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The NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE The NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY JANUARY, 1941 The American Horticultural Society PRESENT ROLL OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS April 13} 1940 OFFICERS President, Mr. B. Y. Morrison, Washington, D. C. First Vice-Pr.esident, Second Vice-President, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Miss Cary B. Milholland, Washington, D. C. Treasurer, Mr. Henry Parsons Erwin, Washington, D. C. DIRECTORS Terms Expiring 1941 Terms Expiring 1942 Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox, Peekskill, N. Y. Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Belvoir, Farquier Mrs. Walter Douglas, Chauncy, N. Y. Co., Va. Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pa. Mrs. Chester Wells, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Clement S. Houghton, Chestnut Hill, Mrs. William Holland Wilmer, Washington, Mass. D.C. Mr. Alfred Maclay, Tallahassee, Fla. Dr. Donald Wyman, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott, Media, Pa. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. James H. Porter, Pres., Mrs. Clement H oughton, American Azalea & Camellia Society, American Rock Garden Society, Macon, Ga. 152 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mr. Frank Harrison, Dr. L. M. Massey, American Begonia Society, American Rose Society, 712 E. Hardy St., State College of Agriculture, Inglewood, Calif. Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. Wm. T. Marshall, Pres., Cactus & Succulent Society of America, Dr. Robert T. Clausen, Pres., P. O. Box 101 , American Fern Society, Pasadena, Calif. Bailey Hortorium, Col. Edward Steichen, Pres., Ithaca. N. Y. Delphinium Society, Ridgefield, Conn. Mr. W. J. McKee, Pres., Mrs. John H. Cunningham, Pres., American Iris Society, Herb Society of America, 45 Kenwood Ave., 53 Seaver St., Worcester, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Mrs. George J. Reiter, Pres., Mr. Chas. F. Wassenberg, Pres., Midwest Horticultural Society, American Peony Society, 100 North Central Park Blvd., Van Wert, Ohio. Chicago, Ill. SOCIETIES AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1940 Akron Garden Center, American Begonia Society, 226 South Main St., Mr. Frank Harrison, President, Akron, Ohio. 712 E. Hardy St., Inglewood, Calif. Alexandria, Virginia, Garden Club, American Fuchsia Society, Miss Alice Eastwood, Secretary, Mrs. Joseph P. Crockett, President, California Academy of Sciences, 819 Prince St., Golden Gate Park, Alexandria, Va. San Francisco, Calif. Bradbury Heights Garden Club, American Amaryllis Society, Mrs. A. J. Temple, President, Mr. Wyndham Hayward, Secretary, 1150 44th Place, S. E., Winter Park, Fla. Washington, D. C. Publication Office, S2nd St. and Elm Ave., Baltimore, Md. Entered as second·class matter Janua17 27, 1932, at the Post Office at Baltimore, Md., under the Act of August 2~ 1912. CalifO'rnia Garden Club Federation, Indian Head Garden Club, Miss E . Marlow, Lib., Mrs. Frank A. Bolton, 992 S. Oakland, Pomonkey, Md. Pasadena, Calif. Lake \iVas hington Garden Club, California Horticultural Society, Mrs. Charl es C. May, Secretary, Miss Cora R. Brandt, Secretary, Room 4422, 485 Cali fornia St., \iV hite-Henry-Stuart Bld g., San Francisco, Calif. Seattle, Wash. Chevy Chase (D. C.) Garden Club, Llamb ias House, Mrs. E. B. Bunting, St. A ugustin e Garden Club Centre, 3726 vVindom Place, N. W., St. Augustine, Fla. Washington, D. C. Miohigan H orticultural Society, Ohevy Chase (Md.) Garden Club, Paul R. K rone, Secy., Mrs. Robert Ash, President, Horticultural Building, Ashleigh, Bradley Blvd. , East Lansing, Mioh. Bethesda, Md. M id west Horticultural Society, Community Garden Club of Bethesda, 1lIl r s. Walter ]. Scott, Secy., Mrs. E. M. Willis, Pres., 4921 W . Huron St., 5510 Moo-rland Lane, Chicago, Ill. Bethesda, Md. Nati onal Capital Dahlia Society, Dayton Garden Center, .Mr. George U. Graff, % Dayton Art Institute, 242 Peabody St., N. W., Dayton, Ohio \iVashington, D. C. Fauquier and Loud oun Garden Club, New E ngland Gladiolus Society, Mrs. W. F. Rust, President, J ames H. Odell , Chai rman Ex. COl11l11 .. Leesb urg, Va. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Federated Garden Clubs of Cincitu1ati and N O'rthern N ut Growers Association, Vicinity, Dr. A. S. Colby, Pres., Mrs. Charles Bosworth, Urbana, Illinois. 185 Lafayette Circle, Ohio Association of Garden Cl ub s, Cincinnati, Ohio % Mrs. Silas B. Waters, Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, 2005 Edgecliff P oint, Mrs. Gideon N. Stieff , Pres., Cincinnati, Ohio. Room 300, The Belvedere, Rock Garden Society of Ohio, Ba.ltimore, Md. Mrs. Frank Garry, Librarian, Forest Hills Garden Club, 5800 Wyatt Ave., Mrs. Victor V . Kelsey, Pres.) Kennedy H eights, 4720 Linnean Ave., N . W., Ci ncinnati, Ohio. V! ashington, D. C. ShrevepO'rt Beautification Foundati·on Garden Garden Center of Greater Cleveland. Center, East BO'ulevard at Euclid Ave., Louisiana State Exhibit Bldg., Oleveland, Ohio. ShrevepO'rt. La. Garden Center Institute of Buffalo, Takoma Horti<cultural Club, Delaware P ark Cas illo, ]Vlr. Marion L. Boat, Buffalo, N ew York. 7520 17th St. , N. W . Garden Centre, \iVashington, D. C. % Iveys Store, The Garden Chlb of Mathews Co., Ashevill e, N . C. Mrs. \ iV. H. Reed, Secretary, Garden Club of Gloucester, N O'rth, Ma.thews CO' .. Va. Mrs. N. S. H opkin s, Librarian, The Little Garden Club of Sandy Spring, Nuttall, Va. M r s. Douglas \iV hitlock, Pres., Garden Club O'f Nashville, Sandy Spring, Md. Mrs. Robert F. J ackson, Pres., 3606 West End Ave., The Pittsburgh Garden Center, Nashville, Tenn. Schenl ey Park, Garden Club of Virginia, Pittsburgh, P a. Mrs. John G. Hayes, T he San Francisco Garden Club, R. F. D. No. 2, Room 133, FairmO'unt H otel, Ri chm ond, Va. San Francisco, Calif. Georgetown Garden Club, The Trowel Club, Mrs. \iV alter]. Harrison. Mrs. \iValter \iVyatt, Vice-Pres., 1430 - 33rd St. , N . W .. 1702 Kalmia Road, N. W., ~T ash in gto n , D. C. 'Washington, D. C. Halten Garden Cl ub, ~Tas hin gto n Garden Club, Mrs. Wm. 1\11. Beury, Pres., Mrs. Charles E . Riordon, 120 Taplow Road. 1425 Montague St., N. W., Baltimore, Md. Vlashington, D. C. H ome Garden Cl ub of Denver, Woodridge Garden Cl ub, 4864 Tennyson St. , Dr. F reeman \iV eiss, Pres .. Denver, Colo. 3223 Vista St ., N. E .. H omeland Garden Club, vVashington, D. C. 1\11 rs. Guy Warfield. Jr .. Pres., \iV orce ter County Horticultural Society, 314 Thornhill Road. 30 E lm Street, Baltimore, Md. Worcester. Mass. [ i) The National Horticultural Magazine Vol. 20 Copyright, 1941, by T HE A' fERICAN HOR.TICULTUR.AL SOCIETY No.1 JANUARY, 1941 CONTENTS Pleasures of Gar,dening. MRS . F RANCIS KING __________________________ ________ __ _____ ___ ____ _ 1 Begonias. LA MB ERT DAY _____________________________ ________________________ __ __ __ __ ____ ____ ___ ____________ 8 The Illusive Ivy. ALFRED BA TES _______________________________________________ ___ _______ __________ 14 N eillia Sinensis. HELE N M. Fox __ . _____ __ __ ___ __________ ._______________________________________ 20 A Haitian Cactus Palm Adapted to F lori,da. O. F. COOK ___________________ ___________ 21 A Few Hybrid Crabapples. DO NALD WYMAN _______ ____________________________________ 52 Rhododenckon Notes : The Flower Spot and Blight of Indian Azaleas. CLEMENT BOWERS __ ____ _ 55 A Late-Flowering Azalea Race __________________________________________________ - - --T------ 57 Rock Garden Notes: Alaska Wild Flowers. ADA \ A/ . SHARPLES _______ _______ ._________ ._ ______ ____ .___________ 58 Cacti and Other Succulents: Echinops.i's. STELLA H AYDO N __ __ ________________________________________________________________ 61 F our S u rvi vo rs _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 62 Baffling N eOlbessyas. \ A/ . A. BRIDyV ELL __ ____ ______ _________________ ___________________ 64 A Book or Two ___________________________________________________ ___________ _____ __ ________ __ ___________ _____ 65 The Gardener's P.ocketbook: Two Pacific Coast Shmbs. LUCIA Fox EDWARDS ______________________ __________ 68 Three South Africans. SARAH V. COOMBS __________________________________________ ____ 70 Saintpaulia. MRS. SILAS B. W ATERS ________________________________ ______________________ 73 C eg' ces tis sag git(J;[us ____________________________________ __________________________ __________________________ 74 K ig el ia pin.na ta __________________________________ _____________________________________________ ____ ____ __ __ ____ 76 More Notes on Flowering Crabapples. RACI-lEL CAUGHEY ____________________ 78 N ev i us ia Agai 11 ________________________________________ :____ ___________ ______________________________________ 78 Flowering Apri,cots. W ALTER B. CLARKE __ ______________________________________________ 79 Published quarterly by The American Horticultu,..,l Society. Publication office, 32nd St. and ~lm Ave., Baltimore, Md. Editorial office, Room 821, 'Washington Loan and Trust Building, :Wa~h' mgton, D. C. Con,tl'lbutlOns from all members are cordi ally invited and should be sent to the EdItorIal office. A subscription to the magazine is included in the a nnual du es to all members' to non-member. the pri c.e is se ve11ty-fi ve cents th e copy, tlll'ee dollars a year. [ii 1 The National Horticultural Magazine Volume Twenty Washington, D. C. 1941 Copyright A.wel'lCan HO l li cultunli :::;ociety, U}41 [See page 8J Begonia Davisii Pleasures of Gardening MRS. FRANCIS KING SOME months ago I came across a existence of the really great in garden­ most refreshing and delightful book, ing such as Miss Jekyll, Dr. Bailey, "Pleasures of Architecture," by C. and Professor Sargent, Miss Willmott, A. William-Ellis. This book gave to Henri Correvon, and for amateurs think in many ways
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