1859*1984 CATMNICEISATY” Missouri Botanical Garden February 1984 Volume LXXII, Number 1 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Ey ll = a "| | — ———— Visitors arriving at Tower Grove House, su JS. ai = 7") ae mmer home of Henry Shaw, in the 1870s. 125 Dears of Sree 1859 *«- 1984 > ANNICCISATY Tssue G HENRY SHAW ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson Mrs. Newell A. Augur Mrs. Agnes F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. A. Beckers Ms. Sally J. Benson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Miss Dorothy Brehm Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Buder, Jr. Miss Ruth Buerke Mr. and Mrs. John G. Buettner Mr. and Mrs. William H. T. Bush Mrs. J. Butler Bushyhead Mr. Jules D. Campbell Mrs. Jean-Jacques Carnal Miss Adelaide Cherbonnier Mrs. Fielding T. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fielding L. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Close Mr. Sidney S. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Sander Coovert Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Cornwell, Sr. Mrs. Edwin R. Culver, Jr. Mrs. Elsie Ford Curby Dr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth Dr. and Mrs. Morris Davidson Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Mr. Alan E. Doede Mrs. H. R. Duhme, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Edwards Mrs. Elsie W. Espy Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mrs. Mary Plant Faust Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferring Mrs. Clark P. Fiske Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Forbes Mrs. Eugene A. Freund Mrs. Henry L. Freund Mr. S. E. Freund Mr. Edward S. Funsten, Jr. Mr. Robert Lee Funsten Mrs. Clark R. Gamble Dr. and Mrs. Leigh L. Gerdine Mr. Samuel Goldstein Mr. Stanley J. Goodman Mrs. Mildred Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hadley Griffin Miss Anna Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Halls Mrs. Ellis H. Hamel Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Harris Mr. George Hasegawa Mrs. John H. Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. and Mrs. William Guy Heckman Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hitchcock Mr. John Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter Mrs. John Kenneth Hyatt Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Jackes Mrs. Margaret Mathews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. J. Eugene Johanson Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. W. Boardman Jones, Jr. Mrs. A. F. Kaeser Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Karros Mrs. George E. Kassabaum Dr. and Mrs. John H. Kendig Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kennard III Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Kiefer Mr. and Mrs. William S. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lamy Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langsdorf, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Layton Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lebens Mrs. John S. Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Levy Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lewis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Mann Mr. and Mrs. William E. Maritz Mr. Harry B. Mathews III Mrs. Roblee McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. McDaniel Mrs. James S. McDonnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell Ill Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Messing, Jr. Mr. Lester Miller Mr. and Mrs. |. E. Millstone Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Moog Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Moore Mrs. W. Gillespie Moore Dr. and Mrs. Walter L. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Chapin S. Newhard Mr. and Mrs. Eric P Newman Mr. and Mrs. George A. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mrs. John M. Olin Mr. Spencer T. Olin Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Pantaleoni Mrs. Jane K. Pelton Miss Jane E. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Herman T. Pott Mrs. Miquette M. Potter Mr. and Mrs. A. Timon Primm III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Robinson, Jr. Mr. Stanley T. Rolfson Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Rosborough, Jr. Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Ruwitch Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Sachs St. Louis County Water Company Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Sauer Mrs. William H. Schield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Thomas F. Schlafly Mrs. Frank H. Schwaiger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaikewitz Mrs. A. Wessel Shapleigh Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Shapleigh Mrs. Thomas W. Shields Mrs. John M. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Smith Mrs. Sylvia N. Souers Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mrs. Hermann F. Spoehrer Mrs. Robert R. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Mildred E. Stifel Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius F. P. Stueck Mr. and Mrs. Hampden M. Swift Mrs. Martha Love Symington Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taussig Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tooker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Towle Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Waters Mrs. Horton Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil Mrs. S. A. Weintraub Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wells Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Werner Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sage Wightman III Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Mrs. John M. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Wolfsberger Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Wren Miss F. A. Wuellner Mrs. Elizabeth N. Young Mrs. Eugene F. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Sander B. Zwick DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mrs. Arthur B. Baer Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Breihan Ms. Allison R. Brightman Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Mrs. David R. Calhoun, Jr. Mr. Maris Cirulis Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson Carpenter III Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. Mrs. Robert Corley Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davidson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Day Mr. Bernard F. Desloge Mrs. Joseph Desloge, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dilschneider, Jr. Echo Valley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galloway Mrs. Christopher C. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hager Ms. Jo S. Hanson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. August H. Homeyer Mrs. John Valle Janes, Sr. Mr. Michael V. Janes Mr. and Mrs. M. Alexander Jones Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. David M. Kipnis Mr. Kenneth Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koplar Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lupo Mr. and Mrs. Minard T. MacCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers A. Maclivaine Mr. and Mrs. Shadrach F. Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donn Carr Musick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Newhard Mrs. Carl Otto Mrs. Harry E. Papin, Jr. Mrs. Jean M. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Perry Mrs. Drue Wilson Philpott Mrs. Ralph F. Piper Mr. Dominic Ribaudo Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ridgway Mrs. Edward J. Riley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ruprecht Safeco Insurance Company Mr. Don R. Schneeberger Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schuler Mr. and Mrs. John E. Simon Mrs. Lloyd C. Stark St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Miss Lillian L. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thayer Mrs. Sidney B. Trelease Mrs. Milton H. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Von Allmen Mrs. Mahlon B. Wallace, Jr. Watlow Electric Company Dr. Clarence S. Weldon Dr. Virginia V. Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Zorensky G John H. Biggs President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Walter G. Stern, President, Executive Board of the Members Dr. Peter H. Raven Director The MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN is published seven times a year, in February, April, May, June, August, October, and December by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. Second Class postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. $12.00 per year. $15 foreign The Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin is sent to every Member of the Garden as one of the benefits of their membership. For a contribution as little as $30 per year, Members also are entitled to: free admission to the Garden, Shaw Arboretum, and Tower Grove House; in- vitations to special events and receptions: announcements of all lectures and classes, discounts in the Garden shops and for course fees; and the opportunity to travel, domestic and abroad, with other Members. For information, please call 577-5100 Postmaster: send address changes to PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166. 1859*1984 WZ “125° 4 Anniversary’ Missouri Botanical Garden The Vision of Henry Shaw by William Barnaby Faherty, S.J. age If Henry Shaw could visit again his familiar acres in south- west Saint Louis, he would see startling improvements that have enriched the world-famous botanical garden that he left as his legacy. He would enter through the Ridgway Center, reminis- cent of the Crystal Palace he visited in London in 1851. It houses the plant shop, a floral display hall, a 400-seat auditorium, and an extensive educational facility. He could justly recognize that it reflected his three-fold concern for beauty, preservation, and education. When Shaw left the Center and entered the Garden beyond, he could choose to walk along the tree-lined path or take the tram toward the Climatron. On his way he would pass the familiar Linnean House with the rose garden in front. He would probably walk toward the gate on Tower Grove Avenue opposite the west end of Flora Boulevard, and look back to where the Old Conservatory stood during his late years. Beyond the lily pond that he would remember so well, he would see the incredible Climatron, the world’s first geodesic-dome greenhouse. Enter- ing, he would find himself almost miraculously transported to the tropics. He would revel in orchids and many lovely flowers he had never seen before. After leaving the Climatron, he would choose his own path slowly to the southeast, passing the Shapleigh Fountain and a oat p Pap ‘An early plan of Shaw's Garden. greai variety of trees. He would remember his country home, Tower Grove House. But a new structure would rise up before him, the glass-walled John S. Lehmann Building that provides space for a herbarium of three million plant specimens and 125,000 books and other publications. As he walked through the English Woodland Garden toward the southwestern section that had remained an open space for so long atime, he would again find himself in another world: the fourteen-acre Japanese Garden, unequalled in the United States. He could readily imagine Mount Fujiyama rising out of the clouds beyond. Moving past the waterfall, and around the lake, he might see a professor of Far Eastern History from a local university showing his students that at no point could one see the other end of the lake. This reflected the Japanese fascina- tion with infinity: something always lay beyond. Shaw would walk slowly around the still waters, viewing from varying van- tages the tea-house on its little island. . . . All of us can recall gratefully that Henry Shaw left to his fel- low Saint Louisans, to the nation and to the world, more than lovely flowers, more even than the oldest botanical garden in the United States. He left the resources and the vision that could open display houses showing the plant life from various parts of the world, begin an educational and research center to advance (continues) The Vision of Henry Shaw the science of botany and other related fields, and create a group of unusual buildings that span almost a century and a half of architectural skills and styles. Even more, Shaw left a legacy of concern for the natural world about him; he spurred others to enhance that concern: and he made it possible that future generations could carry on in the wise path he and his associates pointed out. And finally, he reminded future generations that amassing money in itself was not a viable life goal but a means of enhancing the quality of life. He did that for all of us... . Henry Shaw lived in the days of the great New England men of letters—Longfellow, Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thoreau— when the oratory in the halls of Congress reached a high rarely equalled in the western world, with Webster and Hayne, Clay and Calhoun debating the great issues of Federalism and Freedom. He came to Saint Louis almost with the first steamboat. His career reached beyond the coming of the rails. He lived on the frontier when French mountain men from the area were still pushing west to tap the great beaver trade of the Rockies; when the gold and silver of Mexico rolled back from Santa Fe on wagons made by his neighbors Murphy and Espencheid:; when the Saint Louis-owned Missouri River steamboats, Trapper and Frolic, chugged their slow but steady way to the Yellowstone: when men envisioned the Pacific Ocean as the western bound- ary of the nation and coined the term “Manifest Destiny” to give an almost divine authorization to their fondest ambitions. It was to Saint Louis’ and the nation’s lasting benefit that he lived in those expanding times; and that, when he closed his books for 1840 he found that he had amassed twenty-five thou- sand dollars in merchandising in that one year alone. Reject- ing any ambition for greater gains the following year, he turned his attention to life enrichment. This determination, in turn, enriched the lives of all Saint Louisans to come after him. The son of an Enlgish merchant, the well educated 19-year- old Henry Shaw came to Saint Louis from Louisiana on the Maid of Orleans in 1819. The city had welcomed the first steamboat only two years before, and gave promise of great growth and prosperity as the Gateway of the West. An astute merchandiser, Shaw supplied hardware and other goods to local residents, western pioneers, and soldiers on the military posts. He brought his supplies by water from New Orleans and the eastern seaboard via the Gulf, and even from his native England. He soon gained a reputation as an even- tempered man, friendly in social relationships, though shrewd and demanding in business dealings. In 1842, he purchased a tract of prairie land about a mile and a half square, west of Grand between Arsenal and Lafayette Avenue, that stretched to the King’s Highway. By that time, he secrete ceeereeengemnmereon gin VV Ne : — ae vuvuvuvuull > > 2+ # F yf es es ‘: 7 o 4 had amassed a quarter of a million dollars. He decided to turn to other things. He built Tower Grove House on his extensive acreage south- west of the city in 1849. Otherwise, much of the Forties and early Fifties he devoted to travel. In early 1851 he sailed for England to attend the first World’s Fair. He attended the Horticultural Display at the Crystal Palace. Returning to Saint Louis, he began to peruse books on botany. In 1853 he expressed a definite interest in setting upa botanical garden, and finished his preliminary plan two years later. In 1856, he sought the advice of Dr. George Engelmann, The Vision of Henry Shaw chief of staff at a Saint Louis hospital, founder of the local chap- ter of the Academy of Science, and one of the day’s most em- inent botanists. Convinced that Shaw should set up a botanical library and museum in the Garden, Engelmann sought the sup- port of Sir William Jackson Hooker, Director of the world-famous Garden at Kew in England, and of Harvard Professor Asa Gray, one of America’s foremost botanists. Shaw carefully considered the advice of these experts. In 1858, Shaw planned a gateway in classical style on Tower Grove Avenue, and saw to the building of a high stone wall around the Garden. To house the library and herbarium, he Opposite, top—The Flora Gate in the 1860s. Below—The Pavilion (no longer standing) in the 1890s. This page, top—The Flora Gate in the 1890s. Center—Chrysanthemem display, 1906. Bottom—The Linnean House, ca. 1890. commissioned work on the Museum Building designed after its counterpart at Kew. At the advice of Engelmann and Asa Gray, Shaw hired botanist August Fendler as curator of the herbarium. Shortly after the Civil War, Shaw built a main display green- house, already mentioned, the “Old Conservatory.’ He added a multi-purpose building with a gallery on several sides that gained the name ‘The Casino.’ It stood at Tower Grove and Magnolia and housed at various times a lecture hall, a dormitory and a restaurant. The only greenhouse built in Shaw’s time to last to the present, the Linnean House, went up in 1881-82. Bearing the name of the Swedish scientist, Carl Linnaeus, it was to outlast all other public greenhouses in the United States. The last major construction on the property during the founder's lifetime was his mausoleum, built in 1884. In the meantime, distinguished visitors—including journalist Horace Greeley and writer Mark Twain—visited the Garden. In his book Life on the Mississippi, the Missouri story-teller praised the Botanical Garden and another project of Henry Shaw, Tower Grove Park. Shaw had long wanted to give to the city his property south of the Garden. Hard bargaining businessman that he was, Shaw insisted that the city uphold his vision for the park as it extended its boundaries beyond Grand Avenue. Shaw wanted the entire Tower Grove neighborhood to be a unique dis- trict full of trees and flowers. The park itself became a paradise of architectural gems—entrances, pergola, pagodas, statues and busts of artists and educators, authors and explorers (but no military heroes)—and a variety of trees, native and introduced, equalled by few parks in the nation. Shaw advocated the less formal way of English gardens, rather than the intricate patterns and unnatural trimming of continental gardens. The dedication of the Linnean Greenhouse in 1882 marked the completion of the Garden as Shaw envisioned it. At a meet- ing of the Board of Directors on June 8, 1885, he had one last proposal: he wanted Washington University to set up a school of Botany named for him; and a professorship in botany, named for George Engelmann who had died in the meantime; and to invite Professor William Trelease of the University of Wisconsin to hold that chair. Shaw did not live to see this proposal fulfilled in its entirety. He died on August 25, 1889. The following month, immediately after the probating of Shaw’s will, the Trustees of the Garden elected Professor Trelease as first director. Trelease gave wise guidance immedi- ately. First, he made necessary physical repairs. Then he began a series of annual reports that helped to make the Garden more widely known. As an early result of the Trelease efforts, Dr. Lewis Sturtevant of Massachusetts gave his extensive collection of medieval and modern botanical works, a major step in ranking the library among the finest in the world. Trelease commissioned the pub- (continues) The Vision of Henry Shaw This page, top to bottom: Gardening staff, ca. 1890. Aerial view of the Garden showing the Palm House, ca. 1930. lris test garden, ca. 1930 Inset—George Pring, Garden staff member, collecting orchids on the Andes of Bogota. Bottom, left—Tropical Station, Balboa C.Z., Flora of Panama, ca. 1931. Bottom, right—Research facilities before opening of the Lehmann Building, 1972 lication of a small handbook describing the Garden. He awarded the Henry Shaw medal to outstanding amateu gardeners, built the huge lily ponds, and commissioned ¢ master plan for the future development of the Garden. He wa: to remain director until 1912. Between World War | and World War II, several individual: influenced the Garden’s development. Paul Kohl supervised the impressive floral displays. Edgar Anderson, expert geneticis and Garden Director for a short time, kept the name of the Garden known to botanists and spread its fame among ordinan citizens. As the Garden reached the mid-Twentieth Century, the neec to enlarge or replace facilities and to meet new challenges fa outreached the traditional base of support. One of the mair tasks before the men and women of the Garden was to acquain the community with the facts. Most Saint Louisans seemed tc look upon the Garden as a city-supported institution, like the zoc or the Art Museum. On his appointment as Director, Dr. Peter Raven and his staf set out to tell the Shaw story more widely and to call on wide: The Vision of Henry Shaw segments of the community for sup- port. Besides those on the Board of Trustees because of the position they held in the community, the Garden was able to enlist the sup- port of distinguished members of the business community. Corporations, foundations and individuals respon- ded to a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Garden challenged neighbor- hood groups, such as the Ladue Garden Club, “‘Hill 2000,’ and the Japanese-American League, to as- sist in specific areas. The number of ‘Members of the Garden” grew until it surpassed 15,000 by 1982, the larg- est membership of any botanical garden in the world. The city saw the return for this generous support in enhanced pro- grams in display, research, and in education. The last area included annual plant clinics in April and plant sales in fall, a spring garden work- shop, an inflation gardening demon- stration, aSummer nature study pro- gram, classes and workshops during the year for over sixty thousand stu- dents, a Science Educators’ Sympo- sium, a natural history series of lec- tures and films, a Living History program, and the “‘Week of the Young Child” that drew two thou- sand little ones. ... Perhaps in his fondest hopes, Henry Shaw saw much less than this when he rode out for the first time on horseback to the open prairie that he had purchased in 1840. But we can't be sure. His vision grew. Astute businessman that he was, he care- fully considered the opinions of others. He would welcome future generations who built on his founda- tion. They have created a monument to his memory ‘“‘far more enduring than bronze.” Father Faherty is a St. Louis historian and writer. Directors of the Garden Henry Shaw Ran S ERS Het » he \ = me CRE pea. 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Through programs [01 2, } a4 1 , } tea hers and COMMUNILY leadel ana h 1] ‘} ) : ( ts through the Leacher Resource Cente) 1 | es materials and literature | | ) 1ucatol 1 ly rad j ( LLICE ri ( 1] al ; | S udents of all Dro °F | EP) PANN 1] j ' ane | cd ate 1Y i¢ PStlips Cl aliftl © t NOO! stu 1] r 1 ( } l CKI1¢ ¢ 1 YES iS At) Ou land | ] SC 1 ( | ore a he I YSSOC laALLOT) tea il iS y l proeran t | r lbnOcte PrORTAMS Ih 1i¢ Lon States in the Search for I 1 Sclence hadUCcatIoONn NOt} yy} EDUCATION DISPLAY Perhaps the most significant achievement for the Garden in the area of display during 1983 was the selection of our Anne L.. Lehmann Rose Garden as the All America Rose Selections Public Rose Garden of the Year, meaning that our garden was considered the finest public rose garden in the entire United States. This was a tremendous accomplishment and a tribute to all of our staff and volunteers who put thousands of hours into the development and tending of the garden. It was also a tribute to the Garden's long-time friend and supportel Anne L.. Lehmann, in whose honor the rose garden is named. Another generous gift from Anne Lb. Lehmann, in memory of John S, Lehmann, made possible the addition of a wonderful collection of old- fashioned and shrub roses and a new path. Last vear was also notable for many other successes. A number of gifts enabled us to diversify and improve our landscape features throughout the entire grounds. Among these was the refurbishment of the rock garden on the north side of the Mediterranean House in memory of Audrey Heckman, made possible by a gift from William G. Heckman. There is now a display of a variety of perennial plants with a large display of species tulips. We continued expansion of the Fnglish Woodland Garden, which was begun im 1982 as the Edward G. Cherbonmier Memorial, a gift from his Children and friends. Phere will be an even more diverse and expanded number of perennials, especially those that are successfully grown in the shade. 10 In fact, since shade ts a major consideration for growing conditions for St. Louis gardens, we developed another garden which features hostas the principal shade-loving perennial. The Hosta Garden, which was dedicated in the Spring of 1983 in memory of Marie Schaeffer Schields, bemg enriched with plantings. Phrough the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Shields, it will disple ten different species and more than 4 cultivars of hosta, along with a numbe of early spring bulbs and other companion plants. A lovely garden walk was constructed from the Swift Family Garden to the lily pools in front of th Climatron with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Hampden M. Swift. The last project which we began during 1983 was the construction of an Iris Garden in memory of Alice Hahn Goodman west of the historic Flora Gate. Phis garden which was made possible by a gift from Stanley Goodman, will quickly become one of the finest such gardens in the countn and will feature an interesting array ¢ species. Tt will include many outstanding hybrids of Tris, considere to be one of the queens of any spring garden. During 1983, we also continued to offer the wide range of floral exhibits in Orthwein Floral Hall for which the Garden has become world famous during the last century and a quarter In addition to our major spring, fall, orchid and holiday plant shows, we also staged a number of very interesting and educational exhibits o bonsat, [kebana, carnivorous plants, ferns, food plants, and African violets Through the generosity of many people, 1983 was a year that brought significant changes in our gardens which will be enjoved for many years into the future, (MS Plolah — Alan P. Godlews Charman of Horticultu COMMUNITY The success of the Missouri Botanical Garden at the polls in April, 1983, when the voters of St. Lous City and County established the Botanical Garden Subdistrict of the Zoo-Museum District, was indeed a rewarding endorsement of our work toward fulfilling the Garden's commitment to serve the public. As part of that work last year, we continued providing hortic ultural advice through our Public Horticulture Specialist and his appearances, both in public and on radio and television, and the weekly columns that were published in the St. Lours Post- Dispatch. Our Master Gardener Program, in its first full vear of operation, also enhanced our effort of making the Garden's resources and expertise more accessible to the residents of the St. Louis area. Volunteer Master Gardeners, certified through the rigorous training program, presented programs at the Garden and throughout the metropolitan area at shopping centers and malls, schools, retirement homes, and meetings. Our Answer Service, in its 20th year, continued to respond to the more than 12,000 inquires it receives annually concerning gardening, landscaping, lawn, and houseplant problems. As a direct result of the creation of the Botanical Garden Subdistrict, the Garden became open to even more visitors during the last half of 1983 when, on June 1, we drastically reduced our admission rates as well as providing free admission to the Garden for all on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. For adults admission dropped from $3.25 to $1, children ages 13-15 ave charged only S50¢. In addition, children under 13 and adults over 65 are now admitted free at all times. Nearly 65,000 children and senior citizens came to the Garden, free of charge, between June | and the end of the vear. This accounted for almost 15% of the Garden's total attendance for the entire vear. 12 In all, 542,000 people visited the Garden during 1983, representing an increase In general attendance of more than 10%. Attendance at the Shaw Arboretum was 17,486. Another increase with which we were very pleased, was the ten percent rise in our total Membership. At vear end, the Garden had 16,796 members meaning that we still had the largest membership of any botanical garden in the world. As we continue to test the range of the Ridgway Center as an exhibit facility, we also presented many shows you would not necessarily expect to find in a botanical garden. Among these was Calder in Retrospect, featuring the work of Alexandet Calder, one of America’s premier sculptors. Presented in cooperation with the Greenberg Gallery of St. Louis, twas the first mayor St. Louis showing of the late artist's work in twenty vears. The Garden held its eighth Japanes Festival, one of the principal events of the summer in St. Louis, and which was attended by nearly 50,000 person: during its week-long program of ac- tivities, lhe Garden also presented its annual Fall Craft Fair, an exhibit of Boehm porcelain sculpture, many films, plays, concerts, and readings of literature, * The Garden remained a very active member of its netwhborhood, and continued to work for the redevelopment of the historic buildings in the Shaw Neighborhood through St. Margarets Housing Corporation, a1 organization that has been essential to making the neighborhood one of the most strongly redeveloped areas in the entire city of St. Lous. © Volunteers are one of the Garden's greatest assets, assisting in all areas of the Garden's operations from organizing the highly successful benefit, to tending the grounds, to repairing books in the library, to clerical work in the Garden's administrative offices, to serving on the Garden's Board of Trustees and the Executive Board of the Members. In all, more than 512 persons gave 19,000 hours of their time as volunteers during L983. ce ne Ages 3 (ase FINANCIAL INFORMATION STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT AND REVENUE, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE EXPENSES ] Hlort I. EXCESS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE OVER EXPENSES OTHER CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES— INCREASE (DECREASE): FUND BALANCES—BEGINNING OF YEAR FUND BALANCES—END OF YEAR EXPENSES IN FUND BALANCES FOR OPERATING FUNDS. \ND CHANGES Year Ended December : 1983 $ 630,618 1,138,477 550,000 649,586 $2,968,681 $ 386,347 1,066,333 159,894 740,665 248,215 $2,601,454 $5,570,135 $727,444 1,506,911 262,382 104,454 560,054 385,423 138,679 35,741 $3,721,088 $1,243,408 288,118 82,109 $1,613,635 $5,334,723 $ 235,412 (613,152) (3,038,099) $.199,703 $ (260,136) PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE, 1983 9.9% 11.7% 6.9% Vee 2.9% rt, 11.3 % 4.5% \ 13.2% ntracts, 19.2% 20.4% EXPENDITURES, 1983 4.4% x 25.4% 1.8% \ 12.2% hud R wt 6.2% \ 9.4% anannGie 6.5% ( x¢ Tal 20.9% & 2.9% 10.3% TOTAL PAID MEMBERSHIP 1979 to 1983 17,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 12.000 11,000 OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Additions To Endowment And Capital Funds: (contrib Investment imc Land, Building And Equipment Fund Balance FACTS & FIGURES, 1983 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1983 $ 1,084,435 8,372 1,122,069 $ 2,214,876 $19,615,431 733,298 (785,802) (45,294) $19,517,633 (ie YK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN tlt I i i 1 Whiam H Oly Ro Elen S1 | | | | fl. | , ve lc Don | \ || ( | | Lidl Pay 1 | (3 | | S ) H] Sc} | 11 \¢ ( })>1 IN 1) i } | ] \\ j ( ( \ in 1 | 1] ] | Vl | ( EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES 16 OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EMERITUS TRUSTEES Howard | Bue re ADMINISTRATION MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN (ISSN-0026-6507) SECOND CLASS P.O. Box 299 POSTAGE Saint Louis, Missouri 63166 PAID AT ST. LOUIS, M 125° Ani: CPSary Missouri Botanical Garden Volume LXXII, Number 4 June 1984 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Konichiwa—Welcome For nine days in June, the Missouri Botanical Garden will ecome the Gateway to the Orient, with the excitement and tivity of the 1984 Japanese Festival. Scheduled June 16 rough June 24, the festival is sponsored by The Seven-Up ompany and is recognized as one of the largest cultural cel- brations in the United States. The focus of the festival is the beautiful Seiwa-En Japanese arden of “pure, clear harmony and peace” considered the ost authentic garden of its kind outside of Japan. The festival which explores the culture of Japan will feature afts, demonstrations, exhibits, tours, performances and food. The sights, the sounds, the symbolism and the beauty of Japan will be on display from sunrise to sunset for a very full nine days. The entertainment slated for this year’s festival includes the popular taiko dojo drummers who fascinate audiences with syn- chronized rhythms and martial arts movements. Young suzuki violinists will perform, as will folk dancers, martial artists, and the ever popular “candy man” who spins intricate sculpture as he dances. Demonstrations and exhibits will feature art, crafts, pottery, sumo wrestling, swords, furniture, cosmetics, silks, kites, origami (paper folding), gotenmari (threadball making), calligra- phy and more. An exceptional array of programs are planned especially for weekdays this year. Tuesday will be of interest to gourmet and gourmand alike focusing on the cuisine of Japan. Visitors will learn how to make sushi and other traditional Japanese foods through demonstrations and lectures. The Garden Gate Shop will be a source for the latest in culinary arts. Wednesday’s schedule is created with children and funlov- ing adults in mind. There will be storytellers, fun and a tour at 10 a.m. designed for a child’s eye view. Thursday takes a look at fashion and flair—Japanese style. Both traditional kimonos and the latest in Japanese design in the ’80s will be modeled during an exciting luncheon. The adventurous will be able to try the latest in makeup from Shisedo cosmetics as well. Of special interests to Garden lovers throughout the week, will be exhibits of bonsai and ikebana (the art of flower arrang- ing). Experts will be on hand to discuss their art. Friday is a day which highlights the role of the garden in Jap- anese culture. Tamra Englehorn Raven will conduct a morning tour that day as part of the Land of the Rising Sun program. A special breakfast and a slide presentation on the gardens of Japan by Alan Godlewski, chief horticulturist for the Garden, will also be on the program. Popular candlelight tours through the decorated Japanese Garden will be available on Saturday (June 16), Sunday (June 17), Wednesday (June 20), Friday (June 22) and Saturday (June 23). There will also be afternoon tours at 2 p.m. on both Sundays and 11 a.m. tours on all other days. For those who literally want a taste of the exotic, Japanese foods will be available during the entire length of the festival. Gardenview Restaurant which have special dishes on the menu and food and refreshment booths will be plentiful on the grounds. Concerts of koto music, ancient kabuki theatre and comical yugen theatre are also planned. Swords and silks. Drummers and dollmakers. Koi (Japanese carp) and kites. Dancers and delicacies. Classes and concerts. Entertainment. Enchantment. Excitement. You won't want to miss a single day. HENRY SHAW ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Allen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson Mrs. Newell A. Augur Dr. Daniel |. Axelrod Mrs. Agnes F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. A. Beckers Ms. Sally J. Benson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Miss Dorothy Brehm Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Buder, Jr. Miss Ruth Buerke Mr. and Mrs. William H. T. Bush Mrs. J. Butler Bushyhead Mr. Jules D. Campbell Mrs. Jean-Jacques Carnal Miss Adelaide Cherbonnier Mrs. Fielding T. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fielding L. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Close Mr. Sidney S. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Sander Coovert Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Cornwell, Sr. Mrs. Edwin R. Culver, Jr. Mrs. Elsie Ford Curby Dr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth Dr. and Mrs. Morris Davidson Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Mrs. Joseph Desloge, Sr. Mr. Alan E. Doede Miss Barbara L. Donnell Mrs. John L. Donnell Mr. John L. Donnell Mrs. H. R. Duhme, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Edwards Mrs. Elsie W. Espy Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferring Mrs. Clark P. Fiske Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Forbes Mrs. Eugene A. Freund Mrs. Henry L. Freund Mr. S. E. Freund Mr. Edward S. Funsten, Jr. Mr. Robert Lee Funsten Mrs. Clark R. Gamble General Dynamics Dr. and Mrs. Leigh L. Gerdine Mr. and Mrs. Myron Glassberg Mr. Samuel Goldstein Mr. Stanley J. Goodman Mrs. Mildred Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hadley Griffin Miss Anna Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Halls Mrs. Ellis H. Hamel Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Harris Mr. George Hasegawa Mrs. John H. Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. and Mrs. William Guy Heckman Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hoagland Mr. Fielding L. Holmes Mr. John Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter Mrs. John Kenneth Hyatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hyland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Jackes Mrs. Margaret Mathews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. J. Eugene Johanson Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. W. Boardman Jones, Jr. Mrs. A. F. Kaeser Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Karros Mrs. George E. Kassabaum Dr. and Mrs. John H. Kendig Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kennard III Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Keydel Mr. Thomas M. Keydel Mr. William L. Keydel Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Kiefer Mr. and Mrs. William S. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lamy Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langsdorf, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mrs. Robert K. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Emmet J. Layton Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lebens Mrs. John S. Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Levy Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lewis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Dr. Carlyle A. Luer Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Mann Mr. and Mrs. William E. Maritz Mr. Harry B. Mathews III Mrs. Roblee McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. McDaniel Mrs. James S. McDonnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Messing, ur. Mr. Lester Miller Mr. and Mrs. |. E. Millstone Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Moog Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Moore Mrs. W. Gillespie Moore Dr. and Mrs. Walter L. Moore Mrs. Myles Morrison The C. V. Mosby Company Mr. and Mrs. Chapin S. Newhard Mr. and Mrs. Eric P Newman Mr. and Mrs. George A. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mrs. John M. Olin Mr. Spencer T. Olin Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Pantaleoni Peabody Coal Company Mrs. Jane K. Pelton Reverend Roy Pfautch Miss Jane E. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Herman T. Pott Mrs. Miquette M. Potter Mr. and Mrs. A. Timon Primm III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Robinson, Jr. Mr. Stanley T. Rolfson Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Rosborough, ur. Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Ruwitch Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Sachs St. Louis County Water Company Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Sauer Mrs. William H. Schield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Thomas F. Schlafly Schnuck Markets, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Schott, Jr. Mr. Charles G. Schott Ill Miss Jane M. Schott Mr. Robert L. Schott Mrs. Frank H. Schwaiger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaikewitz Mrs. A. Wessel Shapleigh Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Shapleigh Mrs. Thomas W. Shields Mrs. John M. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Smith Mrs. Sylvia N. Souers Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spoehrer Mrs. Hermann F. Spoehrer Mrs. Robert R. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Mildred E. Stifel Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius F. P. Stueck Mr. and Mrs. Hampden M. Swift Mrs. Martha Love Symington Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taussig Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tooker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Towle Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Waters Mrs. Horton Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil Mrs. S. A. Weintraub Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wells Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Werner Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sage Wightman III Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Mrs. John M. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Wolfsberger Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Wren Miss F. A. Wuellner Mrs. Elizabeth N. Young Mrs. Eugene F. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Sander B. Zwick DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mrs. Arthur B. Baer Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Breihan Ms. Allison R. Brightman Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Mrs. David R. Calhoun, Jr. Mr. Maris Cirulis Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson Carpenter III Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. Mrs. Robert Corley Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davidson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Day Mr. Bernard F. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dilschneider, Jr. Echo Valley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Faux Mr. and Mrs. William A. Frank Mr. Bruce Fleissig Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galloway Mrs. Christopher C. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hager Ms. Jo S. Hanson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. August H. Homeyer Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Horlacher Mrs. John Valle Janes, Sr. Mr. Michael V. Janes Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. David M. Kipnis Mr. Kenneth Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koplar Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lupo Mr. and Mrs. Minard MacCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers A. Macllvaine Missouri Machinery and Engineering Company Mr. and Mrs. Shadrach F. Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donn Carr Musick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Newhard Mrs. Carl Otto Mrs. Harry E. Papin, Jr. Mrs. Jean M. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Perry Mrs. Drue Wilson Philpott Mr. Dominic Ribaudo Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ridgway Mrs. Edward J. Riley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ruprecht Safeco Insurance Company Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Schapiro Mr. Don R. Schneeberger Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schuler Mr. and Mrs. John E. Simon Mrs. Lloyd C. Stark St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Miss Lillian L. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thayer Mrs. Sidney B. Trelease Mrs. Milton H. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Von Allmen Mrs. Mahlon B. Wallace, Jr. Watlow Electric Company Dr. Clarence S. Weldon Dr. Virginia V. Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Zorensky John H. Biggs President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Walter G. Stern, President Executive Board of the Members Dr. Peter H. Raven Director The MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDE}? BULLETIN is published seven times | year, in February, April, May, June August, October, and December by thi Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Towe Grove, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. Second Clas postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. $12.00 pe year. $15 foreign. The Missouri Botanical Garder Bulletin is sent to every Member of thi Garden as one of the benefits of thei membership. For a contribution as little a $30 per year, Members also are entitle to: free admission to the Garden, Shav Arboretum, and Tower Grove House; in vitations to special events and receptions announcements of all lectures anc classes; discounts in the Garden shop: and for course fees; and the opportunit to travel, domestic and abroad, with othe Members. For information, please cal 577-5100. Postmaster: send address changes to PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166. 7oOMmment al In March, | attended the launch of the World Wildlife Fund Plants Campaign, marked by a ceremony held at Kew Gardens in England. Prince Philip presided at this event, which marked the start of a campaign to raise about $4 million worldwide for the purpose of plant conservation. As a result of this campaign, public awareness about plants will be raised worldwide; valuable anetic resources of plants that are related to cultivated ones will e saved; and specific plant conservation projects will be itiated in 24 nations around the world. Although more attention in conservation circles has tradi- Mnally been focused on a few spectacular animals, such as jyers, whales, and giant pandas, it is plants and plants alone Many additional uses are being discovered for plants every year. For example, the mayapple, a familiar plant, was used by the Indians to treat warts and for other similar purposes. Re- cently, a chemical modeled after the one that is the source of mayapple’s effectiveness has been put on the market by Bristol Laboratories; it is highly effective in treating certain forms of can- cer. Most plants have never been checked at all to see what their uses might be. In view of this, it is a disaster that the clearing of tropical for- ests is predicted to lead to the extinction of perhaps 40,000 kinds of plants, one in six of the world’s total, within 50 years. The Gar- den’s program of exploration for tropical plants, largest in the world, is making an irreplaceable contribution by finding and saving many plants that have never been seen or classified before they disappear forever. Your support makes this activity at make life possible for them, and for us. Only 20 kinds of possible. ants, out of the roughly 240,000 that exist, supply 85 percent of 7 ur food. About 40 percent of the world’s drugs are derived from Ci pu eG ee ild plants, a $10 million industry in the U.S. alone. 9 e = e You Won’t Want to Miss... Inside This Issue @ * a x on ¥ x a X i @, @, @, @, @, ¢ Gardening In St. Louis page 4 wi Se Se: Se 's A checklist for summer gardening. What to look \n Exhibit of S cuiane yy Charles Marion Russell As a boy, Russell lived in the immedi- te Garden neighborhood, attended yhristmas parties in Tower Grove Park, nd rode his pony through Mr. Shaw's arden, much to the consternation of Mr. shaw. He grew up to become one of the 10st famous Western artists of his time, nd is still celebrated by art lovers of all ges. Through the generosity of a private ollector, visitors to the Garden will have n opportunity to see both bronze and sil- er sculptures on display in Monsanto lall from June 28 through August 5. 7 \ Victorian Fair at the Garden July 18 through 24, step back in time 9 the Victorian Era as the Garden cel- ‘brates its 125th Anniversary. Of special nterest is an old-fashioned ice cream ocial on July 21 and 22, and the celebra- ion of Henry Shaw's birthday on July 24 vith a full day of children’s activities. parent Fair at the Garden ’84 If you are a parent, an expectant par- ent, a grandparent, or just interested in children you won't want to miss the exhibits, lectures, and entertainment planned for August 11 and 12. Hosted by the Garden and presented by Kids In the Middle and Progressive Youth Center, the Fair will focus on issues of interest to parents, including pregnancy, child de- velopment, parenthood and child-related products and services. A Helping Hand Needed at the Arboretum Garden and Arboretum supporters are asked to save August 25 to help with this year’s Operation Clean Stream. Traditionally a day to clean up trash in the Meramac River, volunteers will help clean the portion of the river that flows through the Arboretum. Organizers say that enthusiasm is more important than experience, but the use of canoes would be appreciated. For more information call Kimberly Perry the coordinator at 694-8875 or 694-7961; or contact David Wilson, environmental education coordi- nator at the Garden, 577-5147. for and what to do. Also good varieties of roses as recommended by the Garden rosarian. ¢ Members’ Information page 5 A listing of special Members’ Days for June and July. Recognition of the Henry Shaw Committee. e Especially For Children pages 6 & 7 Summer activities for children and Japanese paperdolls for those who may have missed Jap- anese Children’s Day. ¢ Traditional Japanese Packaging page 8 A look at a vanishing art form which will be on display during the Japanese Festival. ¢ Calendar page 9 Mark your calendar for Garden activities during June and July. ¢ Tower Grove House Benefit page 10 A very successful tradition continues with a gala evening. e Renovation Notes page 10 John S. Lehmann Building to undergo renova- tion for expanding research program. e Major Scientific Work page 11 Thomas B. Croat publishes a major work on An- thurium. ¢ Monsanto Donation page 11 Herbarium with 4,000 specimens donated to the Garden. ¢ Congratulations page 11 Pitzman’s Co. of Surveyors & Engineers share 125th anniversary with the Garden. ¢ Botany Field Day page 12 A look ‘‘behind the scenes” at the Garden. A full day of family activities. 3 Gardening in St. Louis Summer Gardening Checklist Watch for insect infestations. Control the insects before they become a severe problem. Always start off with the safest form of control. Insecticidal soap is one of my favorite insect controls. It is effective in killing most soft-bodied insects like aphids, white flies, mealybugs, and spider mites. For best control you must thoroughly spray the foliage of the plants. If your plants are covered with a large number of insects, you should spray this material on your plants every seven to ten days for a total of three applications. If your lawn is being devoured by sodweb worms, white grubs and chinch bugs, you might want to try a new lawn insecti- cide just released for consumer use called “Oftanol.’ Commer- cial applicators have found it to be highly effective. It penetrates the thatch better and is more residual than the other commonly used lawn insecticides; it provides an entire season of insec control. Oftanol is available as a 1.5 percent granular materi which can be applied with your lawn fertilizer spreader. In addition to requiring an application of a high phosphoru fertilizer (the middle number on the fertilizer bag) at the time « planting, tomatoes require a significant amount of nitrogen du ing the growing season. When the tomato fruits are about one t one and a half inches in diameter, apply one tablespoon of an monium nitrate or two teaspoons of urea around each plan Water this fertilizer in thoroughly. Apply it at the same rate afte picking your first fruits and again a month later. Remember to remove the seed heads from all of your bec ding plants like marigolds, zinnias and petunias. Seed produc tion robs these plants of energy which could be better used t produce more colorful flowers. Look into some of the various drip irrigation systems avai able to the home gardener. The cost of these systems is modes compared to the increased garden production you can expec and the effort and time such a system saves you. Mulching is always a beneficial summer gardening practice It keeps the soil cool and moist and dramatically reduces wee growth. Many materials can be used for mulch including strav hay, compost, shredded hardwood bark, black plastic, an grass clippings. A few words of caution when using grass clif pings: don’t use layers deeper than one to one and one-hai inches. If you apply it too thickly, the grass will become a fou! smelling mess! If you use clippings supplied by your neighbo be sure that he has not used any 2, 4-D type of herbicide in th last several months. Tomatoes and grapes are particularly sens tive to this herbicide. Their leaves will twist and curl if they ar subjected to even a very small amount of it. —Steven A. Frowine, Public Horticulture Specialis Rose Recommendations Although it’s a bit late to be planting roses, now is a good time to look over the Garden's extensive collection and pick out your new favorites to plant in your garden this fall or next spring. —— David Vismara, the Garden’s rosarian, recommends the follow ing varieties as those best suited for St. Louis gardens. Climbing Roses Grandiflora Hybrid Teas America salmon Camelot medium pink Antigua apricot blend Doubloons yellow Carousel medium pink Cayenne orange red Handel pink-white blend Gold Medal yellow Chrysler Imperial dark red Improved Blaze red Love red blend Electron deep pink New Dawn light pink Pink Parfait pink blend Granada red blend Red Fountain red Queen Elizabeth = medium pink Gypsy orange red Shreveport orange Jadis medium pink Sonia pink Medallion apricot blend 4 Sundowner apricot blend Mister Lincoln dark red White Lightnin’ white Mon Cheri red blend Olympiad red Paradise lavender Fisebunda Pascali white Impatient orange Peace yellow blend Angel Face lavender Little Darling yellow blend Portrait pink blend Charisma red-orange blend Red Gold yellow-red blend Snow Fire red blend Cherish medium pink Sarabande orange red Sun Bright yellow Circus yellow blend Simplicity pink Tropicana orange Europeana red Sun Flare yellow Yankee Doodle orange-yellow blend French lace white Sunsprite yellow Iceberg white Walko red BOARD OF TRUSTEES Clarence C. Barksdale Joseph H. Bascom John H. Biggs William H. T. Bush Jules D. Campbell William H. Danforth Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S. J. Robert R. Hermann Nathaniel Johnson Rt. Rev. William A. Jones, Jr. Robert E. Kresko William E. Maritz James S. McDonnell III Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide William R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Louis S. Sachs Howard A. Schneiderman The Honorable Vincent C. Schoemenhl, Jr. Warren M. Shapleigh Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Tom K. Smith, Jr. C. C. Johnson Spink John K. Wallace, Jr. Robert C. West O. Sage Wightman Ill Harry E. Wuertenbaecher, Jr. EMERITUS TRUSTEES Mr. Howard F. Baer Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Dr. Thomas S. Hall Mr. Henry Hitchcock Mr. A. Timon Primm III Mr. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Robert Brookings Smith EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE MEMBERS OFFICERS Mrs. Walter G. Stern, President Mrs. Rudyard Rapp, First Vice-President Mrs. Pedrick Conway, Second Vice-President Mrs. Bruce R. Yoder, Secretary Mrs. Charles Cook, Treasurer Members’ Days New Members’ Days benefits con- tinue twice monthly. On those days, Members will receive free tram rides, an additional five percent (5%) discount on plant purchases, and have the opportu- nity to purchase special meals in the Gardenview Restaurant. The Garden Gate Shop will also offer special Mem- ber’s Only sale items. In addition, each Member may bring two guests, free of admission charge, to the Garden. Each Members’ Day will also feature special events including family activities, educational lectures, demonstrations and valuable horticultural advice. The schedule of events for June and July Member’s Days is as follows: June 4— ‘The St. Louis Union Station: A New Development” lecture/slide pro- gram; Harry A. Pollay, Senior Develop- ment Director, The Rouse Company; 10:30 a.m., Shoenberg Auditorium. June 30—Wilderness Wagon Tours of the Arboretum. Reservations required by phoning 577-5186. Tours will be limited. 10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. July 12—‘“The Future of Tropical Plant Exploration” lecture/slide program; Dr. Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Bo- tanical Garden; 10:30 a.m., Shoen- berg Auditorium. Herbarium Open House—Enjoy a unique look at the Herbarium while it is in operation. 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Meet Dr. Marshall Crosby, Director of Re- search and Dr. Nancy Morin, Adminis- trative Curator of the Herbarium from 2:00-3:00 p.m. July 28— Unique tours of the Library and Herbarium. Enjoy a tour of the rare book room, bindery and library in the John S. Lehmann Building at 10:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. Reservations re- quired. Tour the amazing and unique Herbar- ium and you will be among over 3 mil- lion plant specimens. John S. Leh- mann Building at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Reservations required. Plan to be at the Garden for Mem- bers’ Days all through the Year. Save these dates for special activities: August 8 and 25, September 11 and 22, October 18 and 27. November 10 and 19, and December 8 and 17. Did You Miss A Members’ Day? These Garden stickers are a help- ful reminder of Members’ Day activ- ities. Just peel them off and place them on your calendar to mark the special days planned just for you. The Trustees and staff of the Mis- souri Botanical Garden were sad- dened to learn of the recent death of Mrs. Jerome Kircher (Alicia). Mrs. Kircher was a member of the Histori- cal Committee and a long-time friend of the Garden. Mrs. Kircher was very active in the community, serving as president of the Saint Louis Woman's Club from 1955 until 1959. Mrs. Wil- liam R. Gentry, Jr., current president of the Saint Louis Woman's Club said, “Mrs. Kircher had many interests in the community but her first love was always the Garden.’ Mrs. Kircher was honored by many tributes from friends and from the past presidents of the Saint Louis Woman's Club including Mrs. Robert N. Arthur, Mrs. Hugh W. Baird, Mrs. Robert A. Black, Mrs. Rollin L. Curtis, Mrs. B. Everett Grey, Mrs. Lewis T. Hardy, Mrs. C. Carter Lewis, Mrs. William J. Pixley, Mrs. Donald T. Wright, Mrs. Otto Chas. Hanser and Mrs. William R. Gentry, Jr. % 4 -" % = a Henr Members of the Henry Shaw Com- mittee were given special recognition at the April Board of Trustees’ meeting for their efforts in raising $184,000 which will be used to help offset operating costs for the Garden. Pictured left to right are: Robert E. Kresko, Chairman, George Hasegawa, Robert M. Williams Jr., Carl L. Beckers, John K. Wallace Jr., Vice Chairman, Rosemary E. Carson, Douglas Von Allmen, A. Timon Primm Ill, y Shaw Committee Recognized Mim Kittner, Florence M. Forbes, Harry Wuertenbaecher Jr., and Henry Belz Ill. Other members of the Committee who deserve special thanks but are not pic- tured here include Patrick Ackerman, Alan E. Doede, Mary Hillerich, Walter G. Stern, Gary A. Close, Kevin R. Farrell, George S. Rosborough Jr., Terry Con- way, H. Dean Mann, Jules D. Campbell, Charles A. Dill, David L. Sliney and Franklin F. Wallis. 5 Summer’s Here! The month of June is special in many ways. First of all, June marks the end of the school year. The summer season begins during the month of June. And the Japanese Festival at Shaw's Garden always takes place in June. Your teachers spend time getting ready for the end of school in many ways. Your family makes plans for spe- cial summer activities. And while the Missouri Botanical Garden prepares for the Japanese Festival, you can get ready to come to the Festival by practic- ing origami (pronounced oh-ree-GAH- mee). Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper in order to make figures and objects. If you have ever made a folded paper airplane, you know how much fun folding paper can be. Jap- anese children create objects such as flowers, sailboats, or animals by folding colored paper in different ways. No cut- ting or pasting is needed. You can practice origami by making ounaet MEMBERS a sailboat. You will need: six-inch square piece of lightweight paper. What to do: Look at the figures below as you follow these simple instructions: 1. Place the six-inch square piece of paper on a table. Fold AB to meet with AC. Repeat with AD. The points B and D should meet at line AC. See figure 1. 2. Fold along line EF so that point C is folded above points B and D. See figure 2. 3. Finish your sailboat by folding along GH upward. Only a small part of point C should show. See figure 3. You will learn to make other kinds of origami figures when you come. —Ilene Follman Education Consultant Figure 1. A Figure 2. E ‘¢ F G H Figure 3. Summerscape For a complete listing of all th children’s classes offered this summe call 577-5140 for the Summerscap brochure. Summer Programs with a Japanese Flavor A Touch of Japan (ages 10-12) In this one week class, participants will be provided with a touch of Japan—its customs, people and gar- dens. Using the 14-acre Japanese Gar- den as inspiration, participants will write haiku, design ikebana flower arrangements, make dry gardens and experience other aspects of this unique culture. Bring your own lunch: everything else is provided. The instructor for the series is Ichiro Matsuda a native of Japan cur- rently teaching at Richland Heights High School in Maplewood. Mr. Matsuda has been teaching Japanese programs at the Garden for the past two years. One 5-day session: June 18-22 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ridgway Center Fee: Members $47.50 Non-members $57.00 10 register: call 577-5140. During the Japanese Festival! Each week day during the Japanesi Festival there will be a special class a 1:00 p.m. in the Botanical Room jus for children ages 8-12. No reservation: are required, but only the first 30 chil. dren to arrive will be able to participate No large groups please. June 18, 19, and 21: Origami for Children June 18 and 22: Making Japanese Kites Children’s Film Festival Celebrate summer with a week long series of adventure films in the Shoen- berg Auditorium. Films will be shown daily at 1:00 p.m. Admission fee: $1.00. July 29: Peter Pan. The story of the boy who wouldn't grow up. Animated. July 30: The Mouse and His Child. A tale about a wind-up mouse and his 6 child and their dream to become self- winding. Animated. July 31: The Sword In the Stone. Tales of King Arthur and his famous round table. Animated. August 1: Blackbeard’s Ghost. The story of Blackbeard who was cursed to roam the earth until he did one good deed. August 2: Gulliver's Travels. The ad- ventures of a shipwrecked sailor in the land of the “little people.” August 3: Dumbo. Tales of the baby elephant who can fly. Animated. August 4: Snow White. The adven tures of beautiful Snow White and he seven friends, the dwarfs. Animated. japanese Children’s Day Honored With Traditions a » eo 4 2remiah Dellas and Dr. Peter H. Raven officially opened Japanese Children’s ay on May 5, 1984. The ancient observance of Japanese Children’s Day, slebrated each year on May 5, was ushered in this year by Dr. ater H. Raven and Jeremiah Dellas, the National Poster Child r the Epilepsy Foundation. The day-long festivities celebrating \iidhood were begun at a ceremony in the Japanese Garden. Dr. Raven presented Jeremiah with a solid brass cube with e Garden’s symbolic logo printed on top which Jeremiah will 2nd to President Ronald Reagan. The cube is representative of favorite highlight of St. Louis. Visitors each received koi (carp) kites as a symbol of the Nliday which is celebrated nationally in Japan. Koi represent yurage and determination in the Japanese culture because ey swim upstream and perform courageous acts, a strong cample for children. The koi in the Japanese Garden's 4-acre lake were a special ghlight of the day with free fish food available. Koi are also ypular with visitors all year round with their spectrum of color 1d constant hunger for attention. Japanese Children’s Day was saluted with colorful decora- yns, Suzuki violin performances, Japanese foods, origami aper folding) workshops, films, and a special interpretive tour -Seiwa-En, the Japanese Garden which is in bloom. An espe- ally popular activity was the coloring contest for children which sed Japanese style paper dolls. Families enjoyed a variety of traditional Japanese activities. you missed out this year, we have included the paper dolls for yloring and cutting. Be sure to mark your calendar for next ay 5. Hundreds of children and their parents enjoyed a beautiful day at the Garden. fi A Vanishing Art The Traditional Art of Japanese Packaging is the subject of an exceptional exhibit that will be on display during the Jap- anese Festival, June 16 through 24. The wrappings represent what is today a transient, vanishing art, but certainly is a repre- sentative form of Japan's cultural heritage. The fascinating packages have a very utilitarian lineage, drawing on the wisdom that comes from everyday life. The ex- hibit clearly shows the Japanese ability to create beauty from the very simplest products of nature. The western viewer is immediately struck by the natural quality of the packages. In most cases they incorporate very tex- tural, organic forms, using leaves, grasses, bamboo and paper. The basis for this ‘‘naturalness” is the Japanese view of man in nature. The conflict between man and nature is a particularly Western concept, as the Japanese view man as a part of nature, commingling with and embracing nature. Japanese culture views nature as a friend, which is one reason why the Japanese today are on the vanguard of the movement to protect the nat- ural environment. Other traditionally Japanese philosophies are evident in the art of packaging. The handicraft of the packages shows that the package itself has meaning. Often the wrapping is more charm- ing and valuable than its humble contents. For example, the bamboo cylinder shown here contains a simple confection, but the package is meant to be saved and used as a vase when the contents are gone. Many types of packaging are representative of food wrap- ping. A simple, small cake might be elaborately wrapped for presentation. The philosophy being that the package, as well as the contents, should give pleasure. Part of the recipient’s enjoy- ment is in the unwrapping of the package as well as the eating of the cake. Japanese packages are also noted for their handiwork. The human hand is evident in the manipulation of materials. It is a ritualistic act which shows the Japanese regard for all things as being of value. Packaging and wrapping is also seen as a ritual of purification. For example, the lovely, flowerlike piece of paper shown here contains coins to be used as a tip, as Japanese etiquette frowns on a gift of money that is not wrapped in some way. Handwrapped money is now being replaced by small deco- rated envelopes used for the same purpose. Traditional Japanese Packaging is rapidly disappearing as mass produced goods have flooded the market. Many of the packages which will be displayed in the exhibit have become artifacts of a changing culture. But aside from the symbolism and philosophy that they represent, their form and beauty are a simple delight to the viewer. June June 2 CALENDAR Botany Field Day Ridgway Center, Grounds, Herbarium An adventure for all ages especially planned with the whole family in mind. A ‘‘behind the scenes” look at the botanical research conducted by the Garden. From 10 a.m. to3 p.m. June 8 Rose Evening For Members Lehmann & Glaaney Rose Gardens A special evening for Members to stroll through the gar- dens and enjoy the sweet scent of roses. Ii “ZS SZ & 8 3 June 16-24 Japanese Festival June 2&3 lris Society Show Grounds, Ridgway Center Orthwein Floral Hall Experience the culture, art, entertainment and cuisine of A chance to see the majestic queen of the garden dis- Japan in an exciting nine day festival. (See cover story for played and judged. more information.) June 4 Members’ Day June 28 Charles Marion Russell Preview Shoenberg Auditorium Monsanto Hall “The St. Louis Union Station: A New Development,” is A special preview for members to view the sculpture of the topic of discussion by Harry A. Pollay of The Rouse Charles M. Russell. Company. 10:30 a.m. June 29-August5 Charles Marion Russell Exhibit June 7 Purple Martin Day Monsanto Hall Grounds An exhibit of bronze and silver sculpture by the noted Come for wine and cheese and a rousing welcome home Western artist Charles Marion Russell will be on display for the Garden’s Purple Martins. during Garden hours. June 8-24 Henry Shaw Exhibit June 30 Members’ Day Flora Gate Arboretum An exhibit from Chatsworth, the English garden that in- Enjoy a Wilderness Wagon Tour of the Arboretum. spired Henry Shaw early in his life, resulting eventually Reservations required by phoning 577-5186. Tours will be in the Missouri Botanical Garden. limited. At 10 and 11 a.m. July The Herbarium will have Open House for Members from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.. and from 2-3 p.m. meet Dr. Marshall Crosby, Director of Research and Dr. Nancy Morin, Administrative Curator of the Herbarium. July 18-24 Victorian Fair July 1 Day Lily Show Grounds Orthwein Floral Hall Help celebrate the Garden's 125th Anniversary with a A gardener’s favorite will be on display with a colorful special Victorian flair. July 21 & 22 is an old fashioned day burst of summer shades. with home made ice cream and banjo music. Henry July 4 Picnic Day Shaw's Birthday Party will be a special day for children Grounds on July 24. You are invited to bring baskets and blankets to enjoy an July 28 Members’ Day idyllic picnic on the Garden grounds. Library & Herbarium July 7-29 Curiosities of the Plant World Tour the rare book room, bindery and library at 10:30 a.m. Climatron or 2 p.m. or tour the amazing Herbarium with over 3 mil- A diversity of rare and interesting plants will be exhibited lion plant specimens at 11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. Reservations in the Climatron. required by calling 577-5186. July 12 Members’ Day July 29, 30, 31 Childrens’ Summer Film Festival Shoenberg Auditorium, John S. Lehmann Building Dr. Peter H. Raven, Director of the Garden will lecture at 10:30 a.m. on “The Future of Tropical Plant Exploration.” August 1, 2, 3, 4 Shoenberg Auditorium A full week of children’s favorite films will be shown in the air-conditioned auditorium. 9 Notes from the Garden Victorian Elegance Graces Benefit for Tower Grove House . . . A Successful Tradition ©. * ° J a) ee Zoe Lippman chats with Anne L. Lehmann. ; & ‘t i’ -- . 5s " 4 - 4 . , i - 2 r ~: “ , p) * ve Lavish candlelight, classical music, and a delicious Victorian dinner that would astonish even Henry Shaw were all part of the Tower Grove House Benefit on April 7. Mr. C. C. Johnson Spink, honorary chairman and Mrs. Jean-Jacques Carnal, chairwoman of the fund-raiser produced an evening filled with Victorian flair that even included a private party in the Tower Grove House for patrons. The Post-Dispatch reviewers Call the organizers ‘maybe our town’s best party-givers.” After a cocktail reception among the spring flowers, the guests enjoyed a mirage of wines, turtle soup, sole Veronique in crab sauce, red wine with lamb, chocolate crepes with chocolate mousse topped with fresh strawberries and cream, cheeses, fruit, coffees and port. Following the dinner, the CASA string ensemble performed classics of the Victorian era. Receipts from the benefit total $51,562.50 and will provide a solid base for the funds needed to refurbish Henry Shaw’s historic mansion. The Garden and or- ganizers of the benefit send sincere appreciation along to all who so generously contributed. The Tower Grove House Benefit Committee Members include Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink, Mrs. Walter Ballinger, Mrs. Howard Blanc, Mrs. J.-J. Landers Carnal, Mrs. Pedrich Conway, Mrs. Dwight Coultas, Mrs. Ernest Eddy, Mrs. Richard Grote, Mrs. Lawrence Honig, Mrs. James Howe, Mrs. Charles Jones, Mrs. Harrison Lyman, Mrs. Sandford McDonnell, Mrs. Shadrach Morris, Mrs. John R. Musgrave, Mrs. Timon Primm, Mrs. Henry Schlapp, and Mrs. Victor Silber. Mimi Carnal, Peggy Jones and Pat Carnal (Chairwoman) compare notes Edie Spink, Sophie Dennis, C. C. Johnson Spink (Honorary Chairman) pose in the Spink Gallery. John S. Lehmann Building To Be Renovated The growth and vigor of our botanical research program has resulted in its ex- pansion throughout the John S. Leh- mann Building. With 24 Ph.D’s working here and in 10 tropical countries, and the herbarium, our library of dried plant specimens, reaching 3.2 million spec- imens, we now have the world’s largest program in tropical botany. Since the opening of the Lehmann Building in 1972, over one million specimens have been added and this growth in the collec- tion has necessitated more space. The south wing of the Lehmann Building was vacated when the educa- tion department moved to the Ridgway Center and this area is providing the space for the growth of the research pro- gram. The work that will be done in- cludes linking the south wing to the lower level herbarium by stairway, adding com- pactors for the plant specimens, and reconfiguring the library space to provide more room for the rare book collection and bindery. The first major gift toward the $1.8 mil- lion project has been received from the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation. The Foundation’s $200,000 contribution provides impetus for the project with the renovation planned to begin in 1985. Garden Scientist Publishes Major Work Thomas B. Croat, Paul A. Schulze Surator of Botany and one of the most rolific plant collectors working in botan- cal research today, has published a ma- or work entitled, A Revision of the Genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Cen- ral America. Part I: Mexico and Middle America. The genus Anthurium is recog- ized as a particularly difficult one be- rause it contains over 700 species and nust be approached in stages. This nonograph by Croat revises 122 species rom Mexico and Middle America, con- rasted with the last revision in 1905 vhich reported 58 species in Central \merica. In order to complete this work Croat ;onducted field observations in Mexico ind Central America during 1976, 1977 ind 1979, and conducted studies in -anama since 1967. Croat also collects ve plants, many of them new discover- 2S, sO that the Missouri Botanical Gar- len’s collection of Anthurium includes all sut 12 of 122 species. The collection lowed Croat to make extensive obser- ations of living plants for his work. Croat’s study, which was completed vith support from the National Science ‘oundation, represents an important Xxpansion of botanical knowledge. The most commonly recognized An- hurium species is one grown in Hawaii vhich has a very shiny red leaf generally nistaken for a flower. It is widely used y commercial florists for unusual ar- angements. Monsanto Herbarium Donated to Garden Monsanto Company recently do- nated its 4,000 specimen herbarium to the Missouri Botanical Garden for study by research scientists. The collection of plant specimens includes alpine plants from Switzerland, the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the United States, and a large proportion of grasses. Specimens from the Monsanto Her- barium were primarily collected by the late Dr. Frederick Comte and his wife Alice. Other specimens were from a smaller collection by Herb Ploch, and some date back to the 1800’s when they were collected by Dr. Comte’s grand- father. Dr. Comte, who was born in Switzer- land, came to St. Louis to work for Mon- santo in 1921. After his retirement in 1954, Monsanto provided annual grants to help defray the costs of the Comte’s collecting expeditions. Dr. Comte classi- fied the plants and his wife performed the meticulous job of mounting the specimens. The Monsanto Herbarium will be- come part of the Garden's world famous Herbarium that contains well over 3 mil- lion plant specimens. Dr. Peter H. Raven, director of the Garden, called the dona- tion ‘“‘an important gift to science.’ He said, “Through this donation to the Gar- den, Monsanto has made these speci- mens available for study by researchers all over the world.’ First Missouri Conference on State Parks In order to exhibit concern for the conservation of state lands, and the fu- ture of Missouri’s state parks and historic sites, the Missouri Botanical Garden is cosponsoring the First Missouri Confer- ence on State Parks, with the host organi- zation the Missouri Parks Association. The conference is the first to be held in the sixty year history of Missouri State Parks and is open to members of the public who are concerned with the qual- ity of life in Missouri. It will be held at Lin- denwood College in St. Charles on June 15 through June 17. Leading speakers will include Robin Winks, chairman of the National Park Service Advisory Board; Ney Landrum, director of the Florida Division of Recre- ation and Parks; and John Karel, director of the Missouri Division of Parks and Historic Preservation. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the first units in the Missouri state park system which to- day includes more than 70 parks and historic site embracing over 100,000 acres. Missouri’s parks offer a wide range of recreational, natural and cultural opportunities for its citizens. Persons who would like more infor- mation on the conference should contact the president of the Missouri Parks As- sociation, Susan Flader, 917 Edgewood Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65201 or phone (314) 882-2481. Two Proud Traditions Honored Congratulations and thank you’s are in order for the Pitzman’s Co. of Sur- veyors & Engineers. They are celebrating the 125th anniversary of their firm this year, and have also honored the Gar- den’s 125th anniversary by providing discounted services for the Garden. Henry Shaw and Major Julius Pitz- man were contemporaries in 1859 when Shaw opened his garden to the public and Pitzman founded his company. Ac- cording to Eddie B. Murry, vice president, ‘“Pitzman Co. worked for the Missouri Botanical Garden as early as June 1900, when the line was set for Alfred and Magnolia.” When the Garden needed a com- plete topographic survey in 1972, it relied again on Pitzman for the survey which forms the basis of the current master plan. This year, thanks to Mr. Roy E. Leimberg, president of the company, the Garden is able to update its plans with a new survey. The current work includes the areas north of the greenhouses and the Climatron, and other areas which have experienced construction in recent years, like the Anne L. Lehmann Rose Garden. As a thank you and congratulations from the Garden, Monsanto Hall was provided to Pitzman Co. employees, friends, and clients for their anniversary celebration in April. 11 Farewell to a Longtime Friend 12 y me Ss A, S nal. rie ~~ er In 1947, there was no Climatron at the Garden, no Lehmann Rose Garden, no Ridgway Center. Harry S. Truman was in the White House, Ronald Reagan was in Hollywood and Marion Pfeiffer was just beginning work with the Missouri Botan- ical Garden. When Marion first came to work at the Garden, the collection of 60,000 or- chids was housed in eighteen green- houses at the Arboretum in Gray Sum- mit. The orchids are no longer at the Arboretum, but largely because of Marion's dedication, the Garden still has one of the best orchid collections in the world. For almost four decades (except Marion Pfeiffer for a brief period when she left to have a daughter) Marion has tended and cared for the orchids at the Garden. She esti- mates she has tended or transplanted or- chids in the millions. In a touching farewell to Marion Pfeiffer, Dr. Peter H. Raven said, “She has been such an integral part of the Garden’s life for so long that it is hard to imagine what it will be like without her.’ Happily, the Garden will not be long without her dedication and enthusiasm. After thirty-seven years of work here at the Garden, Marion has said she plans to come back as a volunteer. Botany Field Day: An Adventure For All Ages For the first time, visitors will have a chance to view the rare ‘“‘behind the scenes’ world of botanical research at the Missouri Botanical Garden. On Saturday, June 2, Botany Field Day will present that opportunity. The programs which are planned from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. will provide something of inter- est for all family members. Visitors will be able to compare plants collected hundreds of years ago with those collected this year, and can view the research collection as it looked in Henry Shaw's day. The fascinating “com- pactors”’ will be on display to show how the 3.2 million plant specimens are stored in today’s world. On the grounds, there will be a dem- onstration of the tree-climbing bicycle used by botanists in tropical countries and several participatory activities for both children and adults. Botany Field Day activities will include: * Orientation activities, a book corner, a discovery room, and slide shows in the Ridgway Center. ¢ Tree identification, hand lens study, a demonstration of plant collecting tech- niques and the tree-climbing bicycle on the Garden grounds. ¢ A closer look at tropical plants, in- cluding unusual and edible plants in the Climatron. ¢ A look back over the history of the research program here at the Garden through exhibits and tours of the Mu- seum Building. ¢ Tours of the modern Herbarium in the Lehmann Building where the Mis- souri Botanical Garden conducts the most active tropical botanical research program in the world. A Big Hand for Garden Volunteers Last year over 500 persons volur teered over 49,000 hours of time to th Missouri Botanical Garden. Volunteer pitch in to help with tasks as varied a designing marketing surveys to helpin with maintenance of the grounds. Volur teer Evening, a time to show appreciatio has been scheduled for Thursday, Jun 14, 1984 in the Gladney Rose Garde from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more informe tion on Volunteer Evening or how t volunteer at the Garden, call 577-518 For The Young At Heart Thanks to the generosity and insig| of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Soule, the Ga den is now offering a unique horticultu program especially designed for activ older adults. The Samuel D. Soule Cer ter for Senior Citizens offers a variety | visits to the Garden followed by “hanc on” learning experiences. The prograrr are planned to reflect the seasons an will be held monthly. All programs at taught by the Garden’s expert staff an skilled volunteers. Enrollment in the program is limite to senior citizens sixty-five years of ag and older. Membership in the Garden not required and there is no charge fc membership in the Center. A nomini charge may be required for some mat rials, but all fees will be announce in advance. Programs and their dates will be ar nounced in a newsletter published kt the Center. Those who wish to becom members of the Samuel D. Soule Cente for Senior Citizens can pick up a men bership card at the ticket counter in th Ridgway Center or can request a men bership card by calling the Educatio Department at 577-5140. Senior Citizens who would like to pa ticipate but cannot come to a program ¢ the Garden, may be able to take advar tage of the Center’s export program: Export programs which will also b announced in the newsletter are avai able for on-site presentation to nursin homes, retirement centers and senic citizen groups. All programs are participatory in né ture and are designed to bring the Ga den’s unique cultural experience to th lively older adult who cannot come t the Garden. Nora Stern and Harriett Bakewall shared the honor of turning the first shovelful of dirt on Arbor Day. Dr. Peter Raven and the seventh grade class of Mary Institute also participated in the ceremony which commemorated the 125th anniversaries of both the Missouri Botanical Garden and Mary Institute. A Special Thank You Art and Garden enthusiasts will miss Alexander Calder’s “Red Curley Tail,’ which graced the west entrance of the Ridgway Center for almost a year. Orig- inally installed as part of the Calder Retrospective Show last fall, Ronald Greenberg of Greenberg Gallery gra- ciously allowed the work to stay in place until this Spring when it was shipped to Switzerland. Richard H. Daley Daley to Join Massachusetts Horticultural Society Richard H. Daley, director of public programs at the Missouri Botanical Gar- den, will be leaving his post in June to become the executive director of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Daley first joined the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1973 to develop the Ecological Service Department. Daley, who will become the chief offi- cer of the oldest incorporated horticul- tural society in the country, said that his work with the Garden has been “an excit- ing and rewarding experience.’ “lam looking forward to the chal- lenge of directing an important botanical institution,’ Daley said, “but it is with the recognition that | was allowed the oppor- tunity here at the Garden to grow and to refine the skills | will use in that position.” Daley said, “Il am grateful to Dr. Ra- ven for the numerous opportunities he has afforded me. There is no question,’ he continued, ‘‘that the past thirteen years have been most important in the history of the Garden because of Dr. Raven’s leadership. | was pleased to have been a part of the efforts to estab- lish the Garden as a vital part of the St. Louis community.’ Dr. Peter H. Raven, director of the Garden, said, ‘Rick Daley has been a tremendous asset to the Garden for the last eleven years. He will especially be remembered for his tireless work towards establishing the Botanical Garden Sub- district, both in the State Legislature and with the public. His efforts have helped insure the financial stability of the Gar- den for years to come.” 13 Increased Support Contributing Members Dr. Elliot E. Abbey Mr. and Mrs. Harry Abeln Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Anderson Ms. Janet L. Angelica Mr. Jack Ansehl Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Balske Mr. and Mrs. Marc Barinbaum Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Beasley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Behr Mr. and Mrs. John T. Berger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Blume Mr. and Mrs. Karl H. Brackmann Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Breckenridge Ms. Beverly Bross Mr. and Mrs. Rayford K. Brown Miss Betty Bruck Mr. James Bryant Garnet E. Buhner Ms. Marilyn E. Burba Mr. and Mrs. Roland Cardwell Joe M. Carter Mrs. Susan A. Cejka Miss Ruth S. Chase Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Claseman Mrs. J. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Connors Mr. Arthur P. Cooper, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Corley Mr. David Cumberworth Dr. and Mrs. William H. Daughaday Mr. Robert L. Dick Dale R. Dill Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dutra Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Ebel Dr. and Mrs. William M. Fogarty, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Forsyth Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Franke Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Freeark Mrs. Thomas Gooch Mr. and Mrs. Lacy F. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gosebrink Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Herr Robert M. Hess Mr. and Mrs. James R. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Hoehn Mr. Clifford E. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Holzapfel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hubert Mr. Eric L. Kamm Mrs. F. M. Karches Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Kiefer Miss Elise Kiesel Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Koch Mike Lacy Mrs. Joseph Larimore Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Larson Mr. Ed Lekosky Ms. Elaine Mahmud Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mascia Mr. Edgar S. McLarin Mr. Paul W. Meyer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Miller Mr. Keith M. O'Connell Mr. Don Palmer Miss Teresa L. Payne Miss Charlotte Perabo Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ray Miss Georgia M. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ringwald Mr. Tim Ryan Carol Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Willis R. Schott Mr. James S. Segasture Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Shapleigh II Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Skinner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sneed Mr. and Mrs. George E. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spoehrer Miss P. R. Spratt Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Stroble Mr. and Mrs. Dudley S. Titus Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Underwood Versie Walser Videl C. Wells Miss Deneen R. Whitworth Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Wilkening Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Wood Helen C. Wooastuff Sustaining Members Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Atwood III Mr. Donald W. Bowan Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh L. Coombes Mr. and Mrs. Dennis DeSmet Ms. D. C. Diehl Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Erdman Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley Gray III Mr. and Mrs. George L. Hawkins, Jr. Mr. S.C. Hilke Dr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Jablonski Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Johns Mr. and Mrs. David W. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Kellam Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Kienker Mrs. Ruth H. Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lynch Miss Elsie A. Mange Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Meiser Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Scheible Max Shapiro Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Sohn Marcia Sterneck Mr. Henry C. Stoll Mrs. Herbert W. Strecker Miss Mary E. Vogel Mr. Bernard S. Wildi Sponsoring Members Mr. A. J. Bardol Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Joe H. Hunt Mr. Lewis A. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. James Myles Mr. Steve Sherwood New Members Contributing Members Peterson-Roe Corporation The Pillsbury Company William L. Ackerman Mr. Mark A. Adams Mr. John H. Armstrong Mrs. R. Brueggemann Mr. J. K. Bryant Jack Buck Mrs. Gertrude B. Busch William R. Channels Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Condit Bishop William M. Cosgrove Robert N. Cox Henry F. Creel Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Dean Mr. John R. Derrick James S. Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Dillon Mrs. Louis W. Droste Mr. and Mrs. James Durham Dr. John Erny Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Etzkorn Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ferguson Mildred L. Gausmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gillette Irene C. Havener Mr. Ray J. Heckendorn Edward J. Hollman James O. Holton Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Isbell, Jr. Mr. Walter F. Jennings Michelle Koval Dr. Douglas A. Krauss Henry Krieger, Jr. Ms. P. J. Link Justine Maier Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Maytas Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McGlynn Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. McGrath Owen McNamee Mrs. John W. Mecca Etta Lee Mertens Mrs. Louise Mertens Eleanor M. Morrisey Eileen E. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Newman Mr. Edward F. O'Neill, Jr. Susan L. Petring Dr. Dan E. Potts Mr. and Mrs. Bart Pupillo Mr. John Reidy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Richardson Mrs. William L. Rondol, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Russell Robert T. Rutkowski Mr. and Mrs. James R. Savage Mr. Robert W. Schaefer Richard J. Schnidman James R. Simpson Mr. Richard A. Stange Russell Warmann Mr. and Mrs. John A. Watterich Ms. Doris Wegener Ellen Weinstein Paul Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wexberg W. J. Wichmann Gloria Wotka Sustaining Members Senco Services Corporation Robert W. Brown Mrs. Francis C. Corley Mr. Robert E. Donnelly Eugene C. Gartland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hartnell August H. Hummert III John E. Jagunich Mrs. Robert H. Koenig Thomas A. Littman C. L. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Saur Jack Sims Mr. and Mrs. William K. Tao Kurt Viets Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. White Tributes March-April 1984 IN HONOR OF: Mr. and Mrs. James Arensman Mr. and Mrs. Lyle S. Woodcock Mr. and Mrs. Bert Baer Teel Ackerman Martin O. Israel Mrs. Milton Canis Mr. Harold S. Cook Mrs. Rita Eiseman Teel Ackerman Martin O. Israel Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Engelsmann Otway W. Rash Family Mrs. Belva Etter Friends at Crunden Martin Mfg. Co. (continued on next page, 125th Anniversary Commemorative Rose Boehm Studios has produced an ex- quisite porcelain rose in honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Missouri Botan- ical Garden. Named the “Shaw Rose,’ this particular sculpture will be available no where else in the world. The delicate, pale pink rose is set on a beautiful bronzed leaf, approximately three inches long. The commemorative “Shaw Rose” will sell for $65 at the Garden Gate Shop. Walk-In Plant Clinic Now Available The Answer Service is now condt ing a walk-in plant clinic for those w need help in identifying plants, or pl: problems. The Plant Clinic will oper: the same hours as the Answer Servi which are from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monc through Saturday, The Plant Clinic located in the Flora Gate Building. P sons using the Plant Clinic are asked enter through the Ridgway Center 4344 Shaw, and to bring their plants plastic bags to avoid any spread of c ease to the Garden grounds. Tributes (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freund Teel Ackerman Martin Israel Alan Godlewski Meramec Horticulture Club Mrs. Edward Greensfelder Dr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Sale, Jr. Jack Jennings Garden Appreciation Club Mrs. A. Clifford Jones Mississippi Valley Nurserymen’s Cooperative Garden Club Mr. Warren Kane Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Sherman Mr. Paul Kohl The Boxwood Society of the Midwest Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Neil F. Maune Mrs. Lawton Levy Dr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Sale, Jr. Mr. Willard L. Levy Dr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Sale, Jr. Mrs. Cecile Lowenhaupt Mr. and Mrs. R. Prager Mrs. Carl Otto Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Frank Pitzman’s Company of Surveyors and Engineers Caroline Schaefer Dr. Peter H. Raven Mississippi Valley Nurserymen’s Cooperative Garden Club St. Louis Herb Society Marion Pfeiffer Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanofsky Mr. and Mrs. Morton Singer Mrs. Benj. Schulein Mr. William M. Livingston Mr. J. Henry Schweich A Devoted Friend Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Schweich, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Mr. John W. Scott Ferguson Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sell Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Serati Mrs. Lucien R. Gallais Mr. Scott Sergent The Ralph W. Tissue Family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sneider’s Grandson Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Rosenbloom Dr. Samuel D. Soule Mrs. Harold Baer Mr. and Mrs. S. Charles Baer Mr. and Mrs. William Bierman Mr. and Mrs. Allan Brodsky and Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Collier Dr. and Mrs. Harold Cutler Augusta Gottlieb David Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kinsella Miss Maura Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Loughlin Ill Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Schwartz Mrs. Dorothy Schweich Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Schweich Dr. and Mrs. Hyman R. Senturia Hilda Soule Dr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Soule Mr. and Mrs. John R. Staffier Mr. and Mrs. Herman Willer Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zorensky Staff of Missouri Botanical Garden Marion Pfeiffer Jerry Steiner Mrs. Jean S. Bloch Mr. and Mrs. Ben Swank Mr. and Mrs. George Buckles Volunteers of Missouri Botanical Garden Marion Pfeiffer Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Young Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Ernest IN MEMORY OF: Jane Barni Mr. Darrell M. Barni Mrs. Ella Jens Boeschenstein Louise C. Ittner Mrs. Albert D. Krueger Joseph W. Boyle Mrs. Kenneth C. Baker Mrs. Tom McCary Mrs. Georgia Brown Mrs. Eolin Ahlert St. Louis Horticultural Society Mrs. J. L. Campbell Rt. Rev. and Mrs. William Jones Mrs. Thelma Hayman Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Blanke, Jr. Mrs. James E. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H. East Mrs. Adelia Clarke Mrs. Eolin Ahlert St. Louis Horticultural Society Dorothy and Jerome I. Cook Mr. James K. Cook Mrs. Rosalind Cook Schuchat Mr. Harold Coons Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Matthew Mrs. Frances Corday Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shapiro Mr. Thomas L. Cunningham Miss Ella Tappmeyer Dorothy Kalbfell Eicks Dorothy J. Eicks Clarence Ende Lillian C. Conrad Mrs. Evelyn Eskridge Mrs. Hazel L. Knapp Mrs. Hazel W. Goetsch Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cortopassi Dr. Ralph Graham Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gannett Mrs. Leo Halloran Alma and Myra Simms Mike Halloran’s Grandmother Bill Fogarty Darlene Thornhill Mrs. Ermine Harlow Lillian C. Conrad Helen Glazier Lena and Bates Glatt Eleanor E. Goehring Dr. and Mrs. E. V. Henschel Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meuser Mrs. G. E. Piggott Virginia Kable Miss Adeline Kuehn Friendship Village of West County Mrs. Winifred G. Simmons Claire Steidle Lucy Steidle Mrs. Laura Hobbs Harman Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ferfecky Mrs. Rodessa Hill Mr. Fred Rock Carol Holton Clayton Garden Club #4 Thomas L. Huge Mr. and Mrs. John K. Travers Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Jenkin Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. and Mrs. Victor Keene Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mrs. Jerome F. Kircher Mrs. John A. Aid Mrs. Robert N. Arthur Mrs. Hugh W. Baird Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baur Garnet Bennett Mrs. Robert A. Black Mrs. Richard S. Bull Edgar Cahill Dr. and Mrs. James Chamness Mrs. C. Todd Clark Mrs. Dwight W. Coultas Mrs. James E. Crawford Mrs. E. R. Culver, Jr. Mrs. Rollin L. Curtis Mr. Rutledge H. Deas, Jr. Mrs. Henry P. Duncker Mrs. Wm. R. Gentry, Jr. Norvell Glaser Mrs. B. Everett Gray Lula W. Hannaway Mrs. Otto Chas. Hanser Mrs. Lewis T. Hardy Hussman Management Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Landon Y. Jones Mary Lou Koehl Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Krueger Ladue Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Latzer Mrs. C. Carter Lewis Mrs. Matt L. McCaskill Mr. and Mrs. Carroll F. McMahon Mr. and Mrs. James K. Mellow Mr. and Mrs. David D. Metcalfe Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Miller Joan Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson Mrs. Wm. J. Pixley Miss Nell V. Quarles Mamie J. Ratzburg Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. James E. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Seymour, Jr. Mr. Frank H. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Jack E. Thomas Mrs. William M. Van Cleve Mrs. Wm. G. Von Weise Mrs. Theodore E. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Woods Mrs. Donald T. Wright Mrs. Elizabeth N. Young Marie K. Zak Eunice Kuehnert Her Family and Friends Viola Aloe Laski Mrs. Florence Stern Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Jane Levy Mr. and Mrs. Lester R. Adelson Grace M. Linn Kitty Carna Gene Manzo Patricia L. Rocklage Mark F. Litteken Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert Sido Mr. Marvin Link Irene Rock Fred Rock Jim Moore Mrs. Warren M. Lonergan Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Matthew Mr. Sheridan K. Loy Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Carr Mrs. William G. von Weise Mr. Leon Margulus Mrs. Jean Bloch Mrs. Louise Mathews Mrs. Florence Stern Sallie M. McNally Mrs. John C. Morfit Mr. Francis Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Paul Holdener Mr. Carl Otto Mr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Rubenstein Mrs. Ralph F. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bakewell Arthur Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hegedus Mr. Herbert Redeker Mr. and Mrs. Rodney B. Leibengood Flora Reichardt Mr. and Mrs. H. Henry Harms Mr. Jay G. Rice Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Putzel Mrs. Ben H. Senturia Mrs. Elzey Roberts Mrs. Raoul Pantaleoni Mrs. Philip C. Robinson Miss Preston Settle Mary Rita Roche Mr. and Mrs. Leon P. Ullensvang Mr. John J. Roos Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Husch Mrs. Florence Stern Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stern Dr. and Mrs. D. K. Rose Anne Rose Stewart Mrs. Herbert Rowland Mrs. Leo E. Biddick Mr. Irvin Rudman Mr. and Mrs. James Martin Georgeana E. Striegel Mr. Scott M. Rutherford Ms. Nancy H. Grove Irmgard Schnaedelbach Mary L. Babcock Mrs. Beatrice R. Broeder Wetterau Incorporated, Retail Services Dept. Mrs. Beryl Small James and Virginia Macnish Jack R. Smith Patricia Humfeld Mr. and Mrs. Morton Singer Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Spink Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. William Stapler Mr. and Mrs. Norris Allen Mrs. Stine Webster Groves Garden Club, Group 6 Mr. John Studt Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Krueger Mrs. Marie Taylor Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. John Teichmann Mrs. Hester B. Lee Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Neukomm Mrs. Marie Soukup Mrs. Marie Thiele Mrs. Marie Leibengood Mr. Willard Thomas Mrs. Eolin Ahlert Miss Corliss Gigax St. Louis Horticultural Society Mrs. Mildred E. Trauernicht Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Bill Wagner’s Father Marion Pfeiffer Mrs. Donald Warren Mrs. Joseph W. Boyle Carl Zeitler, Sr. Dick and Mary Crowell — pis The Japanese Festival—Coming June 16 through 24 . = ceca . pees, Se a, ne m Don’t Miss... . Demonstrations by a master of Ki Akido . Performances of comic Yugen Theatre .. Opening of Bonsai Show with Ben Oki . The art of Ikebana with Florence Forbes .. Japanese cuisine in Gardenview Restaurant . A full nine days of family fun. — MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN (ISSN-0026-6507) SECOND CLASS PO. Box 299 POSTAGE Saint Louis, Missouri 63166 PAID AT ST. LOUIS, MO 1859*1984 1255 Anni ersary Missouri Botanical Garden 125: Anniversary ssouri Botanical Garden olume LXXII, Number 5 ugust 1984 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Norld Premiere of Haas Work at the Garden Ernst Haas, perhaps the best known nd most popular color photographer orking today, will unveil his Flower Port- lio to the public for the first time at the lissouri Botanical Garden in August. he exhibit, which will be on display to 1e public from August 9 through Sep- mber 3, includes 12 large (16” x 20”) ye-transfer photo prints. The prints of owers were all hand-selected by Haas. he portfolio includes a delicate balance f flowers photographed in six continents ver an eight-year period. Of special . terest to Garden Members are two pho- graphs that were taken here at the Mis- Quri Botanical Garden. The Flower Portfolio is a limited edi- on that will be for sale for $5,000 through 1e Garden Gate Shop, with a portion of 1e sale benefitting the Missouri Botan- ‘al Garden. Haas has also created a special ~ ower slide presentation with original il jusic by St. Louis composer Tom Hamil- nn. A special Members Only preview of the slide presentation nd the exhibit will be held on Wednesday, August 8 from 5:30 to 00 p.m. The slide presentation by Haas will be at 6:30. The review exhibit and slide show are open to Garden Members nly and there is no charge. On Thursday, August 9, Haas will be available to autograph pies of his most popular book The Creation from 10:00 a.m. to 00 p.m. The book is available from the Garden Gate Shop. Friday, the slide presentation will be shown to the public at 00 p.m. in Shoenberg Auditorium. The charge for the presen- ition is $3 per person. On Saturday, August 11, Haas will conduct a special pho- ygrapher’s walk through the Garden beginning at 8:30 a.m. he walk will be followed by breakfast on the Terrace. Reserva- ons are limited for the walk, and the charge is $75 per person. lease call 577-5125 for reservations. -rnst Haas: A Symphony for the ; }enses and the Intellect Ernst Haas was born in Vienna in 1921, surrounded by the jusic, painting and rich culture of that ideal time and place. As a iild he studied painting—but wanted nothing more than to be 1 explorer when he grew up. The outbreak of war in 1939 ided the magic of childhood dreams. Haas, like other youth of S age, was trained in many organizations and finally trans- Ernst Haas ferred to the Air Force and was sent to Czechoslovakia. The war, the dictatorship, and the years of constraint only served to deepen his urge to travel. It was not until the end of the war, at the age of 25, that Haas purchased his first camera (on the black market). His earliest works were abstract. But inspired by the work of Werner Bischof, he began documenting the people around him and the after- math of war. In 1948, Haas accidently happened on the scenes that were to bring him international attention. While looking for a fashion location, he found instead the returning Austrian prisoners of war. Those photos were first published in Huete, and then picked up by Life. They led to an invitation to join Magnum, the interna- tional photo agency with Robert Capa and Cartier- Bresson, and an offer to work for Life Magazine. With characteristic confidence, Haas accepted the invitation to join Magnum and declined the offer to work for Life. But in 1950, he came to the United States and unleashed his appetite for color photography. For the next two decades he stunned the readers of Holiday, Esquire, Look, Life and Paris Match with his special vision. His motion study photos from that period are still copied by photographers today. For a while in the Sixties, Haas worked with motion pictures, only to turn before long to a new project. Haas's first book The Creation, was magnificent. It deviated in its format from tradi- (continued on page 4) HENRY SHAW ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Allen, Jr. Apex Oil Company Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson Mrs. Newell A. Augur Dr. Daniel |. Axelrod Mrs. Agnes F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. A. Beckers Ms. Leona J. Beckmann Ms. Sally J. Benson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Miss Dorothy Brehm Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Buder, Jr. Miss Ruth Buerke Mr. and Mrs. John G. Buettner Mr. and Mrs. William H. T. Bush Mrs. J. Butler Bushyhead Mrs. David R. Calhoun, Jr. Mr. Jules D. Campbell Mrs. Jean-Jacques Carnal Miss Adelaide Cherbonnier Mrs. Fielding T. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fielding L. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Close Mr. Sidney S. Cohen Contico International, Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. Sander Coovert Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Cornwell, Sr. Mrs. Edwin R. Culver, Jr. Mrs. Elsie Ford Curby Dr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth Dr. and Mrs. Morris Davidson Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Day Mrs. Joseph Desloge, Sr. Mr. Alan E. Doede Miss Barbara L. Donnell Mrs. John L. Donnell Mr. John L. Donnell Mrs. H. R. Duhme, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Edwards Ernst and Whinney Mrs. Elsie W. Espy Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mrs. Mary Plant Faust Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferring Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fischer Mr. and Mrs. M. Peter Fischer Mrs. Clark P. Fiske Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Forbes Mrs. Eugene A. Freund Mrs. Henry L. Freund Mr. S. E. Freund Mr. Edward S. Funsten, Jr. Mr. Robert Lee Funsten Mrs. Clark R. Gamble General Dynamics Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Leigh L. Gerdine Mr. and Mrs. Myron Glassberg Mr. Samuel Goldstein Mr. Stanley J. Goodman Mrs. Mildred Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hadley Griffin Miss Anna Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S&S. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Halls Mrs. Ellis H. Hamel Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Harris Mr. George Hasegawa Mrs. John H. Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. and Mrs. William Guy Heckman Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hoagland Mr. Fielding L. Holmes Mr. John Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter Mrs. John Kenneth Hyatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hyland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Jackes Mrs. Margaret Mathews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. J. Eugene Johanson Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. W. Boardman Jones, Jr. Mrs. A. F. Kaeser Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Karros Mrs. George E. Kassabaum Dr. and Mrs. John H. Kendig Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kennard III Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Keydel Mr. Thomas M. Keydel Mr. William L. Keydel Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Kiefer Mr. and Mrs. William S. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lamy Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langsdorf, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mrs. Robert K. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Emmet J. Layton Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lebens Mrs. John S. Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Levy Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lewis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Dr. and Mrs. Carlyle A. Luer Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Mann Mr. and Mrs. William E. Maritz Mr. Harry B. Mathews III Mrs. Roblee McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. McDaniel Mrs. James S. McDonnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Messing, Jr. Mr. Lester Miller Mr. and Mrs. |. E. Millstone Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Moog Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Moore Mrs. W. Gillespie Moore Dr. and Mrs. Walter L. Moore Mrs. Myles Morrison The C. V. Mosby Company Mr. and Mrs. Chapin S. Newhard Mr. and Mrs. Eric RP Newman Mr. and Mrs. George A. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mrs. John M. Olin Mr. Spencer T. Olin Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Pantaleoni Peabody Coal Company Mrs. Jane K. Pelton Reverend Roy Pfautch Miss Jane E. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Herman T. Pott Mrs. Miquette M. Potter Mr. and Mrs. A. Timon Primm III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Robinson, Jr. Mr. Stanley T. Rolfson Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Rosborough, Jr. Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Ruwitch Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Sachs St. Louis County Water Company Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Saxdal Mrs. William H. Schield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Thomas F. Schlafly Schnuck Markets, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Schott, Jr. Mr. Charles G. Schott III Miss Jane M. Schott Mr. Robert L. Schott Mrs. Frank H. Schwaiger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaikewitz Mrs. A. Wessel Shapleigh Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Shapleigh Mrs. Thomas W. Shields Mrs. John M. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Smith Mrs. Sylvia N. Souers Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spoehrer Mrs. Hermann F. Spoehrer Mrs. Robert R. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Mildred E. Stifel Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius F. P. Stueck Mr. and Mrs. Hampden M. Swift Mrs. Martha Love Symington Mr. and Mrs. William Tao Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taussig Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thayer Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tooker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Towle Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Walsh, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Waters Mrs. Horton Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil Mrs. S. A. Weintraub Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wells Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Werner Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sage Wightman III Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Mrs. John M. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Wolfsberger Mr. and Mrs. Lyle S. Woodcock Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Wren Miss F. A. Wuellner Mrs. Elizabeth N. Young Mrs. Eugene F. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Louis |. Zorensky Mr. and Mrs. Sander B. Zwick DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATES Anonymous Mrs. Arthur B. Baer Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Breihan Ms. Allison R. Brightman Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Mrs. David R. Calhoun, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson Carpenter III Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cassilly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Champ Mr. Maris Cirulis Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. Mrs. Robert Corley Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davidson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Day Mr. Bernard F. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dilschneider, Jr. Echo Valley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Faux Mr. and Mrs. William A. Frank Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galloway Mrs. Christopher C. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hager Ms. Jo S. Hanson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. August H. Homeyer Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Horlacher Mrs. John Valle Janes, Sr. Mr. Michael V. Janes Mr. and Mrs. M. Alexander Jones Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. David M. Kipnis Mr. Kenneth Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Kirtz Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koplar Mrs. Carole L. Lenocker Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lupo Mr. and Mrs. Minard MacCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers A. Macllvaine Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Miller Missouri Machinery and Engineering Company Mr. and Mrs. Shadrach F. Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donn Carr Musick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Newhard Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nooney Mrs. Carl Otto Mrs. Harry E. Papin, Jr. Mrs. Jean M. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Perry Mrs. Drue Wilson Philpott Mr. Dominic Ribaudo Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ridgway Mrs. Edward J. Riley, Jr. Mrs. John Ruhoff Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ruprecht Mr. and Mrs. Preston F. Ryan Mr. Terry A. Ryan Safeco Insurance Company Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Schapiro Mr. Don R. Schneeberger Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schuler Mr. and Mrs. John E. Simon Mrs. Lloyd C. Stark St. Louis Service Center St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Miss Lillian L. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thayer Mrs. Sidney B. Trelease Mrs. Milton H. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Von Allmen Mrs. Mahlon B. Wallace, Jr. Watlow Electric Company Dr. Clarence S. Weldon Dr. Virginia V. Weldon John H. Biggs President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Walter G. Stern, Presiden Executive Board of the Member Dr. Peter H. Raven Director G The MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDE BULLETIN is published seven times year, in February, April, May, Jun August, October, and December by th Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Towe Grove, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. Second Clas postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. $12.00 pe year. $15 foreign. The Missouri Botanical Garde Bulletin is sent to every Member of th Garden as one of the benefits of the membership. For a contribution as little a $30 per year, Members also are entitle to: free admission to the Garden, Shai Arboretum, and Tower Grove House; ir vitations to special events and receptions announcements of all lectures an classes; discounts in the Garden shop and for course fees; and the opportunit to travel, domestic and abroad, with othe Members. For information, please ca 577-5100. Postmaster: send address changes to PC Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166. ;omment ad Twelve years ago when the John S. Leh- mann Building was dedicated, the Garden's research program was carried out by a staff of five scientists with the help of a support staff of four. One overseas station was maintained, in the then Panama Canal Zone, as part of the Flora of Panama Project, begun in the 1930s. The herbarium, stored in revolutionar- ily new compactors, numbered just over two lion specimens. The compactors were designed to hold three Ilion specimens. Recognizing the urgency of exploring and inventorying the pidly disappearing tropical forests, our research program is grown to include 27 scientists and 37 support staff. Some of ir scientists are permanently stationed abroad, in nine differ- it tropical countries, where they can most efficiently carry out gir programs and aid others who may visit them for varying gths of time or who may request specific research speci- ens. Our programs generate thousands of new specimens, id others are acquired through exchanges, purchases and as gifts. The herbarium now numbers over 3.2 million specimens and grows by some 80,000 new specimens each year. The Leh- mann Building, which remains one of the most modern and beautiful of its kind, is no longer adequate to meet our needs in its present configuration. The completion of the Ridgway Center, with its auditorium and education facilities, in 1982, freed the south wing of the Leh- man Building for expansion of the research facilities. In 1983 a major study of the functions and needs of the programs in the Lehmann Building resulted in a master plan for renovation and expansion of activities into the south wing. We have begun the fund raising for implementing the renovation, which includes two new compactors, additional office-laboratory space, and improving the library facility, and have received a gift of $200,000 from the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation. The cost of the project will be $1.8 million and we hope to begin work in 1985. SA <\ \ ee % 6s s on a OS Es aN a \bove) What could be more pleasant ian luncheon al fresco? Nothing— nless it is luncheon al fresco at the lissouri Botanical Garden. The beautiful ew Dining Terrace is open for a leisurely inch, dinner or drink. tight) There is still time to catch the tunning exhibit of sculpture by Charles larion Russell at Monsanto Hall of the idgway Center. The show, which runs 1rough August 5, showcases forty ieces of sculpture by this famous artist. Inside This Issue Japanese Festival 1984...... page 4 Nine-day event breaks all records and leaves many happy memories. Members’ Days ............ page 5 The Garden Members are planning the biggest birthday party St. Louis has ever seen! Gardening In St. Louis. ..pages 6 & 7 How to water your lawn, flowers and trees to avoid summer problems. Especially For Children...... page 8 Summer activities at the Garden and for home. Calendel s.015444 25240400 page 9 Mark your calendar for special Garden events dur- ing August and September. Parenting Fair ............ page 10 Two days of information, entertainment, films, ser- vices for parents and expectant parents. Anniversary Editions....... page 10 Special offerings of commemorative posters and magazines. Volunteers Honored........ page 11 Volunteers cited for commitment, special services and achievements. Ridgway Center Award ..... page 12 Beautiful interiors gain recognition. Garden Gate Shop Specials. . page 13 1985 Missouri Botanical Garden Calendar and Fall Plant Sale. Tour Guides Needed ....... page 13 Sign up now to lead tours through the Garden in 1985. Special Donation.......... page 14 Ladue Garden Club provides funds for an exclu- sive collection. Senior Activities Autumn courses for senior adults on the back cover. 3 Sayonara For Another Year Nine days and more than 56,000 people later, the 1984 Jap- anese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden drew to a close. With the continued generous support of The Seven-Up Com- pany, this year’s festival entertained almost 25% more people than the previous year. Not only was the festival an opportunity for visitors to im- merse themselves in the Japanese culture, it presented a unique opportunity for the Garden to showcase its beauty to visitors from all over the country. To The Seven-Up Company, the volunteers, the staff and the Members—Thank you for making this year’s festival the most successful in our nine year tradition. Ernst Haas: A Symphony for the Senses and the Intellect continued trom page 1) tional photography books and thus opened the way for others to follow. The Creation was and still is, overwhelmingly success- ful with the public. It was followed by other books, In America, In Germany and Himalayan Pilgrimage. Recently, Haas has begun to draw even deeper on his child- hood influences and his early motion studies, as he has moved into audiovisuals. The latest subject of his passion has been the flower. His new slide presentation is not as expected a parade of still shots of flowers, one after another. It is instead a symphony for the senses and intellect. For the world premiere of his Flower Portfolio at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Haas has had an original musical composi- tion by St. Louis composer Tom Hamilton created for the slide presentation. It is sure to be a rare experience and one not to be missed. 4 Haas seems finally to have combined the essense of all th things he seeks: The still photo that moves, color that is tactil and natural composition that appears orchestrated. It is difficu to determine if the presentation is prepared for the gourmet « gourmand in the audience. It is, perhaps, for both. It certain tests the limits of color, sound and movement. The magnificent Flower Portfolio consists of 12 large print created with a special dye-transfer process. The color in th prints is so rich that it appears almost three-dimensional. Th color, form, texture and composition of the prints definitely rive the subject matter for ascendency. Haas says of himself, “| would have loved to be a painter an composer.’ That kind of striving for an art without limits certain! shows in the beauty of his latest work. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Clarence C. Barksdale Joseph H. Bascom John H. Biggs William H. T. Bush Jules D. Campbell William H. Danforth Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S. J. Robert R. Hermann Nathaniel Johnson Rt. Rev. William A. Jones, Jr. Robert E. Kresko William E. Maritz James S. McDonnell Ill Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide William R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Louis S. Sachs Howard A. Schneiderman The Honorable Vincent C. Schoemenhl, Jr. Warren M. Shapleigh Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Tom K. Smith, Jr. C. C. Johnson Spink John K. Wallace, Jr. Robert C. West O. Sage Wightman III Harry E. Wuertenbaecher, Jr EMERITUS TRUSTEES Mr. Howard F. Baer Mr. Sam’! C. Davis Dr. Thomas S. Hall Mr. Henry Hitchcock Mr. A. Timon Primm III Mr. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Robert Brookings Smith EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE MEMBERS OFFICERS Mrs. Walter G. Stern, President Mrs. Charles W. Oertli, First Vice-President Mr. Jack Jennings, Second Vice-President Mrs. Andrew Zinsmeyer, Secretary Mrs. Henry W. Dubinsky, Treasurer Remember Members’ Days Twice in August and twice in Septem- ber, Members’ Days are planned. On those days, Members will receive free tram rides, an additional five percent (5%) discount on plant purchases, and a special price on one item in the Garden- view Restaurant. The Garden Gate Shop will also offer special Member’s Only sale items. In addition, each Member may bring two guests, free of admission charge, to the Garden. August Days Before most plants and shrubs have gone to seed or lost their leaves, con- sider some ways to preserve and enjoy their beauty and scent throughout the year. On Wednesday, August 8, Bar- bara O’Brien will demonstrate ‘Drying and Using Decorative Plant Material,” in- cluding herbal wreaths. Missouri Room of the Ridgway Center at 10:00 a.m. Since the Japanese Festival sparks fresh interest in all things Nipponese, on Saturday, August 25, the teahouse in the Japanese Garden will be opened to a limited number of Members for a presen- tation on the origin and significance of the tea ceremony. 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Reservations for this are required and may be made by phoning 577-5186. September Days To help Members make good choices for landscape plantings this fall, Brian Ward, Landscape Gardener, will present slides, information and recommenda- tions on “Bulbs and Herbaceous Peren- nials for This Region,’ on Tuesday, Sep- tember 11 at 10:00 a.m., in the Garden Room of the Ridgway Center. (This pro- gram immediately precedes the Fall Plant Sale on September 13 and 14 when many bulbs and perennials will be available.) Did You Miss A Members’ Day? These Garden stickers are a help- ful reminder of Members’ Day activ- ities. Just peel them off and place them on your calendar to mark the special days planned just for you. The Ultimate Members’ Day: Saturday, September 22 Every true anniversary celebrates that which is here and now, in remem- brance of what was then and there. To cap this salute to the present realization of Henry Shaw’s vision, the Executive Board of the Members will host a proud and joyful public observance—from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Missouri Fiddlers, barbershop quartets, and Viennese Serenaders will provide nostalgic har- mony, while square dancers, clowns, bal- loon men and the Shirt Tail personalities from Six Flags will add lively diversion. There will be puppet shows at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and a magician will take the stage at 11:30 a.m. and at 2:30 p.m. Booths and stands for all kinds of refreshments will be placed throughout the Garden. At dusk, a full-blown fire- works display—worthy of a true gala— will arch over the amphitheater, conclud- ing this grand event. Newly elected officers for the Executive Board of the Members are shown from left: Mrs. Charles (Sue) Oertli, First Vice President; Mr Jack Jennings, Second Vice President; Mrs. Walter G. (Nora) Stern, president; and Mrs. Henry (Ellen) Dubinsky, treasurer. Mrs. Andrew (Jean) Zinsmeyer not shown, was elected secretary. as / \ ct a New board members for the Executive Board of the Members are standing from left: Mr. John Fuller, Mr. William Dooley, Mr. David Wells. Seated from left: Mrs. Willard L. (Alice) Levy, Mrs. Edward M. (Dee Dee) Stivers, Mrs. Stephen F. (Kimmy) Brauer, and Mrs. Forrest J. (Mico) Murphy. 5 Gardening in St. Louis ae) . f\ A ‘ i< 4 + Summer Watering Plants are 75 to 95 percent water. Throughout the life of a leaf-lettuce plant, it uses 9 inches of water, a cucumber or water- melon plant uses about 15 inches, and a tomato plant needs about 24 inches. A large shade tree can transpire (lose water through its leaves) up to 100 gallons of water per day! During a hot St. Louis summer, supplementary watering is usually needed to provide optimum growing conditions. Know- ing when and how much to water are important and perplexing questions which a gardener needs to have answered. When plants don’t have enough water, they flag or wilt. If this wilting occurs during the heat of the day, the ground is damp, and the plants recover their stiffness by early evening, then this is nothing to worry about. This is a temporary wilt that commonly occurs to succulent plant growth. It happens when the leaves lose water quicker than the plants can absorb water from their roots. In this situation no permanent harm is done. If the plants, however, do not recover and regain their stiffness by early morn- ing, it means it’s time to water. Do not wait for the leaves to shrivel. Once the leaves have curled and dried, permanent tis- sue damage has resulted and these plants will never recover. The ideal is never to stress the plants to this degree. Experienced gardeners will notice that water-stressed plants look different. Their leaves become dull and gray-green or blue- green. This is also a sign that it is time to water. Certain gardening gadgets or devices can help in determin- ing the correct time to water. Moisture meters, which measure 6 water tension, can be very useful, especially for contain plants. At a certain point, this instrument will tell you whe the water tension is too great and thus when water should applied to the plant. The most dependable tool to use, thoug is your finger. Stick it about 2 inch into the soil to gauge i moisture level. In general, it is always best to water deeply and infrequent Shallow, repeated waterings lead to poorly developed root sy tems which are most susceptible to further drought damage. 7 get water deep into the soil you must apply it uniformly an slowly. This is why drip irrigation is so beneficial. If you are goin to apply water using an oscillating or rotary sprinkler, do it ear in the day and when the air is still so that not much of it will t evaporated into the air. If plants are not watered when they should be, sever undesirable effects result. Bluegrass turns brown and goes do mant; it will recover when cool, damp weather returns in the fa Zoysia turns brown temporarily. Annual and perennial flowé buds dry-up and branches of trees and shrubs slow down the growth and fruits don’t fully develop. Vegetables show wate stress in various ways. Tomatoes and squash develop cracks | their fruits, their leaves curl, and their fruits develop blossot end-rot (the ends of the fruits turn black). Corn especially neec water after it tassles and the kernels start to develop. Withot adequate moisture, corn will give a poor yield. Potatoes als show their dissatisfaction for hot, dry weather by producin knobby roots. Lettuce, which is very sensitive to drought, w develop burns on the tips of the leaves and in many cases w go to seed sooner than usual. Vegetables do have critical periods in which they need water. , if you only water at one time, do it at these important times. ans need water most after the plants have flowered and the ds are developing. For broccoli, it is critical that it be watered en the head is forming and enlarging. Corn needs moisture len it is in silk and the ears are starting to fill-out with kernels. lions need water for bulb formation and peas need it most crit- ly after flowering and when the pods are starting to fill-out. As on as the blossoms have set and the fruits are starting to en- ge, tomatoes need a large amount of water to develop. Unfortunately, water stress also leads to other problems. ought-weakened plants are more vulnerable to disease such powdery mildew and various blights. They become prone to ect damage, especially spider mites. High evening temper- ires and water stress can cause pepper and tomato blossoms abort or fall off without forming fruit. As a general guideline, most plants need about 1” of water r week. This 1” can consist of all natural rainfall, all irrigation iter or combination of the two. You can gauge the amount of iter that has fallen in your garden by installing a rain gauge. If u don’t buy a rain gauge, you can use a straight-sided jar arked in one-fourth increments. Use this to measure the ekly rainfall. As soon as you know what this rainfall is, you can just your watering practice accordingly. One inch of water per week amounts to about 62 gallons for ery hundred square feet of gardening area. | have included th this article a Watering Chart (see below) from H. B. Sher- an Manufacturing. It was designed to be used with their “Time ff Water Timer.’ This handy timer measures water output with- it electricity; it is operated by water flow. Using this device, it is simple matter to determine the correct amount of water eded for a specific area. Watering Chart Number of gallons and settings to deliver approximately 1” of water: Area Covered in Feet Gallons Settings 10 eS" 150 sq. ft. 100 1 10 ¥ 30" 300 sq. ft. 200 2 20’ x 30’ 600 sq. ft. 400 4 30’ x 40’ 1200 sq. ft. 800 8 40' x 50’ 2000 sq. ft. 1200 12 45' x 50’ 2250 sq. ft. 1400 14 oe There are many methods used to apply water. The most ymmon, and usually the least effective, is hand watering. This stem is usually only recommended for watering young plants container plants. Trying to hand water the lawn, large trees, \rubs, or established vegetable gardens is neither practical nor commended. It is very unlikely that anyone would have the ne or the patience to hold a hose the length of time it would be scessary to permit deep penetration of water to plant roots. As 1 example, it usually takes 4 hours or longer to adequately ater the lawn! When you do hand water, be sure to use a high-quality water eaker like the Dramm Water Breaker to ‘‘soften” the water ream and thus prevent plant roots from being washed out and amaged. The rotary sprinkler is commonly used to water lawns. It is an inexpensive sprinkler which usually distributes water too quickly to allow the ground to absorb it. If you have such a sprinkler, you may have to use it alternately turning it off and on to allow the water to penetrate. For example, you could run your sprinkler for 10 minutes and turn if off for 20 minutes and then run it for 10 minutes again. You should continue to do this until the ground is drenched. The oscillating sprinkler is probably the most common and frequently-used watering device for the garden. It distributes the water in somewhat of a fan shape. It does not distribute water quite as quickly as the rotary sprinkler, so there is usually more time for the water to penetrate the soil. Like the rotary sprinkler, however, it does distribute the water somewhat unevenly. Those points at the edge of the fan pattern will usually receive the most water, with those points closer to the sprinkler not receiving as much moisture. You can determine the water distribution and volume of output of your sprinkler by placing straight-sided con- tainers several places within the watering range of this sprinkler. This is an easy way to gauge when you have applied a half-inch or an inch of water. It is best to use oscillating sprinklers in the morning when it is cool so that less water will be evaporated be- fore it hits the ground and so that the wet foliage will have time to dry-out before the evening. Impact sprinklers are those types used often by commercial growers and are seen frequently at golf courses. These sprin- klers are popular because they are able to be precisely adjusted to deliver water to specific areas. These sprinklers can be expensive, but are very useful. Furrow irrigation is used in vegetable gardens where all the plants are grown in rows. The furrows are dug beside the plants and these furrows are then filled with water. Water is left in these furrows for several hours. With this system, no water touches the foliage. The water saturates the soil and is absorbed by the roots. Basin irrigation is somewhat similar to the furrow system. It is commonly used with trees and shrubs. A moat, 1 to 4 feet in diameter, is created by a circular ridge of soil around the tree or shrub. This cavity or basin is filled with water which then gradu- ally percolates into the soil to the plant roots. This system is ef- fective, but can be time consuming if it is used with many plants. Soaker hoses are used to water lawns, flower beds, and vegetables. Two sorts are commonly sold—a sprinkling and a soaking type. The sprinkling type is OK for watering lawn areas, flower beds and vegetable gardens. The soaker, which is usually made of canvas, is a better choice for deep watering of trees and shrubs. Drip irrigation is a fairly new idea in watering. It involves a controlled application of water at a very low rate which is deliv- ered to a specific area or plant. It is being used extensively by commercial fruit and vegetable growers and is becoming more popular with amateur gardeners throughout the world. —Steven A. Frowine, Public Horticulture Specialist 7 Match It Up—Color, Texture, Shape What color is a bluet? What is the shape of a bleeding heart? Have you ever felt a lamb’s ear leaf? Each of these plants bears a name that describes its color, texture, or shape. Some leaves are shaped like hearts or triangles. Others are fuzzy or soft as cotton. Flowers can be found in any number of colors, shapes or sizes. Take a late summer walk through your neighborhood. See how many differ- ent colors, textures, or shapes you can find in nature. You will need: box of crayons; tem- pera paints (blue, red, yellow, white); fabric scraps of different textures (soft, coarse, bumpy, smooth, etc.); shapes cut from cardboard (heart, circle, oval, triangle, rectangle, square, etc.); paper for painting or drawing. What to do: Pick a favorite place to take your “matching walks.” It can be your neighborhood, a park, or your own yard. On your first walk, take along a box of crayons. See if you can match some of nature's colors to the colors of the crayons. Look for brightly colored flowers and different shades of bark. How many colors can you match? When you come home, mix some tempera paint colors to- gether to match the colors you dis- covered in nature. You can make light- er shades of each color simply by MEMBERS adding white paint. Paint some pic- tures of the plants you saw. During your next walk, carry the fabric scrapes and try to match them to the textures of plants you see. Look for leaves that feel smooth, prickly, or fuzzy. Feel the bark of trees along the way. Your last walk can be a search for nature's shapes. Using the shapes cut from cardboard as a guide, try to find matching shapes in the parts of plants. Look at bark, flowers, leaves and seeds. How many shapes can you match? Some of the plant parts you match may have fallen to the ground from trees or shrubs. Collect these parts to bring back home. Show your friends or your family what you discovered on your “matching” walks. Draw pictures of the plants you found. The next time you visit the Mis- sour! Botanical Garden, look carefully for nature’s colors, shapes and tex- tures. You will be surprised at how many more kinds you will discover! —Ilene Follman Education Consultant with the most similar shape. Draw a line from the figure in the top row to the leaf in the bottom row Saturday Morning Activities for Families October 6 October 13 October 27 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 A Pot For Your Plant Cloning Concepts Lives of the Dinosaurs Bulb Forcing Grocery Store Botany Cahokia—A Prehistoric City Exploring the Winter Sky All the classes are held from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the Ridgway Center. Prices vary for programs. For registration, see the fall adult class brochure or call 577-5140. 8 Summer Film Fest For Kids The Summer Film Fest for chil- dren, which started on July 1, con- tinues August 1 through August 4. The films begin at 12 noon in Shoen- berg Auditorium of the Ridgway Cen- ter. Admission is $1 for Garden Mem- bers and $1.50 for non-members. The remaining schedule is: August 1 “Blackbeard’s Ghost” August 2 ‘Gulliver's Travels” August 3 “Dumbo” August 4 “Snow White” August August 1, 2, 3, 4 CALENDAR Summer Film Fest for Kids Children’s films continue into August at 12 noon in Shoenberg Auditorium. August 4&5 August 8 August 9- September 3 August 9 August 11 Urban Gardening Fair Gardeners from all over the metropolitan area will bring their fruits, vegetables, flowers and canned goods for judging at the Garden. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Members’ Preview A special preview of Ernst Haas’ Flower Portfolio, and an audiovisual presentation by the artist. Preview from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Presentation at 6:30 p.m. Shoenberg Auditorium. Ernst Haas Exhibit The world premiere of Flower Portfolio, a collection of twelve stunning flower photographs. Monsanto Hall. Ernst Haas Autographs The world famous photographer will be at the Ridgway Center from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to autograph copies of his book The Creation, which is for sale in the Garden Gate Shop. Photographers’ Walk Ernst Haas will guide a special photographers’ walk through the Garden followed by breakfast on the Terrace. Begins at 8:30 a.m. The charge is $75 per person and reservations can be made by calling 577-5125. August 11 & 12 August 25- September 3 Parenting Fair at the Garden Two full days of exhibits, seminars, films, and entertain- ment for parents and soon-to-be parents, in the Ridgway Center. Sat., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cactus Society Show Orthwein Floral Hall will be filled with the pretty and the prickly as the Cactus Society shows and judges the best specimens. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. September September 1-30 September 3 September 4, 11, 18, 25 Bromeliads These fascinating plants will be showcased in the Clima- tron near their tropical neighbors. Picnic Day Spend Labor Day at the Garden with a leisurely walk. The Gardenview Restaurant will feature a picnic-like lunch. Connections The popular films series will be shown at the Garden free to the public. The series, which continues on Tuesday nights through November 6, depicts the social growth of mankind in relation to science. September 8 & 9 September 6 September 6- October 8 September 13 & 14 September 15 & 16 September 22 & 23 September 29 & 30 September 30 Rose Weekend A romantic encounter with wine and roses. Take the time to smell the roses in two of the finest rose gardens in the country. Members’ Preview A special preview for Members Only of a lovely photo- graphic exhibit by Elaine Blatt. 4 pm. to6 p.m. Elaine Blatt at the Garden The recent works of St. Louis photographer Elaine Blatt will be exhibited in Monsanto Hall. Of special interest to Garden friends is her beautiful series of water lily prints. Members’ Days Fall Plant Sale Great discounts on fall gardening needs, including Dutch bulbs for Spring and great savings for your Christmas list. Discounts apply in both the plant and gift shops, Garden Gate Shop and Orthwein Floral Hall. Fall Plant Sale The sale continues two more days with the Garden Gate Shop and Orthwein Floral Hall full of good gar- dening buys. Men’s Garden Club Show Orthwein Floral Hall will be filled with the best of the season for display and judging. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dahlia Society Show See the best varieties of dahlia displayed and judged in Orthwein Floral Hall. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. St. Louis Chamber Chorus Music For Chorus and Brass with selections by Purcell, Bruckner, Schumann, Handel, Della Joio, and Scarlatti. At 3:00 p.m. Shoenberg Auditorium. Music director and conductor is Dr. Stephen Curtis. Call 721-7212 for tickets and information. 9 Parenting Fair at the Garden Kids In The Middle and Progressive Youth Center, two area non-profit agencies, will present a unique new event at the Mis- souri Botanical Garden on August 11 and 12. According to Linda Youngblood, executive director of Kids In The Middle, “Healthy parenting is definitely a topic of the ‘80s. There are thousands of parents and soon-to-be parents in St. Louis that need and want comprehensive information on successful parenting. The purpose of this fair is to provide that information.’ The two-day event will consist of on-going exhibits, semi- nars, lectures, films and entertainment. Information, services and products of interest to expectant parents through parents of adolescents will be presented by area organizations and businesses. The hours for the Parenting Fair are Saturday, August 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, August 12, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to regular admission to the Garden, visitors will pay a minimal admission to the Fair. Admission to the Parenting Fair is $1.50 for ages 16 and over, 50¢ for children 13 to 15, and children under 13 are free. Entertainment plans include strolling mimes, magicians, jugglers, clowns and characters from Six Flags. The ‘‘Food Groupies” from The Saint Mary’s Health Center will perform on Saturday. Two major theatre performances are planned for the Shoenberg Auditorium, one at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, the other at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Seminars for the two-day Parenting Fair include topics as diverse as “Birthing Alternatives,” “Arts in the Family,” “Children and Death” and “Choosing the Ideal Preschool.” Twenty non- profit organizations, which provide services related to childrer and parenting, will have booths in the Jordon Education Wing There will also be a “resource corner” in that area with printec materials on a wide range of topics. Exhibitors in the Orthwein Floral Hall will include a variety o businesses that provide child related products and services Some of the many exhibitors include Martha Rounds Academy) For Children, IBM, Discovery Toys, Richeda-Brace Family Den tal Association, Rick Benkoff Photography, a large number o healthcare organizations and other parenting related services. For more information on the Parenting Fair At The Garden please call 726-5588. Missouri Historical Society Salutes the Garden The summer issue of “Gateway Heritage,” which is pub- lished by the Missouri Historical Society, will be totally dedicated to the Missouri Botanical Garden, its history and its years of ser- vice. As a salute to the 125th Anniversary of the Garden, ‘“‘Gate- way Heritage’ has included articles on the Gardens by such notables as Peter H. Raven, Barbara Perry Lawton, Father Wil- liam B. Faherty, James Neal Primm and Gerhardt Kramer. Glenn Hensley, editor of ‘Gateway Heritage,” called the issue “one of the most exciting in recent years.” The articles explore the unique history and architecture of the Garden, and take a detailed look at Henry Shaw and his enduring legacy. The features are illustrated with historical photographs and memorabilia, some never before published. By special arrangement with the Missouri Historical Society, this issue of “Gateway Heritage” is available to Garden Mem- bers through the Garden Gate Shop, or through the mail from the Garden. The price per copy is $5, which includes postage for mailing. If purchased at the Garden Gate Shop, Members’ dis- counts do apply. Order now to assure your commemorative copy of the ‘Gateway Heritage.” Please send me way Heritage.” | have enclosed copies of Summer 1984 ‘‘Gate- ____($5 per copy). Send to: Address City State Zipcode | | | | | | Name | | | | | | | | Once In A Lifetime Poster Thanks to Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK), the Missouri Botanical Garden has a very unique view of its 125tt Anniversary Garden. HOK has provided design and productior work on a poster that depicts an aerial view of the Garder grounds. The intricate detailing of the illustration shows the grounds as they appear right now in time, and details every corner of the Garden’s 79 acres. Special thanks are due tc Scott Hueting and Bob Wattel, both of HOK, who designed anc G h.D. in plant systematics from the Jniversity of Alberta, Canada, in 1981. -or his dissertation he studied the rela- ionships of the genus Arnica in the sun- flower family. Arnicas are familiar to those who have visited the mountains of western North America, where the large, green plants with bright yellow heads dot the landscape. Since he completed his degree, Dr. Wolf has spent a year at the University of Califor- nia at Santa Barbara studying the chemistry of the phlox family and two years investigating Polygonum evolu- tion using cytological and morpholog- ical techniques. Most recently he had a teaching position at Whitman College in Washington. While at the Garden, he will be a National Museum Act Curatorial Trainee, a position that is funded by the National Museum Act specifically to train recent Ph.D.s in herbarium management practices. This will be the tenth year that the Na- tional Museum Act has funded such a position. 13 New Members Sponsoring Members Mr. David Cassidy Sustaining Members Bunge Corporation Mrs. Herman Bowmar Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Marianne Buechner Ms. Marcia Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dunahee Jane C. Duncan Mr. William Fellenz Marcella V. Karros Carole Marks Jane McCain Ms. Eileen Mitchell Dr. Keith Rich J. A. Simpkins Mrs. J. Bruce Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stoliar Mrs. Ted C. Wetterau, Jr. Contributing Members Mr. and Mrs. Roger Archibald Dorothy M. Bleitner Mr. Scot Boulton Bernard Buckman Ms. Andrea D. Curato Mrs. Marilyn E. Fingerhut Mr. Randy S. Fischer Mr. Joseph A. Galli Roy Garcia Karl Graf Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Hilliker Kenneth R. Kasten Mr. John Kiske Mr. William B. Kountz, Jr. Mrs. Kathryn K. Laciny Mr. Kenneth McGann Mr. Joseph F. Mele Mr. Robert D. Miller Miss Carole J. Mills John T. Moore Samuel J. Mosby Mrs. Annalu Mueller Miss Helen J. Myers Mr. Wesley A. Pieper Mrs. Eleanor Podolsky Mr. Isaac Rapez Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Rocklage Mr. and Mrs. R.A. K. Smith William Tull Dr. and Mrs. M. F. Vincenc Mr. Harold |. Weingarten DanC. Wille Increased Support Sponsoring Members Mr. Henry Belz III Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Countryman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Crancer, Jr. Mrs. Bertha Deutsch Mrs. E. R. Eisendrath Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Peterson Sustaining Members Jeanne A. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bartareau Mr. WalJter A. Beckers Lawrence F. Behymer Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bierman David A. Blanton III Mr. and Mrs. John A. Blumenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Brasch Mrs. Oscar E. Buder Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Caspari Ms. Jean Duvel Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Floyd Mrs. Carolyn Freund Alan D. Glass Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Greenlaw Mr. Walter G. Hollman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hughes Mrs. Barbara E. Jacobs Miss Ada S. Kling Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Kurz Mrs. Walter W. Lorch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Marshall Margie W. May Virginia R. Moehlenpah Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Mudd Dr. Patricia O'Neal Mrs. Evelyn Palisch Mr. Douglas Payton Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson Dr. and Mrs. Leon Robison III Dr. Joseph A. Santiago Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Schulz Mr. Charles Shaffar Mr. S. M. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shepherd Mrs. Arthur Stockstrom Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Thilking Mr. George S. Tulloch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wehking Mr. Chester J. White Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wuertenbaecher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeager Contributing Members Mr. Harold Ahner Mrs. Mark B. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. William P. Beavers Mr. Robert Beins Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Brod William J. Byland, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Catalano Mr. and Mrs. Arbra L. Coalson Richard R. Cook Mrs. T. K. Cooper, Jr. Mrs. Edward J. Costigan Marlies Crone Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Crump Vincent B. Dantoni Mr. Jack E. Dimond Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Donaho Mr. Edward D. Driemeyer Mr. John E. Dwyer Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Egan Mrs. Roger M. Folk Col. and Mrs. William Ford Mr. and Mrs. Steve Frates Mr. and Mrs. Mack A. Gale Mr. and Mrs. Gene T. Goughenour Mr. Frank J. Guyol, Jr. Dr. Laurence A. Hallas Mr. and Mrs. San D. Hodgdon Mr. Edward Hopper Mr. and Mrs. A. Huebner Ms. Regina Humphreys Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Irons Elizabeth A. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. T. F. James, Jr. Dr. Joshua E. Jensen David Karp Chris Knight and Sandy Knight Michael Koebel John C. Kohler Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Kolodziej Shirley M. Kraft Mr. Horst G. Kramer Norma E. Kraus Max F. Lamm Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Lebman Mrs. Wilfred F. Long Mr. John R. Longmire Ms. Glenna Magsam Hughes Mr. Mark Maltagliati Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Mange Newton G. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Mersman Mrs. Garret F. Meyer Mr. Edward J. Miller Tributes June-July 1984 IN HONOR OF: Isabel and Howard Baer Mr. and Mrs. Art Sprung Mrs. Milton H. Tucker Mrs. Harriet Bakewell Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. Frank Block Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruwitch Mrs. Oliver Branneky Mrs. Marvin Harris Ms. Sylvia Carafiol Mrs. Gerald J. Eder Claude J. Cook Miss Elizabeth Goltermann Mr. Richard D. Crowell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crowell Mrs. Erna Eisendrath Mrs. Irvin Bettman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fishback Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Green Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kloeppner Marilyn Fox Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Katherine and Martin Gardner Mr. and Mrs. David F. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Max Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Victor Growcock Janice Wendland Michael Growcock Steven Growcock Dr. Thomas S. Hall Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. and Mrs. Gene Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Roy Green Martin F. Kamer Fran Mazanec Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Kraetsch Mr. and Mrs. Jim Arensman Mrs. John S. Lehmann Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. and Mrs. Willard Levy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruwitch Mrs. Alan Lewin Sunny and Myron Glassberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loomis Miss Mercedes Nitzschmann Mrs. James S. McDonnell Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore Mrs. Robert Kittner Ms. Shirley Musgrove Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arensman Mr. Robert Nagel Men’s Garden Club of Florissant Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sakahara Rock Hill Garden Club #1 Michael and Laurie Vander Velde Mrs. Ben Schermer Mr. and Mrs. James Henderson Mr. Harry O. Schloss, Jr. Selma Seldin Mrs. Ben H. Senturia Mr. and Mrs. Earl Susman J. Henry Schweich Mr. and Mrs. Percy Tucker Rev. John Shaffer Miss Gerry Barnholtz Miss Marian Barnholtz Rabbi and Mrs. Maurice Lyons Dr. Samuel Soule Dr. and Mrs. Leigh Gerdine Mrs. Samuel Soule Mr. and Mrs. Lester R. Adelson Mr. and Mrs. S. Charles Baer Mrs. Irvin Bettman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Harold Cutler Dr. and Mrs. Milton J. Deitch Dr. and Mrs. Max Deutch Dr. and Mrs. Norman W. Drey Mr. and Mrs. Saul Dubinsky Mrs. Harry Esserman Mrs. Henry L. Freund Sunny and Myron Glassberg Mr. and Mrs. Alan E. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greensfelder Mrs. John Isaacs, Jr. Mrs. Estelle Keller Mr. Tobias Lewin Mrs. Ben Loeb Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Lowenhaupt Iris Meyerhardt Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Prince Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prins Dr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruwitch Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scharff, Jr. Mrs. William H. Schield Mrs. Charles R. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Schweich Selma Seldin Mrs. Ben H. Senturia Dr. and Mrs. Hye Senturia Mrs. Hymen Shifrin Barbara, Oscar, Sarah and Adam Soule Mrs. Murray Steinberg Mrs. Earl Susman Dr. and Mrs. Helman Wasserman Gusta and Herman Willer Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Saul S. Zeve Ellen and Jay Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steele Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Talcoff Mrs. Arthur Stone Mary Elizabeth Ambler Miss Doris J. Sudhoff Doris, Kenneth, Bill, Joan and Jeanne Grattendick Mr. and Mrs. Louis Susman Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook (continued on next page) Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mueller Mrs. Norma Nest Mrs. D. J. Newbern Rupert Nimmo Mr. Robert A. Oebermann Mr. and Mrs. James B. Orthwein Miss C. F. Palazzolo Dr. S. D. Parwatikar Margaret Pautler Janice B. Pocock Mr. and Mrs. Mark Proudfoot James W. Reid Mrs. Chris Reineke Mr. Elmer Renaud Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rust Miss Mona Sayers Mr. Lawrence W. Schottel Mrs. Theodore F. Schroth Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Schwartz Ms. Monica M. Scott Mr. Alex Shaffer Mr. Lewis B. Shepley Dr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Smylie, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Donald L. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. James O. Stenborg Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stern Ms. Susan E. Stiritz Sanford S. Talley Mr. Edward L. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Tad Tucker Mary C. Ulrich Ms. Mary Veloff Mr. and Mrs. Darrell C. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wiseman Mr. and Mrs. Glynn A. Young, Jr. —— Tributes (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Thilking Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Green Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watson Mr. and Mrs. John A. Throckmorton Mrs. Robert Kittner Mrs. Robert J. Wanek Mrs. Marvin Harris Patsy Weintraub Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Franciscus Dr. and Mrs. Peter H. Raven Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tucker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Younger Miss Mercedes Nitzschmann Miss Grace Yount Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Leibengood Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Zatlin Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Leon Zeve Mr. Harold S. Cook IN MEMORY OF: Mr. John Ayers Mr. and Mrs. George Graham Mr. Don Beecher Mrs. Robert Kittner Florence Bersch Serena Boschert Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kirchner Beulah Kolkmeier Mrs. Florence R. Binder Mrs. Eleanor Mayorwitz Ms. Lynn Mayorwitz Virginia Blaney Mrs. G. E. Piggott Ray Bowden Mrs. L. D. Slane Mrs. Mary Scott Brookes Sidney Dula Edith Schultz Dr. Alfred Cove Sarah and Tom Cooper Mr. Arthur Curlee Mrs. Jean Cordis Mrs. Jacqueline Mathison Janet G. Meredith Maxine Niehoff Theodore A. Schmitt James Godwin Scott Donald Steinmeyer Mrs. Marjorie Steinmeyer May Davis Barbara Lenny Karen Weimann Mrs. Addine G. Erskine Mr. and Mrs. Joel Zarum Miss Leslie Anne Fargher Helen Alexander The Bennett Family Ken, Margaret, Jeff and Cynthia Blades Alice Blake, Inc. Doris J. Blewett Bopp Chapel Employees Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Casey Dean and Patti Cinotte and Family Henrietta Cinotte Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Dykstra Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoff Mrs. John A. Holscher Dorothy and Robert Howell Miss Denise Imgarten Paul and Loretta Jensen Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jordan Frank and Amy Kroll Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Lampitt Mr. and Mrs. William T. McClure Frank and Esther Mignone Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moller Mrs. Earline Ogg Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Poe eons Gail A. Raden Elliott Reid Mr. and Mrs. Robin A. Russell Mr. and Mrs. P. Sabin St. Louis Co. Library, Readers Svc., Adult Svc. and Reference Depts. Mary E. Speroulias Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stevens Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Swanson Lisa C. Timmerman Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams Mrs. Stella Williams Mrs. G. H. Yonker Mary E. Yonker Mrs. Charles H. Fendell Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Rosenthal Clarence Franke Mary Walker Mrs. Gerald W. Froemke Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belz Ill Mrs. Kenneth H. Bitting Mrs. William Bixby, Jr. Mrs. Dwight W. Coultas Mrs. James E. Crawford O. P. Hampton III Family Mrs. E. R. Hurd, Jr. Mrs. Russell E. Gardner Mrs. Kenneth H. Bitting Mrs. David Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Limberg Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wight Mrs. Alvina L. Gestring Dr. Jule and Bernice Brunner and Dennis Mr. Clarence Gildehaus Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boettcher John Wesley Glenn Marjorie L. Feuz Mr. Martin Goldberg Jerry and Norma Nissenbaum Mrs. Mabel P. Grant Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leyhe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Miller Noah Gresham Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helms, Jr. Jane F. Groff Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mueller Mr. Harry Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Steiner Marguerite M. Hedges Alice and Howard Coleman Myrtle and Crawford Hawkins Dottie and Redford Johnson Lonnie and Milton Mild Dottie and Ralph Schaefer Vance and Hap Waldrip Mr. Carl Hester Mrs. Gertrude Hester Mr. and Mrs. James M. Macnish Ethel Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Barad Mr. Nelson H. Howe Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belz III Bernard B. Gross Mrs. Marion Instone Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mueller Mary Johnson Bette Bates John and Helen Joynt Marilyn and Art Boettcher Achillea Karakas Robert and Susie Schulte Otto H. Keisker Evelyn Cull Martha G. Davis Mrs. Frances Deppe Mrs. Jerome F. Kircher Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church Mrs. G. Lynn Krause Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lilly Eunice Kuehnert Diane Taylor Mrs. Saul Kurfirst’s Mother Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Talcoff Bernice Langenohl Claiborne P. Handleman Helen Lauck Robert E. LaMear Mr. Virgil Lewis Mrs. Paul Bakewell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Marion Engler Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Limberg Mr. Irving Lipton Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Brod Mr. Elmer McDonough Mr. and Mrs. James M. Macnish Betty McGuire Miss Alice Hausner Mr. Charles McMackin Mr. and Mrs. Drew Karandjeff Mr. William Marberry Mr. Ralph W. Bushee Mrs. Margaret Meyer Mrs. Hester B. Lee Mrs. Oren F. Miller, Sr. Mrs. Andrew H. Baur Mrs. Paul Bakewell, Jr. Dorothy and L. J. Grigsby Ladue Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. James K. Mellow Mr. and Mrs. John H. Payne Jane T. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Vigus Mrs. Rolla K. Wetzel Carlen X. Moyer Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mrs. Mollie Mueller Mrs. O. W. Kruse Mrs. Mary A. Nakano Sam M. Nakano Mrs. Homer E. Nash, Sr. Dr. Elizabeth J. Nettles Mr. William Nolan Bruce Abel Hugh Ashby Paul Ballard Tom Barnett Sally Bartnett Jean Blecha Barbara Bloomfield Arnold Burkhart Denise Carolan Chromalloy American Corp. Janet Cissell Pat Fabre Mary Farinella Trinidad Howard Denise Huerta Ken McLean John Miller Craig Mundle Don Pirtle Lingo Potts Gwen Quinn Janice Redburn Don Richter Darlene Rodawald Mike Romero Mabel Shackelford Jim Silkwood Kathy Sitze Judy Smith Bill Stevens Cecile Stubbs The Valley Line Company Donna Wagner Alan Woolard Joe Wuller Mrs. Joan Pacheco Mrs. William F. P. Reid III Mrs. Louise Paxson Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Bainter Elizabeth B. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Herbert |. Finch, Jr. Betty M. Remley General Grant Hills Garden Club Mr. Jay Rice Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kennard III Mrs. John Shoenberg Mrs. Leona S. Robinson Mrs. Leslie Gleason-Hawksbee Mrs. J. M. Robnett Mrs. Leslie Loewe Mrs. Melba Roche Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Tucker, Jr. Edna Rodgers The C. V. Mosby Company Raymond Rose Elizabeth Goltermann Mrs. Edna Rozak Mrs. R. C. Bradley Mrs. Margaret Sargent Mr. and Mrs. John J. Reed Mrs. Alice H. Schaeffer Mrs. Dwight W. Coultas Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Magner Mrs. Herbert B. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Vigus Mrs. Ann Schomogy Dorothy Howell Elizabeth Schubert Shirley and Jim Hullverson Joseph V. Seibel Mrs. Harriet M. Bakewell Mrs. Lloyd C. Stark Mr. Albert Seigel Susan, Bob, Jesse and Seth Appleton Mathilda Shelton Jackie (Stern) Gutman Mrs. Tillie Simon Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lerman Mr. Jack Smith Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon L. Davis Mrs. Jan Soest Mr. and Mrs. William H. Engelsmann Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Pommer Mr. L. Keehn Spear Miss Alma Simms Miss Myra Simms Mrs. Bea Stoliar Dr. and Mrs. Terry G. Gardner Mr. Thomas Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Mrs. Camille Syberg Flower Arrangers Circle Mrs. H. Clifford Taylor Mrs. Robert B. Forbes Melbourne F. Thompson Mrs. Hedwig Baist and Family Mr. Otto Dierlamm Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rischert Mrs. B. Schneider and Family Mrs. Emma Meinhardt and Family Mirs. Mary Till Mr. and Mrs. George Lange Mr. Omar Todebusch Mr. Dan Hill Dr. Douglas A. Krauss Donald L. and Melissa A. Palmer Mrs. Suzanne B. Trottman Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan Mrs. Olga Vonderheid Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Maurer Mr. Anvil Troy Warfel Miss Nelda E. Vines Mrs. Beverly Weeke Mir. and Mrs. Paul Eger Ruth A. Wemhoener Charles F. Wemhoener Mr. Morton Werner Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McCormick Mrs. Anthony T. Wilson Mrs. James E. Crawford Mrs. Clark R. Gamble Miss Marian Wittmann Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rogers Mr. Albert Wunderlich Robert and Susie Schulte ge. Mausoleum Fence Being Repaired ~ J *~< section of wrought iron fence surrounding Henry Shaw’s mausoleum in the Missouri Botanical Garden. The historically significant fence is being preserved and renovated through the combined effort of the National Park Service, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Botanical Gar- den, and Garden Members and supporters. According to Gerhardt Kramer, the supervising architect for the project, the fence was installed at Shaw’s direction around 1885. Kramer, who has been instrumental in much of the Garden’s historic renovation work, contracted with Floris- sant Ornamental Iron Works to remove, repair and re-install about 140 feet of fence or about one quarter of the fence wrought iron fence surrounding Henry Shaw's mausoleum. Repair wo included straightening bent posts, recasting broken or lost pieces, welding a ditional supports and recurving the sections to conform to the original desig. around the mausoleum. The work included repairing the gat at the south end near Tower Grove House. Funding for the first phase of the project came from a grar from the National Park Service through the state Division « Parks and Historic Preservation and matching funds from th Garden, including a generous contribution by Mrs. A. Wess¢ Shapleigh. Total cost of renovating the entire fence is est mated at $50,000. MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN (ISSN-0026-6507) PO. Box 299 Saint Louis, Missouri 63166 1859*1984 WZ 5° Ami CISATY Missouri Botanical Garden as SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ST. LOUIS, MC “125: sAn MICE? Sa Ty" Missouri Botanical Garden Volume LXXII, Number 7 December 1984 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin — A Garden of Christmas Delights December is filled with excitement, enchantment and tradition for visitors to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Mark your calendars now, and please note that many activities are by reservation, so you will want to call early. Yuletide at Tower Grove House December 4 through December 31, the glorious country house of Mr. Henry Shaw will be ablaze with the tradition of Christmas. Visitors can see how a true Victorian House is decorated for the holidays. The Executive Board of the Members, the Tower Grove House Aux- iliary, St. Louis Herb Society, Garden Club of St. Louis, Forsythia Garden Club, Village Garden Club, and the Rowena Clark Garden Club are all lend- ing their time and talent to decorate Tower Grove House for your pleasure. An added attraction this year will be a special United Nations Tree in the South Parlor, which will be adorned with traditional ornaments from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, England, Japan and Mexico. The Herb Garden outside of Tower Grove House will sport a spe- cially decorated tree for birds, the hand- iwork of Brownie Scouts. Tower Grove House is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $1, complimentary admission for Members, group rates for 15 or more persons is 65¢ each. Candelight Tour December 5 is a very special eve- ning at Tower Grove House, when vis- itors will be treated to a candlelight tour. Reservations are required, and can be made by calling 577-5150. The tour hours are from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The fee of $5 per person includes the tour and refreshments in the Tea Room. Call early to reserve your space. Christmas Luncheon During this busy time of year, take a moment to stop and enjoy the season with a Christmas luncheon at Tower Grove House Tea Room. Three lunch- eons are offered this season in the Tea Room, on Tuesday, December 11, Wed- nesday, December 12, and Thursday, December 13. Tables for four and six are available. Luncheon is $6 per per- son. But call 577-5150 now, since reser- vations are limited. A Renaissance Evening Enjoy the sights and sounds of a Renaissance Christmas on December 21 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jesters, harp- sichord music and strolling minstrels will greet you as you enter the Ridgway Center. Enjoy refreshments from the cash bar as you walk through the mag- nificent Holiday Plant Show and view the first Christmas Tree Exhibit in Mon- santo Hall. At 7:30 p.m. the film, ““O That We Were There,’ will be shown in Shoenberg Auditorium. At 8 p.m. the Madrigal Singers of St. Louis will take over the stage for a performance of period music. Admission to A Renais- sance Evening is $2 for Members, $3 for non-members. Call 577-5125 for in- formation about A Renaissance Eve- ning. Call during business hours, Mon- day through Friday. Supper With Santa The Garden is offering a delightful Christmas package for families this (continued on page 4) HENRY SHAW ASSOCIATES Mr. and Mrs. James G. Alfring Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Allen, Jr. Apex Oil Company Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson Mrs. Newell A. Augur Dr. Daniel |. Axelrod Mrs. Agnes F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. A. Beckers Ms. Sally J. Benson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Buder, Jr. Miss Ruth Buerke Mr. and Mrs. John G. Buettner Mr. and Mrs. William H. T. Bush Mrs. J. Butler Bushyhead Mrs. David R. Calhoun, Jr. Mr. Jules D. Campbell Mrs. Jean-Jacques Carnal Miss Adelaide Cherbonnier Mrs. Fielding T. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fielding L. Childress Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Close Mr. Sidney S. Cohen Contico International, Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. Sander Coovert Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Cornwell, Sr. Mrs. Edwin R. Culver, Jr. Mrs. Elsie Ford Curby Dr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth Dr. and Mrs. Morris Davidson Mr. Sam'!C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Day Mrs. Joseph Desloge, Sr. Mr. Alan E. Doede Miss Barbara L. Donnell Mrs. John L. Donnell Mrs. H. R. Duhme, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Edwards Ernst and Whinney Mrs. Elsie W. Espy Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mrs. Mary Plant Faust Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferring Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fischer Mr. and Mrs. M. Peter Fischer Mrs. Clark P. Fiske Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Forbes Mrs. Eugene A. Freund Mrs. Henry L. Freund Mr. S. E. Freund Mr. Edward S. Funsten, Jr. Mr. Robert Lee Funsten Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galloway Mrs. Clark R. Gamble General Dynamics Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Leigh L. Gerdine Mr. and Mrs. Myron Glassberg Mr. Samuel Goldstein Mr. Stanley J. Goodman Mrs. Mildred Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gould Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hadley Griffin Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Halls Mrs. Ellis H. Hamel Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Harris Mr. George Hasegawa Mrs. John H. Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. and Mrs. William Guy Heckman Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hoagland Mr. Fielding L. Holmes Mr. John Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter Mrs. John Kenneth Hyatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hyland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Jackes Mrs. Margaret Mathews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. J. Eugene Johanson Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. W. Boardman Jones, Jr. Mrs. A. F. Kaeser Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Karros Mrs. George E. Kassabaum Dr. and Mrs. John H. Kendig Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kennard III Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Keydel Mr. Thomas M. Keydel Mr. William L. Keydel Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Kiefer Miss Ada S. Kling Mr. and Mrs. William S. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kourik Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Krombach Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lamy Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langsdorf, Jr Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mrs. Robert K. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Emmet J. Layton Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lebens Mrs. John S. Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Levy Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lewis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Dr. Carlyle A. Luer Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Mann Mr. and Mrs. William E. Maritz Mr. Harry B. Mathews III Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. McDaniel Mrs. James S. McDonnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Mr. Lester Miller Mr. and Mrs. |. E. Millstone Mississippi River Transmission Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Moog Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Walter L. Moore Mrs. Myles Morrison The C. V. Mosby Company Dr. Julia K. Muller Mr. and Mrs. Chapin S. Newhard Mr. and Mrs. Eric P Newman Mr. and Mrs. George A. Newton Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nooney Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Oberheide Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mrs. John M. Olin Mr. Spencer T. Olin Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Orthwein, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Pantaleoni Peabody Coal Company Mrs. Jane K. Pelton Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Perry Reverend Roy Pfautch Miss Jane E. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Piper Mrs. Herman T. Pott Mrs. Miquette M. Potter Mr. and Mrs. A. Timon Primm III Mr. Robert T. Recklein Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Robinson, Jr. Mr. Stanley T. Rolfson Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Rosborough, Jr. Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Ruwitch Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Sachs St. Louis County Water Company Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Saxdal Mrs. William H. Schield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly Mr. Thomas F. Schlafly Schnuck Markets, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Schott, Jr. Mr. Charles G. Schott III Miss Jane M. Schott Mr. Robert L. Schott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaikewitz Mrs. A. Wessel Shapleigh Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Shapleigh Mrs. Thomas W. Shields Mrs. John M. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shoenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. Mr. Earl K. Schreckengast Mr. and Mrs. Emmet C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Smith Mrs. Sylvia N. Souers Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spoehrer Mrs. Hermann F. Spoehrer Mrs. Robert R. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. and Mrs. John H. Stewart Mrs. Mildred E. Stifel Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius F. P. Stueck Mr. and Mrs. Hampden M. Swift Mrs. Martha Love Symington Mr. and Mrs. William Tao Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taussig Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thayer Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tooker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Towle Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Walsh, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Waters Mrs. Horton Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil Mrs. S. A. Weintraub Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wells Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Werner Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sage Wightman III Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Mrs. John M. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Wolfsberger Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Wren Miss F. A. Wuellner Mrs. Eugene F. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Louis |. Zorensky Mr. and Mrs. Sander B. Zwick Anonymous DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATES Mrs. Arthur B. Baer Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Bascom Mr. and Mrs. Erwin R. Breihan Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson Carpenter III Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cassilly Mr. Maris Cirulis Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. Mrs. Robert Corley Dr. and Mrs. John L. Davidson, Jr. Mr. Bernard F. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dilschneider, Jr. Ms. Jean Duvel Echo Valley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert |. Edelman Mr. and Mrs. George Faux Mr. and Mrs. William A. Frank Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hager Ms. Jo S. Hanson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. August H. Homeyer Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Horlacher Mrs. John Valle Janes, Sr. Mr. Michael V. Janes Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Jordan Mr. Kenneth Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Kirtz Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koplar Mrs. Carole L. Lenocker Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lupo Mr. and Mrs. Minard T. MacCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers A. Macllvaine Mrs. Roblee McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Messing, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Miller Missouri Machinery and Engineering Company Mrs. W. Gillispie Moore Mr. and Mrs. Shadrach F. Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donn Carr Musick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Newhard Mrs. Carl Otto Mrs. Harry E. Papin, Jr. Mrs. J. Michael Pennington Mrs. Drue Wilson Philpott Mr. Dominic Ribaudo Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ridgway Mrs. Edward J. Riley, Jr. Mrs. John Ruhoff Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ruprecht Mr. and Mrs. Preston F. Ryan Mr. Terry A. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Schapiro Mr. Don R. Schneeberger Mrs. James E. Schneithorst Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schuler Mrs. E. C. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. John E. Simon Mrs. Lloyd C. Stark St. Louis Service Center St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Miss Lillian L. Stupp Mrs. Milton H. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tucker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Von Allmen Mrs. Mahlon B. Wallace, Jr. Watlow Electric Company Dr. Clarence S. Weldon Dr. Virginia V. Weldon Mrs. Elizabeth N. Young G John H. Biggs President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Walter G. Stern, President, Executive Board of the Members Dr. Peter H. Raven Director The MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN is published seven times a year, in February, April, May, June, August, October, and December by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. Second Class postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. $12.00 per year. $15 foreign. The Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin is sent to every Member of the Garden as one of the benefits of member- ship. For a contribution of as little as $30 per year, Members also are entitled to: free admission to the Garden, Shaw Ar- boretum, and Tower Grove House; in- vitations to special events and receptions; announcements of all lectures and classes; discounts in the Garden shops and for course fees; and the opportunity to travel, domestic and abroad, with other Members. For information, please call 577-5100. Postmaster: send address changes to PO. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166. Comment We are looking forward to a tremen- dously exciting holiday season here at the Garden, and | invite you and your family to share in the festivities. With the able assistance of the Execu- tive Board of Members, we are beginning a bright new tradition. Monsanto Hall will fea- ture seven magnificent Christmas trees, this year decorated by St. Louis’ most prominent floral designers. The old familiar traditions will be honored as well. Tower Grove House will be decorated in true Victorian style, and Orthwein Floral Hall will be filled to overflowing with plants of the season. The Holiday Flower Show will be the culmination of a year of exceptional flower shows. The Garden Gate Shop is filled with delightful gifts and plants of the season for your leisurely shopping convenience. And for those of you who are seeking a tranquil moment in the midst of the Holidays, remember that the Missouri Botan- ical Garden really is a garden for all seasons. Nothing is quite as beautiful as the Seiwa-En Japanese Garden on a winter day. From all of us here at the Garden, to all of you who have supported us during this spectacularly successful year, best wishes for a Happy Holiday season. Cie Come Visitors From Our Sister City In Japan Inside This Issue A Garden of Christmas Oaks Ces ds he eae page 1 December is filled with excitement, enchant- ment and tradition at the Garden. Gift Ideas from the Garden . . .page 4 The Garden Gate Shop and Plant Shop are filled with hundreds of great gifts for the holi- day season. Give aGift Membership ..... page 4 Why not give a Membership to the Garden to that special someone? ‘“‘Designer’’ Christmas Trees page 5 Visit the Garden this month to view six out- standing Christmas trees decorated by some of the area’s finest floral designers. The Party’s Over........... page 6 The Garden's 125th anniversary celebration was wet and wonderful. For Younger Members Only . .page 8 Learn an interesting new way to make unique cards for giving this holiday season. Calendar of Events......... page 9 December is full of exciting activities for the entire family. Gardening in St. Louis Find out how to choose and care for Christmas trees. Book Reviews ............ page 12 Several new books of interest this winter are available in the Garden Gate Shop. TOS ae hee es SRK page 15 Many Members have made additional con- tributions to the Garden in honor of special friends or loved ones. The Missouri Botanical Garden played host to ten visitors from St. Louis’ Sister City of Suwa, Japan on October 12, 1984. The delegation included an educator, director of a dance group, two aldermen, a house- wife, a teacher, a restaurant manager, two tourist officers, a university profes- sor and a superintendent of education. Their interests were varied, and the lan- guage barrier made for some interest- ing moments, but all were fascinated by the 14-acre Seiwa-En, garden of pure, clear, harmony and peace. They returned to the Garden the fol- lowing evening to see the performance of ‘Tropic Etude” by the Missouri Con- cert Ballet. Yeichi Nimura, the late cho- reographer of ‘‘Tropic Etude,’ was a native of Suwa. A Garden of Christmas Delights (continued from page one) year. Supper With Santa on December 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. is designed for parents and children. The evening be- gins with a special restaurant offering and a visit with Santa Claus. Clowns and magicians will also be on hand to delight the young and old alike. Follow- ing dinner, at 7 p.m., the Metro Theater Circus will present ‘Vision of Delight” in the Shoenberg Auditorium. ‘‘Vision of Delight” is based on the holiday mus- ings of Ben Johnson and is sure to en- chant your whole family. Information on reservations and prices for Supper With Santa is available by calling 577-5125 during business hours, Monday through Friday. A Gift From The Garden As a special holiday surprise, the Garden will be open to the public one evening during the season. A Gift From The Garden will include a variety of pro- grams on December 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitors are invited to stroll through the Holiday Plant Exhibit, view the special Christmas Tree Exhibit, dine in the Gardenview Restaurant, and shop in the unhurried atmosphere of the Gar- den Gate Shop. Santa Claus will be on hand for picture-taking (modest charge for photos). At 6 p.m. the children’s the- atre group of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Imaginary Theatre Com- pany, will perform “The Gift of the Magi and Other Holiday Tales” in Shoenberg Auditorium. At 7:30 p.m. there will be a showing of the magnificent flower slide show by noted photographer Ernst Haas. As the Garden's Gift to St. Louis, there will be no admission charge to the Garden and no admission charge to the entertainment programs. 4 Christmas Cheer for Members Two very special times this season have been set aside for the enjoyment of our Members. On December 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Members are invited to step inside a Christmas memory. The Ridgway Center will be resplendent with the sights, sounds and smells of the holidays, and Members will have the first peek. The Orthwein Floral Hall will be ablaze with poinsettias, holiday plants and charm for the Members’ Preview of the Holiday Plant Show. Monsanto Hall will be decorated with seven magnificent nine-foot Christmas trees. (See companion story, ‘‘O Christ- mas Tree,” page 5.) Entertainment for the evening will be provided by the Gateway Brass Quintet. Family Holiday, designed espe- cially for Members and their entire fam- ilies, will be held on December 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids Who Care Theatre Group will present ‘“‘Christmas at the O.K. Corral” at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Shoenberg Auditorium. Beginning at 11:30 a.m. the Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis will provide caroling in the Ridgway Center, and at 1:30 p.m. children will be treated to Walt Disney’s classic “Peter Pan” in Shoenberg Au- ditorium. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., City Gardeners will demonstrate the making of ‘‘tussie mussies”’ and share their ideas for Christmas decorating using dried plant materials and herbs. City Gardeners will also have items for sale. Family Holiday will also bring a unique exhibit of toys, games, dolls and woolly sheep, which would be the delight of turn-of-the-century children. The collec- tion from the Eugene Field House and Toy Museum will be in Monsanto Hall. Gift Ideas Abound In Garden Shop All the special goodies that make the holidays exciting are nestled in the Garden Gate Shop. The shelves are bursting with enchanting gifts for every- One on your list, and best of all— Members are treated to a 20% discount during the Holiday Sale, December 7, 8, and 9. The Shop will be open from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the 7th, and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the 8th and 9th. Holiday plants abound with excep- tional poinsettias, cyclamen, and Christ- mas cactus. Indoor bulb kits provide an early peek at spring, just when you need it most. There are exotic tropical plants which can be enjoyed year round. Bird lovers will enjoy a wide array of birdfeeders, seedcakes and delicacies for nature’s friends. Who wouldn't love a book on gardening to plan and dream about next spring? A new collection of windchimes is available and the latest in gardening tools has just arrived. A va- riety of sundials are displayed to provide that certain ambience to any garden. And where else but the Garden Gate Shop would you find the most en- chantingly decorated live Christmas trees for giving? Holiday windsocks are a neat, mailable idea for a present. There is even a record album of music box tunes. For the gourmet on your list, how about some delicious preserves or maple syrup? As you would expect from such an exceptional shop, there are little potpourri presents, nostalgic wreaths and hanging decorations of dried flowers and vines. Every nook and cranny holds a little surprise that is just right for stuffing a stocking toe. This is just a tiny sampling of the thousands of gifts at the Garden Gate Shop. Best of all, these delights are right here in the relaxing atmosphere of the Garden, where there is ample, free parking and a knowledgeable staff to help you. A Gift That Grows All Year What is the ideal holiday gift for young and old? A gift that lasts all year and changes with every season? A Membership in the Missouri Botanical Garden of course! Your recipient receives a holiday gift card with your name, telling them of your gift of a Garden Membership, and we also send them our 1984 Holiday Tree Ornament. With the gift of Garden Membership, you are also giving them an invitation to over one hundred exciting events next year, exclusive invitations to special Members’ Previews of floral and art shows, gardening information and news from the Bulletin, and special discounts in the Garden Gate Shop. Order your gift memberships now to insure delivery by the holidays. Special discounts are available for multiple Memberships. To purchase your gift Memberships or for more information, please call the Membership office today at 577-5118. O Christmas Tree! Come to the Garden at 5:30 p.m. on December 7th and follow the Spirit of Christmas Past up the stairs of the Ridgway Center into the pine-pungent arch of Monsanto Hall. Enter the festive realm of “A Victorian Christmas,” brought to life amid a dazzling display of candlelit and beribboned trees designed by six St. Louis florists in the ornate and picturesque mode of that era. Each florist has chosen some Vic- torian holiday tradition or custom and embodied it in a unique Yuletide creation. David Cumberworth uses replicas of cozy old-fashioned tree light covers and stately candles to recreate the warm ambience of those romantic days. On his tree, the classic charm of the Victorian holiday season is exemplified by baroque angels and carolers bedecked in period cloth robes. Nestled among the branches are grapes and berries for heralding birds to feed upon. Touches of gleaming brass and copper, misty amethyst, rich coral, elegant bur- gundy, traditional scarlet and silver adorn the broad boughs. Sandra and Ralph Allen’s design is derived from a fashion at the turn of the century, when it was popular for a young lady attending a Christmas party to dress as a Christmas tree. The original cos- tumes were made of green cambric with tis- sue paper fringe to achieve the effect of needles. Her costume was then deco- rated with ornaments in use at that time. They emulate this fashion in the deco- ration of their tree, creating an effect that is most unusual yet authentic. A Victorian Garden is the inspiration for Ken Miesner’s tree, one to delight all the senses with the sight, scent and sounds of Christmas Past. The tree is frosted with baby’s breath and fes- tooned with garlands of dusty rose and mauve, caught here and there with lacy nosegays, heady with the fragrance of a Victorian potpourri. Traditional carols emanate from the depths of the ever- green to complete the nostalgic aura. wae ae Se A sense of love and harmony, reminiscent of the nineteenth century, is depicted in Dale Rohman’s “heartful’’ creation for the George Waldbart Floral Co. Handmade hearts, embroidered, satin, velvet, moire taffeta, eyelet and lace, bedeck the tree. Heart-shaped cookies and candies repeat the motif. All of the ornaments are handmade, another expression of love, and the spirit of the season. Jon Prel’s tree is trimmed in tradi- tional turn-of-the-century ornaments, interspersed with golden spider webs. These webs are placed on the tree in remembrance of a 19th century folk tale: “One family in the village was too poor to have a proper Christmas Tree. The mother hung a few meager nuts and fruits on a small tree outside their cottage in hopes of bringing more cheer to her children on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve the spiders heard her prayers and spun their webs over the tree. As the sun rose, its rays glistened and sparkled on the dew on the spiders’ webs and turned them to silver and gold.” The pineapple is an old-fash- ioned symbol of hospitality and friendship. Roz Burkhardt of the Striped Gazebo uses pine- apples and other period ornaments on her tree to represent the friendship and harmony prized in the Victorian era—a time long past but never to be forgotten. Special Thanks are due to the Commerce Bank of St. Louis County and to National Supermarkets, co- sponsors of the first Christmas Tree exhibit at the Garden. A 9-foot Members’ Tree, decorated by Chief Horticulturalist Alan God- lewski, will have special Garden orna- ments added with each gift member- ship given during December. Duplicate ornaments will be given to each donor and to the newly enrolled members. This display will remain on view for all visitors until January 4. The Party’s Over The party’s over! Gone are the 40 birthday cakes, the posters, the mem- bership applications; Gone are the myriad red and blue tickets; Gone are the 1200 leaves and the laminating ma- terial, the beer, soda, and food; Gone is John Fuller’s weather station; Gone are all the wonderful singers and dancers, the musicians, the puppeteers, the fab- ulous clown, our superior juggler, our magician; Gone are the celebrity judges, the master gardeners, our master con- trol communication station and their ra- dios and, last but not least; Gone are the fireworks that never were. It's all gone! But what's left behind are the memories: memories of a day that rained continuously non-stop from 4:30 a.m.; memories of some 2500 plus people who, in spite of the weather, came to the Garden to help us celebrate Our 125th birthday (just imagine the numbers had it been a sunny day); memories of the Garden staff—Randy Emberg, who gave up his first day of va- cation to help us with all the sound sys- tems we needed; Teri Dresler, Kelly Murphy and the events staff, who hauled and carried and set and reset and shifted tables, chairs, beer, soda, you 6 name it—from one location to another; memories of our wonderful security staff—John Hancock, Paul Brockmann, and all the other guards stationed in the tent, Ridgway Center, parking lot and elsewhere until the last soul left the Gar- den; memories of the special events and public relations people—Kim Evans, Sue Strommen, Deborah Graham, Lee Fox, and their continuing desire to help make everything perfect; memories of our wonderful membership staff— Rosemarie Voelker, Cindy Grueninger, Barb Jordan, and Kathy Potter, who typed and mailed more lists and letters than anyone could imagine and worked on the 22nd as well; memories of our wonderful Clara McLaughlin and her staff who greeted wet, soggy people with a friendly smile and enthusiasm all day long. The 22nd of September took team- work—staff and volunteers working and planning together. | am so very proud of and indebted to so many of the Board members for their untiring efforts, and long hours of hard work; to Mim Kittner, whose outstanding entertainment brightened every hour of a dismal day: to John Fuller and his fascinating weather station, as well as his live, wet broadcast of the 6:00 o'clock weather; to Terry Conway and her wonderful master bakers and their birthday cakes (they were really popular both with the media and the public—we sold 28 new memberships because of them); to Sue Oertli and her membership-information services Outpost—they were grand and Sue, personally, put in about a 14-hour day; to Jean Zinsmeyer who worked any and everywhere she was needed; to Elaine Alexander, Deedee Stivers and their crew who laminated everything that wasn’t nailed down—over 900 bookmarks, actually; to Charla Gray and Linda Gray who headed up the volunteer crew to sell soda and beer (many of whom were provided for us by Jeanne McGilligan, our Volunteer Coor- dinator)—these gals spent many cold hours under the tent; to Don Wolfs- berger and Diane Breckenridge for the food operation; to Ashley Gray, David Wells, Peter Flanigan, Parker Condie, Sue Cjeka, Jack Jennings, George Hasegawa, Mary Randolph Ballinger, Julie McMillan, Jane Coultas, Mary Ella Alfring—all of you who came and worked—you were fabulous; to Kimmy Brauer, who worked so diligently with public relations to ensure the best pub- licity the Garden has ever had for a sin- gle event; to Mary Zorensky and to Jack Jennings, again, for his outstanding job of organizing and running our sponsor solicitations (and to those of you who were successful); to Bill Frank, Bill Dodey and Betty Parky, who organized and manned the master gardener ser- vices and who braved the elements at Flora Gate until we managed to move them into Ridgway; to Ann Maritz for making our beautiful poster possible and to Mike Foley for his artistic render- ing; to Forrest Murphy and his crew for our communications system—what a lifesaver; to Mico Murphy for being the Pied Piper, along with the clown— leading people to the tent so that we could give Don Schuh, the caterer, some business. To all of you—I hope | haven't omit- ted anyone—my deepest thanks. Last, but certainly not least, the per- son who really deserves the kudos and the credit for making it all happen is Ellen Dubinsky. She guided, cajoled, persuaded, organized and directed ev- ery step of this event from the early Seibold’s Rekers .