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TIIE .A..:U:ERICAN ~GAZINE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL 1600 BLADENSBURG ROAD, NORTHEAST. WASHINGTON, D. C. For United Horticulture *** to accumulate, increase, and disseminate horticultural information Edit01"ial Committee DiTectoTS T erms Expiring 1964 JOHN L. CREECH, Chainnan R. C. ALLEN W. H. HODGE Ohio P. H. BRYDON FREDERIC P . LEE CalifoTllia CARL ,"V. FENN INGER CONRAD B. LINK Pennsylvania CURTIS MAY JOHN E. GRAF Dist"ict of Columbia FREDERICK G. MEYER GRACE P. ,"VILSON W ' ILBUR H. YOUNGMAN T en 7l. s Expiring 1965 HAROLD EpSTEIN New Yo'rk Office?'s FRED C. GALLE Ge01'gia PRESIDENT FRED J. NISBET N01·th Ca"olina RUSSELL J. SEIBERT J. FRANKLIN STYER Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DONALD ,"VYMAN FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Massachusetts RAY C . ALLEN T erms Expiring 1966 Mansfield, Ohio J. HAROLD CLARKE Washington SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT JAN DE GRAAFF MRS. JULIAN W ·. HILL Oregon Wilm.ington, Delaware CARLTON B. LEES Massachusetts RUSSELL J. SEIBERT ACTING SECRETARY·TREASURER . Pennsylvania GRACE P. WILSON DONALD ''''ATSON Bladensbu"g, Ma7-yland Michigan The A merican Horticultural Magazine is the official publication of the American Horticultural Society and is issued four times a year during the quarters commencing with January, April, July and October. It is devoted to the dissemination of knowledge in the science and art of growing ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, and related subjects. Original papers increasing the historical, varietal, and cultural know ledges of plant materials of economic and aesthetic importance are welcomed and will be published as early as possible. The Chairman of the Editorial Committee should be consulted for manuscript specifications. Reprints will be furnished in accordance with the following schedule of prices, plus post age, and should be ordered at the time the galley proof is returned by the author: One hundred copies-2 pp $6.60; 4 pp $12.10; 8 pp $25 .30; 12 pp $36.30; Covers $12.l0. Entered as second class matter in the post office at Baltimore7 Maryland, in accordance with the Act of August 24, 1912 . Additional entry for Washington, D.C., was authorized July 15, 1955, in accordance with tbe pro visions o f Section 132. 122 , Pos tal Manual. The American H orticlIllu ral J\llagazin e is included as a benefit of membership in the Ameri ca n Horticultural Society, Individual l\I embership ' du es being $6.00 a yea r. JANUARY. 1964 FORMERLY THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE VOLUME 43 • NUMBER 1 Contents An Editorial Comment THE EDITORIAL CONIM ITTEE ________ . _______________________________________________________ ______ _ Miniature Daffodils GEORGE S. LEE, JR .._______ . _________________ ._______________________ . ____________ . ________________________ 2 December 1962 Cold Damage in Florida EDvVIN A. lVIENNINGER._____________________________________________________ _____________________________ 6 Fruit Characters in Holly SH IU-YIN G H u ._ ____________________________ ___________ ______ ____ __________ __ ________ __ ___________ _______________ 21 Ceanothus pTOstratus and Ceanothus pumilus-Promising Ground Covers ROBERT L TICKNOR .__ ______________ .________ .___ __.________________________________ . _____ . _ .__ _____ 33 The 1963 National Lily Show ] OSEPH UHRIN G._ _____ _______________________ ___________ ____ _______ __________________________ _______ __ _____ _ 37 Native Trees and Shrubs for Landscape Use in Southern Arizona JOSEPH S. FOLKNER and ROBERT CHARLES __ ___ ___________________________________ .______ __ __ 42 A Book or Two ____ _____ . ___ _____ __ __________________ ____ _____ __ _______ _______ . ____ ._______________ _____________ .____ 50 The Gardeners' Pocketbook Climbing Hydrangeas. SIGMOND L SOLYMOSY _______ _____ ____ ______________ ______ ____ __ 55 Mr. Wolf's Amrnocharis. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE .__ ____________________ .__ ___ __ ___ 56 Eucryphia X nymansensis. FREDERICK ·W. COE _____________ . _________ . _____ ____ ____ 58 Two Allamandas of Garden Merit. WILLIAM T. DRYSDALE ______ .. _.____ _ 59 A Perennial Marigold. LYNN LOWREY 60 The Anacacho Bauhinia. LYNN LOWREY ____ _______ . ____ _._. ______ . ______________ . ____ _._ _ 62 JANUARY COVER ILLUSTRATION EUCT,,1Jhia X l1 ymal1sensis at Ballamal1augh, Sulby, {sle of Ma n (By Courtesy of Lady Collet) COj»,righl. <D 1964 b), The A merican H orl.iCtl Il1l1-ol Societ )', '>l c. W. H. HonCE B. Y. Morrison An Editorial Comment This issue of The American Horticultural Magazine appears without a desig nated Editor- Benjamin Y. Monison has retired from this position, one he has held f01' 37 yean. This decision was made, s'urely with reluctance, on the part of Mr. Nlorrison, and much to the regret of those who have been close to the l\1agazine for any length of time. Somewhere "along the line" one has to break with his elected responsibilities in order to devote time to more cherished tasks. B. Y. Nlorrison, H orticulturist, may now contend with the problems (which are really 1J leasures) of everyday gardening, except for the notes and occasional m"ticles he has promised to contimoe writing for the Magazine. During the years of his leadeTShip, NIT. Morrison has maintained The Ameri can H orticultural Magazine at a level of quality and distinctiveness of char acter that gives our Magazine an enviable status among the gardening maga zines of the World-and The American H Ol"ticultural Magazine is world re nowned. If one is fOl"tunate to have a complete set of the Magazine, he will find that the bl"eadth and p1"Ofundity of wTitings contained are without comparison. Cer tainly if the vast an-ay of horticultural hnowledge accumulated in The Ameri can H ol·ticultural Magazine during these "M on-ison-years" were assembled in a volume, it would be a library treasure. I t can be noted here that Mr. Morrison has been the only designated Editor of the American (National) H orticultural Magazine since Volume 5.* T he AmeTican H orticultural Magazine has l"emained without the necessity pf deviation from its em"liest concept- a scholarly presentation of original horti cultural contributions directed to the interests of the serious amateur. T his we owe to Editor B . Y. Morrison. Edit01"ial Committee of the American H OTticultural Society John L. CTeech, ChaiTman Walter H . H odge FTedel"ic P. L ee Conrad B . L ink FTederick G. Meyer Curtis May WilbuT Yo'ungman 'Volumes I through 4 were published by T he National H orticultural Society at Henning, Minnesota; that Society and T he American H orticultural Society joined forces in early 1926, and B.Y.M. commenced Volume 5 in J 926. ',' [1 ] Miniature Daffodils George S. Lee, Jr.* When a gardener discovers that pric@ dens in this country are still not ad is not always a measure of value, that vanced beyond the era of 'Van Sion' the new is not necessarily better than and 'King Alfred'. A somewhat wider the old, and that quality cannot be selection of sturdy Dutch garden vari equated with size, it might be said that eties may now be found in local stores he has reached years of horticultural and the occasional enthusiast will order discretion. from the lists of the few specialists here Numerous horticultural families have and abroad. But emphasis is on size and already been exploited in pursuit of size the choices are usually limited to trum at the expense of more significant traits pets, large and small cups, and doubles, -dahlias, iris, and gladiolas, for ex i.e., Division I to IV of the Official ample. Invariably, in these pursuits Classification of the Royal Horticultural there are laggards with more enduring, Society. That ubiquitous fellow, the av if less conspicuous, qualities which rec erage gardener, may never learn that ommend them to critical gardeners. beyond the limited range to which he In the case of daffodils, if we may has easy access are many daffodils of adopt the more comfortable term, there great charm and unusual form, although is a restless search for greater size and smaller in comparison with those he new effects. * * The largest is never quite usually sees. large enough. Breeders vie for the elu The term "miniature" has been loose sive pink and assure us that beyond lie ly applied in connection with small pure reel and ultimately lavender and daffodils. As a rule, the triandrus, cy purple trumpets. The conflicting judg clamineus, jonquil, and tazetta hybrids; ment of Nature to paint with muted the species and wild forms and hybrids; colors on a small scale until a back in fact, all species and garden varieties ground of greeN can be broken out to with the possible exception of the poets, provide a restful setting fm- more dazz falling within Divisions V to XI of the ling effects must be set aside. Official Classification, are smaller in all It is unfortunate that those who are their parts than the trumpets willing to accept the meager rewards and cupped varieties. For that reason for engaging in the commercial produc many tend to lump all these smaller tion of daffodil bulbs find their work daffodils together and consider them subject to the same economic laws which miniatures. spawn new models of automobiles and Daffodil shows offering classes for min hem lines. It is unfortunate because iatures must make a more precise de the attention of the gardener is focused termination and have usually defined a on what the producer has to sell and miniature daffodil in terms of length of years will be lost in acquiring the ad stem, a most unreliable test, subject to venturous spirit which leads to the great the vagaries of Nature and the guile of est satisfactions in gardening. man. Width of flower or proportion of The hybridizing of daffodils began flower and stem have also served to offer nearly a hundred years ago at the hands shaky evidence of special classification. of English gentlemen and has been pur The Royal Horticultural Society sued vigorously ever since, but a genera has consistently defined a miniature tion requires not less than five years daffodil as one "not exceeding 12 inches and the increase is leisurely.