEO NARD ______________________________________________________ 23 Some Iris Hindsights. ROB ERT E. ALLEN ________________ _______________________________ 24 Four Garden Scenes from the ~ T o rk of Fletcher Steele.____________ _ __ 35 The Illusive I vy-IX. Fa rt TT . ."' LFRED BA TES _______________________________________ 41 Rock Garden Note : A "Pancake" Garden. -;\[RS. H . C. SCRUTTON ___________________________________ 52 Upon a Rock, Empetru111. ~l ARREN C. ~T ILSON _____________________________ 53 The Glandular Birch . V \TA RREN C. ' VILSON _____________________________ 53 Rhododendron Notes: Yellow Rhododendrons. Cr.EMENT G. BOWERS__ _ 55 Lily Notes: Lilies from Se("cl. ALlDA !. fVI NGSTON_. __ 58 Narcissus Notes: Narci ssus for Naturalizati on . CARL KRIPPENDO RF _ 60 The Daffodil. LOUISA YEOMANS KING _________________________________________ .___ 62 Daffodil Notes of the 1944 Show. :MRS . KENYON REY NOLDS ______________ 63 A Book or Two _____________ _______ _ 6(') The Gardener's Pocketbook : Pru1vus Skin1'l,e1'b. F. L. SKINNER .__ .___ ._ _ 68 Tlw Blues. KATH LEEN MARRIAGE ._ _ _______________________ . ___________ 70 It's Alive. ERIC ''''lALTHER _______________ _ ___ __ ____ ___ _ _________________ ._________ 72 Two Malpighias. EDw ARD TEAS __ ____________ ____ _______________ ___ ___ _______ 72 From the Midwest Horticultural Society: ELDRED GREENE Vibu.rnU111/, C(llYlesi _______ . ____________________________________________________ -_______ 74 S Y1'inga per sica. ___________________________ _ __________________________________________ ---- ---- 74 U1111/,uS glabra Ca ' /'1'/ perd mcm.ii ___ ________________________________________ ----- 75 Why is a Fuchsia? ALICE EASTWOOD ________ .__________ ____ __ _ _________ 75 Galiu111/, verU11'k VIOLET N ILES ' ''' ALK ER ________ .______________________ -_________ 76 Amary llis Experiment. STELLA HAYDON ________ _______________________________ 77 -and Here ~T e Have Idaho. "\IrAR), FRA KL THARP ______ ____ _____ -_ - ----- 79 Co r rec ti 0 n ___ _________________________________ ._________________________________________________________ ----------- ------ 80 Published quarterly by The American Horticultural Society. Publication office, 32nd St. and Elm Ave., Baltimore, Md. Editorial offi ce, Room 821, Washington Loan and T rust B u il ding, Washington, D . C. Contributions born all members are cordially in vited and should be sent to the Editorial office. A subscription to the magazine is included in the annual dues to aU members; to non·members the price is seventy·five cents a. copy, three dollars a year. [iiJ The National Horticultural Society Volume Twenty--Four Washington, D. C. 1945 Copyright .\merican Horticultural Society. 1945 rJ wi1'le y ewI' old plaqq,ting of Phyltostachys ba11q,buso·ides (Ti'mber Ba1%boo) sho·w .jng 'new CUl1%S, at Ave1"Y Tstand.