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OCTOBER 1982 ~ iHis'GBeo P'iiFitiED WE lEGUm FORMis aRoUGHl 1 1 TO YOU BY AHS FOR YOUR BENERT. 1 Send to: GEICO PREFERRED, GEICO Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20076 If student away at school, give distance from home 1 Name --miles 1 Addres,,-s _______________________Apt.# CAR 1 CAR 2 CAR 3 City,________________ State"'--- ______Zi .... p ____ Year & Make (Buick, 1 Dodge, etc.) 1 1 Phone( Model (Skylark. Omni, Name of current insurancecompany_____________________ _ etc.) I I Date present insurance expires Mo __ Yr. __Employer ___________ Yrs __ Body type: 2 dr., Sta. Wag., etc. 1 Title/ Gradc..e ________________________Yrs. __ No. of cylinders 1 If in present occupation less than 2 yrs. or retired, give former occupation: I Est. Total Mileage 1------------------------ Est. 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As a society member, you are entitled to extra YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN COVERAGE. consideration for advantages like these: The coverages GEICO offers vary by state, but LOW RATES FOR QUALIFIED DRIVERS. you have many options in putting together your car GEICO PREFERRED insures those members and home insurance packages, both in the amounts of preferred groups-like AHS whose driving rec and kinds of protection. You also get a wide choice ords are better than average. Better drivers cost of convenient payment plans. GEICO auto insur GEl CO less. And these savings result in low rates. ance is not available in New Jersey and Massachu setts. Homeowners insurance is not available in GUARANTEED ONE· YEAR RATE ON YOUR AUTO New Jersey and Mississippi. POLICY AS WRlnEN. Many auto insurance companies now offer only YOU GET GEICO PREFERRED TREATMENT. 6-month auto policies. 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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY· A Shareholder· Owned Company Not Affiliated W~h The U.S. Government. Judy Powell EDITOR RICAN Rebecca K. McClimans ART DIRECTOR ....-ORTICULTlIRIST Barbara W. Ellis ASSOCIATE EDITOR VOLUME 61 NUMBER 10 Steven H. Davis Jane Steffey EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Irene Polansky PRODUCTION ASSISTANT H. Marc Cathey Gilbert S. Daniels HORTICULTURAL CONSULTANTS Gilbert S. Daniels BOOK EDITOR Louise Baughn Cindy Weakland ASSISTANTS TO THE EDITOR May Lin Roscoe BUSINESS MANAGER Elizabeth Hume EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DIRECTOR Connie Clark MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Design expertise is nowhere more self-evident than in the works of Nature herself. Here, the play of light and shadow emphasize the pleasing composition of John Simmons Agave, commonly found in Baja, California and Mexico. Turn to page 22 and explore this re~ion's fascinating landscape. Photograph by Pat O'Hara. Chroma graphics Inc. COLOR SEPARATIONS President's Page 2 C. Lynn Coy Associates, Inc. S S Forest Street Plants for the Landscape: The Bamboo Alternative by Gail Gibson 4 Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 327-4626 Seasonable Reminders: Proper Planting of Ornamentals ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE by Houchang Khatamian 10 Book Reviews by Gilbert S. Daniels 14 Replacement Issues of AMERlCAN HORTICULTURlST Chatsworth Garden by Wendy J. Sheppard 16 are available at a cost of $2.50 per copy. Bergenia by Mrs. Ralph Cannon 20 The opinions expressed in the articles that appear in AMERlCAN HORTICULTURlST are those of the Baja by Rita Shuster 22 authors and are not necessarily those of the Society. They are presented as contributions to contemporary thought. Manuscripts, art work and photographs sent for possible F10riade '82 by Donald Vining 26 publication will be returned if they are accompanied by a self·addressed, stamped envelope. Euonymous by Gay McDonnell Bumgarner 29 AMERlCAN HORTICULTURlST is the official Medieval Garden Designs by Lorraine Marshall Burgess 31 publication of The American Horticultural Society, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22308, (703) 768·5700, and is issued monthlr. Membership in the Sources 34 Society includes a subscription to AMERlCAN HORTICULTURlST. Membership dues start at $20.00 a Pronunciation Guide 37 year, $12.00 of which is designated for AMERlCAN HORTICULTIJRIST. Copyright © 1982 by The American Horticultural 'society. [SSN 0096-4417. Second· Capillary-Mat Watering by Dr. Richard M. Adams, II 40 class postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia and at additional mailing offices. Posbnaster: Please send Fortn 3579 to AMERlCAN HORTICULTURlST, Mount Gardener's Marketplace 44 Vernon, Virginia 22121. Member of Society of National Association Publications ON 1HE COVER: Yucca in flower. Photograph by Pat O'Hara. American Horticulturist AMERICAN HORfICULTURAL PREsIDENT'S PAGE SOCIETY OFFICERS and the learning process is always fun and PRESIDENT stimulating. Edward N. Dane Arabella is an active judge for both the Garden Club of America and the Federated FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. Edward C. Sweeney Garden Clubs so that between her activ ities and my Society association, we have SECOND VICE PRESIDENT met an incredible number of good gar Richard J. Hutton deners, many (')f whom have helped us in SECRETARY more ways than we could relate. We both Mrs. Charles W. All~n, Jr. look forward to meeting as mallY of you TREASURER as possible and seeing you at Society gath J. Judson Brooks erings during the next three years. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Thomas W. Richards IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT y first year as President also marks Dr. Gilbert S. Daniels the American Horticultural So M ciety's 60th anniversary. In 1922 BOARD OF DIRECTORS it was the intention of the founders "to develop a national organization devoted TERMS EXPIRING IN 1983: to horticulture in all its branches; to ed Gerald S. Barad, M.D. ucate; and to disseminate horticultural in J. Lyle Bayless y predecessors as Presidents of formation to all parts of the country." We Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole, Jr. our Society have been noted for try to fulfill that aim in many ways, not Everett Conklin their expertise in various fields of the least of which is by publishing this Jackson R. Eddy M Richard J. Hutton horticulture. As your new President I will magazine. Happily, though not intention Mrs. William Wallace Mein readily admit to being among the ranks of ally, the release of our newest publication, Dr. Julia Rappaport enthusiastic but amateur gardeners. I am North American Horticulture, A Refer Mrs. Harry J. Van de Kamp not particularly troubled by this admis ence Guide, also coincides with our 60th TERMS EXPIRING IN 1984: sion, however, because I have found that anniversary celebration. In this volume we gardeners are always willing to share their have brought together hundreds of organ Mrs. Charles W. Allen J. Judson Brooks knowledge, techniques, successes and fail izations in North America relating to hor Mrs. Erastus Corning ures, and hence I know that I can get plenty ticulture, thus fulfilling yet another goal Dr. Thomas A. Fretz of help when I need it. of the Society's founders-to "bridge the Mrs. Bruce Gunnell It is really because of the great personal broad area between the serious amateur Ms. Carolyn S. Marsh satisfaction I derive from my association gardener and professional horticulturist." Mrs. Malcolm Matheson, Jr. with the Society that I willingly undertake Uniting the interests of all American gar Mrs. Joseph Poetker the responsibilities of President. Similarly, deners is no simple task, for it is an enor Mark Sullivan, III I will feel I have done my job if the Society mously varied field. Today our member TERMS EXPIRING IN 1985: achieves for others the many benefits I have ship covers a broad spectrum-amateur Russell Clark enjoyed. and professional, nurseryman, backyard Edward N. Dane To add a small personal note for those gardener, landscape designer, prize-win Mrs. A. Lester Marks of you I didn't meet at the Annual Meeting ning orchid grower, rose fancier. In 60 Everitt L. Miller in Boston last year, I am a native New years the Society has accomplished a great Mrs. Edward C. Sweeney Englander and live on the coast north of deal, but there is much more to be done. Mrs.