Enjoy a sunset sail on a felucca returning from the botanical gardens on Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener Island at Aswan, one of the ports of call of the Nile Goddess on the January AHS trip to Egypt and the Nile. AHSSTUDYTOURS Awon I way to go! September 20-0ctober 3, 1990 nificant and historic gardens of Charleston . You 'll Horatio Herbert Kitchener Island at Aswan . Program Castles and Gardens of Scotland view splendid marshlands while cruising the Intra­ leaders are Carolyn Marsh Lindsay and Bob Lind­ coastal Waterwa y. loin Past AHS President Carolyn say . Mrs. Lindsay is a Past President of AHS. See Culzen Park Castle and Crarae Woodland Gar­ Marsh Lindsay and Bob Lindsay on board this yacht Leonard Haertter Tra vel Compan y dens in Argyll ; the Isle of Skye's Clan Donald Center, cruise. forty acres of woodland gardens and nature trails ; Leonard Haertter Travel Compan y, 79 22 Bonhomme Avenue, and the highland gardens at Inverewe before trav­ S!. Louis, MO 63105, (8001942-6666 (in Missouri , 13141721- April 16-21, 1991 eling on to Inverness and Edinburgh. You'll be guided 6200) by Everitt Miller, former Longwood Gardens direc­ AHS Annual Meeting in tor and Past AHS President. Birmingham Pa ssages Unlimited, 2 Oliver Street, Eighth Floor, Boston, January 23-February 5, 1991 Enjoy the beauty of Birmingham, Alabama, during MA 02109, (800 1232-293 9 Egypt and Nile Cruise the American Horticultural Society 's 1991 Annual Explore the earliest of the Western civilizations and Meeting. The Meeting will focus on gardening classes November 10-17, 1990 the life-giving influence of the Nile River. The itin­ and clinics held at the Birmingham Botanic Garden ; erary includes Cairo , Lu xor, and Abu Simbel as well horticultural tours will highlight some of Birming­ Gardens of the Colonial South as a five-day cruise on the Upper Nile from Luxor ham 's finest public and private gardens. Post­ Board the Nalltucket Clipper in Florida and travel north to Aswan on board the Nile Goddess . Visit numerous meeting tours will feature fabulous gardens to old Southern gardens on Sea Island, private gar­ historic gardens, including the Manial Palace Gar­ throughout Alabama as well as a riverboat cruise dens in Savannah and Hilton Head , and the sig- dens in Cairo and the botanical garden on Lord up the beautiful Mississippi River. 2 AUGUST 1990 Photo Counesy of rhe Egyptian Tourist Authority eric an Horticulturist Volume 69, Number 8 August 1990 ARTICLES An Industrial Oasis in Berkeley by Pamela Harper ........ .. ................................ .................. .. ................................... .. .. ............................ .. 10 Employees of a research lab in this California city can take a break in a stroll garden complete with "mountains." Big Bruisers for the Back of the Border by Elisabeth Sheldon .................................................................................... ................ .. .. .... .. ...... .......... 16 Some show-stoppers and floppers of imposing stature. Getting a Hand on Sand by Mary Ann Evans ......................... ....................................................................................................... 22 To launch a series on "Gardening Challenges," we try getting things to grow on the New Jersey shore. Fascinated with Fasciation by Robert Geneve .......................... .. .. .... ... ........................................................................... ........... .. ........ 26 If you've ever grown a cockscomb or a flat, stumpy strawberry, you've AUGUST'S COVER been face-to-face with fasciation. ©Photographed by Maryl Levine Planting Flowers for Pressing Roses are delightful in May, but by JoAnn Gillespie ............................... .. .. .... ............. .. .............................................. .. .. .. ........................ 32 even more welcome in late sum­ Plant the right flowers, perfect the technique, and voila! A work of art! mer and into fall when other Gardens That Live Forever blooms have beat a retreat. 'Gold by Mary Beth Wiesner ... .......... ,. ....................................................................... .... .. ................. .. ............. 38 Medal', a hybrid tea introduced in Should anything happen to you, your children are provided for. But what 1982, is one of nearly 400 hybrid about your garden? teas, grandifloras, floribundas, and climbers to be seen at the Ameri­ DEPARTMENTS can Horticultural Society's River Commentary ...... .. ..... .. ..... .................................... .. ......, ............................................................. .. .. .... ... .... 4 Farm headquarters. Flower prints Book Reviews ............................. .. ,... .. ...... ....... ......................... ................................................... .. ..... ...... 6 by Maryl Levine at:e among the Letters................................................ .. ....... .................... ........ ..................... ....... .. ...... ....... .............. ... .......... 9 many items available at the River Ciassmeds ...... .. .. ........................................ .. .................... ,.. .. .. .. ....... .. .... ... ............................ ............. ......... 44 Farm Cottage Shop. Pronunciations ......... .. ................................... .. .. ............................. .................................. .. ... .................. 47 EDITOR: Kathleen Fisher. ASSISTANT EDITOR: Mary Beth Wiesner. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Martha PaiemlO. DESIGN DIRECfOR: Ellen Cohen. MEMBERSHIP DIRECfOR: Kathleen 8. Amber:ger. 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Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 to AMERICAN HORTICULTIJRIST, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 2230B. AMERI CAN H O RTICU LTURIST 3 COMMENTARY American Horticultural Society n coming months, I would like to in­ The American troduce myself personally and talk with Horticultural Society I each one of you. But I will not be able seeks to promote to do so unless you attend our Annual and recognize excellence Meeting, or a symposium that we sponS0r, in horticulture or one of the many garden shows in which across America. we participate. I will be attending many of these events where I hope to see you Officers 1990-1991 and hear your views on the future of Amer­ Mr. George C. Ball Jr. ican horticulture and the role of AHS. West Chicago, lllinois President Perhaps your views, like mine, are evolv­ Mrs. Helen Fulcher Walutes ing. On the other hand, they may be set Mount Vernon, Virginia in place, rooted in experiences of many First Vice President Mr. Richard C. Angino years in and arouad gardens. In either case, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania we need to start a dialogue in these pages. First, let me tell you a bit Second Vice President about myself and my own ideas about the American Horticultural Society. Mr. Elvin McDonald Brooklyn, New York I'm a Midwesterner, born in the suburbs of Chicago, where I still reside. Secretary Raised in a family horticu!.tmal business, I leamed it literally from the Mrs. Jane N. Scarff ground up. Having traveled extensively, I've learned about how horti­ New Carlisle, Ohio Treasurer culture is practiced, for both pleasure and profit, in other cl!!ltures. I share Mrs. Carolyn Marsh Lindsay with you a great respect for plants of all kinds. I have a small garden that Rochester, New York I spend too little time in, and I keep an eye out for those special plants Immediate Past President for which I might have an affinity. Everyone has a group of favorites. Board of Directors Mine is a hodge-podge. My perspective is continuously influenced by Dr. William E. Barrick business opportunities. For example, I try experimental cultivars from Pine Mountain, Georgia our breeders. I may not