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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OCTOBER, 1952 The American Horticultural Society

ROLL OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

OFFICERS President, Dr. Freeman Weiss, Washington, D. C. First Vice-Presidellt, Mr. John L. Creech, Glenn Dale, Md. Seco/ld Vice-President, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Dr. Francis de Vos, Washington, D. C. Treas ~tre1', Miss Olive E. Weatherell, Olean, N. Y. Editor, Mr. B. Y. Morrison, Pass Christian, Miss. Assistant Editor, Mr. James R. Harlow, Washington, D. C. DIRECTORS Terms expiring 1952 Terms expiring 1953 Dr. Fred O. Coe, Bethesda. Md. Mr. Arnold Davis, Cleveland. Ohio Mrs. Walter Douglas, Chauncey, N. Y. Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox. Mt. Kisco. N. Y. Mrs. J. Norman Henry. Gladwyne. Pa. Mr. Frederic P. Lee, Bethesda, Md. Dr. Conrad B. Link, College Park. Md. Dr. David V. Lumsden. Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott, Media, Pa. Dr. Donald Wyman, Jamaica Plain, Mass. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. Calvin Trowbridge, Pres., Mrs. Otto Zach, Pres., American Begunia Society, American Primrose Society, 4435 Third Ave., 1172 S. E. 55th Ave., Los Angeles 43, Calif. Portland IS, Oreg. Judge Arthur W . Solomon. Pres., Mr. Harold Epstein, Pres., America n Camellia Society, American Rock Garden Society, 702 W. Anderson St., 5 forest Court. Savannah, Ga. Larchmont, N. Y. Mr. C. E. Little. Pres., Dr. C. Eugene Pfister, Pres., American Delphinium Society, American Rose Society, Richmond H ills, Mundelein, Ill. Ontario, Can. Dr. Frederick L. fagley. Pres., Mr. Wm. T. Marshall. Pres. Emeritus, American fern Society, Cactus & Succulent Society of America. 287 Fourth Ave .. 228 Security Bldg., New York 10. N. Y. Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. Marvin C. Karrels. Pres., Mr. C. R. Wolf, Pres., American Peony Society, Holly Society of America, 3272 South 46th St.. Lock Box 71, Mil waukee 14, Wise. Millville, N. J. SOCTETIES AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1952 American Aswciation of Nurserymen, American Primrose Society, Dr. Richard P. White. Exec. Secy., Mrs. Otto Zach. Pres., 636 Southern Building, 1172 S. E. 55th Ave., Washington 5, D. C. Portland IS, Oreg. American Begonia Society, Mr. Calvin Trowbridge, Pres., American Rose Society, 4435 Third Ave., Dr. R. C. Allen, Secy., Los Angeles 43, Calif. 1316 Derry St., American Camellia Society. Harrisburg, Pa. Box 2398 University Station, Gainesville. Fla. Bel-Air Garden Cltlb, Inc., American Fuchsia Society. Mrs. Frank P. Winne, Treas., Mr. Mel Newfield, Pres., 822 Sarbonne Rd., 3809 T St., Bel-Air, Los Angeles 24, Calif. Sacramento 17, Calif. Birmingham Horticultural Society, American Gloxinia Society, 1 Winthrop Ave., Mt. Brook, Mr. Elvin McDonald, Editor, Birmingham, Ala. Gray, Okla. American I ri s Society, Cactus & Succulent Society of America, Mr. Ged des Douglas, Secy., Mr. Harry Johnson, Jr., Pres., Frank lin Road, Box 458. Brentwood, Tenn. Paramount, Calif.

Publication Offi ce. 32nd ond Elm Ave .• Baltimore. Md. Entered as second·class matter January 27, 1932, at the Post Office a t Baltimore, Md., under the Act of August 24, 1912. California Horticultural Society, Holly Society of Alllerica, Miss Elizabeth McClintock, Secy., Mr. Harry W. Dengler, Secy., California Academy of Sciences, Extension Service., San Francisco 18, Calif. University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Chestnut Hill Garden Club, Horizon Garden Club, Mrs. Charles F. Hovey, Pres., Mrs. George Willer, Secy., 190 Chestnut Hill Rd., R. 1, Fremont, Ohio Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Houston Horticultural S_o_ciety, Chevy Chase (D.C.) Garden Club, Mrs. H. Clay Lee, Mrs. Christian Wohlgemuth, Pres .. 3615 Graustark St., 6308 Florida St., H ouston 6, Tex. Chevy Chase, Md. Iowa State Horticultural Society, Chevy Chase (Md.) Garden Club, Mr. Wm. H . Collins, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. William S. Corby, Pres., State House, 9 Chevy Chase Circle, Des Moines 19, Iowa. Chevy Chase 15, Md. Michigan Horticultural Society, Fauquier & Loudoun Garden Club, Mrs. R. W. Summers, Secy., The White House, Belle Isle, Mrs. Hunter de Butts, Detroit 7, Mich. Upperville, Va. National Capital Dahlia Society, Federated Garden Clubs of Cincinnati and Mr. S. Owen Hatfield, Pres., .Vicinity, 9900 C; herry Tree Lane, Mrs. W . R. Grace, Sr., Pres., Silver Spring, Md. 7911 Hamilton Ave., The North American Lily Society, Mt. Healthy 31, Ohio. Dr. Robert D. Rappleye, Secy., Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, Department of Botany, University of Maryland, 2715 Reading Road, College Park, Md. Cincinnati 6, Ohio. Northern Nut Growers' Assn., Inc., Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, Dr. William R. Rohrbacher, Pres., East Boulevard at Euclid Ave., 811 E. College, Cleveland 6, Ohio Iowa City, Iowa. Garden Center I nsti tute Perennial Garden Club, 1500 Elmwood Ave., Mrs. Andrew Parker, Pres., Buffalo 7, N. Y. 3000 Garrison St., N. W., Washington 8, D. C. Garden Club of Alexandria, Mrs. Charles F . Holden, Pres., Plainfield Garden Club, 100 Rosemont Ave., Mrs. Edward II. Ladd, III, Pres., Alexandria, Va. Nepawin Ave., Plainfield, N. J. Garden Club of Danville, Potomac Rose Society, Juliet C. Barnett, Treas., Mr. Albert E. West, Pres., Danville, Va. 1309 Emerson St., N. W. Garden Club of Fairfax, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Paul M. Curran, Pres., San Francisco Branch, Box 518, Rt. 3, American Begonia Society. Fairfax, Va. Mrs. Anne Mitchell, Secy., Garden Club of Virginia, 2370 18th Ave., Mrs. Arthur Collins, Pres., San Francisco, Calif. Hampton Hills Lane, S

VOL. 31 OOP lTight, 1952, by THE AlIIERIOAN HOHTIOULT1I RAL SOC1ETY NO.4

OCTOBER, 1952

Concerning Rex Begonias. B. Y. MORRISON ----______237

\i\Tith 58 Illustrations From Photographs By ROBERT L. TAYLOR ______244

N asturti u 111S . E. B UC KN ER KIRK ______260

Correction N otes On Anapodophyllon-April, 1952 ______270

Border Carnations And Pinks. J OHN L. CREECH ______>_ 27 1

T he Effect Of J uvenility On P lant Propagation. F. L. O 'ROURKE ______278

A Book O r T wo: P lants, Man And Life______282

Gardening For T he Small P lace______283

Our Garden Soils ______283

Beautify Your Home Grounds..______284

T he Real Book About Farms ______284

The Gardener's Handbook: Achimenes In La J olla, California. LAURA M. SIKES ______285

\iVel wi tschia mi rabili s. DONALD P . W OOLLE Y______285

General Index To V olume 31 ----______287

Index To The Azalea Handbook ______293

Lis t 0 f R epr i 11 ts ______304

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11 Robert L.- Ta}Jlor [See page 27 1] Dianthus wil1teri: lefl, Mrs. vVo1'11'/.old; center, Mrs. Back. Concerning Rex Begonias

B. Y. MORRISON

For the gardener who lives at some The other surprise that caused some distance fr0111 the places where Rex alarm came with the development of Begonias are popular and common sub­ erect stems in such plants as Abel Car­ jects for plant collectors, the acquisi­ riere, Lavender Glow, Nigger Tree tion of a collection of varieties can be and the like, but the "book" showed an amazing surprise. Even though he that Begonia EV(M'lsia1ta, a well-known is a member of the American Begonia hardy herbaceous Begonia, was respon­ Society and has seen pictures and read sible, in most cases. The fact remains discussions, he probably could not con­ that these lovely upright things, some jure up in imagination, the diversity of of which show of Rex "influence," are form, pattern and color that is now privately dubbed the "Fitzes"-not the available, not to speak of the changes Rexes or Reo!; cu1ton{.m. in habit that are appearing as a result There is no complete validity for this of various other species than those most discrimination for although the taxo­ allied to the original but now tradi­ nomic keys usually put all the species tional Begonia Rex. allied to Begonia Re~"C Putz. in a "Rhi­ Frankly curious, this editor invoked zomatous" section, the individual de­ the aid of the editor of Th.e Begonia1'/" scriptions sometimes include the phrase who made possible the invaluable as­ "stems branching freely." The point sistance of Mrs. Louise Schwerdtfeger, may well be raised, however, for the so that during 1951 various shipments California Begonia breeders are ar­ came through safely from California. ranging so many more and newer mor­ In addition, there were bought plants ganatic matings, that one may expect from the Leathermann collection of­ "Rex" leaves on almost any sort of fered as collections by The Barnes Im­ plant in a not too distant future. porters. In spite of distance and the Mrs. Krauss, in her delightful Be­ amazing succulence of the plants them­ gom:as for An1,erican H 011!U!S and Gar­ selves, all traveled well and soon set dens records a series of types of Rex about the production of new leaves. hybrids which serve as an historical Following instructions, the plants landmark; where the next will be, one were potted in the recommended com­ dares not guess, for one hears now of posts, with inorganic matter, and free scan dent Rexes and tall cane-like vari­ draining. Some experimenting was ants. needed to discover the degree of light Doubtless it is foolhardy" but the best suited for development and some original concept of a Rex Begonia was accidents took a toll of a few leaves, of a plant that kept its fle shy, rhizome­ but almost without exception, fair-sized like stem crawling along the surface of plants developed before winter came the earth, with a cluster of leaves at the and the signs of dormancy hegan. This growing tip, or tips if it had branched, last, the period of dormancy, was a that raised on hairy petioles, the vari­ surprise, for the writer had not known ously patterned, colored leaves, ap­ of any time when there would be only proximately heart shaped in outline, a resting rhizome or rootstock, and at rough in surface (the veins sunken) first there was a beginner's fear that and with some surfaces as smooth as something was seriously wrong. metal and as glistening. The margins [237] 238 THE NATIONAL H ORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952 were not much serrate, nor always out along the main veins to the margin, wavy. The simplest pattern involved so that one sees them as a silver star a dark center, a darker zone irregularly laid down on top of the green leaf. or regularly 'bounded by a band of sil­ When these are well developed this ef­ very color with a margin beyond of fect is very striking. green usually colored by the new pig­ After one has grown the plants fo r a mentation from the under surfaces. The time, he becomes aware of the fact that under surface of the leaves was usually the length of the leaf petioles varies covered with the raised network of and that this plus their angle of growth veins, frequently a -firm red in color has a marked effect upon the mass repeating the coloration of the petioles. made by the leaf blades. Many of the Vari ous degrees of hairiness were nor­ older varieties have short petioles so mal both for the petioles or leaf stems that one sees only the mass of the and the veins; in some cases hairs ap­ leaves. Some of the newer sorts allow peared in the upper surfaces as well, the pattern of red toned petioles to usually singly and often rising from show through the leaf surfaces, adding the silver dots. The hairs themselves a brilliant <::o lor particularly when sun­ might be coarse or as fine as in velvet. light makes their succulent stems look Vlith the presumptuous curiosity of almost translucent. a beginner, an attempt was made to dis­ The leaf margins may he smooth, cover where the variations in pattern somewhat serrate or definitely lobed, arose but only a general notation can but among such varieties as we have be made. The small, usually dark grown never as deeply lobed as in some "spot" in the leaf blade closest to this of the species and forms in other parts end of the petiole may be reduced in of the "Rhizomatous" section. In addi­ size or area, if in size so that it is very tion the margins may be ruffled which small , if in area so that only vestiges brings an added play of light and shad­ r emain. These usually follow the ma­ ow over the color patterns and in some jor veins that radiate from the petiole, clones the growth has extended at the giving a palmate pattern that can point of petiole attachment so that be very striking. The next variable there is a "spiral case" lapping over the element seems to be the so-called silver leaf blade. This may be single or band which may spread out so that it double, the latter case less showy than pradically covers the entire leaf the former as one spiral more or less whether in solid color as one finds it covers the other. The old vari ety, in Silver P ink or broken into dots. Countess Louise Erdoedy, shows this These latter may be so small that they well. look like stippling, of assorted sizes so It is difficult to be precise in discuss­ that one thinks of astronomers' pictures ing the variations in leaf surfaces. The of heavenly nebulae, or in definite dots normal or presumably normal surface and bl otches, some of which lie smooth­ is not unlike that of any leaf, but there lyon the leaf surface or are so puck­ are some varieties in which the surface ered as to look like blisters, i.e., pustu­ looks as if it were a thin tightly late. The other commonly repeated stretched tissue as in Pacific Sunset design change appears especially in (not illustrated) or Crim son Glow-or vari eties with starry-lobed leaves. Here like thin metal fo il as in Forty-Niner the sil ve r band is commonly broad and or R uth Williams. In still other cases con ti n lIOll wi th extensions that reach there are areas that appear like fine Oct. , 1952 TH E NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 239

suede leather as in portions of the green zone that extends to the sl ightly leaves of 0 jai and Floralice. brow n tinted edge, covered with large, Even from thi s brief and obviously somewhat pustulate silver dots. inadequate discussion it is easy to see A methyst. Medi um sized leaves with how and why one mi ght easily become ruffled margi ns, very erect petioles. a "collector" and fin d refin ements on T he medium green center and margin refin ements almost without li mit. It is are flu shed with purple and the silver not apparent, however, that one wo uld green band breaks in to Ii ne dots in its be faced with almost endless difficulty outer margi n, extending to the edge of if he were asked to name a collection the leaves. of varieties that could be called "The Awbian N ights. s grown here, a best." The brief varietal descriptions somewhat upright plant with leaves that follow should be looked upon only that fall laxly making an open speci­ as a report of one amateur observe r on men, quite di stin ct from more " legiti­ one collection. It is admitted that some mate" R ex cl ones. The leaves are deep­ of the varieties grown were and are ly lobed and the silver pattern makes a still more appealing than others, but it star-like design over the green. The is remembered also that if the writer veins of reverse are conspicuously had had more years of growing exper­ pink. ience, he and his colleagues more able Arnold P eep. Large leaves with than himself, might have brought sOtn e some lobing. Central area small, med­ varieties to a perfection that would ium green, tending to fo ll ow mam upset any present decisions. veins. The central area broad, light No plants have been grown with the silver green running down into each intent of producing a " Specimen" of lobe but breaking up into irregular " show quality." This last seems to be dots. Some red-brown tinting along a matter of feeding and grooming with margins. N ew leaves as they develop just enough elements of chance in it show darker. all to make a good gamble. A ~ il a. Medium sized leaves, almost Thanks fo r assistance given as ac­ entirely of a metalli·c li ght green color, knowledged before, a wi de range of the onl y color showing a purplish varieties was grown and the only mis­ brown tinting along major veins and sing elements-if one may judge by edges. written description-are those that re­ Bertha Boner. Medium sized leaves, late to "yellow, gold and golden with moderate spiral curl, ruffled mar­ bronze" colored varieties. Dull browns gins. Central area and margin dark and dull buff colors do appear but green almost completely covered with nothing more. smallish silver dots. The zone of sil­ There is no questi on that "Rex" ver-green, solid and tending to run out Begonias whether thei r ancestry be by into the major serrations. the right hand or the left are splendid B r ow n C ur L Miniature, curl. things. Growth habi t compact. The deep red­ The fo llowing descriptions are re­ brown color of the reverse side of corded from observation notes made of leaves shows through the bronzy green the living collection during 1951-1 952 : upper surfaces. T here are a few small Adrian Schmidt. Medium sized and scattered silver-green dots. leaves with some deep marginal ser­ Butterfly. M iniature, so 111 e w h a t rati ons. Dark green centers, medium erect growth with conspicuous red- 2-10 THE N A TIO AL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

brown stems. Leaves small , dark green good spiral curl, Jade-green color, dull center, silver-green zone toned with silver spots irregularly dotted over lavender from the center, bright green area between major veins. Petioles red band set off by purplish -b rown mar­ and covered with red hairs. glt1s. Dew Drop. Miniature, dense growth. Cardoza. Large leaves with some­ Leaves rather smooth which makes what variable but always with colora­ their metallic silver surface very tion. Center purple-toned, sage green showy. There is a starry pattern of band aimost covered with small sil­ deep green in the center, along the ver-green dots, dark red-purple, some­ main vein s. Petioles dull red. what ruffled edge. Dudley. Large leaves, somewhat ser­ Cathayana. Erect, medium sized rate with some tendency to lobing in leaves, serrate-lobed margins. Central older leaves. Dull sage-green in color zone dark somewhat bronzy-green fol­ with silver, almost pustulate blotches lowing the major veins, moss green scattered irregularly through the areas band almost covered with si lver-green between main veins. Not one of the dots, margin as dark as center but more showy clones. somewhat more bronze-toned. As plant Faith. Small leaves, almost in minia­ grows old er, the lobes of later leaves ture class, but growth more like usual are more m.arked. Rex. Center dark green radiating out Cathayana X P ustulata Ziesenhenne along main veins to break the irregular 19SO-Erect, stems green, white, hairy, silvery zone, margins dark green, Leaves large, soft, major veins bright, spotted at times. The colors all seem light green, blade almost covered with a little dull which is sad for "Faith." silver-green like fine silver respousse. Fantasy. Rather large here, with Co ree. Miniature with compact hab­ elongated and somewhat lobed leaves it. The general effect is silver with with marked pattern. The center is broken green central zone that fo llows small and very dark green surrounded the major veins and with some if}:egu­ by a si lver zone that extends to tip of lar !blotching of same green showing leaf, this in turn surrounded by a sage­ through near leaf margins. Some red yellow zone and irregularly margined tone shows through from reverse. in ·brownish-green. Peti oles reddish. Count Adrian E rdoedy. Medium Fireflush. Valuable chiefl y for its leaf with some spiral curl. General ef­ beautiful covering of short soft hairs fect metallic, light yellow-green to sil­ of brilliant, alm ost salmon-toned red. very with a little light brown flush Our plant rarely had more than one from margins. The vei ns are impressed good leaf at a time and has not grown giving a somewhat quilted surface. successfull y. Countess Louise Erdoedy. Similar Flaitz M idget. Erect stems, rather to foregoing but more compact in habit open and diverging with leaves thai and wit h better spiral curl here. tend to hang down. Center dark green Crimso n Glow. Large leaves. Gen­ that follows main veins far out into the eral eff ect is of metallic silver over pale green-silver zone, dark to brownish green, lavender flu sh from center and narrow margin. The color is brilliant along the edges. The " Crimson Glow" only in youngest leaves that show a come from the brilliant red hairs on red diffusion outward from center. petioles and veins on back of leaves. Floralice. Medium leaves conspicu­ Curly Jade. Miniature, moderately ous for their surface like suede leather. Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 241

Center very deep green, small, and fol­ ter peppered over with silver dots and lowing major veins, si lver zone irregu­ dark brown toned edge invaded by sil­ lar surrounded by brilliant yellow­ ver dots from center. Two plants were green ·band dotted silver, broad brown received under this name, the chief dif­ toned sage. Flowers good. ference ·being in the coarser dots of the Forty-Niner. Medium sized leaves, second plant. nice spiral curl, all conspicuous for the Green River. Medium sized leaves lustrous metallic quality of surfaces. with some suggestion of lobing. Center Dense habit. Center dark-green small, not conspicuous but clear dark olive­ almost starry, most of surfaces silver green, most of leaf bright green, with that extend in star like points to the large silver dots on a narrow brown dark brownish-green border. On new toned edge. Not showy, but very re­ leaves there is a pinkish-lavender flush fined. over silver. Guy Fewkes. Here this has been un­ Frey 1950 Cathayensis hybrid. This certain in growth. At the time of this very distinct clone is not named. Very writing, there is only a small leaf pres­ erect habit, with ascending leaf peti­ ent, pale green with distinct silver dots. oles. The entire pattern, best shown in Inimitable. This has not grown well, illustration is of dark green and silver, !but produces a few very large leaves but young leaves have a faint pink rather flat and with almost smooth overall flu sh and deep dull-red veins margins. A lthough said to be an 0;1 reverse. Some lobing in leaf mar­ Evansia~1a cross there has been no sug­ gl11s. gestion of erect habit. Petioles very Gen. Mac Arthur. The best of all the pink hairy. Whole leaf silver-green large spiral curls grown here. Plant with conspicuous hairs widely distrib­ very vigorous. Almost no green cen­ uted over surface. Dark green center ter but some green that follows major shows only as narrow s·tar-li ke pattern veins out into broad silver-green zone along main veins. that breaks into irregular blotches over Kay F rancis. This also has grown the purple-brownish-green margin. poorly. Erect with leaves that almost Grace. Large leaves but here not suggest those of an Angel Wing Be­ many at one time, petioles show. Cen­ gonia, brown tinted on reverse, dark ter dark green flushed purple some­ olive-green with si lver dots. times faintly dotted green following King Edward. Medium size, leaves major veins only, zone light green rather smooth with some rufflinG'b alonG'b breaking into fine dots over a bright margins. Center dark purplish-green, green margin, edges ruffled, toned pur­ band of silver dots of irregular size, plish-brown. margin darker than center especially Grayback Mountain. Very vigorous, toward edge. Petioles conspicuously large leaved spiral curl with deeply red-hairy. lobed and somewhat ruffled leaf mar­ Lad-X. Mediwll size, moderate curl. gins. Small olive-green center that fol­ Small dark olive-green center that fol­ lows major veins into the large silver­ lows the major veins, large metallic green leaf that is accented by small ir­ silver zone that breaks into large regular dark green blotches on the blotches over the pale green margins margin. that show some brown tones. Grayson. Large leaves, general ef­ Lavender Glow. Erect, showy. Med­ fect is silver green with small dark cen- ium sized leaves, center dark olive- 242 THE NATIONAL HORTI CULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952 g reen fo llowing the major veins, break­ a few irregul ar small patches of deep j ng into t he band of silver toned with green. purple, which in turn breaks up into Modesty. H ere a poor grower, small dots over the deep red-purple leaves small. Center dark green, broad margIn. silver-green band, li ghter green bor­ Leil a. Large leaves, rather fl at but de r and brown-toned edges. with some puckering over surface. Mul berry. Medium sized leaves, pet­ Small dark green center that fo llows ioles red-hai ry-. Center dark purplish­ major veins in star-li ke pattern into red almost covered with silver, silve r­ the broad silver-green zone, which in green zone, purplish margi n with some t urn breaks up into large blotches over green dots. In some leaves there is a the dark green margin, edges purpli sh. little spiral curl. Lord Palm erston. Medium leaves. Navajo. Large leaves, stems with Center dark green fin ely dotted silver coarse red hairs. Center olive-green, fo rming broad star pattern breaking zone warm purple-red, darker margin­ into the wide silver-green band, mar­ al zone. Major veins light brown. gin dark green fin ely dotted with sil­ N igger Tree. Erect. Leaves here a ver, some brown tones on margin. little smaller than those of Lavender Maiden's Blush. Miniature, irregu­ Glow, stems and petioles dark and lar center of bronzy-green, red flu shed when young red hairy. Center pur­ in young leaves, breaking irregularly plish-brown that passes into zone of into the wide silve r zone that extends dark green flu shed over with brown, almo t to the narrow reddish-pi nk fe w small silver dots, margin purplish­ margin. Colors, clearest in the younger black. leaves. Ojai. M edium to large leaves with Mari on Loui se. Leaves small, lobed well marked spiral curl and ruffled and showy. T he large center of dark margins. Center very dark green, al­ green that extends in a star-like pat­ most black that extends a short di s­ tern along the major veins is accented tance along major veins. Zone very l)y a brown area in its center. The sil­ metallic sil ver with large silver dots ver band is somewhat broken, but is that run off onto the bright green mar­ bounded by a green margin tinted gin and very dark ruffled edges. brown from the edge. Pacific Sunset. Leaves large. This Mary A nn. Leaves as it grows here, clone has not grown well here. Strong s mall with good spiral curl, some lob­ ,red-purple fl. ush over metallic light ing. Silver with some irregular green green wit h darker margin. blotches along veins, some brown tone Patsy. P lant small but probably not a long the edg-es. \iVhite hai rs, sparsely a "miniature," very Rex-like in char­ ()ver the surface. acter. Center dark green with some M ikado. Leaves large. The general purpli sh tone, metallic silver-green effect somewhat like Lavender Glow, zone broken by purplish-green center, b ut with creeping rhizome like the true some pink hairs, margins dark. R e:r. T he red hairs on petioles and Peter Pan. Leaves small , with some vei ns on back of leaf are a more bril­ lobing. Center small brow nish-olive liant hue. Center zone dark purplish­ t hat pier-ces the very light silver-green green that follows major veins to fo rm zone that, in turn, breaks into irregular star-like pattern, main surface silver dots over bright green, edges rusty red. flu shed la\'ender, border lavender with Reverse, bri ght red vein s and hairs. Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 243

Purple Heart. Has grown poorly pear, a few small patches of bright here but should be spectacular if well green near the darker purple edges. done. No green except as narrow line Schwerdtfeger's '51 Circumlobata X that follows major veins. Dull purple, Rex. Large leaves on tall erect petioles rather glossy but not metallic, edges fairly brown tinted toward fore leaves, somewhat bronze toned. reflexed somewhat giving umbrella-like Queen Wilhelmina. This too has effect. Center dark green ·but showing grown poorly. Apparently a small only along the major veins. Leaves leaved sort with pattern of cool pale almost completely covered with pale greens. silver-green that breaks into large Radiance. Medium to large leaves, dots near margin that is deep green. with good spiral curl and ruffled mar­ This is not a named clone. gins. Purplish-green center, dark green Sea Nymph. Leaves large, some zone and hrownish edges. The entire lobing, dull red hairy petioles. Dark surface seems metallic. green center, broken silver-green zone, Red Wing. Not vigorous here. Dull dark marginal band with very dark red over the small green center that brown-toned edge. plays out along major veins, dull olive­ Silver Pink. This has not grown green zone somewhat red flushed, mar­ vigorously here but is charming. gin darker. Leaves somewhat convex, a very light Robin. Erect stems to almost 10 greenish-silver but not metallic or glos­ inches, warm red-brown like the new sy, with almost no touch of dark green, leaves, leaves medium to small, most tones with pale lavender-pink from the become a nice sage-green color covered leaf marg111s. Conspicuous 111 the with ·fine dots of pale pink, thickly group. along veins, less in open areas. Flowers Single Black Twist. Has 110t grown showy pink. This charming begonia is satisfactorily for us, with only one or not a "Rex" in the narrow sense of two leaves at a time. Very reflexed the word. margins so that leaf has a convex look, Rut h Will i a m s. Medium sized excellent spiral curl. Center dark ol­ leaves, very erect, some lobing. Very ive-brown, dull green ZONe, edges dull metallic in appearance because the sil­ brown but redder in tone. ver-green zone almost covers leaf. Lav­ Smog. Medium to small leaves, with ender flush in center and irregular well developed spiral curl, red petioles dark purplish edges. with lighter hairs, new leaves darker St. Teresia. Medium to large leaves than old. Center dark green radiating with good spiral curl. Light silver­ along major veins into the silver zone green pattern over pale green with few that breaks off irregularly into the still flakes and blotches of darker,but still darker brown-green margin. The veins light green near margins. A beautiful in upper surface are pink rather than Begonia but one that no longer sug­ the more usual green or light brown. gests "Rex" in the narrow sense. Stanley Wilson. Medium to large Scarlett O'Hara. Small to medium leaves, somewhat erect stems, leaf sur­ leaves, some lobing, some serra­ face like old taffeta, margins somewhat tious. The leaf surface has quality of lobed. The general color is a warm fine old taffeta silk, almost a deep red­ brownish-red with irregular silver dots purple self with broken patches of as ·shown in il1"Ustration. In our plant pinkish-silver where zone would ap- these did not coalesce to form zone. 2-+-1 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952 ~ Stardust. Medium leaves. Petioles row brown toned edge. Veins on leaf pink-hairy. Alm ost no green center, reverse, dark red and showy. but si lver zone to tip, broad green mar­ Virginia Slocum. Medium to large gin fine dotted with silver, extreme leaves. A beautiful variety but too open edge, reddish toned. in habit as grown here. The leaves ap­ pear as a slightly dulled silve r over Starlight. Large leaves. Dense habit. green that shows mostly near mar­ Stems and young leaves reddish, ma­ gins. Especially on new leaves there is ture leaves silver over almost entire an all-over lavender tone. surface but follow the lobing some­ Wepper's Moonbeam. Medium what. Hairs on leaf fo llow pink or red leaves, compact habit, petioles red and to mature dull color. Sunderbruchii x red-hairy. Leaves appear almost metal­ Rex (Schwerdtfeger) . lic in age. The dark green center is Van X. Large leaves, very showy, narrow starlike, following the major stems dark. Dark green center widely veins and often silver dotted, rest of star shaped, silver band somewhat leaf si lver with green showing through broken, margin broad and a green near margin again along veins. Reverse lighter than center, silver dotted, nar- of leaves very red toned.

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Concerning the Illustrations.

I twas qu.ite impossible to photog'raph the individ~ta.l leaves at nat~£ral size except for the l'niniatures shown on Page 257, b~£t these cvre red~£ced for the printed page. The act~£al $il!!i! of the leaves ~£sed is given berow with the names of the va'rie6es for each page 1'eadill'9 I.eft to 1'ighi alia top to bottolll.

The im.po·rtant th·ing to note in rooking at the pages is not so l1n£ch the checking of tfl,e patte·rns, b1lt the examination of the snrface teN tu,res, the sen'ations, the distribntioll of Ihe hpirs, and the actnal carria.ge of the leaf blade which is oft ell far jl'om flat and sO'lIIe­ time.s strikingly cO l/ vex.

Page 244. Ta,pestry, 50 X 9 inches; Blltterfly. 40 X 70 inches.

Page 246, Faith, 2Y, X 3; Pete'r Pall, 4 X 5; Marioll LOlli::e, 4 X 6; SIIIOg, 4 X 5.

Page 247. Leila, 5 X 70; Patsy, 50 X 70; Stardl£st, 5 X 70; Sea Nymph, 5 X 70,

Page 248. D11, dle~l, 70 X 11; Arnord Peep, 7 X 80; Ethel Amold, 4 X 50; Ameth3,st, 50 X 9. Page 249. Irwmitabre, 6 X 9; Bertha Bone1', 50 X 80; Grayson, 9 X 14; Virgillia Slo­ tu;111,8 X 14.

Page 250. F lo-raiice, 80 X 10; Schwel'dtfeger Seedlillg Spi,rai, 8 X 12; Lord Pa./lIle'rstoil, S X 10; M ikado, 9 X 11. Page 251. N{J//Jajo,70 X 9:y,j; Cwrry Jade, 60 X 8; Sta1,right, 60 X 11; Cardoza,7 X 9.

Page 252. Stal,.rey WilSall, 80 X 11; Va.1I X, 6 X 8; Scarlett O'Ha.1'a, 6 X 9; King Ed­ 'WM{i, 70 X 10. fage 253. WfPPe1"S Moonbeam, 70 X 11; Rnth Williams, 70 X 9; Silver Pi/lk, 4 X 6; C1'ims01'. Glow, 70 X 100. Page 254. Twisted Spot, 50 X 7; Cou,n,fess LOHdse Erdoedy, 5 X 70; Lad-X, 5 X 6; Count Adl'ian E rdoedy, 5 X 7.

Page 255. Rad'lance, 6 X 9; Gell. MacArthnr, 70 X 10; Robin, 5 X 6; Schwc1'dtfege'r's C1~'c1m~robata X ReN, 7 X 100.

Page 256. OJ([Ji, 60 X 70; GI'eyback Monl1. tail~, 7 X 90; Forty-NinC!', 6 X 80; Avila, 9 X 12. Page 257. Ma1den's Blush, 20 X 3; Coree,2 X 3; Brow,.1 Cllrl, 3 X 4; Dw) Drop, 3:y,j X 4:y,j. Page 258. Lavender Glow, 70 X 11; Adr·ian Sch1llidt, 6 X 80; M 'nlben'y, 7 X 90; Nigge1' Tree, 40 X 60·

Page 2.5,9, Cat hay ana, 5 X 71f2; FI'ey 1950 Cathayana Hyb1'ict, 6ljz X lO1f2; Ci-rc1£mlobata X Re%, Sc/nCle1'dtfege1', 5 X 7; St. Te1'esia , 9 X 110·

Portrait of Nicholas M onardes, woodc·ut. F1-ontispiece to La Historia Medici1wl de las Cosas. 1574.

[260] Nasturtiums

E. BUCKNER KIRK

Nasturtiums, together with mari­ day-careful distinction between what golds and sunflowers, were the only in­ he had been told and what he learned nocent gold to reach Europe on the from experience. His was, however, a flood tide of treasure that poured from lavish era and he saw no reason to the New World into the Old during confine himself rigidly to medical mat­ those years when Spain was looting ters, so among other odd items, N astur­ her American empire wi th bloody tiums appear in hi s book as "Floures of hands. "Golde, Silver, Pearles, Em­ Blood." eraldes, Turkeses" - thus Nicholas " I sowed a seede which thei brought Monardes begins a list of the kind of me from the Peru, more to see hi s fair­ cargo the high-pooped ships brought nesse," he wrote, "then for any lVled i­ in. It was plunder on a grand scale, cinall vertues that it hath." He ends but not even the proudest Indian could his brief description with satisfaction resent the loss of that handful of that his experiment with the exotic wrinkled seed that some seaman or ad­ seed was rewarded: - "it is a flower venturer stowed away in his pouch to very beautifulJ, whiche doeth adOl-nate take home. the gardens." It was a brutal and reckless time, but From Spain the plant made its way instinct, too, with the vitality and into France and Flanders. By 1597 excitement that ring in the very title Gerard records it in his H erball as one of the book that introduced the N astur­ of "the outlandish" fl owers in his gar­ tium to Engli shmen: ] oyfull N ewes den, sent "by my loving friend, John out of the Newe Fou11d e W01'lde. Robin of Paris." (Robin was keeper of This book, published in London in the French king's garden.) By 1629 1577, was a translation by one Jhon Parkinson, in Pa:md'isi In Sole, could (sic) Frampton, Merchaunt of La His­ write that it was "very familiar in most t01'ia Medicinal de Las Cosas, 1574, by Gardens of any curiosity." He thought Nicholas Monardes, a doctor of Seville. it a flower "of so great beauty and Dr. Monardes was a busy, happy, and sweetnesse withall, that my Garden of very fortunate man. Passionately in­ delight cannot bee unfurnished of it." terested in his profession, he had the Besides it had, he said, "a fine small incredible luck to be one of the few Eu­ sent, very pleasing, which being placed ropean doctors who had access to the in the middle of SOme Carnations or novel pharmacopoeia that came from Gilloflowers .. , made a delicate Tus­ the fabulous "Indies." Not content simussie, as they call it, or Nosegay, with the seeds, roots, and dried herbs both for sight and sent." that reached him in Seville, Monardes At this point a situation embarrass­ carried on a vigorous correspondence ing for any amateur res,earch worker with various settlers in the new lands has arisen. I find myself in conflict and gave the returning adventurers no with my own basic authority, The rest until they had told him all that Standa1'd Cyclopedia of Hortiwlture. they knew of how the different plants It seems to be generally accepted that were used by the natives and for what the "Floures of Blood" that Monardes ailments. Then he wrote it down, introduced in 1571 was Tropaeolu111{, making-as was most unusual in hi s 11linus, the shrubby dwarf annual. The [261] 262 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952 larger-flowered trailer, T. 11WjMS has, after its introduction, the Nasturtium says the Cyclopedia, "been in cultiva­ continues to "adornate" the gardens, tion in Europe since 1684." Now the ·but in the interim it was put to work. flower that Parkinson, in 1629, so de­ The first job it was to do for mankind lightfully called "yellow lark's heels," was to serve in one of those half-des­ and which he thought would make a perate, half-pathetic experiments that " delicate Tussimussie" was not picked were being made in an effort to find a from any shrubby dwarf plant. On the cure for scurvy. In an age of notably contrary, it spreads "it selfe into very unbalanced diet and widespread malnu­ many long trayling branches, interlaced trition, the disease was everywhere pre­ one within anothElr very confusedly valent, but its most dramatic and tragic (yet doth it not winde it selfe with any aspects were at sea. claspers about either pole or any other They were brave men, those early thing, but if you will haue it abide close trans-Atlantic sailors. Anyolle who has thereunto, you must tye it, or else it ever watched a full gale in winter on will lye vpon the ground.)" Also, be the North Atlantic from the deck of a it noted, that when Parkinson listed modern liner shudders to think of what all t he names he had heard for the a similar experience must have been plant, he included "Mastnerzo." like on the little wooden ships that In Monardes' description of "Floures made the early crossings. In addition of Blood" he remarked that they had to such catastrophic acts of God as gale the "same savour and taste as the Mas­ or calm, there were pirates and hostile tuesso hath." Now I am under the im­ ships of rival nationalities. But these pression that the taste of N asturtium­ melodramati.c disasters, if the ship sur­ and what country child does not know vived at all, were measurable in time by it ?-is unique to the genus. So I hours,-at the worst by days. Scurvy turned the few pages to Monardes' ac­ was a creeping thing of weeks or count of Mastuesso. His description of months. It not only incapacitated a this " little herbe" leaves everything to crew physically, but drained the men be desired, but he does say that, like of all energy and spirit. Ordinary day the "Floures of Blood," it has round to day work was inefficiently done or leaves and is " notable hotte." It looks came practically to a standstill. Defense, as if Manardes may have .had two in case of an attack, was hopeless. species of T 9'Opaeoh£11lb, but the inade­ A hazy notion arose that some food quacy of hi s descriptions leaves it un­ other than the easily stored salt pork d ear. or beef, even something green, might Sturtevant, however, in his N otes on help. For a time Nasturtiums were Edible Plants, also noted a discrepancy highly valued in the fight against scur­ in the dates. Commenting on an illus­ vy because, as John Evelyn wrote, tration in J ohn Bauhm's Historia plan­ in 1699 in his Acetaria., A Discou7'se torilll! tln ivena.lis, 1651 , he remarked on Sallets, they are "the most effectual, that he could not agree with those and powerful Agents in conquering "who consider thi s the dwarf form. as and and expugning that cruel Ene­ the figure given is nearer the tall." my. The seed pods were picked There certainly seems reason to believe when fully grown but still gre·en, and that T. 11WjUS reached Europe more pickled. It must have been quite a than half a century before 1684. business while it lasted, because any X ow, nearly four hundred years gardener can see tha~ even a single Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 263 barrel of Nasturtium seed represented Bullet, in a large wooden Bowl-Di h, growing on a large scale. It was not or, whi ch is preferr'd, ground in a until nearly the end of the 18th cen­ Quern contri v'd for this purpose only; tury that it was discovered that either Pepper . . . not bruis'd to too small a lel1:ons or limes were really "effectual Dust ; the Yolks of fresh and New-laid and powerful" ag-ain st scurvy ane! in Eggs, boil'd Il10derately hard, to be 1795 the British Admiralty turned m:ngl'd and mashed with the Musta1'd, British sailors into "Limeys" by decree­ 0)11, and Vinega,1'." This, with vari ous ing a ration a day of lime juice. "Strewings and Atomizers" was the During and after its incursion into basic receipt. preventative medicine, the Nasturtium That engaging descri ption of a "sal­ was retired to the kitchen garden where let" and its dressing wi ll melt the heart it must have lead a modest existence in of any salad lover today, especially the spite of Evelyn's manful effort to bring pepper " not bruis'd to too small a "sallets" to the attention of his meat­ dust." But it is doubtful if many Brit­ and-starch-eating fe llow countrymen. ishers explored the possibilities Evelyn " ... we are by SaUet to understand a so alluringly presented to them. J udg­ Composition of certain Crude and fresh ing from the menus of the time, they Herbs, such as usually are, or may must have been few indeed and N astur­ safely be eaten with some Acetous tiums from the kitchen garden were Juice, Oyl, Salt, &., to give grateful used most often as "strewings" of the Gust and Vehicle." A" sallet" of N as­ fresh flow ers, or these were pickled as turtiums might contain some or all of a deco rative condiment. The seeds con­ "the tender Leaves, Calices, Cappuchin tinued to be pickled and used as are Capers, and Flowers laudably mixed capers today. with the colder P lants." These "Herby A more exotic di sh, made from a Ingredients" must be "exquisitely cull'd species of Tropaeolu11'L may, for all I and deans'd of all worm-eaten, slimy, know, still be in vogue in the high canker'd, dry, spotted, or anyways Andes of Peru, The tubers of T . ttfber­ vitiated Leaves ... . discreetly sprinkl'd OSU11'L, which are called j'Sa111-O there, with Spring \iVater ... . remain a while were cooked and then frozen. Appar­ in the CuUende1'" and finally "swung ently the women of La Paz, Bolivia, altogether gently in a clean course Nap­ were especially fond of this dish that kin; and so they will be in perfect con­ suggests a primitive version of our dition to receive the Intinctus fo llow­ Birds Eye ! ing." Another way in which the Peruvian It is a great temptation to quote the Indian enjoys the same kin d of Nas­ whole of "the Intinctus" but it is really tur tium is when a farina is made from too long. Boiled down to its bare bones the tubers and mixed with molasses in­ -if a French dressing may be per­ to a sort of jelly. mitted bones-it consists of: "Oyl ... The French, too, have used T. tuber­ without Smell or the least touch of os~('1n as a food, cooking the tubers and 1'G.11,cid: ... the best Wine Vinegar ... ; serving them as a vegetable. Salt . . . of the brightest Bay Salt ; Meantime if the Nasturtium con­ Mustard . . . temper'd to the consis­ tinued a humdrum existence in the tence of a Pap with Vi11ega1'. Note: ki tchen garden, it had also, by the 18th That the Seeds are pounded in a Mor­ century, made its way into the physick tar ; or bruis'd with a polished Call11on- garden. In spite of the fact that Mon- 2(j-l THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL ·MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

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ardes, Gerard, and Parkinson had all ness, the pendulum swung to the other denied i,t any medicinal virtues (except extreme. "Back to Nature" was the cry for the ambiguity of Monardes' Mas­ by the middle of the 18th century­ tuesso), by 1710 one William Salmon, though parentheses were added in gar­ M,D. listed it in hi s Botanologia, The dens in the shape of ruined temples, Engl-ish H eTbal. He has a startling fa lJ en columns, grottos, and such-like string of maladies for whi ch N astur­ romantic "fabricks." Nature abhors a tiums offer a cure. These are so like straight line and never stoops to a geo­ some for which Dioscorides recom­ metric curve. Away with the gravell ed mends Iris that I could hardly beli eve walks and the "bosquets" so fo rmally I my eyes. I thought at first that I must planted. Cascades over marbled steps have mixed up my notes, but a careful disappeared in favor of natural - or comparison proves that I was not the natural ized - waterfalls and rapids. one who was confused. Salm on, how­ Hedges came down and great avenues ever, goes his Greek professional for­ of trees were razed because they were bear one better with a few 18th cent ury planted in straight lines. But so far as frills, one of which is "the Spirit"-dis­ fl owers were concerned there was little tilled from what part of the plant he to choose between all thi s and the Ver­ does not say, but twenty drops "to a sailles s·chool, because, you see, Nature dram in some proper Vehicle" he states does not go in for well designed flo wer is the correct dose. This, among other borders; nor would the "natural" land­ vertues, "provokes Lust and is good scape of England and the Continent against Impotency." include such exotics as Nasturtiums. Other factors besid€s their uses as If the Nasturtium temporarily dis­ food and medicine tended to keep N as­ appeared from fashionable gardens, it turtiums in the kitchen and physick could at least lend itself to what passed gardens rather than in flower gardens for scientific investigation durilJg the until nearly the middle of the last cen­ nJiddle of the 18th century. Elizabeth tury. First the French influence, which Linnaeus, daughter of the great botan­ had begun to make itself felt in Eng­ ist, reported to her father that she had. land, was greatly strengthened aftel- the noticed before sunrise, and also at twi­ Restoration. It really does not 11laHer light, that T. 111£ajus gave off sparks or whether Le Notre, the great lands.:ape flash es of light. " . .. these scintillations architect of Versailles, came to London were shown to her father and other or not, as is sometimes hotly debated. philosophers, and Mr. Wilcke, a cele­ His spirit came-there is no doubt of brated electrician, believed them to be that-and with it, such garden furnish­ electric. " ings as straight gravel walks, fountains Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of cascading over flights of marble steps, Charles, cannot be said to have im­ high clipped hedges, and "bosquets" or mortalized this phenomenon in verse, groves of trees grouped geometrically. for his B ota'nic Gm'den is a drearily The few flower borders permitted only dull poem, but he has at least recorded such plants as conformed to the pat­ this manifestation of "Tropaeo's:" terned formality and even these were "O'er her fair form the electric lustre sometimes replaced by "parterres made plays, of clipped box and an intricate design And cold she moves amid the lambent of colored sands." blaze." Then, with almost startling sudden- In the second volume of Paxton's 2GG THE ATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

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M azagvne of Botany, a M r. Trimmer had not fared too well fo r a century or also describes having seen " scintilla­ more. P lants had long bee n shipped ti ons" from Nasturtiums. to individuals in E ngland from all over Fired .by all thi s evidence, I appealed the world. These now began coming to a fri endly gardener who possessed a in to the Horticultural Society and, in long dazzling border of Nasturt iums. turn, the Society began sending out (Mine were part of a woodchuck's trained men to hunt for more. It was loot. ) H e wrote me later in the sea­ a stimulating and exciting peri od from so n that he was afraid we would have the point of view of botany and horti­ to continue to depend upon the Cen­ culture. tral Vermont E lectric Service Corpora­ It was about thi s t ime that we get ti on since neither he nor hi s wife had the first mention of the Nasturtium in caught a glimpse of a single spark. Ameri can gardens. MacMahon noted During all this time, of course, the it in 1806, but Nasturtiums did not Nasturtium had not been entirely ban­ come into prominence until much later ished from gardens. People who did in t he century. Nor, for that matter, not, or had not the money, to follow did they in E ngland. Then some of the prevailing fashi ons, kept up their in­ plant hunters, notably Thomas Lobb, terest in fl owers, and they fl ourished began finding varied and interesting besides, as they always have fl ourished, species of TTopaeo lum in Central and in the beautiful cottage gardens of Eng­ South America. Experiments in breed­ land. An item in The B otan'ical Maga­ ing began. A hyb rid between T. minus zine, in 1797, ( Vo1. III, p. 98) reminds and T. 111, aj~bs had probably long been us of these facts. The short article in existence and it is said that one of pointed out that T. '/1ILaj~t s had so com­ Lobb's finds brought a dark ruby red pletely superseded T . 11~i m£s that the to the new hybrids. A nother supplied latter "was entirely lost to our gardens the familiar straw color. By 1857 Tom till lat ely, when it was reintroduced by Thumb, the shrubby dwarf annual, in Dr. J . E. Smith, who by distributing all the glory of the new colors, was on it to his friends and the N urserymen the market and the Nasturtium took near London, has again rendered it tol­ the place it deserved in the fl ower erably plentifu1. " border. The Dr. J . E . Smith who performed Now, with a bow to Mr. Bolger, who this pleasant small service to horticul­ bred the double Golden Gleam, and to ture, was the James Edward Smith who Mr. Burpee, who introduced the multi­ had a few years before perfGrmed a colored doubles, I should be able to much greater service to horticulture leave the Nasturtium, but the story is and to his country by buying the pa­ not quite told. T o begin with, with all pers of Linnaeus and founding, in 1788, due respect to these two gentlemen, the Linnaean Society. double Nasturtiums are not so much of In 1804 the H orticultural Society a novelty as the catalogues would lead was formed, later to come under the us to believe. In the GaTdener's Dic­ British Government as the Royal H or­ ti011ary, 1731 , P hilip M iller lists the ticultural Society. It, with the Lin­ last of -five vari eties as "ACTiv'iola, naean Societ y, gave formal expression maxima, odorata, fl ora ple1'lo, the great to the in terest in botany whi ch had double Nasturtium." A nd J ohn H ill, never fl agged in E ngland even though in Eden., or a C01'Irr.p lete Body of Gar­ fl owers, as ornamental garden plant , d('ni'/'I g, 1757, remarks of Nasturtiums Oct. , 1952 268 THE NATIONAL HORTI CULTURAL MAGAZI NE

The flower and seed of h'bdian Cresses, N as turtii I n­ dici, photographed fr011!/, the woodcut in The H erball 01' Genera,z History of Plants, J ohn Gerarde, 1597, Chapter 13, Page 196.

that "when double they become yet pecially of his own dramatic telescopin g more beautiful." But these were more of three generations of plants into a or less common varieties of a genus single year, is well worth turning back noted for its variability, so we are no to the old fi les of the Saturday Evening less indebted to the two men who rec­ Post to read. It is in the issue of ognized a possibility when they saw it March 12, 1938. and worked so hard to fix the variation There is another little known story o that it might be available to count­ about Nasturtiums that may be start less gardeners the world over. Mr. ling to many gardeners. H ow many Burpee's story of how 1t was done, es- know that there is a blue Nasturtiut11 ? Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 269

N asturtiu11'L Indicu11'L, Indian Cresses, fr011'L the Gemrde He1'ba,zl, Chapter 13, Page 196.

And what has become of the white species of Tropaeolun'L. But there is Nasturtium? no mention of T. alb·ifio1'u1n. To dispose of the blue Nasturtium The Frenchman who wrote the first first, for there is no mystery attached article about T. (J)lbifioru11'L, (only hi s to that, it is a tender, rather frail climb­ initials appear in Fl01'e des Serres, er suitable for the greenhouse only. As Vol. X II) , describes how he rushed T. azureH.111, of course, it is listed in exhuberantly to Brussels to see this Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia of Horti­ treasure and how, having seen it, cu.ltu.re along with the other forty-odd he so coveted it that he cheated Van 270 TEE NATIONAL HORT I CULTURAL MAGAZI NE Oct. , 1952

Houtte, the introducer, into selling him though a female garment, but we let some plants. Few gardeners will find that pass) and a typical Muscovite fur it in their hear ts to blame him. cap. The Frenchman probably invited T he Frenchman fi rst trie d to buy him to the nearest cafe, but wherever 011le cuttings legiti mately as seeds they did it, they hatched their plot. were not available. But when he ad­ The young German then took him­ mitted that he lived in Paris he was sef off to see the white Nasturtium. told that the Van H outte establi shment He, too, asked about buying some cut­ had decided to sell only to people liv­ tings. W hen queri ed as to his place ing at last 300 'li eues' distant. (Van , of residence, he replied that he was the Houtte had a goo d. thing, he calculated, head gardener to "the Grand V ornik an d he proposed to exploit it.) The de Valachie." To ques tions as to the F renchman left the greenhouse in a whereabouts of Valachie, he replied state of mi nd it is not necessary to de­ that it was in R ussia, down near the scribe though he does so at some length. border of Turkey. Such a di stance was Then, as luck would have it., he ran entirely satisfactory and he acquired into a young German acqua in tnace. three cuttings as the then runious rate The warmth of the Frenchman's greet­ of 50 francs each. These he promptly ing may well have surprised the Ger­ turned over to hi s French friend. man who did not then know it was W hat became of them ? They have ing. T hi s young man, one gathers, was now apparently vanished from the lace occasioned by the clothes he was wear­ of the earth. It is a pity, for the white interested in botany and horticult ure, Nasturtium looked to me as " rare and and he had also recent ly been to R us­ faire" as Gerard found his little T. sia. As a result of that trip he sported 11'lIin'bts to be three lllundred and fifty fur boots, a "peli sse" (which I always years ago.

Correction Notes on Anapodophyllon .. The Wild Duck's Foot Leaf

MARJORIE F. WARNER

The following co rrection s should be noted in the April 1952 issue of T HE NATION AL HORTI CU LTURAL MAGAZI NE. O n page 173 , left, line 4, ~han ge " juene" fo r jeune ; page 174, left, li nes 9 and 10, "AruJjpodophyllon" for Anapodophylon [sic] ; page 174, right, lin e 8, "on" for of ; page 178, right, lines 12 and 13, "Ana­ podaphyllon [sic] " for A 1 'I (1J podophyl101~ . But Morrison's aberrant spellil1

JOHN L. CREECH

No E ngli sh garden wo uld be com­ D. CGJryoph)1Ilus w ith the in vasion of plete without an array of hardy Car­ perhaps no other species. T hese races nations and Pinks in its perennial bor­ are usually obtain ed as named varie­ ders. So keen is the interest of the ties, propagated by cuttings or layers, British in the culture of Dianthus that although one may also find seed col­ the writer was able to review no less lections of certain of these. Another than four books devoted to the subj ect. classification cuts across ;these race all published within the past fiye years lines, one used mainly for show and and one in its third edition. Only after catalog purposes, and one will find the such refe rence work and by perusing varieties li sted under such names as an English catalog li sting over three selfs, white ground picotees, yell ow hundred varietal offerings can one ap­ grow n picotees, fancies, cloves. bi­ preciate the intensity with which the zarres and flakes. The selfs need no Carnation and its relatives are culti­ further clari fication and the cloves are vated in the gardens of England. In­ similar except that they are heavily terestin gly enough, in spite of such spice-scented. Picotees differ in that avid Carnation culture, our American the ground color is either white or breeders have far outstripped all fo r­ yellow and the edges of the petals must eign competition in the development of be tinted with another color that runs the greenhouse Carnation and the bul k evenly around the rim of each petal of the better commercial varieties in without a break. Fancies are the varie­ E ngli sh houses are of American ori­ ties with a white, yellow or apricot gin. The existence of so many fine Bor­ ground, flaked or striped with various der Carnati ons undoubtedly hindered colors. B.izarres and fl akes represent progress by the British with the per­ the favorites of earlier years and here petual or greenhouse Carnation. On are the "streaked gilliflowers" of the t he other hand there has been scarcely Shakespearian era. Both have a white any attempt on our part to develop the ground, but the bizarres 111USt have garden forms and we must turn to the every petal striped with two colors: old world to secure the better varieties. while Flakes have the petals striped U nfortunately, many of these have with only one. In any event, the been developed in terms of the cooler ground must be clear white and Ul1- and less rigorous clim'ate of Western shaded with any color save for the Europe and only certain of these races pure stripes. are suitable in our gardens. Should such an elaborate classifica­ The Dian.thus of the border is a tion excite the reader's interest, the composite of several species. namely: descriptions of some of the varieties Dianthus W1')IOphyllus, D. plulIlGrius, will fu rther whet the appetite, for there D. chine'Mis and D. bGJrbatus . Certain are such varieties as Dot Clark-an alpine species have been recently added exhibition picotee of deep yellow to contribute the dwarf and alpine ground, heavy rose pink edge; Laven­ pinks. der Gi rl-a fancy with the ground The Border Carnations, the Grena­ buff-apricot, marked and edged la ven­ di ns, Malmaison types and the Perpet­ der-gray; Black Douglas Clove-a ual Carnations are improvements on glowing Chrysanthemum C r im son; [271] 272 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

Firefly-a yellow ground picotee, somewhat later outside. heavy crimson edge; Unique-a fancy Turning now to the Pinks, we fmd wi·th pale maize ground, lightly barred Dianthus plu11 /~a1'ius the main contrib­ blue. utor to such races as D. aUwoodii, D. As pointed out earlier, however, winten', the H ighland Pinks, the Laced these have often been bred for show and the Show Pinks. In most cases, D. purposes and lack the vigor required caryophyllus is the other parent, al­ to tolerate the climate of our North though in some D. su, pe1'b~£s, D. alpin­ American summers. F urthermore, to us aDd D. caesius are included. Here achieve flowers similar to those shown we find types more suited to our cli­ here, one has to stake each individual mate and I presume that even in the blossom and pinch the buds as for English gardens the P inks must pre­ greenhouse Carnations. They are defI­ dominate, for, unlike D. CG1'yophyilus nitely not the plants to attempt in the that inhabits the sunny crevices of average border where survival is some­ Southern Europe, D. plumarius has a times only for the most fit. The writer wide distribution, ranging from East­ learned of this through correspondence ern Europe to Siberia. One is very of a few gardeners in the Pacific N orth­ likely to find plants of D. pluma1'ius west of both the United States and Can­ flourishing in abandoned borders and ada who have at one time or another sunny nursery areas where the neat grown a number of the Border Carna­ hummocks of blue-green will produce tions. an abundance of pink or whitish flow­ It shoul d be noted that seed of these ers, characteristicall y "eyed" with races can be purchased and a collection deeper pink or maroon. These clumps of " double picotees" from France was are easily divided by scooping under so raised and bloomed continuously th@ shallow foliage mat and removing during June and July of this past sum­ sections for replanting. mer. Not only wi ll one enjoy the flow­ Dia11Jthus Wi11Jteri, a typical race of ering of these types, but, if handled in Pinks developed in the early 1920's. It sashed frames, the :blue-green fo li age of has a personal significance in that the the dumps as they slowly develop dur­ Divisi'on of P lant Exploration and In­ ing the winter are a constant reminder troduction of the United States De­ of the more favorable seasons ahead. partment of Agriculture first intro­ One wi ll also find under the Carnation duced several varieties into this coun­ heading other races grown from seed try in 1933. Th~ fact that at least three and from layers, such as the Grenadins of these varieties can still be obtained -all clove-scented, double-flowering is indicative of their adaptability to our types resembling miniature greenhouse climate. Those which the writer grew Carnations; Hein eman's Double and came from Vermont, so one need not Early Dwarf Vienna also may be add­ be concerned about their cold-hardi­ ed to this list. Resembli ng these in ness. The flowers are single, either fl ower form and fragrance is the Mar­ pink or white ground, with a large guerite strain. But here is an annual maroon eye. Usually the petals are lac­ type of Carnation. This race is derived iniate. The flowers are borne upright from D. caryophyllus X D. chiMe'l1sis on stems up to twelve inches and ap­ and, like that latter parent, wi ll flower pear during the entire summer. The in five or six months from seed that varieties shown here are: Mrs. Wor­ may be sown indoors in February or mald, having a pink ground, and Mrs. Oct .. 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 273

Back, which displays a white ground. is alkaline. This is not a prime requi­ The Laced Pinks are an older race site for, by mixing liberal quantities of and the only representative that was manure, lime and peat into the soil, an available for trial is John Ball, a dou­ adequate medium can be attained. ble with a white center surrounded by Having provided these, only the side­ a crimson zone extending over each dressing of the plants with slow-acting petal and then bordered again by organic fertilizers once or twice during white. A variety also obtained from a the season is necessary. northern nursery named Eliza is prob­ ably a Laced Pink and has double, pale Planting may be done either in the pink flowers on short stems springing fall or spring but the fall method in­ up from a prostrate and grassy base. sures the plants ample time to become One species that is not frequently well established before the coming grown but truly deserving of wider summer season. Mulches in winter are cultivation is Dia,nthl ' ~s supe1'bus, a ro­ not necessary and may even be detri­ bust and heavily flowered Pi nk from mental if wet leaves are crowded the Southern Alps. The broad green around the crown of the plant. Actu­ leaves are in tufts on rather untidy ally, the plants will pass the winter stems, but, as the illustration clearly perfectly whether exposed to the ele­ shows, large lilac flowers with finely ments or covered with snow. feathered petals are borne in profusion. As for propagation, Dianthus spe­ This is a plant that will thrive for sev­ cies and non-clonal races may be eral years with little attention. Since raised from seed, ·. ~sing sphagnum it produces quantities of seed, a harvest moss as the medium. Germination will as the clumps begin to decline will in­ be complete in about three weeks with sure plants for future years. Here at fresh seed and the seedlings may be Glenn Dale this speCies bloomed transplanted once before setting out in through the entire summer and on into tbeir permanent position. The seed can the fall until stopped by frost. be sown as soon as collected -or, if fa­ VYe have described in detail a num­ cilities are available, held until winter ber of the Carnations and Pinks that and germinated in late January or Feb­ are the basis of the writer's rather ruary. Regardless of whether fall or fragmentary knowledge of Dianthus spring sowing is used, some of the per­ for border gardens. A few rules on ennial types of Diallthus can be expect­ culture might suffice, for to really delve ed to bloom late during the first sum­ into this phase one should obtain a mer, although the real show will not more thorough treatise on the subject. occur until the next year. A sunny location is essential. Although Cuttings are employed by commer­ this precludes intense heat, this prob­ cial Carnation growers and are also lem can be remedied by covering the used for Pinks. Non-flowering wood soil around and beneath the plants with should be used and cuttings may be pea gravel or if limestone rock is avail­ made either in the fall or spring. Out­ able it would be even better. This cov­ doors, after flowering has been com­ ering provides the cool soil tempera­ pleted, there will be a flush of growth ture required for Dianthus and a dry, to supply all the cutting material need­ rock-like base on which the stems may ed. Border Carnations, with their spread. As for soil, the nature of the sparse vegetative growth, are usually areas where DiMl.thus are mainly found layered in July by stripping most of 274 THE NATIONAL H ORTI CULTU RAL MAGAZI NE Oct., 1952

Robert L. Taylo-r A Laced Pink : D1:(]mthus John Ball. the leaves from the sterns and cutting layered with an equal mix ture of sand a tongue into a node. Si nce this is a and peat. The prepared layers are bur­ garden procedure, it is desirable to re­ ied in this medium and will root in a place the soil around the sterns to be matter of four to six weeks. The new Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 275

Robel'! L. Taylor plants can then be removed, potted or a subj ect in this short space but, should plunged back into the soil near the the reader be stimulated to further re­ parent plants. search into the Carnation and Pink, a Obviously one cannot do justice to Ii t of recent wo rks fo llows: 276 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

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Robert L. Taylor A collection of Border Carnations: Uppe1' left, Mary Ll:vil'lgstone; uppe1' right, Lavende1' GiT!; lower left, Dot Clark; lower 1'ight, Au t ~m"n T ints.

ALLWOOD, M . C. CarnatioJ1s And A ll DiO'J1 - BAILEY, L. H. The Garden. Of pj·J1ks. The thus. Al lwood Bros. Ltd., Hayward's Macmi ll an Company, New York. 1938. Heath, Sussex, England. 1947. I NGWERSON, W. The Dianthus, A F lower Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 277

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Robert L. Ta-yI01" A collecti011 of Border Carnatiolls: top, Black Douglas Clove; upper right, lvhs. A. T. Ke11lble; center, Firefl),; left ce11ter, U1lique; lower, Norman Haywood.

Jl{ollogroph . Collins, St. James Place, Lon­ MERCER, F. A . and R. HAY. G01'dens And don. 1949. Gardening. Volume 3-Hardy Plants. The MANSFIELD, T. C. Car-na,tions In Color And CIIJI·iva/·ion. Collins, St. James Place, Lon­ Studio Publications, London and New don. 195 1. Yo~k . 1952. The Effect of Juvenility on Plant Propagation

F. L. O'ROURKE

Practical plant propagators have SEEDLING AGE AND THE ROOTING long known that cuttings taken from OF CUTTINGS young seedling plants root much more Gardner (9) in 1929 reported the readily than cuttings from mature chance di scovery of the ease of root­ plants of the same species. Goebel ing of cuttings taken from apple trees (11), in 1900 mentioned this relative in their 'first season of growth, and ease of propagation in yo unger indivi­ further co mparisons made with older duals and esta·blished the term " ju­ trees of apple and many other woody ven ility" to describe the physiological plant species. \iVith most fruit tree spe­ conditi on involved. Juvenility mayor cies, cuttings from one-year seedlings may not be accompanied by morpho­ rooted well, from two-year old pl.ants logical differences from the mature in­ only fa ir, and practically not at all dur­ dividual, such as different leaf shapes, ing the third year or thereafter. Ever­ thorniness, or other growth character­ greens and shade trees retained the istics. In many species, however, the rooting ability of their cuttings for a superficial appearance of the seedlin o' longer period, but in all cases there plant is somewhat different from t h~ was a sharp drop in the third year of mature in dividual. Ashby ( 1) reports seedling growth. This investigator al­ that K renke used the leaf shape of the so noted that not only were a greater sugar beet leaf to determine the number of cuttings rooted from young­ amount of sugar to be fo und in the er plants but that the time required for roots at that time. Certain characters root production was mu ch shorter. H e of the leaf changed gradually over a tested cuttings taken from one-year peri od of time as the plant progressed from a young seedling toward maturi­ budlings of apple with negative results. ty. K ronke (9) as well as many others, He then' tri ed treating cuttings from (8, 17, 19, 20), indicated that the ju­ older . trees "vith seed extracts but venIle characteristics were associated withou'f' ~;u ccess as far as rootin~ was with the physiological aO'e of the in­ co n ~erned~ Gardner then cut one-year dividual plant rather tha~ the chrono­ apple seedli ngs back to the ground and noted that the sprouts arising the sec­ ~ogic~l or li11'Le age, as various plant II1d lvldual progress at different rates ond year furnished cuttings which could be rooted "and in some cases to\,~ard maturity, depending upon both theIr genetic constitution and their even more readily than that of the first varied response to environmental in­ year." fl uences. vVhyte (20) quotes Lysenko Stoutemyer ( 17 ) reported in 1937 as distinguishing ,between growth and that cutti ngs taken from watersprouts development in plants. Growth may of apple fa il ed to root. Seven-year old proceed with little or no development seedlings and one-year old seedlings toward the mature or reproductive of crabapple were cut back to the stage, and un der certain conditions the ground. Cuttings taken from the re­ reverse may be truE' . In like manner sul ting sprouts the next season rooted the e~te ~nal appearance of the plant well. Stoute1l1ye r considered these may ll1dl·cate certain in ternal condi­ shoots in termed iate between the j uve­ tions. but will vary with the species nile and mature growth phase. and the envi ronment. Stoutemyer observed that shoots [278] Oct., 1952 TH E NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 279 arose from scion roots of 17 year old well. clonal Virginia Crab trees left in the Stewart ( 16) has shown that when orchard after the trees had been dug a root of ACG1~t hus is cut into pieces out. Cuttings taken from these shoots the appearance of the leaves arising rooted well and showed the character­ from the root apex show the juve nil e istic thin and smooth leaf fo rm of the growth form, while those from por­ juvenile phase of growth. These shoots tions of the root farther back have a arose from adventitious buds which more mature appearance. T he same fo rmed in the secondary cortex of the juvenile characters in the leaves are roots. shown from the gro'vvth of axillary buds Gardner ( 10) reported a reversion on internodal stem cuttings taken near to the juvenile type of leaf form in the base of the plant, while terminal Juniperus horizo'l'Italis and noted that cuttings continue to exhibit adult fo li­ such branches "struck root more' free­ age condi tions. ly where they came into contact with Several investigators have fo und the soil, than had branches of the nor­ that cuttings taken from the lower por­ mal form with adult fo liage. " tion of a tree root better than those Thimann and DeLisle ( 19) tested taken from the upper part. Grace ( 12) cuttings from one-, two-and three-year took cuttings from the upper third and and older seedlings of pin e, spruce, the lower third of an 18 year old N or­ maple, ash, and oak. The per cent of "vay spruce tree. Ten weeks after set­ successful rooting was in des:::ending ting in the greenhouse bench, 43 per order with increased age of the tree. cent of the upper and 73 per cent of Deuber (4) compared cuttings taken the lower cuttil:JgS were rooted. After from Norway spruce 5, 26, and 40 nineteen weeks in the bench, 48 per years of age. The greater degree of cent of the upper and 86 per cent of rooting was generally in favor of the the lower cuttings were rooted. The younger trees but fair success was ob­ cuttings from the lower portion of the tained in all age classes. He also tested tree also had longer roots and greater cuttings from white pine ranging from root masses. 2 to 60 years old. Rooting was good in Doran, Holdsworth, and Rhodes the earlier years but dropped sharply ( 5) con;]pared cuttings taken from the between the fifth and seventh seedling upper third and the lower third of years. Hemlock cuttings rooted well white pine trees. In one instance 70 from 4 year old trees but only poorly per cent rooting was obtained with cut­ from trees 20 years of age. tings from the lower third while those from the upper third did not root at THE SEAT OF J UVENILITY all. A nother tree showed 20 per cent It has been reported (9, 17) that rooting from the upper and 10 per when young seedling trees are cut to cent from the lower portion. the ground cuttings from the resulting Edgerton (6) used cuttings taken shoots root as well or better than cut­ from the upper half and lower half of tings from one-year seedlings. It has 10 to 20 feet high red maple trees. also been indicated ( 17 ) that the The same number of cuttings were leaves on shoots arising from adventi­ used for each individual clone. Those tious buds in the roots of apple show from the lower branches of male trees pronounced juvenile characters and averaged 49 per cent successful root­ that cuttings from such shoots root ing and those from the upper branches 280 THE NATIOI AL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE Oct., 1952

27 per cent. Cuttings from fe male trees tings. O"Rourke ( 14 ), however , in­ averaged 30 per cent rooting for lower dicated that the thornless clones M ill­ branches and 21 per cent fo r upper wood and Calhoun could only be prop­ branches. agated by hardwood stem cuttings with T himann and DeLisle ( 19) reported the greatest difficulty and that all at­ a greater degree of rooting from cut­ temps to propagate these clones by tings taken from lateral branches than root cuttings resulted in absolu te fail­ from terminal shoots of white pine ures. H e assumed that the thorny con­ and Nor way spruce, and a much high­ di tion of honey locust was ao:sociated er per cent from cuttings near the basal with the juvenile growth phase with parts of red oak and Norway maple than from ei ther terminal or lateral the related ease of propagati on while branches of the same trees. the thornless condition denoted the Stoutemyer, O'Rourke and Stei ner mature state and the inability to re­ ( 18) compared softward cuttings tak­ generate roots and/or shoots from cut­ en from stump sprouts of honey locust tings. as against comparable material on lat­ eral and terminal branches and found REJ UVENATION BY NUCELLAR that the former rooted well and the lat­ E MBRYONY ter very poorly or not at all. In Citrus, and to a slight degree in 1\II alus and some other plant species, J UVENILITY AND THORNINESS seedlings may be produced from em­ Frost (7, 8) reported that citrus bryos which arise entirely from the seedlings, produced ei ther by genetic maternal nucellar ti ssue surrounding or apogamic means, are thorny in their the embryo sac, and subsequently de­ earlier li fe but as they mature, the velop within the embryo in the normal shoots upward and outward from the way to produce viable seed. The re­ trunk graduall y lose the thorny condi­ sulting seedlings will therefore be of ti on. He also reported that the thorny exactly the same geneti c constitution or thornless condition could be trans­ as the seed parent and may be con­ mi tted by budding, depending upon the sidered clonal since they have been portion of the shoot from which the produced by asexual means. Frost (8) bud is taken. This same phenomenon and H odgson and Cameron ( 13 ) have was reported by Chase (2) with hon­ reported that such "young clones" pro­ ey locust. Desirabl e clones of honey duced by apogamy are more juvenile locust with thorny trunks were propa­ in appearance and characteristics than gated to thornless individuals by se­ the "old cl ones" from which they lecting buds and scions from the thorn­ arose. Buds taken from seedli ng " new less po rtions of upward an d outward clones" produce more vigorous trees growing shoots. These clones have re­ whi ch come into fruiting later than mained thornless ever after and also those grown from buds taken from their progeny during successive and "olel clones" of t he same variety. The repeated buddings. time of fruiting of any clone is appar­ Stoutemyer, O'Rourke and Steiner ently associated with the mature growth ( 18) showed that unse1 ected thorny phase, and as Spinks (15 ) has pointed clones of honey locust co uld be propa­ out, it cannot be hastened to any de­ gated to a practical degree by the use gree by treatments and environmental of either dormant stem or root cut- in flu ences. The ease of production of Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE 281

vegetative individuals of uniform ge­ ability of shoots of adventitious ong1l1 netic constitution and of high vigor has from these lateral roots. Coppice been hailed by Cook (3) as an oppor­ sprouts from the main trunk, especially tunity fo r a new field of research in if of below-ground origi n, also show plant SClence. excellent rooti ng abili ty. There is no evidence to show that DISCUSSION tests on the subsequent behavior of the clone have ever been made between The evidence is quite clear that plants propagated from these" juvenile plants in their younger stages may ex­ areas" and the more mature sections of press different morphological appear­ the same clone. It woul d be interest­ ances in certain characters and usually ing to note any rejuvenation effects root from cuttings more easily than such as reported by Cook (3) , Frost plants in a mature or senescent condi­ (7), and Hodgson and Cameron ( 13) tion. The progress of aging is qui te with citru produced from nucellar closely associated with development but embryos. If, as indicated by the above not necessarily with growth. The workers with citrus, clones do become changes which take place are internal senescent, the value of rejuvenation is ones although there may be associated apparent and plant propagators may external expressions. The process is well think of juvenility not only in re­ purely physiological and should not be gard to ease of propagation but also viewed from a chronological or time as a method holding forth promise fo r age standpoint. improvement of many plant clones. Shoots from roots may be preferred The implications in the field of plant cutting material if such results can be propagation are more reaching than achieved. '", ith the use of cuttings alone. Most experi enced nurserymen know that it LITERATURE CITED IS necessary to use the roots of rather 1. Ashby, Eric. Scientists in R ussia. New young seedlings in order to secure a York. 1947. good percentage of graft unions with 2. Chase, S. B. Propagation of Thornless many plant species. The same prin­ Honey Locust. JOtlr. For. 45 :715-722. ciple applies to the use of rootstocks to 1947. 3. Cook, R. C. A Note on Embryo-Re­ be used for budding purposes. It is juvenation. JOI£1'. He·red. 29 :419-422. quite common to see roots emerging 1938. from soil-touching branches of many 4. Deuber, Carl G. Vegetative P ropagation of Co nifers. Trans. COl1n. A cad. Ads young shrubs, while those from older & Sciences 34 :1-83. 1940. plants do not layer so easily and abun­ 5. Doran, VV. L., R. P . Holdsworth, and dantly except where the branch may A. D. Rhod.es. Propagation of White arise at or below ground level. pine by cuttings. Ame·r. J 0 '/£1'. For. 38: 817. 1940. The seat of juvenility or that por­ 6. Edgerton, L. J. Two Factors Affecting tion of the plant where the juvenil e Rooting of Red Maple Cuttings. Amer. infl uence remains longest and exerts J ou,r. For. 42 :678-679. 1944. 7. F rost, Howard B. Plant Breeding. its greatest influence is at or just be­ Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. Rept. 1929-30: low ground level and probably extends 38-39. 193 1. well into the lateral roots. The so­ 8. Frost, Howard B. Nucell ar Embryony called "reversion to juvenili ty" is evi­ and Juvenile Characters in Clonal Va­ rieties of Citrus. J01£Y. Hered. 29 :423- (Ienced by leaf characters and rooting 432. 1938. 282 THE NATIONAL HORT ICU LTU RAL M AGAZI NE Oct., 1952

9. Gardner, F rank E. The R elationship ing. ]0 11 1' . of PO III . alld H art Sci. 4 :141- Between T ree Age and the Rooting of 145. 1925. Cuttings. Pl'OC . A mer. Soc. H Ol,t. Sci. 16. Stewart, L. B. Note on Juvenile Char­ 26 :101 -104. 1929. acters in Root and Stem Cuttings of 10. Gardner, Victor R. Winter Hardiness Acan-thlls IIl onta1l'!lS. B ot. Soc. Edil'.b'/wgh in Juvenile and Adult Forms of Certain 28:117-11 8. 1923. Co ni fers . Bot. Gaz. 105 :408-410. 1944. 17. Stoutemyer , V. T . Regeneration in 11. Goebel, K. Organography of Plants. Various T ypes of Apple W ood. I owa AgIo. S ta. R es. B nl. 220. 1937. 1900 . 12. Grace, M. H . Vegetati ve Propagation 18. Stoutemyer, V. T., F . L. O'Rourke, and of Conifers. 1. Rooting of Cuttings vVilmer M. Steiner. Some Observations Taken from the U pper and the Lower on the Vegetative Propagation of H oney Regions of a Norway Spruce Tree. Can. Locust . .TonI'. For. 42:32-36. 1944. I onr. Res. 17 :178-180. 1939. 19. Thimann, K. V., and A. L. DeLisle. 13. H odgson, R. W ., and S. H . Cameron. The Vegetative Propagation of Difficult E ff ects of Reproduction by N ucellar Plants. ] 0 111'. A rnold Al'boretw n 20 :11 6- E mbryo ny on Clonal Characteristics in 136. 1939. Citrus. ] MM". H e'red. 29 :417-419. 1938. 20. Whyte, R. O. Phasic Development of 14. O'Rourke, F. L. Propagation of Shade Plants. B iolog,ical R eviews 14 :51-87. Trees. P roc. Nat. S hade T l'ee Conf. 2S : 1939. 58-62. 1949. Published simultaneo usly in Pl'oceedings 15. Spinks. G. T . The T reatment of Seed­ First Plant Propagators' Society Annual ling Apple Trees to Induce Early F ruit- Meeting, November 8-9, 1951. A Book or Two Plan.ts, Man a.nd L ife. E dgar A n­ than one woul d expect with the very derson . Little, Brown and Com­ botanists who should study the sources pany, Boston, 1952. 245 pages with of our daily bread. The classification 16 fi gures . $4.00. of culti vated plants is such a veritable This fas cinating book deals precisely chaos that the scientific names used to with what the title im pli es - plants, designate plants are often no better man and life, even though talking in than a label saying-" I cl o not know." terms of cul tivated plants. Although It is surprising that we have accom­ the author claims he is wri ting for the pli shed as much as we have knowing as layman, this probably is a tongue-in­ little as we do. In the beginning tax­ tbe-cheek way of saying that authentic onomy was devoted to cultivated plants, botanists might also gai n so me bene­ but our botanists gradually have been iit. Certainly the book will cause many so weaned away that at present they -of us to look at plants with entirely will not so much as sniff at a culivated new eyes. plant. Most herbaria are loath to give Vvhoever reads the book, layman or housing space to such specimens. The botanist, will fi nd p rovocative ideas author does not mince any words in presented in a charming style. No con­ telling facts whi ch usually are not writ­ descension and no drabness. The in­ ten even th ough well enough known to terest is held. T he manner in which the botan ical fraternity. clues are searched out and pieced to­ The problem will be solved only by gether to prove the heri tage of a plant a new kind of in vestigator, one who can be li kened to a good mystery story. knows morphology as well as genetics, The fad is emphasized that w·e know or one mi ght say a hybrid scientist, a next to l'wthing about our cul tivated cross between a taxonomist and a plant. The author deals more gently genetic ist. -Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 283

The book points the path fo r the more. For the rest of the country the future. Careful observations and mea­ important things are in the principles surements must be made in the field. laid down. These are the things that Herbarium specimens will need to car­ should be examined and learned by ry more than the barest data as is now those of us who live south of the Ma­ the custom. A good idea lies in the son and Dixon line, for' s'Ome of the suggestion for the preparation of "in­ plant li sts are not only poor but dan­ -elusive herbarium specimens." In ad­ gerous for us. T he Southerner, who di tion to the customary pressed plants, would jeer, for example, 'at the use of photographs and notes 011 the total Japanese honeysuckle, must remem.ber variation will be needed. An interesting that in Massachusetts it lives a meager example is given where an inclusive life as compared to its dating' here. The herbarium specimen was prepared from M iddle , I\Testerner will find nothing for several hundred individuals of "coyol" him and the two extreme of the Pa­ palm, each the size of a telegraph pole. cific Coast as little; but the advice is The author compares it to stabling a sound anywhere and the principles that camel in a dog house. can be damned only as being "tem­ Even though the facts of the book perate" will make safe and excellent may be common knowledge yet they points of departure when the home are put. together in such an entrancing owner feels ready to "express his per- fashion as to persuade one to the au­ onality" ... or burst. thor's way of thinking. QIW Ga,rdel1 Soils. Charles E. Kel­ DR. IN. ANDREW ARCHER, U. S. Na­ logg. The Macmillan Company, New tional A rboretum Herbarium. York, 1952. 232 pages with maps, tables, etc. $4.00. Gardening For The Small Place. W il­ liam H. Clark. Little, Brown and Directly or indirectly you will find Company, Boston, Mass., 1952. 247 the answers to most of your soil prob­ pages, illustrated. $3.00. lems in this book. That understand­ able answers can be fo und here is a Although there is no definite state­ tribute to the writing of Dr. Kellogg ment as such, the small place for which who has reduced some of the facts of the author is writing is the suburban soil science without sacrificing the place, the simple lot with neighbors at basic truths for the sake of clarity. perilously close locations, so that one That the soil in which we grow our must consider them in making one's plants is highly important fo r success own plan. will not be denied by any gardener. The book is not lacking in other defi­ The method of providing a suitable nitions, however, and the fi rst chapter, growing medium from what soil is "Plan Your Planting," is worth reread­ available, however, is not always un­ ing more than once. derstood by those growing plants. Soils The book is written with admirable that are either too sandy, too clayey, clarity of style and with a very high de­ too wet, too dry, or lacking in fertility gree of common sense. T he size of the are what most of us become heir to. volume, for it is alm ost pocketbook T hi s book is written especially to help size, limits many discussions, but that gardeners overcome and understand is not too important except perhaps for why these conditions are deleterious to. New Englanders who might have liked plant growth. 28~ THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL :MAGAZINE Oct., 195Z

Dr. Kellogg points out that the ap­ drawings that are indicative of plans plication of commercial fertilizers can and structures are zestful and good, not substitute for good soil structure those of plant forms, trees especiaIJy, and organic matter. Although he clear­ will open the range of vision of many, ly repudiates the mystic powers that but the pictures that iIJustrate individ­ many organic gardening enthusiasts ual plants or flowers are in general claim for organic matter, he does rec­ poor. That is not important here, if ognize its great value by calling it the reader will read the text. "the gardener's elixir." The important difference from the Among the interesting chapters in Clark text is that there is much more this book are those on organic matter, "how-to-do-it" instruction in this book. soi l water, soil acidity, soil preparation They do not supplement each other; and balancing the plant nutrients. The they are intended for two distinct beginning chapter on natural soils ad­ types of readers-reader classes, you mirably introduces one to some ot the know, in the insulting terms of the ad­ basic terminology and classification of vertiser. soils. The appendix of this book contains a The Rea.l Book Abo l, ~t Farms. Rob­ discussion of soil maps and a handy ert West Howard. Garden City li st of soil preferences for many com­ Books, New York, N. Y., 1952. 191 mon cultivated plants. pages, illustrated. $1.25. DR. FRANCIS DE VOS, U. S. National This is a juvenile that is written Arboretum. from an admirably broad point. of view and manages to get across an astonish­ Bea~~t£fy Yowr HQ1%e GrO'tmds. Pe­ ing amount of information that high­ ter Rhodes. Homecrafts Publishers, lights the admirable points of view in distributed by Garden City Books, farm living and at the same time New York 22, N . Y. 90 pages, illus­ shows as weIJ the importance of farm trated. $1.50. life to the nation. If at the same time This paper-bound volume covers al­ it manages to pass over the type of most the same ground as the Clark vol­ calamity that is also part and parcel of ume. The differences are striking. Here farm living, the eternal element of the text is much less extensive and is gamble with Nature, for which al1 of written with gusto ... for this reviewer man's wisdom, experience and skill is who has li ved too long and moved too never absolutely able to cope, one need much earth and puIJed too many weeds not be too dismayed, but leave that also and sprayed too many plants, it is al­ to the sorrows of "growing up" meet­ most too exuberant! The text, which ing it with the courage and imagination is admirably clear, is fortified-or du­ that one must find, or succumb. While plicated in equaIJ y zestful drawings, the "locale" is New York state, there brush work in black and white. The are adequate bows to the rest of us. The Gardener's Pocketbook

AclzillleJ7es In La. Jolla, Ca lifornia W elwitsclvia 11 '~i1-abilis You maybe interested to hear about vVe have read in the October 1951 the way Achimenes perform in La Jol­ issue of THE NATIONAL HORTICUL­ la. Their best use here is on large hang­ TURAL MAGAZINE, of the Montreal Bo­ ing baskets or balls for the lath house tanical Garden's experience in grow­ where Begonias and Fuchsias are at ing Welwitschia. lIlira.bilis. We should their height at the same time as the like to report our experiences with this Achimenes. The blue or white varieties plant at the University of California, accent and enhance the beauty of the Los A ngeles Botanical Garden. On pinks and reds of the Begonias and A ugust 10, 1950 M r. Ted Frolich, Fuchsias. propagator at the Subtropical Horti­ They grow with little trouble. The culture Greenhouse, took a five gallon owner of the lath house where I have can, steamed and fi lled it with old pot­ seen them at their finest simply puts ting soil - a recently sterilized con­ the baskets, when thei r bloom is over, glomerate mixture of peat, leaf mold, under a potting bench and gives them vermiculite, soi l and sand. This can of no thought until spring. While dor­ soil was thoroughly soaked and allowed mant they p robably get a splash of wa­ to dry out to field capacity; the seed ter now and then but it is not given was then placed on this soil at the cen­ them purposely. ter of the can and covered with one inch of dry sand. No water was given Some years ago, the "babies" were for fo ur months. The can was kept in casually planted under a bed of violets one spot on a bench in the Avocado and each year since they have come propagation greenhouse where the tem­ through the violet leaves after the vio­ perature ranged from 65° to 95°. At lets had gone. the end of four months the soil at the This friend plants a few tubers in rim of the can was pressed down to pots each spring, one tuber to a pot fo rm a small trench and water suffi­ and with occasional feeding they devel­ cient to saturate the soil was given once op into larger tubers. When I re­ a month. Germination was in approxi­ marked that the fl owers did not seem l)1 ately three weeks and in six months overlarger or better in any way, the re­ the true leaves appeared. ply was, "No, but the larger bulbs will O ne year later on A ugust 9, 1951 bloom earli er next year." the leaves were about 30 to 4 inches long and half an inch wide. On this I have a small glass house covered date the can was taken to t,he Botanical with lath in summer, but even with thi s Garden where the bottom of the can shade and all the ventilators open it is was removed and can and all planted too warm in the middle of the day for on a steep south slope fill in poor sandy most plants. But the Achimenes lilu it adobe soil. The plant received no fur­ and I plan to have enough of the vari­ ther attention other than the routine ous sorts to make it a pleasant place. weekly watering of one hour from over­ LA URA M. SIKES, La J olla, California head sprinklers. During five hot weeks [285] 286 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952 in September and October this slope \i\Tidth of leaves at center 13tB inches, was watered twice a week, one hour length of leaves 6 y,i. inches. The center each time. Since December 1st the of the plant shows two small rough weather has been wet and cold with knobs. The. leaves are a 'bluish gray nine inches of rain recorded from Octo­ green with a reddish tinge along the ber- 1st through January 10th. 3.75 edges and near the center. The leaf inches of this fell in 24 hours. Since tips show a woody one-half inch die­ January 10th we have recorded 9.85 back. The plant is apparently in good inches in a five day period. The lowest condition. temperatures recorded at thi s point DONALD P. WOOLLEY, Senior Super­ have been one night of 28° and one of intendent of C ultivations 30° in late December. On January 21, 1952 the fo llowing measurements were (A postscript was just received from taken: Mr. \ i\T oolley stating that during a re­ Stem one-half inch in diameter; cent flood rain storm someone stepped height of center above soi l five-eighths on this plant and it never recovered. inch. ED.) Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 287

Index to' Volume 31 Illustrations are indicated in Italics

Abeliophyllum distichum ______189 Dudley ______c __ .240, 245, 248 Achimenes In La Jolla, Cali f. ______285 Ethel Arnold ______.245, 248 Amelanchier, Three New Species 161 Faith ______.240, 244, 246 acuminulata ______162, 16-1- , 165 Fan tasy ______240 leroyensis -______162, 163 F ireflush ______240 magnili ca ______162, 166 Flaitz Midget ______240 Anapodophyll on-The 'Wild F loraJice ______.239, 240, 245, 250 Duck's Foot LeaL ______173 Forty-Niner _. 238, 24 1, 245, 256 Co rrecti on Note ______270 Frey 1950 Cathayensis canadense H ybrid ______.241, 245 , 259 See : Podophyllon peltatull1 Gen. MacArthur ___ .241 , 245, 255 Anemone appenina ______190 Grace ______241 Arctostaphylos glauca ______190 Grayson ______245 , 249 insularis ______190 Grayback Mountain 241 , 245 , 256 Aristocrats Of Geraniums ______149 Grayson ______241 Azalea Handbook, T he ______1-148 Green River ______241 I NDEX T O _. ______293-303 Guy Fewkes ______._____ 24 1 Balls, Edward K.: Inimitable ______241 , 245, 249 Arctostaphylos insulari s ______190 Kay Francis ______24 1 Bates, A lfred: King Edward ______.241, 245, 252 Two Of The Rarer Tulips .______157 Lad-X ______241 , 245, 254 Begonia E vansiana ______237 Lavender Glow Rex ------______237 241, 242, 245, 258 Rex cultorum ______237 Leila ______242, 245, 247 Rex, named variants: Lord Palmerston ___ 242, 245, 250 Adrian Schmidt __ ___ .239, 245, 258 Maiden's Blush _____ 242, 245, 257 Amethyst ______239, 245, 248 Mairon Louise ______242, 245, 246 Arabian N ights ______239 Mary A nn ______242 Arnold Peep ______. 239, 245, 248 Mikado ______242, 245, 250 Avil a ______239, 245, 256 Modesty ______242 Bertha Boner ______. 239, 245, 249 Mulberry ______242, 245 , 258 Brown Curl ______239, 245, 257 Nanajo ______242, 245, 251 Butterfl y ______239, 244, 245 Nigger Tree ___ . ______242, 245, 258 Cardoza ______240, 245. 251 O jai ______239, 242. 245, 256 Cathayana ______240, 245, 259 Pacific Sunset ______. 238, 242 Cathayana X Pustulata Patsy ______242, 245, 247 Ziesenhenne, 1950 ______240 Peter Pan ______242, 245 , 246 Caree ______240, 245, 257 Purple Heart ______._ _ 243 ·Count Adrian Erdoedy Q ueen \ iV ilhelmina ______243 240, 245, 254 Radiance ______.243, 245 , 255 Countess Loui se Red Wing ______243 Erdoedy ___ .238, 240, 245, 254 Robin ______243, 245, 255 Crimson Glow 238, 240, 245, 253 R uth Willi ams 238, 243, 245, 253 Curly Jade ______240, 245, 251 St. Teresia ______243, 245. 259 Dew Drop ______.240, 245, 257 Scarlet O'Hara ______243, 245, 252 288 THE NATIONAL HORTI CULTURAL :MAGAZI NE Oct., 1952

chwerdtfeger' '51 circum- Cory lopsi s ______190 lobata X Rex ______245, 255, 259 Corum-Vern u 111 Group Of Species Schwerdtfeger Seedling Of Cyclamen, The ______206 Spiral ______245, 250 Creech, J ohn L. : Sea Nymph ______243, 245, 247 Border Carnations And P inks __ 271 Sil ver P ink ___ 238, 243, 245, 253 Genus Lycoris In The Mid- Single Black Twist ______243 Atlantic States, The ______167 Smog ______243, 245, 246 Rhododendron alabamense ______185 Stanley \i\' ilson _____ 243, 245, 252 Crocus, Vanguard ______191 Stardust ______.244, 245 , 247 Cyclamen africanum ______212 Starlight ______"______244, 245, 251 al p in u l1l______208, 209 Tapestry ______244, 245 atki nsi i ______209, 210 Twisted Spot ______245, 254 ciliciu111 ______208, 209, 210 Van-X ______.244, 245, 252 coum ______.206, 208, 209, 210 V irginia Slocum ___ 244, 245, 249 her bariorum ______206, 207 V-Tepper ' s Moon- cypn Ul1l ______beam ______244, 245, 253 212 europaeul11 ______206, 209, 212 Blasdale, Walter C. : graecum ______212 The COUI11 -Vernul11 Group Of hecleraefoli um ______206 Species Of Cyclamen ______206 hiemale ______208 Books Reviewed: i bericu 111 ______.207, 210 A ll About African Violets ______187 nea poli tan u 111 ______206 Beautify Your Home persicu111 ______206, 209 Grounds ______284 repandu111 ______206 Botanical Books, P rints A nd vernU111 ______2 07-210, 211 -21 4 Drawings F rom The Coll ec­ Var. caucasicum ______208 tion Of M rs. Roy Arthur hiemale ______208 H unt ______231 Daffodils, The New R. H. S. E lements Of P lant P rotection __ 188 Classification Of ______159 Flowering Trees Of The Cari bbean ______187 Daylily Variety Trials In Puerto Rico ______180 Gardening For The Small P lace 283 Daylily, named variants: J a reb ------______231 A lladin ______180, 181, 182, 184 Modern Gardening ______230 A raby ______182, 184 O Uf Garden Soils ______283 August P ioneer ______180, 182, 184 P lants, Man A nd L ife ______282 Baronet ______182, 184 The Real Book About Farms __ 284 B. H. F arr ______182, 184 Trees For American Gardens __ 232 B i j ou ______182 Understanding Heredity. An Blackburnian ______182 Introduction To Genetics ______231 Black Cherry ______182, 184 Camphora officinarUI11 ______217 Black F alcon ______---______182 , 184 Cedrus deodara ---.218, 219, 220,.221 Boutenniere ______180, 182 Cinnamonum camphora ______217 Brown-eyed Susan ____ 180, 182, 184 Concerning Gloxinias ______222 Brunette ______180, 181 Concerning Rex Begonias ______237 Burning Star ______180, 182, 184 Cornus mas --______190 Caballero ______182, 184 Correction Notes : Cbengtu ______.______180, 182, 184 A napodophy lIon ______270 Chi sca ______. ______180, 182, 184 A rctostaphylos ______-______190 Criteri on ----______. ______182, 184, 185 Oct., 1952 THE NATIO AL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 289

Dawn Play ______182 Victory Taierchwang ______182 Doeskin ______182 Wau-bun ______180, 182, 184 Dolly Varden ______182, 184 W eki wa ______182, 184 Dominion ______----______182, 184 \\l 0 I of ______182, 184, 185 Duchess of Windsor ______182, 184 Zouave ______180, 181, 182, 184 Em berglow ______182, 184 Dianthus all woodii ----______272 F i refl y ______182, 184 a I pin u ______272 Firethorn ______182, 184 barbatus ______271 Fulva rosea ______180. 181 caesius ______272 Geronimo ______182, 184 caryoph yllus ______.271, 272 Gypsy ______182, 184 carophyllus x chinensis ______272 chinensis ______271 Honey Redhead ______182, 184 pI u mari u ______27 1, 272 Iris Perry ______----______182, 184 superbus ______272, 273, 275 Jean ______182, 184 winteri ______272 Juarez ______181, 182, 184, 185 Mrs. Wormald ______f237 Kwanso Vi rginica ______182 ::\/frs. Black ______f237 Linda ______180, 182, 184, 185 named varian ts : Lustrous ______182, 184 Autumn Tints ______276 Matador ______180, 182 Black Clove Douglas _____ .271 , 277 Mignon ______182, 184 Dot Clark ______.271 , 276 Mikado ______182, 184 Eliza ______----______273 Minnie ______180, 181, 182 Firefl y ______272, 277 Min or ______182, 184 John Ball ______273, 274 Morocco Red ______182, 184 Lavender Gi rl ----______271. 276 Mrs. Hugh Johnson ______182 Marguerite ______272 Mrs. J. J. Tigert ______182, 184 Mary Livingstone ______276 Mrs. W. H. Wyman __ 180, 182, 184 Mrs. A. T. Kemble ______277 Multiflora Summer Hy- Mrs. Black ______.f237, 273 bri ds ______182, 184 Mrs. Wormald ______---- ___ .f237, 272 Nebraska ______182 N orman Haywood ______277 o Phi r ______182, 184 U nique ______272, 277 Persian Princess ______182, 184 Dirca palustris ______190 Pink Charm ______182, 184 Effect of Juvenility On Plant Porcelain Pink ______182, 184 Progagation, The ______278 Port ______182 Forsythia ______189, 190 Potentate ______182 Raj ah ______182, 184 Fox, Helen M.: Redbird ______182, 184, 185 Rosemary And The Lavenders 193 Royalty ______---- ____ 182, 184 From A Pennsylvania Garden ____ 190 Sachem ______182, 184 Furniss, George B.: The Trophies In Review ______215 Seedling No. 18 (Hill ) ______182, 184 Gloxinia, Concerning ______222 Stalwart ______~ ______182 S ta rlig h t ______182 Buell Hybrid ______2 27, 228 Sweetbriar ______180, 182, 185 Mildred Louise ______229 Theron ______180. 181, 182, 184 T i gr i na ______228 The Sultan ______182, 184 Gardener's Pocketbook, The: T ri um p h ______182, 184 A Handful of Daf- Unidentified Yellow fod ils ______f193, 234, 235 (Farr) ______182, 184 Abeliophyllum distichum ______189 290 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct., 1952

.-\chimenes In La Jolla, Calif. __ 285 Peppermi n t ______149 Correction N ote on Arctos- Pink Marshall Mac- ta p h y los ______190 Mahon ______----______150, 153 Crocus, Vanguard ______191 Prostrate Oak ______149 Early Magnolias ______191 Red Marshall Mac- From A Pennsylvania Garden __ 190 Mahon ______149, 150, 153 L umite Shade Cloth Aids Roderick Dhu ______.150, 152 Orchid Growth ______233 Silver Ruby ______150, 154 Narcissus biflorus ______f149) 191 Silver S. A. N utt ______150, 155 Other African V iolets ______191 Skelton's Unique ______149 Philodendron selloum ______188, 189 Skies Of Italy ______150, 156 "\i\Telwitschia mirabilis ______285 Snowdrift ______149 Genus Lycoris In The Mid- Handful Of Narcissus, A ______234 Atlantic States, The ______167 Hemerocallis Geranium, apple ______149 See: Daylily Aristocrat Of ______149 F ul va ______180 named variants : Johnstone, George R.: Attracti on ______150, 154 Saving the Deodar Cedar From Beauty ______149 Root-Rot Fungus ______218 Bismarck ______150, 152 Kirk, E. Buckner: Black Versuvius ______150, 153 N astu rti urns ______._____ 260 Bridesmaid ______149 Lavandula, named variants: Bronze Beauty ______150, 152, 157 angustifoli a -______195 B u tterfli es ______149 Backhouse ______195 Caesar Frank ______149 del ph in ensi s ______195 capitatum ______149 Folgate Blue ______195 Cloth Of Go ld ______149, 150, 151 Hidcote Purple ______195 Crystal Palace M id dach en ______195 Gem ______149, 150, 151 Mustead Dwarf ______194, 195 Damon's Gold ______149 Twickle Purple ______195 Dis ti ncti 0 n ______. ______149 rosea ______195 Dwarf Gold Leaf ____ 149, 150, 151 S il ver Gray ______195 Etincelanet ______149 Species : Flowers Of Spring ______150, 155 Lavandula abrotanoicles ______200 Happy Thought _____ 149, 150, 151 alb a ______195 Hills Of Snow ---- ______149 at ri pli ci f 0 Iia ______200 J u bi Iee _.______.149, 150, 152 bi pinnata ______200, 204 Lady Cullum ______150, 156 canariensi s ______200, 202 Lady P ollock ______.149, 150, 156 clenta ta ______198, 199 ).lIm e. Languth ______149, 150, 154 hagrans ______195 ::vIm e. Salleroi ______.150, 153 lanata ______.194, 197 ::vI iss Burdette latifolia ______193 , 194, 195, 196 Coutts ______149, 150, 156 m ul ti fi da ______.200, 201 "M ountains Of officinalis ______193, 194, 195 Snow ______.149, 150, 155 Var. angustifolia ______194 ::vIrs. Banks ______149 Var. compacta ______194 Mrs. Cox ----______149, 150, 155 V ar. nana com pacta ______194 Mrs. Parker ----______149 V ar. pyrenaica ______194 ~ o. 137 ------______150, 154 ped u n c u la ta ______198 Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 291

pinnata ______200, 203 Cherie ------______.234, 235 pinnatifida ______200 Rouge ------______235, 236 rotundifolia ______200 Trousseau ----- ______234, 235 ser ra ta ______195, 197 Zero ______235, 236 spICa ______194 N asturti i Indici ______268 stoechas ______198 N astu rti ums ______.______260 vera ______194 I ndicum ______. ____ 269 viridis ______198, 199 N eri ne sam i ensis ______167 vulgaris ______195 Lindera benzoin ______190 O'Rourke, F . L.: The Effect Of Juvenility On Lycoris albiflora ______172 Plant Propagation ______278 a urea ______167-170, 170, 172 hal Ii ______168 Pelagonium incarnata ______167 See: Geranium capitatum ______149 rad iata ______167-172 alba ______168, 171 Philodendron bipinnatifidum ______188 variegata ______168 sellou m ______188, 189 sangumea ______167 Plant Propagation, The Effect squamigera ______167, 168, 169, 172 Of J uvenili ty On ______278 The Genus, In The Mid- Podophyllon pel- A tlan tic States ______167 tatum ______173-180, 176, 177 Magnolia denudata ______191, 192 Ricinus communis ______217 early ______191 Rosemary And T he Lav- lennei ______192 enders ______193 liliflora ______191 Rosemarinus officinali s ______204 pm-purine ______192 Var. angustissimus ______205 soulangeana ______192 Var. Beneden Blue ______205 stellata ______192 V ar. prostra tus ______205 vei tchi ______192 Var. pyramidalis ______205 McDonald, Elvin: Rhododendron alabamense ____ 185, 186 Concerning Gloxinias ______222 microphyton ______185 McIllvaine, France Edge: Notes ______----______185 From A Pennsylvania Garden __ 190 rufohirtum ______185 Monardes, Nicholas ______260, 261 Royal Horticultural Society Morrison, B. Y.: Classification Of Daffodils ______159 A Handful Of Daffodils ______234 Saintpaulia tonantha ______191 Concerning Rex Begonias ______237 Crocus, Vanguard ______191 Saving The Deodar Cedar From Root-Rot Fungus ______218 Early Magnolias ______191 Scilla campanulata ______190 Geranium Notes and Illus- tration Legends ______150 Sikes, Laura M.: Narcissus biflorus ______191 Achimenes In La J olla, Calif. __ 285 Other African Violets ______191 Slavin, Bernard H.: Muscari armeniacum ______158 Three New Species Of Amelanchi er ______161 Narcissus Ace of Diamonds ______f193 , 236 Stoutemyer, V. T.: biflorus ______f149, 191 Philodendron selloum ______188 292 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Oct. , 1952

Three New Species of Violets, Other African ______181 Amelanchier ______161 Warner, Marjorie F.: Tropaeolum albiflorum ______.264, 269 Anapodophyllon-The Wild az ureu m ______269 Duck's Foot Leaf ______173 major, Var. alto-sanguineum __ 266 Correction Note On Ana- maj l1 s ______.262, 265, 267 podophy 11 011 ______270 minus ______261, 267, 270 Welwitschia mirabilis ----______285 t l1 be ros11l11 ______263 Winters, Harold F.: Tropics In Review, The______215 Daylily Vari ety Trials In Puerto Rico ______180 Tuli pa al1cheriana ______158 l1rl1l111 enSlS ______157 Woolley, Donald P. : Welwitschia mirabilis __ . ______285 Tulips, Two Of The RareL ______157 vVyman, Donald: ViburnU111 carlesi ______185 Abeliophylll1111 distichl1m ______189 Oct., 1952 THE NKTIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 293 Index To The Azalea Handbook Prepared by FREDERI CK W. COE

H ALBA PUNCTATA' Indian d Listed in Chapter V of 72 ' ., The Azalea Handbook hardiness ...... 93 hose-in-hose flower ALBA PUNCTULATA ; syn. Al- Page references to text in definition ...... :...... 14 ba Punctata, 72 Roman, to illustrations in hybrid g roups ...... 10, 53 ALBATROSS; Knaphill gr., 57 J taries. "Spec." = species ; hybridizing ...... _ .... 147 ALBICANS; 54 "\'." = variety ; "f." = form; X ALBICANS; 54 "cl." clone; "gr. " == group; ALBIFLORUM' Canadense f = I 53' ., "syn." = synonym. inheritance of variou ALBIFLORUM; Serpy llifolium A characters ...... _. 147 f., 45 insect pests ...... 122 ALBION; Rutherford d 78 Azalea age 11 ALBRECHT A.; 53 ., L ALBRECHTI; spec., 51, 53 B ALBUM; Eriocarpum cl., 46 lacebug ...... 123 black vine weevil 126 ALBUM GIGANTEUM; E rio- blooming period ...... 21 layering ...... 141 carpum c\., 46 leaf characteristics ...... 24 books on ...... 26 ALBUM; Obtusum f.. 36, 71 leaf gall ...... _ ...... 132 botanical r elationship .... 7 ALBUM; Vaseyi f. , 52 leaf roller ...... _...... 124 breeding, methods and ALGIERS; K urume c\. , 64 leaf spot ...... _... 132 objectives ...... 145 ALICE PERRY' Chisholm cl light requirement .... 111 , 143 67 ' ., longevi ty ...... _...... 11 ALL-A-GLOW; Kurume cl C syn. Sakura-Tsukasa 63 ., calcium requirements 108 M ALPHONSE PERICAT; Pericat chlorosis ...... _...... 121 c\., 79 magnesium require- chromosome number ...... 146 ALTA CLARENSIS' Ghent cl ment ...... _ ...... 110 54 ' ., clones ...... 9 maj or botanical group- AMAGIANUM; spec., 52 clones of hybrid ings ...... 7 g roups .. _...... 10 AMBER GLOW' B and A I mulching, importance 83 ' c., collecting native plants .. 117 and types of ...... 114 cultural directions ...... 11 6 AMBROSIA; G lenn Dale d. mycorrhizal relation- 87 . cuttings, preparation and ships ...... 110 car e ...... _...... 140 AMERATS U; Coolidge d., 66 AMERICA; mucronatum f. syn. Bulstrode, 41 D AMERICAN BEA UTY; Kurume NAMES: diseases ...... 129, 130 d ., 64 dormancy ...... 22 AMETHYSTINUM; mucrona­ A tum v. , 41 AARTJE; Kaempferi c\. , 66 AMOENA A . ; syn. Obtusum E ABBOT; G lenn Dale c\. , 88 f., amoenUIll , 36 AMOENUM; Obtusum f. 36 enemies ...... 123 A. BORSIG; Indian c\., 71 71 ' , ACME; Glenn Dale cl., 88 ADDY WERY; Kaempferi cl., Amaemtm1; f., normare. 36 F 66 Amoel1l/J1'I1; f., obtllsifolilllll flower color ...... 17 ADORABLE; Glenn Dale c\., 89 36 ' inheritance' ...... 147 AD . V AN HECKE; Belgian c\. . A NC HORITE; Glenn Dal'e c!.. cl uster ...... 17 77 88 form ...... 13, 15, 16 AGEMAKI; Kurume c\. , 63 ande1'Solli ; N udiflorum var. numbers ...... 17 AGGER; Arendsi cl., 66 32 ' size ...... 17, 18 AIDA; Ghent d., 54 ANGELA PLACE ; Glenn Dale spot (petal blight) 129 AIOI ; Kurume d., 63 c\. , 89 forms _...... _...... 7, 29 ALABAMA A . ; syn. A laba- ANNAMARIA; Kaempferi c\., fragrance ...... 21 mense, 31 66 f rost damage ...... 133 ALABAMENSE, spec., 31 A NNE CHENEE; Pericat cl., fertilizer s ...... 107, 11 6, 120 ALABAMENSE-ATLANTICUM 79 X ANNELIESAE, 54 flourescent light in ALLIA NCE 31-32 propagation ...... 143 ALASKA; Chisolm c\., 67 A NNY; Kaempferi c\. , 66 ALASKA; Rutherford c\. , 78 A NTARES; Glenn Dale c!.. 87 ALBA. syn. mucronatum, 71 A NTHENON; Indian c!.. 73 G ALBA MA CU LATA; Indian c\.. A NTHO NY KOSTER: ~-rolli s g rafting 142 72 c\. . 58 294 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE Oct., 1952

APHRODITE; Glenn Dale ct, BA ~KS LAND; D eerfield ci. , B-7-G; Gable c1., 81 88 67 BULLFINCH; Knaphill gr., 57 ApPLE BLOSSOM; Kurume ct , BARTHOLO LA ZZARI ; Ghent BULSTRODE; mucronatum f., sy n. Ho-o, 61, 62, 63 c\., 54 41 APRICOT : Gable c\. , 82 BA SILISK; K naphill gr., 57 BUNGO-NISHIKA; Wada c1., BATIK; Coolidge c1., 66 86 ARABY: Glenn Dale d., 88 BUNKWA; Chugai c1. , 85 ARBORESCENS - SERR\)LATUM- BEAUIEU; Knaphill gr., 57 BEAUTE CELESTE; Ghent ci., BUZZARD; Knaphill gr., 57 ALLIA NCE, 35 BYRON; Ghent c\. , 54 ARBORESCENS; spec., 35, 122 54 BEETHOVEN; Vuyk c1. , 86 ARCTIC: Glenn Dale ct , 89 C ARENDSI GROUP, 66 BEGONIA ROSE ; Chisolm ci. , 67 CALDWELLI; Amoenum V., 36 ARGOSY' Glenn Dale ci. , 88 BELG IAN HYBRID S, 73, 77 CALE NDUL ACEUM; spec., 12, ARIAKE:' Wada d ., 85 BELLS OF ARCADY; Coolidge 30 ARNOLD H YBR IDS, 60, 61 ci. , 66 CALYCINUM; Phoeniceum f .. X ARNOLDIANA, 60 BENEFUDI; Kurume c\. , 63 41 , 71 , 73 ASA-GAsmvII; Kurume c1., BENEGIRI ; Kurume ci. , 62 CAMEO; Gable d., 82 63 BENGAL FIRE; Exbury ci. , 82 CAMEROON ; Gable c1., 82 ASAH I; Kurume cl., 63 BE NI-KIRISHIMA; Inrlicum f., CAMP'S RED A. , 31 A SAKANON ARE; Wada ci. , 85 44, 46 CANADENSE; spec., 18, 50, 53 ASIA; Chi solm c\. , 67 BERRYROSE; Knaphill gr., 57 CANADENSE; Sub-series, 52, ASTARTE; Glenn Dale c\., 87 BETSY DE BRUIN; Mollis c\., 53 ASTRA; Glenn Dale c\. , 88 58 CANDLELIGHT; Kurume c1. , ATALA~TA; Kaempferi c\. , 65 BETTY; Kaempferi c1., 65 64 ATLA NTICUM; spec., 27, 31, BETTY; K urume c1. ; syn. CANESCENS; ·!ip·ee., 32 32, 133 Kumo-no-ito, 63 CAN TO N; Chisolm d., 67 AUGUSTA; Kaempferi d., 66 BEVER ; Arendsi d ., 66 CAPE LLA; Glenn Dale c1., 87 AUGUSTA BEAUTY; P ericat BIDWELLI; Amoenum v., 36 CARDI NAL; Ghent d., syn. c\. , 80 BIG JOE; Gable d., 81 Beaute Celeste, 54 A 1JGUSTA BELLE; P ericat d., BIGSE PAL A., 39 CA RDI NAL; Kurume c\., Sy 11. 79 BIJINSUI; Kurume d., 63 T suta momiji, 63 AUGUSTA BREZ, Chi solm d., BIJOU DE A MATE URS; Ghent CARDINALIS; Arnold d ., 61 67 d., 54 CARMEN ; Kaempferi c1. , 65 A UGUSTE MECKELYNCK; BIJOU DE GENTBRUGGE; CARMINATA SPLENDENS; Ghent cl. , 54 Ghent ci., 54 Amoenum v., 36 AURORA; Kaempferi d., 66 BILLY; Gable cl., 82 CARMINE QUEEN; Kurume AURORE DE ROYGHEM; Ghent Biltia vasey; see Vaseyi c\. , syn. Kurai-no-himo, 63 ci. , 54 spec., 52 CARN IV AL; Glenn Dale ci., 88 A USTRINUM -PRUNIFOLIUM BOBBINK AND ATKINS H y­ CAROL; Gable c1. , 82 ALLIA NCE, 30, 31 BRIDS, 83 CAROLI NE GABLE; Gable d ., AUSTRINUM; spec., 30 BONNY KAY; Coolidge c\. , 82 AVALANCHE; K urume d., 64 66 CARRA RA; Glen n Dale c1. , 89 AVE MARIA; Glenn Dale d., BOPEEP; Glenn Dale c\. , 87 CATTLEYA; K urume d ., 61, 89 BO-PEEP; Mayo c1., 70 64 A. VERSCHAFFELT; Mollis ci., BOTTICELLI; Coolidge d., 66 CAVENDISH IANA; Indian cl. , 58 BO UDOIR; Gable c1. , 82 syn. Cavendishi. 72 A YA -KAMMURI; K urume ci., BOU NTIFUL; Glenn Dale cl. , CAVENDISH I ; Indian d., 71 , 63 89 72,74 AYA- NO - KAMURI; Kurume BOUQUET DE FLORE; Ghent CECILE; Knaphill gr. , 57 ci. , 63 c1. , 54 CELIA COSTA; Chisolm cl., 67 AZTEC; Glenn Dale ci. , 90 BOUQUET D' ORANGE; Mollis CERES; Indian d ., 71 AZUMA - KAGAMI; Kurume c\., 58 CHALLENGER; Glenn Dale cl. , ci., 62, 63 BOUQUET ROSE; Kurume c1. , 89 AZt:MI-SHIBORI; Kurume d., 64 CHA NTICLEER; Glenn Dale 63 BRA VURA : Glenn Dale d., 89 c\. , 89, 90 BRAZ IL ; Knaphill gr. , 57 CHARLEMAGNE; Ghent cl. , B RRIARCLlFFE ; Arnold c\. , 61 56 BAGDAD; Glenn Dale ci. , 89 BRIDAL VEIL; Glenn Dale c1., CHARLES ENCKE; Indian cl.. BAKERI: spec., 31 87 71 , 72 BALLET GIRL; Glenn Dale ci., BRIDESMAID; Kurume c\. , 61, CHARLOTTE; Gable cl. , 82 87 64 CHAR LOTTE; Kaempferi cl. , BALLET GIRL; Kaempferi ci., BR IGHT FORECAST ; Knaphill 66 66 gr ., 57 CHAR LOTTE WEISS; Chisolm BAL AlIlTNAEF LORUM; Indi­ BRTGHTSTRAW; Knaphill gr. , c\. , 67 cum L 46 57 CHARMER; Chisolm c1., 67 BALZAC:: Knaphill gr. , 57 B RTLLA NTA; Belgian c1. , 77 CHEROKEE; Gable cl. , 81 B AND A HYBRIDS, (see Bob­ BRILLIA NT ( BRILLANTINA); CHERRYBLOS SOM; Kurume bink and Atkins H ybrids) Indian c\., 71, 72 ci. , sy n. Takasayo, 63 .oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE 295

CHERRY RIPE; K urume el. , CORNELIA; Chi olm el., 67 DELICATISS IMA; K urume el., 64 CORNELIA VAN H ERDEN; 62 ,CHERUB; K urume el., syn. P eri cat cl., syn. Flander's DELIGHT; Glenn Dale d., 87 K imigayo, 63 F ield, 79 D ELILAH; Glenn Dale el., 88 'CHESAPEAKE; Chisolm el. , CORSAGE; Gable el. , 82 DESSA MERRITT; Chi solm e1. , 67 COQUETTE; K naphill d., 57 67 CHEVA LI ER DE REALI; Moll is CRABAPPLE; Cooli dge e1. , 66 DEWILDE GROUP, 67 el. , 58 CREAM Cup; Glenn Dale e1. , DEXTER' P INK; A rnold d., CHEVY CHASE; Chisolm el., 90 61 67 CREMONA; Glenn Dale el. , 90 D IADEM; Pericat el. , 80 CHICHIBU; Wada cl., 85 CRIMSON GLORY; R utherford D IEMEL; A rendsi e1. , 66 CHINA; Chisolm e1. , syn. D r. e1. , 78 Di/ataht1l1 ; syn., Retieula- E . A. Merritt, 67 CRIMSO N KING; B and A e1., tum, 52 CHINA GIRL; Chisolm e1. , 67 83 DIXIE; I ndian e1. , 72 CHINA SEAS; Per ieat e1. , 80 CRINOLINE; Glenn Dale d ., DOROTHY; Chisolm d., 67 CHINESE A., 36 89 DOROTHY; Kaempferi d., 66 CHINOOK; Gable e1. , 81 CR ISP IFLORUM; I nd ieum f. , DOROTHY GISH; R utherford CH IPPEWA; B and A e1. , 83 46 e1. , 78 CHISOUI'I-MERRITT GROUP, 66, CRITERION; I ndian el. , 71, 72 DR. BERGMANN; Belgian e1. , 67 CRU ADER; Glenn Dale d., 77 CH LOE; Glenn Dale d ., 87 90 DREAM; Glenn Dale e1. , 88 CHRISTMAS CHEER; K urume CUCKOO; Ingram gr. , 83 DR. E. A. MERRITT; Chisolm c1. , 61, 62 CUMBERLAND A ., 31 e1. , 67 CHUGAI H YBRIDS, 83-85 CUlIIBERLANDENSE; spee., 31 DRIVEN SNOW; Glenn Dale CLARET; Gable d., 82 CYG ' ET; Glenn Dale e1., 87 el., 90 CYMODOCEE; Ghent d ., 56 DR. REICHENBACH ; IvIo II is CLEOPATRA; Kaempferi d., 65 d., 59 COAST A., 31 Duc DE ROHAN; Indian d., COCCINEA MAJOR; I nd ian el., D 72 71 , 72 DAGONET; Molli s e1. , 59 DUKE OF WELLINGTON; In­ COCCINEA SPECIOSA; Ghent DAINTY," B and A e1. , 83 dian d ., 71, 72 d., 56 DAINTY; K urume d., syn. COCCI.NEUM; Amoenutn v., I yo-hayama, 63 E 36 D AMASK ROSE; mueronatum COCCINEUM: Seabrum t, 39 EAGLE HEART; Chisolm e1., V., 41 COLLEEN; Glenn Dale el. , 88 67 DAME LAVENDER; K urume EARLY DAWN; A rnold el., COLORADO; Chisolm e1., 67 e1. , syn. O moine, 63 COLUMBIA; Chisolm d., 67 61 DAMIO OR DA IMYO; Kaemp­ EARLY LAVENDER; Indi an el., COLUMBINE; Belgian cl. , 77 fe ri el. , 37 COMTE DE FLANDRE; Ghent 72 Dall ie/siana; syn. indieum, e1. , 56 ECSTASY; K urume d., 64 71 COMTE DE GOMER; Mollis e1.. EDDY; Exbury el., 82 58 DANTE GABRIEL ROSETTI; EDER; A rendsi el., 66 COMTE DE KERCKHOVE ; MoI­ Molli s e1. . 59 EDNA; Gable el., 82 lis c 1. , 58 DAPHNE; K urume e1. , 61, 62 E. H. WILSON; Chisolm el., COMTE DE P APADOPOLI; MoI­ D APHNE SALMON; Indian 67 li s e1. , 59 e1. , 71 ELEANOR; Chisolm d., 67 COMTE DE Q UINCY; M ollis DARKNESS; Glenn Dale d ., ELEGANS; Indian d ., 72 e1., 59 90 ELEGA NS SUPERBA; Indian CON AMORE; Glenn Dale e1. , DARK SPRING; K urume d., el. , 71, 72 88 65 ELF," K urume el. , syn. Kasu" CONSTANCE; Rutherford d ., DARLING OF THE GODS; Cool- mi-gaseki, 63 78 idge e1. , 66 ELIZABETH GAllLE; Gable e1., COMSP ' CERESOLE ; Mollis DAV IES I; Ghent d ., 56 81 d., 59 DAWX ," Perieat e1.. 79 ELIZABETH MAYO; Pericat COOLlIlGE GROUP, 66 D AWSON H YBRIDS, 78 e1. . 80 COPPERMAN; Glenn D ale el., D ,' "'>!lEA l(: K urume e1. , syn. EMTLE RUSSAVE; P erieat e1.. 90 Kirin, 61, 63 79 CORAL Bf.I.LS; K urume c1. , DAYSPRING; Glenn D ale e1. , EM IL LIEBIG; Mollis c1. , 59 16, 61. 62 87 ENCHANTRESS; Ch isolm e1. . 'CORAL CLUSTER; Chisolm d., D AZZLER; Glenn D ale el. , 90 67 67 D EBUTANTE; K urume el. , 61, ENNEPE," A rendsi e1. , 66 CORALIE; Coolidge e1. , 66 62 EPILOGUE; Glenn Dale e1., 90 'CORAL I VORY; Indieum f., Decandr1(.JlI; sy n., Retieula­ ERrc SCHAEME; Belgian d .. syn. Tanima-no-yuki, 46 tum, 52 77 CORAL SEA: Chi

ERO ; Glenn Dale c\., 90 FLAMI NG J UNE ; Knaphill GERDA; Kaell1pferi cl. , 66 ESKHlIO; Deerfield c\', 67 gr., 57 G HE NT H YBRIDS, 54, 55, 56- ES~IERELDA; Kurume c\', 64 FLAM INGO; Knaphill gr., 57 58 ETHELWYN; Gable c\' , 82 FLAM INGO; K urull1e cl .. syn. GIBBE : Arend si c\', 66 ETOILE DE BELGIQUE ; Belgian Tall1a-no-utena, 63, 64 GIBI YAMA; K l1rull1 e c\., 64 flo II1l11 e lll'll; spec., 31 GIBR ALT AR; Knaphill gr., 57 c\' , 77 FLAN DER'S FIELD; P ericat cl. , EULALIE VA X GEERT; I ndian GILBURY; Knaphill gr. , 57 79 c\', 71 , 72 GINGER; Knaphill gr., 57 FLAV UM; spec., 29, 30, 54 , GLACIER ; Glenn Dale c\. , 88 E\'A; Kaempferi c\. , 66 139 E VE NING STAR; Chisolm cl.. GLADIATOR; Glenn Dale· d., FLORA ; Ghent cl. , 56 88 67 FLORIDA A., 30 EVENING STAR; Coolidge c\', GLAMOUR; Glenn Dale c\. , 88 FLORIDA PINX TER A., 32 GLENN DALE HYBRID S, 18, 66 FLOWER Q UEEN; Chi sholm 88-90 EVEREST ' Glenn Dale c\. , 89 cl., 67 Ex BURy' H YBR ID S, 82-83 GLOER; Arendsi d., 66 FOREST FIRE; Gable c\., 82 GLOIRE DE LOOCHRISTI; Bel- EXQU ISITA; Ghent c\' , 56 FORMOSA; Indian cl. , 41 , 73 EXQU ISITF:; Kurume c\', 62 FORMOSA ' AZALEAS, 45 gian cl. , 77 FOR STERIA NUM; Amoenull1 GLORIA MU NDI ; Ghent cl. , 56 GLO RIA NA; Pericat d ., 79 F Y., 36 GLORIOSA; Chisholm cl., 67 FORTUNE; P ericat cl. , 79 FAIRY; Kurull1e c\' , 64 F RANS VAN lJER BOM; Mollis GLORIOSA; Indian d., syn. Glory of Sunninghill , 73 FAIRY BELLS ; Glenn Dale cl. , 59 cl.. 88 FRED DE KO NINCK; Mollis GLORY; B and A cl., 83 d., FAIRY Q UEEN : K urull1e c\' , cl. , 59 GLORY; Pericat 79 syn. Aioi, 63 FRIED A; Kaell1pferi c\. , 66 GLORY OF N UMAZU; 'iVada FA IR Y QUEE '; Mayo c\' , 70 FRIGID; D eerfield c\. , 67 cl. , 85 F ANCY; Kurume c\. , syn. Ta­ F UCHSIA; Gable cl., 82 GLORY OF SUNNINGHILL; In­ ll1afuyo, 63 FUDESUTE-YAMA; Kurl1me dian cl. , 71-73 FANDANGO; Glenn Dale d., cl. , 63 GLOw; Kaempferi c\., 66 GLOW OF DA WN; Gable c\. , 90 FUJE-NO-lI'IINF:; vVada cl. , 85 FANNY; Ghent cl., 56 F UJ IBOTAN : Kl1rume cl. , 64 81 GOG; Knaphill gr., 57 F ASC INATlON; Chisholm cl., F UJIM ANYO: M ucronatum cl. , sy n. Plenum, 41 GOLDEN DREAM; Knaphill' 67 gr., 57 F ASCINATIO N; Kurume d., FUJIMOYO; Kurull1 e cl. , 64 F U]INISH IKI; E riocarpull1 GOLDEN EVE; Knaphill gr. , sy n. Ill1a- shoj 0, 63 57 FASHION; Glenn Dale c\', 88 cl., 46 F UJI- NO-AsAHI ; Kurull1e c\., GOLDEN HOR N; Knaphill gr., Fostigifoli1Mll, spec., 31 57 FAVOURITE; Kaempferi c\. , 65 flWb -ishi; spec., 31 GOLDEN ORIOLE; Knaphilf 66 gr., 57 FAWLEY; Knaphill gr., 57 FUTAMI-AKETONO; Kl1rume cl., 64 GOLDFINCH; Knaphill gr. , 57 F. C. BRADFORD; Glenn Dale GOSHO-ZAKURA; Kurttll1 e c\., c\' , 88 FUTURITY; Glenn Dale cl., 90 63 FEDORA; Kaell1pferi c\. , 66 GRAF VON MERA N; Ghent FELICI'fY; Glenn Dale c\' , 89 G c\. , 56 FE NELON ; Ghent c\', 56 GREETI NG; Glenn Dale cl., 88 FIDELIO ; Kaempferi c\', 66 GABLE HYBRIDS, 80-82, 144 GRENADIER: Gable c\.. 82 F IELDERS V.,T HITE; Indian c\' , GABLE'S FLA"ME; Gable cl. ,81 GRETCHEN; Kaempferi d ., 65 41 , 71 , 72 GABLE'S SCARLET; Gable cI., GUMPO, F ANCY; Eriocarpum FIREBIRD; K urume cl., 62 syn. Gable's Flame, 81 c\. , 46 FIRECREST; Knaphill gr., 57 GAIETY; Glenn Dale d., 89 GUMPO, PINK; Eriocarpum FIREFLY; Knaphill gr., 57 X GA NDARENSE, 54 c\., 46 FIREGLOW ; Knaphill gr., 57 GARDEN BEAUTY; Kaempferi GUMPO, WHITE ; E ri ocar- F IREG LO W: Mayo d., 70 cl. , 66 pum cl.. 46 FIRELIGHT; Rutherford cl., GARDENIA SUPREME; P er icat GUNBI; Chugai c\., 84, 8-5 78 cl., 79 GUNREI; Chugai cl., 85 FIVELEAF A., 53 GAWAIN; Glenn Dale cl. , 89 GUY YERKES; Yerkes c\. , 70- FLAG OF TRUCE; Indian c\., GEISHA; Coolidge cl. , 66 GYOKUSHIN; Chugai cl. , 85' 71-73. 136 GEM ; P eri cat cl. , 79 GyPSY; Glenn Dale cl. , 88 FLAMBEA ; Amoenull1 Y., 36 GENERAL VETTER; Molli s cl. , GyPSY ROSE; Mayo cl., 70 FLA"l.IBOYANT; Coolidge cl., 59 66 GEORGE FRA NC : Indian c\. , 73 FLA1mOYANT: Ghent cl. , 56 GEORGE LINDLEY TABER; In­ H

FLA~IE A .. 30 dian cl. , 73, 75 HACHIKA-TS UG I; Kurull1e d. y FLA:\IE: Kurunlc cl. , syn. GEORGE R EYNOLDS; Knaphill 63 Suetsumu, 62, 63 c\. , 57 H AKATAS HIRO ; Indicull1 f. ,. FLA~[JNG BEACON; :YIayo cl. , GERARDTNE VUYK; Vuyk cl. , 46 70 86 H AMMOCKSWEET A. , 35 Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 297

HAMPTON BEAUTY; Pericat HOKOROBI; Kl1 rl1me cl., 64 IVORY II; Deer fie ld cl., 67 d ., 79 HOLFORD!; Amoenum V., 36 IZA YOI; E riocarpum cl., 46 HAMPTON ROSE; Pericat d., HOMEBUSH; Knaphill gr., 79 57 ] HANA-ASOBI; K urume cl. , HONEYSUCKLE A., 32 JAMES GABLE; Gable cl. , 81 63, 64 Ho-o; Kurume d., 61-63 JANET NOYES; Glenn Dale HANACHIDORI; Wad a d., 85 HO-ODEN; Kurume cl. , 62, 64 cl. , 90 H ANNY; Kaempfe ri cl. , 66 HOOPOE; Knaphill gr., 57 JAPANESE A., 36 HARDY FIREFLY; Kur ume d., Hortense; Macro epalum L, JAPONICA ALBA; M ucrona- 60, 62 39 tum f., 41 HARLEQUIN; Glenn Dale cl., HORTENSIA; Kurume cI., 65 ] a/Jon.icu.1'I1 spec., 34, 36 68, 89 HORTULANUS WITTE; Mollis HARRY VETTCH; I ndian cl. , J. C. VAN TOL; Molis cl.. 59 cl. , 59 JEANNE; Kaempferi cl. , 66 72 HOTSPUR RED; Knaphill gr., HARVEST MOON; K naphill J EA NNETTE; Kaempferi cl. , 57 66 gr,. 57 HOTSPUR YELLOW; K naphill H ATSUGIRI; amoelvlbm. t, 36 gr., 57 J ERSEY BELLE; B and A cl., HATSUNAMI; K urume cl. , 64 How ARD ANDERSON; Gable 83 H ATSUSHIMA; K urume cl. , cl. , 82 J ESSICA; Chisolm cI., 67 62, 64 HOW -RAKU; Chugai cl. , 85 J EWELL; Chi so·lm cl. , 67 H AZEL DAWSON; D awson HOZAN; Wada cl. , 85 JINDAl; Chugai cl. , 85 cl. , 78, 98 . HUGO HARDYZER; Mall is cl., J ITSUGETSUSE; Eriocarpum HELEN AVUYK; V uyk cl. , 86 59 cl. , 46 HELEN CLOSE; Glenn Dale HUGO KOSTER; Molli s d ., 59 ]. ]. DE VINK; Moll is cl. , 59 d., 89 HUMMINGBIRD; Coolidge d., JOHANN SEBASTIAN BAcH; HELEN DAWSON; Dawson cl., 66 VUYK cl. , 86 78 H , 'vV. ANDERSON: Gable cl., JOHANN STRAUSS; Vuyk c!.. HELEN Fox; Glenn Dale cl. , syn. Howard Anderson, 82 86 68, 89 HYBRID GROUPS, 53-90 JOHN CAIRNS; Kaempferi HELEN GUNNING; Glenn d., 66 Dale cl. , 69, 90 I JOSE; K urume cl. , syn. Age­ HENRIETTE; Kaempferi cl. , maki, 63 66 ICEBERG; Deerfi eld cl. , 67 J OSPH HAYDN; V uyk cl. , 86 HENRY A. WALLACE; Chis ­ I CELAND; Deerfie ld cl. , 67 J OSEPHINE KLINGER; Ghent olm cl., 67 IGNAEA NOVA; Ghent cl. , 56 cl. , 56 HERBERT; Gabl e cl. , 81 I LAM AZALEAS, 1-8, 11 ; JOYA; Glenn Dale cl. , 88 HER MAJESTY; Cooli dge cl. , Knaphi ll gr., 58 .T. T . LOVETT: Indicum f.. 46 66 I LLUMINATA; Amoenum v., JUBILEE: B and A cl. , 83 HEUREUSE SURPRISE; Ghent 36 JUBILEE: Belgian cl.. 76 . 77 d., 56 I L TASSO; Ghent d., 56 JUDGE SOLOMON; Indian d., HEXE; Sander d ., 60 IMA-SHOJO; Kurume cI., 63 73 HEXE DE SAFFELAERE: Bel­ I NDIAN AZALEA, 41 JULIANA: Kaempferi cl.. 66 g ian cl. , 77 INDIAN AZALEAS, 71-73 JUNE SKIES; B and A cl.. 83 H . H. HUME : Yerkes cl. , 70 I NDIAN SUMMER; Kaempferi HIAWATHA; P ericat cl. , 79- cl. , 37 K 80 I NDIAN SUNSET; Mayo cl. , HIGOR0J\10; Wada cI. , 86 70 KACHA-NO-KAWA; K urume H IME-KAGAMI; K urume cl. , i.ndica; see simsi, in dl1cum, cl. , 64 65 and Indian Azaleas KAEMPFERI, spec., 16, 37 HINO-CRIMSON; K iusianum il/dica alba; syn. M ucrona­ KAEMPFERI Hybrids, 65-66 cl. , 37 tum, 39 KAGARIBI; K urume cl., 64 HINODE; K urume cl. , 64 I NDICA AZALEAS: see I ndian KANOKA; Mucronatum cl., H I-NO-DEGIRI; K iusianum cl. , Azaleas, 41 . 41 37, 63 I NDICA ROSEA; Muronatum KARA-NISIKI; Kurume cl., HINODEGIRI DOUBLE : K iusia­ v., 41 62, 64 num cl. , 37 I NDICUM, spec., 45-46 KARENKA: Kurume cl. , 64 HINODE-NO-TAKA' K urume I NGRAM GROUPS, 83 KASANE-KAGARIBI; Kurume cl. , 63 ' IRE 'E KOSTER; Ghent cl., 56 cl. , 63 H INOHAKAMA; K urume cl. , IRo ASOBI; M ucronatum v., KASUMI-GAS~K.; Kurl1me cl., 64 41 63 H I- NO-MAYO; K iusianum cl. , IRO-HAYAMA: K urume cl. , 63 KATHLEEN; Kaempferi cl., 37 IROQUOIS; Gable c., 82 66 HINOMAYO FL. PL.; Kil1sia- I SABEL CHISOLM; Chiso'im KATHLEEN: Knaphill gr .. 57 num cl. , 37 d., 67 KATSURA -NO-HAN A; K urume HlRYU A., 36 IVERYANA; Indian cl., 71-73, r.1.,63 HOARY A., 32 118 KEISETSU; Chugai c!.. 85 H. O. CARRE; Amoenum v .. IVETTE: Kaempferi d .. 615 KENWOOD : Glenn Dale cl., 88 36 I VORY: Glenn Dale cl.. 88 KERSPE: Arendsi cl.. 66 298 THE NATIONAL HORTI CULTURAL MAGAZI NE Oct., 1952

KILLARNEY; Glenn Dale cl., L LUTEUM SUBSERIES, 29-32, 90 LACINIATUM; Indicum f., 46 35-36 KIMIGAYO; Kurume cl., LUTEUM SUIlSERIES Hybrid. 63 LACQUER; G lenn Dale d., 68, G r oups, 54-60 KINGETSU; Chugai cl., 85 89 KIN-NO-ZAI; Ind icum f., syn. LAuv CAVEN DISH; I nd ia n cl., Lacin iatum, 46 syn. Cavendishi, 72 M KINTAIYO; Kurume cl., 65 LAnv DERBY; Knaphill gr., IlIa,cralltha; syn. I ndicum, 45 KI1'TAIYO; Scabrum cl., 39 57 KIPPs; Knaphill gr., 57 MACRANTHA ALBA; Indicum LADY EDITH; Indian d., syn. t, 46 KIRIN; Kurume cl., 61, 63 Anthemon, 73 KIRISHIMA; Obtusum t, 36 MACRANTHA AZALEAS, 45-46- LADY LILAC; M ucr onatum t, MACRIND ICUM; Wada g r., 85 KIRITSUBO; Kurume cl. , 63 41 KISKA; Chisolm cl. , 67 MACROSEPALUM, spec., 12, 39, LA FRANCE; Amoenum v., 37 KITTY; Kaempferi cl.. 66 40 Lagopl(s, spec., 52 KIUSIKNUM, spec., 37 MACROSTEMON; Obtusull1 t, K iyosl(lN eJlse, spec., 52 LAKME; Kaempferi cl., 65 36 KLONDYKE; K naphill gr., 57 LA LUMIERE; Gable cl., 60, MADAM PERICAT; Pericat cl., KNAPHILL GRO UP; Ghent 82 79 hybs., 56-58 LANTERN PARADE; K urume MADELEINE; K naphill g r ., K1' AP HILL PINK; Knap cl. , 65 58 hill g r., 57 LA PREMIERE; Gable d., 81 MADONNA: K urume cl., syn. Kf AP HILL RED; Knaphill LAPWING; K naphill g r., 58 Sekai, 63 gr., 57 LA ROCHE; Gable cl. , 82 MADRIGAL; Glenn Dale cl. , KNAP HILL WHITE; Knap­ Lateritia, syn . indicum, 71 88 hill gr., 57 LAUGHING \ lIJ' ATER; M ucr o- MAGNIFICA; M uc r onatum t, KNIGHTHOOD; Knaph ill gr., natum c l. , 41 41 57 LAVENDER ANI} OLD LACE; MAIDEN'S BLUSH; Kurull1e KOBOLD; G lenn Dale cl., 90 Coolidge c l. , 66 cl. , syn. Otome, KOCHO-NO-MAI; amoellmn f., LA VENDER QUEEN; Kurume 63 36, 64 cl.. 65 MAIDEN'S BLUSH; Per icat KOENIGIN EMMA; Mollis cl., LAW SAL ; Indian cl. , 71 cl. , 80 59 LEAH COE; Chisolm cl. , 67 MAl-HUH; Chaugai el., 85, KOENTGIN WILHELMINA; Ledifolia alba; syn. M ucr o- 99 Mollis d., 59 natull1 41 MAJESTIC PINK; Yer kes cl. , KOERSBERGEN; Mollis cl., 59 LEO; Exbury cl. , 82 70 KOGASANE; K urume cl. , 64 LILAC CHARM; Per icat cl. , MALVATICA HYBRIDS; syn. KOKINSHITA; Obtusum f. , 36 80 Kaell1pfer i Hybrids, 65 KOMIYAMAE, spec., 45 LILACINA: M ucr onatu m cl. , MARIE; Exbury cl., 82 KOMURASAKI; Kurume cl. , 41 MARIE LOUISE; Indian cl., 71 64 LILAC PEARL; Peri cat cl .. 80 MARIES A., 52 KORAINI; Kur um e cl, 64. LILLIE MAUD; G lenn Dale MARIESI, spec., 48, 52 KORFAN AZALEA. 4-" cl. , 90 MARION MERRIMAN; K nap- KOROMO-SHIKIBU; K u rume L ill earifoliuJl11-; Macrosepa- hill g r., 58 c1., 16, 62, 64 lum t, 39, 137 MARJORIE ANN; Pericat cl., KOSHIKIBU; K u r ume cl., 64 Lil'll!ar·ifo/iul11 v. 111acl'osepa- 80 KOSTERIANA. 58 1"'11; syn. Macrosepalum, MARS; Sander cl. . 60 KOSTER'S BRTLLIA NT RED; 39 MARTHA; Kaell1 pferi c 1. . 66 Mollis cl.. 59 LISTER; Arendsi cl. , 66 MARTHA H ITCHCOCK; G lenn KOSTER'S YELLOW; Mollis cl. LITTLE I MP: Kur ull1e c1.. syn. Dale c l. , 69, 89 59 ' Bij insui, 63 MARVEL; A m oenum v .. 37 KOTSUBO: Kur ume cl., 64 LITTLE I NDIAN: Gable cl., 82 MARVEL; Glenn Dale cl. , 88 KOW-KOKU: Chugai cl .. 85 LTZETTE ; Chisolm c1.. 67 MARY; Kaem pferi cl. , 65 KUMOI: Kurume cl., 65 L. J. BOBBINK; R utherford "MARYANN; Gable cl. , 81 KUMO-KO-ITO; K urume cl., cl. , 78 MARY CLAIRE; Knaphill g r., 63 LOHENGRIN : Kaem pferi cl. , 58 KUMO-NO-UYE; K urume cl., 66 MARY DALTON; Gable cl. , 81 61. 63 LORNA: Gable cl. , 81 MARY FRANCES HAWKINS; KPRAI-"'O-HTMO: K u r um e LOUISE; Exbury cl. , 82 Gable cl. , 82 c1.. 63 LOUISE: Kaem pferi c1.. fiS MARYLANn: Chisolm cl. , 67 KURE-KO-YUKI; K urume d., LOUISE DOWDLE; Glenn Dale MARY MARGARET ; Glenn 61-63 cl. , 90 Dale cl.. 90 Kl'RL' MANTHUM; \lIJ'ada gr., LOUISE GABJ.;E; Gable c 1.. 81 MATAPAN; M ucronatum t, 8S LOUTSE MARGOTTI N; Indian 41 Kl1Rl·MF<. 61-6<; cl. , 71 MATHILDE: Mollis cl.. 59 Kyo-xo-TsUMTBANA: Ku­ LOVELINESS; Glenn Dale cl. , MATSUSHIMA: I ndicum f., rume c1.. 64 89 syn. variegatum. 46 Kyt,;-MIVAGIMO: Kurume cl., L UC HU A ., 39 MA UVE BEA UTY ; K urume cl., 64 L UTEUM; syn. F lavum, 30 65 Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 299

MAUVE QUEEN; Kaempferi MOEHNE; Arendsi e1., 66 NIPPONICUM, spec., 53 e1., 66 MOLLE-]APONICUM ALL l- NIPPONICUM SUBSERIES, 53 MAY D AY; Chisolm el. , 67 ANcE' 35-36 NOBILITY; Glenn Dale el. , 90 MAXWELLI; Phoenieeum f. , MOLLE, spec., 16, 36 NOME; Deerfield el., 67 41 MOLLIS HYBRID S, 58-60 NOORDTIANUM; Mueronatum MAx WELLI ALBA, muerona­ MOMOZONO; Wada el. , 85 d., 41 tum f., 41 MOMYI-GASANI; Kurume el. , NORA; Kaempferi el. , 66 MAXWELL WHITE; Muero­ 64 NORMA; Ghent el .. 56 natum f., 8·1 MONS. MILLANT; Belgian el., NORMA; Kaempfer i d ., 65 MAY FIRELIGHT; Mayo el., 77 NunIFLORUM, spec., 32, 100 70 montamli1n; Viseosum v., 35 n~tdipes; spec., 52 MAY GLORY; DeWilde el., MOONBEAi\{; Glenn Dale e1., 67 90 o MORNING GLOw; Kurumi el. , MAYO GROUP, 67, 70 OBERON; Kaempferi el.. 66 MA YO'S MAGIC LILY; May 65 MORNING GLOW; Perieat el. , OBLO NGIFOLIUM, spec., 32, 35 el., 70 OBTUSUM AND ALLIES, 36-37 MAYO'S PERFCTION; Mayo 79 MORNING MIST; Ingram gr., obtll.s~tm f. japonic1Ii1n; syn. e1. , 70 Kiusianum, 37 MAYo's PRIDE; Mayo d., 70 83 X MORTIERI, 54 OBTUSUM, spec., 36-37 MELLO-GLO: Arnold el. . 61 OBTUSUM SUBS ERIES, 36-41 , MELODY; Kurume el. , syn. 'MOSSIEANUM; Arnold el., 61 MOTHER OF PEARL; Glenn 45-46 Oino-mezame, 63 OBTUSUM SUBSERIES H YBRID Dale el., 88 MELODY; Perieat d., 80 GROUPS, MOUNTAIN LA UREL: Kurume 60-90 MERLIN; Knaphill gr., 58 OCCIDENTALE H YBRIDS. 54 el. , METEOR; K urume d., syn. 65 O CCIDENTALE, spec., 32 MOUNTEBA NK; Glenn Dale Rasho-mon 63 OCONEE A., 31 MICKEY CHISOLM; Chisolm .el , 90 OCTOBER: Kaempferi d., 37 MOUNT FUJI; Wad a el. , el., 67 86 OESTER; A rendsi el., 66 MOZART; Vuyk el.. MIG NON; Kaempferi el. , 66 86 OHIO; Chisolm el., 67 Nbs. ANTHONY VVATERER; MIKADO; Kaempferi d ., 37 OI-NO-MEZAME; Kurume d., "NIIKAwA -1I1URASAKI ; Kaemp- Knaphill ~r .. 58 63. 64 feri el. , 37 MRS. A. W. M UELLER; Ru­ OJI-KASANE; Kurume el., 64 ·fI'l.ilwzva.nu.11'l.; Kaempferi f. , therford el., 78 OLD FAITHFUL; Gable el., 37 'MRS. CARMICHAEL; Amo­ 81, 82 MILDRED MAE; Gable d ., 81, neum v .. 37 OLDHAM A., 45 82 MRS . DOORF.NBOS; Kaemp­ OLDHAM!, spec., 45, 119 MrLLIcENT: Chisolm el. , 67 feri el.. 66 OLD IVORY ; Kurume e1., syn. MILTON: Ghent el.. 56 MRS. G. G. GERB1 NG; Indian Shin-sekai, 63 MILTONI; Indian d ., 71. 73 el., 73 OLD WINE : Coolidge d .. 66 'MINERVA: Ghent el.. 56 MRS . L. C. FISHER; B and A OMOINE; Kurume el. , 63 MIRIAM; Gable el.. 81. 82 el., 83 OMURASAKI or OOMURA- MRS. L. ]. ENDTZ; Mollis MT~s BUIST; Amoenum v., SAKI,' Phoenieeum f.. 41 37 el., 59 OPTIMA; Amoenum v., 37 MISS LOUISA H UNNEWELL ' MRS . OLIVER SLOCOCK; Mol­ ORANGE BEAUTY; Kaempferi Mollis el. , 59' , li s el .. 59, ooposite 7 el., 66 M TSTY : Coolidge el.. 66 MRS . WERY; Kaempferi el., ORANGE CORAL BELLS; Ku- XMUTUM, 54 66 :ume el.. 65 MIYAGINO: Kureme rI ., 64 ]\I[T. AMAGI A .. S2 ORANGE KING: Mayo el. , 70 MIYAKO - SHIBORI; Kurume MUCRONATUM, 18, 39, 41, 71 ORCHID: Perieat el. . 80 el. , 64 :MUEZZIN; Coolido-e el .. 66 ORCHIS: Cool idge el., 66 Mrzu-No-YAMABuKI; Ku­ MULTATULI; Molli s el .. 59 XORNATUM, 54 rume el., 65 MURASAKI BOTAN: Muero- OSARAKU; Kurul1l1e el. . 63 MME. BUTTERFLY; D eerfi eld natum el. , syn. Plen um , 41 OSARAKU SEEDLING; Ku- el., 67 rume el., 63 MME. CHAS. VUYLSTEKE; N OTHELLO: Kaempferi el.. 65 Belgian el. , 77 NANCY CLAY; Perieat el.. OT01l1E; Kurume d., 63 MME. DOMI NIQUE VERVAENE; 80 OXYDOL; Knapbill gr., 58 Indian el., 71, 73 NANI-1NAGATA; Kurume el., :MME. MARGOTTIN; Indian 61, 63 p el. . 73 NAOMI; Exbury el., 82 MME. PETRICK; Belgian el. , N ARCISSIFLORA; Ghent el. . 56 PACIFTC A., 32 77 N ARCISS IFLOR UM; Muerona- PAGEANTRY; Kurume el.. 65 MME. PETRICK ALBA; Bel­ tum f.. 41, 71 PAGODA; Coolidge el., 66 gian el. , 77 NEYE; A rendsi el., 66 PAINTED LADY; Kurume d., MME. PETRICK SUPERBA; NICOLAAS BEETS; Mollis el., syn. N ani-wagata, 63 Belgian el.. 77 59 PALESTRI NA; V UYK el.. syn. MODELE: Indian e1., 72 NING Po: Coo l id~e el. , 66 Wilhelmina Vuyk, 86 MODESTY: Glenn Dale el.. 88 NIOBE; Belgian el. , 77 PALLAS: Ghent el.. 51) 300 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE O ct., 1952

PA NDORA: Chisolm cl. , 67 PRAESTA NTI SS INI A; Indian Q PEACHB LOSSONI; Kurime d ., cl. , 71, 73 QUEEN OF A UGUSTA; Mayo 5yn. Saotom e, 63 PRES. CLAY; Indian cl. , syn. cl., 70 PEACH BLOW ; Kurume cl. , President Claeys, 73 61, 62 QUEEN SOPHIE; Mollis d ., PRESIDENT CLAEY S; Indian 59 P EACOCK; Coolidge c l. , 66 cl., 71, 73 QUINQUEFOLIUM; spec., 52 PEARL BRADFORD; G lenn PRIDE; Peri cat cl., 80 Dale d ., 90 QUINTIN METSYS ; Ghent cl.. PRIDE OF MOBILE; India n cl. , 56 PENELOPE; Kurume cl. , syn. syn. Elegans Superba, 72 O saraku, 63 PRIDE OF N AMAZU; E riocar ­ R PENTAP HYLL UNI, spec., 53 pum c1., 46 PERFECTION; Indian cl. , 72, P RIDE OF S UMMERVILLE; In­ R ACINE; Ghent cl. , 56 73 dian cl. , syn. L awsal, 71 Ral1le-nta-cea; obtusum t, syn. PERICAT HYBRID S, 78-80 PRIME MINISTER; Amoenum Album, 36 PERLE DE SWYNAERDE; Bel- RANGER; G lenn D a le cl. , 89 g ia n cl. , 77 v., 37 PRINCE HENRI DES P AYS ­ RAPHAEL DE SMET; Ghe nt P ERSIL; Knaphill g r., 58 d,. 56 PHIDIAS; Gh ent cl. , 56 B AS ; G he nt c1. , 56 RASHO-MON; Kurume cl., 63 PHOEBE; G lenn Dale cl. , 88 PRINCE OF ORANGE, India n RECENT KURUME AND PHOENICEUM, spec., 41 , 71 c1. , 71 , 73 KAEMPFERI HYBRID S, 66- PICA DOR; G lenn Dale cl. , 89 PRINCESS; Chisolm c1. , 67 67, 70-71 PICTURE; Kaempferi cl., 66 PRINCESS A UGUS TA ; Pericat PINK BEAUTY ; Kurume cl. , c1. , 80 RED EMPEROR; Scabrum cl., syn. Cora l B ell s, 62 PRINCESS BEATRICE; Amo­ 39 P INK DELIGHT; Knaphill neum V., 37 REDHAIR A., 45 g r., 58 PRINCESS D ELIGH;T; Kurume RED H USSA R; Kiusianum cl. , PINK DELIGHT; Wada cl. , 85 cl. , syn. Ukamuse, 63 syn. Hi-no-degiri, 37, 63 PINK ENCHANTRESS; P eri­ PRINCESS MAUD; Amoenum RED L USTRE; Kurume cl. , 65 cat c1. , 80 v., 37 RED PROGRES S; De\Vilde d., P[KK IE; Kurume c1. , syn. PRINCESS ROYAL; Knaphill 67 Aya-Kammuri, 63 g r., 58 RED ROBI N; Kurume cl. , syn. PINK I MPERIAL; Mayo cl., p'rinoph}llh.w-n, syn. Roseum, Waka-Kayede, 63 70 32 RED SHANK; Kna phill gr., PINK LADY; Chisolm cl. , 67 PRINS FREDERICK; Mollis c l. , 58 PINK L USTRE; Mayo cl. , 70 59 REFRAI N; G lenn Dale c l. , 88 PINK PEARL; Kurume cl. , PRINS H EN DRICK; Mollis cl. , REFULGEN CE; G lenn Dale cl. syn. Azuma-Kagami, 63 59 89 ' PINK PERFECTIO N : Coolidge PRINTEMPS ; Chisolm c1. , 67 RENIBRA NDT ; Ghent cl.. 56 cl.. 66 PROF. H. L ORENTZ; Mollis RETICULA TUM; spec., 49, 52, PIKK PROFUSION ; Y erkes cl., 59 106 c1.. 70 PROGRESS; Glellll Dale cl., 89 RHODORA ; syn., Canadense, PINK PROGR ESS; D eVvi lde PRUDENCE; Kurume cl. , syn. 53 cl. , 67 Hachika-tsugi, 63 Rh 0 mb'£c 11'11'/ ; Sy11., R eticula­ P INKS HELL A., 52 PRUN IFOLIUM, spec., 31 tum, 52 PINK TREASURE; Kaempferi P UCE:,LLE; G hent cl., syn. RHYTHM; Pericat cl., 80 cl. , 66 Fanny, 56 Rl:chardso1bi; Arborescens v., PIJ\ K \;VINDOW; Kurume cl. , P ULCHELLUM; Amoenum v., 35 65 37 RICHESSE ; P ericat cl., syn. PINXTE RBLOOM A., 32 plI./c il1'l l'117; Phoeniceum v., Marjorie Ann, 80 PlTn SING; K urume cl. , 65 y n. Phoeniceum v., Smithi, RIPENSE ; spec., 39 PIXIE: G lenn Dale cl. , 88 41 R IVAL; P ericat d ., 80 PLEKUM; M uc r onatum cl. , PURITY; Kurume c1. , syn. ROBIN; Knaphill g r., 58 41 Yor o-zuyo, 63 ROI DES FEUX ; Ghent cl., 56 PU.'l\ILEAF A., 31 P URlTY; Rutherford c1.. 78 ROSAEFLORA; Indicum f., syn. PU: TO : Indian cl., 71-73 P URPLE BEA UTY; Scabrum Balsaminaeflorum, 46 POLAR: D eerfield cl., 67 cl. , 39 ROSE; Kaempferi cl. . 66 P OLAR BEAR; Yerkes cl. , 70 P URPLE KING; Kaempferi ROSE; Kurume cl. , 65 POLARIS : Gable cl. , 82 c1. , 65 ROSEA; Eriocarpum cl. , syn. POLAR SEA; Flenn Dale cl., P URP LE PFRFECTION : Scab­ Fancy Gumpo, 46 90 rum cl. , 39 ROSE A., 52 POLYPETALUM; Indicum f., P URPLE SPLENDOR ; Gable cl. , ROSE BANN ER; Yerkes cl. , 46 81 70 POl<:TICt:]I[, 30 plW'p1l1'emn ; Mucronatum cl. , RO SEBU D; Chisolm c1.. 67 POppy: Kurume cl. , syn. syn. Lilacina, 41 ROSEBUD; Gable cl. , 81 F udesute-y ama, 63 P. W. HARDIJZr.:R;Vuvk cl. , ROSE GLORY; Yerkes d., 70 PORTIA: Chisolm cl., 67 syn. Helena V uyk, 86 ROSE GREELEY; Gable cl. , 81 POTO:'lIAC: Chisolm cl. . 67 P YX IE or PIXIE; Gable c1., ROSE PERFECTION; ScabrutTI POUKHAXENSE, spec., 43, 45 82 cl.. 39 Oct., 1952 THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE 301

ROSE QUARTZ; Kurume c1., SALMON PRI NCE; Kurume d,. SHIRO-MANYO; Mucronatum syn. Coral Bells, 62 syn. Kumo-no-uye, 61, 63 f., syn. Narcissifl orum, 41 R OSE QUEEN; Rutherford c1. , SALMON QUEEN; K urume SHISHU; Mucronatum f., 41 78 c1. , 61 SHO-QUA; Indicum f ., 46 ROSESHELL A., 32 SALMON SPLENDOR; Mayo SHOSHOBENI; K urume c1. , 64 ROSE TAFFETA; Kurume c1., c1., 70 SHRINE A., 52 syn. Shintoki-no-hagasane, SALMON TINTS; Kurume c1. SIBELIUS; Vuyk c1., 86 63 65 ' SILVER Cup; Glenn Dale c1. , ROSEUM; Amoenum v., 37 SAMITE; Glenn Dale c1., 88 90 ROSEUM -N UD IFLOR U1vI ALLI­ SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ' SILVER TEARS; Coolidge d., ANcE' 32, 35 Mollis c1. , 59 ' 66 ROSEUM; spec., 32 SANCTUM; spec., 52 SIMPLICITY; Glenn Dale c1., ROSITA; Kurume c1. , syn. SANDER HYBRID S, 60 88 Kasane-Kagaribi, 63 XSANDEIV, 60 SIMS A., 41 SANDPIPER; Knaphill gr., 58 1'osma1-inifolinm, syn., :Mucro­ SIlVISI; spec., 41, 45, 71 SANG DE GENTBRUGGE; Ghent natum, 41 SINENSE; spec., syn. Molle, Rosy MORN; Kurume c1., 63 c1., 56 SANTOI; Kurume c1. , syn. 36 ROUGE CORAILE; Chisolm c1. , Shin-Utena, 62, 63 SINGING FOUNTA IN; Cool­ 67 SAOTOME; K urume cl., 61, 63 idge c1. , 66 ROYAL A., 46 SATAN; Knaphill gr. , 58 SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE; ROYAL LODGE; Knaphill gr., SATSUKI; Indicum f., 46 Exbury c1., 82 58 SCABRICA RED PERFECTION; S:MALL LEAF AZALEAS, 45 ROYALTY; Gable c1., 82 Scabrum hyb., 39 Smithi; Phoeniceum v., 41 RUBIS; Belgian c1. , 77 SCABRUM; spec., 38, 39 SMOOTH A., 35 RUBRA; Mucronatum v., 41 SCABRUME; Wada gr., 85 SNOW; Kurume c1., 61, 62 RUBROPILOSUM; spec., 45 SCARLET PIMPERNEL; Knap- SNOW A., 39 RUBY; Kurume d., syn. Hi- hill gr., 58 SNOWBANK; Rutherford c1. , node-no-taka, 63 SCARLET PRI NCE; Kiusianum 78 R UBY; Sander c1., 60 d., syn. Yayegiri, 37, 63 SNOWBIRD; Coolidge c1., 66 RUDDY DUCK ; Knaphill gr. , SCHLIPPENBACHI; spec., 16, SNOW CLAD ; Glenn Dale d., 58 46, 47, 52 90 RUSTICA FLORA PLE NA Hy­ SC4~:S~PENBACHI SUBSERIES, SNOWFLAKE; Kurume c1. , BRIDS, 54 syn. Kure-no-Yuki, 62, 63 RUTH; Kurume c1., syn. SCHUBERT; V uyk c1.. 86 SNOWSCAPE; Glenn Dale c1. , Katsura-no-hana, 63 SEI-QUA; Indicum f., 46 90 X RUTHERFORDIANA, 77-78 SEKAI; Kurume c1. , 63 SNOWWHITE; Yerkes cl., 70 RUTHERFORDIA NA, 77-78 SEKIDERA RYUKY USH IBORI ; SNOW Vv'REAnI; Glenn Dale RunI STILWELL; Chisolm, Mucronatum c1.. 41 , 42 cl. , 90 c1., 67 SEM INOLE : Chisolm c1., 67 SORPE; Arendsi cl. , 66 RYUKYU AZALEA S, 39 SENECA; Glenn Dale c1. , 89 SOUTHERN AZALEAS; syn ., RYUKYu ; Mucronatum cl., SENSATION; Peri cat c1. , 80 I ndian Azaleas, 71 41 SERAPHIM; K urume d., syn. SOUTHERN CHARM; Indian T ancho, 63 cl. , 73 S SERPYLLIFOLIUM; spec., 16, SOUVENIR DE PRESIDENT CAR­ SACHEM; Chisolm hy., 67 45 NOT; Ghent d., 56 SAFRANO; Glenn Dale d ., 89 SERRULATUM; spec., 35, 138 SOU V E N I R DE THEOPHILE SAGA; Glenn Dale c1. , 90 SEV]LLE; Knaphill g-r. , 58 PIENS; Belgian d., 77 SAGITTARIUS; Glenn Dale d., SHAKESPEARE; Molli s cl. , 59 SPECIOSUM; spec., 23, 31 90 SHEILA; Glenn Dale c1.. 89 SPIDER A., 39 SAKURAGATA; Indicum t, 46 SHERWOOD C E R I S E; Sher- SPITFIRE; Kaempferi c1.. 66 SAKURA-KAGAMI; Ku,rume wood cl. , 67 SPLENDENS: Amoenum v., 37 cl., 64 SHERWOOD GROUP, 67 SPLENDOR; Pericat c1.. 80 SAKURA-TSUKA SA; K urume SHERwOOor; Sherwood cl., SPRING BEAUTY; Pericat d .. d" 63 62,67 80 SALMON BEA UTY; Kurume SHERWOOD OR CHID; Sher­ SPRING DAWN; Pericat cl. , c1., 62 wood c1. , syn. Sherwoodi, 80 SALMONEA; Indicum f.. 46 62, 67 SPRING GLORY; Pericat c1.. SALMONEA; Mucronatum v., SHE~WOOD RED; Sherwood 80 41 c1. , 67 SPRING SPLENDOR; Chisolm SALMON GLOw; R utherford SHIMMER; Kurume c1. . 65 cl. , 67 c1. , 78 SHINNYO-NO-TsUKI; Chugai SPRINGTIlI'[E; Gable cl., 81 SALMON KING; B and A cl. , c1., 85 SPRITE; Kurume cl., syn. 83 SHIN-SEKAI; Kurume c1. , 63 Sui-yohi, 63 SALMON MONARCH; Mayo SHTNTOKI - NO - H AGASANE; STRAWBERRY ICE; Knaphill c1. , 70 Kurume c1., 63 gr., 58 SALMON ORA TGE; Knaphill SHTN-UTENA; Kurume c1., STUNNER; Glenn Dale c1.. 90 gr., 58 61 -63 s/lbglabrJ/l1l; Canescens f., 32 302 T H E NATIONAL H O R TICULTURAL MAGAZI NE Oet., 1952

s Itblallceolatllm; syn., Sea­ T. J. SEIDEL; Mollis d., 59 VUYLSTEKEANA; Sander el. , brum, 39 TORCH; K urume d., 65 60 SUETSUl'"IU; K urume d., 60, TORCH A ., 37 61 TosA A ., 45 w SUGA-NO-ITO; K urume el. , TOSAENSE; spec., 45 W ADA H YBRIDS, 85-86 syn. Kumo-no-ito, 63 TOUCAN; Knaphill g r ., 58 WADAI; Wada g r ., 85-86 SurSHOREN; M uer onatum f., Tmnsiens; Kampferi f. , 37 wadanmn; syn., Retiel1l atl1m, 41 T REASURE; G lenn D ale cl. , 52 SUI-YOHl; K urume el. , 63 69,89 WADAS PINK; E rjoear p l1 m SULTAN; K urume el. , syn. T RIOMPHE DE LEDEBERG; In- el. , 46 Hana-asobi, 63 d ia n el. , 71, 73 'vVAKA -KAYEDE; K urume el., SUNBEAM; K urume el. , syn. TSCHONOSK I A., 45 63 Benefudi, TSCHONOSKI; spec., 63 45 W AKASAGI; R ipense f., 39 TSUTA-MONIIJI; K urume d., SUN GIRL; Chisolm d., 67 W ARAI-GAO; K l1rl1m e d., 64 SUNSET; Coolidge d., 66 63 W ARAI - GISHI; Indiel1m f., SUNSET; Kaempferi el. , 66 TUNIS; K na phill g r., 58 20, 46 TWENTY GRAND; P eri eat el. , SUNSET; Pericat el. , 80 WARD'S RUBY; K l1rume el. , SUN STAR; K urume el. , 65 80 60, 65 TWILIGHT; Coolidge el. , 66 SUPERBA; A moenum v., 37 W ASEGl RI; K urume el. , 64 TWILIGHT; K url1me el. , syn. SUPREME; India n el. , 72, 73 W. E . GUMBLETON; Mollis K iritsl1bo, SURISUMI; K urume el. , 64 63 d ., 59 WESTERN A., 32 SURPRISE; Coolidge el. , 66 U SURPRISE; G lenn D a le d., 90 W EYRICH A., 52 SUSAN; Gable d ., 82 UELFE; A r endsi el. , 66 W EYRICHI; spee., 52 SUWANEE; G lenn Dale el., UKAMUSE; K url1me cl., 63 W HITE APRIL; Coolidge el. , 89 UNIQUE; Ghent d ., 56 66 SUZANNE; Chisolm el. , 67 USUYO; K l1rume el. , 62, 64 W HITE BANNER; Yerkes d., SWAMP A., 35 71 SWAN WHITE; Kaempfer i v W HITE PEA R L; Seabrum hyb., 39 el. , 65 VANITY; K l1rume el., syn. SWEET A ., 35 WHITE P ERFECTION; Yer kes Gosho-zakl1ra , 63 el., SWEET BRIAR; K l1rl1 me el., V ARlEGATUM; I ndi el1 m i., 46, 71 62 71 W HITE STAR; Gable el. , 82 SWEETHEART; Peri eat el., WHITETHROAT; K naphill g r., 80 V ASEYI ; spec., 16, 52, 101 SWEETHEART SUPREME; P eri- VENUS; I nd ian el., 71 58 cat el. , 80 WILOTHYME A .. VERVAENEANA; Belg ia n d ., 45 SYLPH; Kaempferi el. , 66 77 WILHELNIrNA; Kaempferi d., SYLPHIDES; K naphill g r., 58 VERVAENEANA ALBA; Bel­ 66 SYMPHONY; Per icat el. , 80 WILHELNIINA VUYK; V uyk gian cl. , 77 VERVAENEANA ORANGE; Bel­ d .. 86 WJLLTAlI'L BULL; Indian el. , T g ian el. , 77 71, 73 TAKASAYO; K l1rullle el. , 61, VERVAENEANA ROSEA; Bel­ WILLIAM III ; Ghent e1.. 56 63 g ia n el. , 77 WILLIE BELLE MAYO; Peri­ T AMAFUYO; K l1r l1llle el. , 63 VERVAENEANA SAUMONEA; eat el. , 80 TAMA -GIKU; Chugai el. , 85 Belg ia n el. , 77 WILLY; Kaelll pferi el. , 66 TAMA-NO-ITO; K url1llle el. , VESUVIUS; K l1 r l1lll e el., 62 VlTJNSOME; Kurume e1.. syn. 64 VICOMTE DE NIEUPORT; In- Osar akhl Seedling , 63 TAMA - NO - MIDORI; Kurl1 llle d ia n el. , 73 W INSTON; Chisolm e1.. 67 el., 64 VICTORIA .. Kaem pferi el. , 66 WOOD DOVE; Coolidge el. , 66 TAMA-NO-UTENA; K l1rl1 me VIOLA; Gable el., 81, 82 el., 63 VIOLACEA; I nd ian cl.. 71 TAMA -SUGATA; Chugai el. , VIOLACEA RUBRA; Ind ian el. , XYZ 85 71, 73 Y ACRiYO .. ,tV ada c l. , 86 T ANCHO; K urume el., 63 V IOLETTA; Coolidge d .. 66 YAESHO]O; K urume el. , 62, TANGO.. Glen n Dale el. , 88 VIRGINTA MERRITT; Chisolm . 64 TANIMA-NO-YUKl; I ndic l1 m c1.. 67 Y AFFLE; K naphill g r., 58 L, 46 visc·istylu·111; spee., 52 YAKUMO; Kurume el., 65 TEEOTAX .. Phoeni eeum f .. 41 XVISCOSEPALUM, 54 Y ATSU -HAS HI; K urume el. , TEMPLAR; G lenn Dale el. , 88 V rscosuM; spec., 35 64 TENIERS; G hent el. , 56 VITTATA FORTUNEI; syn. , YAYEGIRI; Kiusia num el. , 37, TERRA-COTTA BEAUTY; E r io- V ittatum, 41 61-63 earpum e1.. 46 V ITT A T A FORTUNEI P UR- Y AYEHIRU; K iusianum el. , TEXAS A., 32 PUREA ; S imsi el. , 45 37, 63 THAIS .. Kaempfer i el. , 65 V ITTATUM; S imsi v .. 41, 45 3' e do en.s e; P ouk ha nense f. , TH. PIENS; Belgian d., syn. V IVID; Sander el., 60 syn. Y odoga wa, 45 S 011 V e n i r de Theophile XVUYKIANA. 86 3ledoe1tse v. pQ1,leha4'!,ense ; syn. Piens, 77 VUYKIANA, 86 F'ouk hanense, 45 Oct ., 1952 THE NATIONAL H ORTICULTURAL MAGAZI NE 303

YERKES GROUP, 70-71 pests ...... 125 shade as affecting Yodoga.wa; P oukhanense v., poll ination ...... 146 fl owering ...... _ ...... III 45 potassium requirement .. 108 soil acidity rela- YORO-ZUYO; K urume c1. , 63 propagation ...... 134 tions ._ ...... 107, 108 YOSHINO; Chi solm d ., 67 pruning ...... 121 soil preparation ... _. 11 4, 120 YO-ZAKU RA; K urume c1., 64 species ...... _...... __. 9, 29 Y UG IRI ; E riocarpum c1. , 46 spraying ...... 127, 131 R ZAMPA; Kaempferi c1. , 65 stem borer ...... 126 ZEKE'S P RID E; Indian c1. , 72, rabbit inj ury ...... 128 73 reciprocal crosses, T ZERO; Deerfi eld cl., 67 value ...... 147 transplanti ng .. _..... _ ...... _ 11 7 ZULU; Glenn Dale c1. , 89 red spider mite ...... 124 regional suitability nitrogen: requirement .... 108 of varieties ...... _ 94 v nurseries, li st of ...... 91 relationship ...... 7 varieti es 9, 29 nutritional relations 107 S w P scale insects ...... 124 water req uirements 11 2 plant habit ...... 11 seed propagatio n ...... 134 white fly ...... 124 plant life ...... 11 selection of plants ...... 11 6 wilting, causes ...... ___. ... 112 List of Reprints from The National Horticultural Magazines Available for Sale, Prepaid Orders should be sent to: Secretary, The American Horticultural Society, Inc. 1600 Bladensburg Road, N. E. Washington Z, D . C.

BLA DALE, W. C. Varieties of Hlium s uperbum . 10 SA UN.DERS, SILVIA Primci:J. 11l:llacoid t::s .15 HOUSER, H. A. Portfolio of peony species (pic­ BOGGS, K. D. Methods of raising g:1rden lilies ~ures only) .25 Old floTal decorations .20 from seed .25 SLATE, GEORGE L. · BOS"·ELL, V. R . HUME, H . HAROLD Lily notes: Sweet potatoes in Japan .20 Correbtion of cl3ssification and dis- Minor species of Asiatic lilies BREAKEY & COURTNEY tribution in z e phyr~nthes .25 Minor species of European lilies Fasciation in the Easter Lily .25 Evergreen hollies n~tive in U. S. .50 Raising lilies from seeds BRIERLEY, P. I HLDER, L. Some random lily notes ""h:H can be done about lily mos:lic .10 Gardening in shade . 10 SL ATE & IMLE BUCKLEY, A . JONES, K. D. Living w ith lily mosaic .10 Seed lings of the golden ra)'ed lily .1 0 Ac~cias in Californi~ .50 SPINGARN, ] . E. C.~1>IP, W . H. Plants of New Ze:1land grown in Large flowered clematis, tentative The names of plants in cultivation .10 Cali fornia .50 check list .25 CAMPAU, E. L. Thirty more climbers for Cali- STEVENSON, F. ]. Phlox, the new garden aristocrats .20 forn ia .50 Breeding potatoes resistant to d is­ CASAMA] OR, R. KILLIP, E. P. eases . 10 The story of Camellia reticubta .25 Bomarea, a genus of s howy Andean STOUT, A. B. COOK, O. F. pbnts .25 Memo re nomenclature at lilies .10 H ousehold palms and related genera KRAUS, E. ] . Part I .25 STOUTEMYER, V. T. Developing ne"w clones of chrys- Propagation o f Chinanthus retusus Part II .25 ~nthemums .25 by cuttings .10 A diminutive pa lm from Maryland .25 LIVINGSTON, A. Propag:ltion of muscari by leaf Cascade Palms in S. Mexico .25 Lilies from seed .25 cuttings .10 Oil palms in Florida, Haiti and LOOMIS, H. F. Panama .25 Starting and growing plants in New crape myrtle for Florida . t 5 .25 Climbing and creeping pa lms in sphagnum moSs Mexico .25 New palms i n Florida .1 5 THOl'>IAS, C . C. Nipa palm of Orient . 1 5 A new commercial pa lm in Propagation of some deciduous Virgin orchid .10 Ecuador .2; trees from soft wood cuttings .10 CREECH, ]. L. LORENS, KARL K. Some factors influencing rooting of A seven year study of orienlal . 10 Philadelphus Belle Etoile .10 cuttings of Chinese holl y poppies .25 Philadelphus notes .25 TRAUB, HAMILTON CUMMING, ALEX. MARSHALL, W. T. Development of American horticul­ .10 G~rden chrysanthemums .25 Cactus and succulents, Jan. 1946 .10 turaL literature, Part 1 CURTiS, A. E. Cactus and succulents, July 1946 .15 Development of American horticu l­ . 10 P~paver orientale .2S Cactus and succulents, Oct. 1946 .15 tural literature, Part 2 D .~Y, L. Cactus and succulents, Jan . 1947 . 15 Horticultural periodicals .10 Begonias .25 Cactus and succulents, Apr. 1947 . 15 Tendencies in development of Tuberous begonias .25 Cactus and succulents, July 1947 . I 5 American Horticultur:l l Associ:l­ DORAN, W. L. Cactus and succulents, J :1O. 1948 .15 tion .10 Protection of lilies ag~inst damp· Epiphyllums, phyllocacti and orchid VARGAS, CESAR C. ing-off .10 cacti .05 Two new bomare:ls and a new EASTWOOD, A. McCLELLAND, T . .B. stenomesson .10 The true species of fuchsia cui. A new device for layering .05 WALLER, A. E. tivated in C~liforni:t .25 McILH E'NNY, E. A. What's in a name ES IG, E. O . Bamboo growing for the South .25 WARNER, R. M. Fuchsbs .50 Bamboo, a must for the South .25 Success with Lilium j:lponicum .10 FOOTE, F. E. McKELVY, SUSAN DELANO WEDDL E, CHARLES A well considered schedule for A rctomecon cali fornicum .1 0 The elegant z innia .2 5 judging narcissi .1 0 McRAY & WARNER WHERRY, E. T. FOSTER, M. B. Historical sketch of tulip mosaic .25 Our native phloxes and their hor­ Lateral inflorescences in the Bro­ MORGAN, R. ticultural derivatives meliaceae .20 The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden .25 American azaleas and their varia­ ~ I y flower has ~ temperature . 10 MORR ISON, B. Y . t ions FOX, H . M. Ac himenes, preliminary notes .25 List of plants requiri ng circlllll­ Chinese lilies di sco\'ered by French More about African violets .25 neutral soils .05 mission~r i es .15 New quinine from this hemisphere .25 Key to cultivated hostas .10 G LA SS , P. Notes on old varieties of Indian \¥ ILSON, "VARREN C. Jeff erson and plant introduction . 10 azaleas .25 Collecting alpines in the Shick­ G RAVES, GEORGE NELSON, IRA S. shocks .2; The beach plum, its written record .25 A review of L ou isiana irises .25 Collecting western alpines by air .25 Y ersc h~ff e ltJ s Nouvelle icon. des OPITZ, K. W . WYMAN, D. c~mellias Hybrid c1ivias for distinction and .25 Hedges for North America .10 G ROFF, G. WEIDl\·tAN beauty .10 YOUNG, ROBERT A. "" tand~rdized metal marcot bo'x for PRUVEY, H. Bamboos f or American horticul- plant prop3g3tion .25 Transmission of characters between H.~W KES, A. D. Rhododendron ha e m~todes and ture' I. Smaller hardy bamboo .2S )'.Jascaren:1 \'ersh:1ffeltii . 10 R. fortunei .10 II. Medium size hardy bamboo .25 HE~RY, MARY G. REED, C. A. III. Larger hardy b3mboo .25 Collecting plants in northern Brit- Beginning pecan growing as an .2 i ish Columbi, (Bound) I V. Tropical type 1.25 orchard industry .25 .25 Some eaStern penstemons V. Tropical type .25 1946 status Chinese chestnut grow- .25 Our spl endid e:1s tern gentians .25 ing in Eastern U. S. .25 The Chayote Lilium c3nadense .10 RICKER & NEWMAN YOUNGMAN, W. H. Lilium bake rbnum . 10 Nursery and seed trade catalog The United States vegetable seed Crushed stone for lilies .10 co llection of U. S. .25 industry .10 _4.n interesting ,'ariety of Lilium ROBERTS, EDITH A. Gardens an important cog in Ger- surerbum .10 American f erns, how to grow them .25 m,n food supply .10 The American Horticultural Society

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