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Vol» I. No, 6 Honolulu, Hawaii October X962

HAWAIIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY

MEETING

TIME: Monday, October 1, 1962 • 7:30 p. m.

PLACE: Agee Hall, Experiment Station of the Hawaii Sugar Planters* Association,

1327 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu,

SUBJKJT: "Senescence in Plants," This topic will cover the aging and death of plant
organs. They appear to be related to built«ln physiological meohanlfims
involving growth factors similar to those affecting whole plants.

SPEAKER: Dr. A. Carl Leopold, Carnegie Visiting Professor of Plant Physiology,

University of Hawaii. He is from Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

NEW li E MB E R S;

The following were elected to society membership at the June meeting:

PLANT QUARANTINE DIVISION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE: Vincent D. Kaskeshi, Norman Eugene Neff, William R. Pifer, and
Edward S. Shiroma.

NEIL A. MacLEAN CO.: Robert J. McKeand, Jr.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF HAWAII: Sotaro Uehara.

Nominations for membership or membership inquiries may be sent to Dr. Constance Hartt
(Membership Committee Chairman), H. S. P, A. Experiment Station, Honolulu 14, Hawaii,
or to the Newsletter Editor.

TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN SURVEYS

Two teams visited Hawaii recently to determine the desirability and feasabillty of a
national tropical botanical garden in Hawaii. Both teams inspected potential
botanical garden sites here. (con’t on page 2)

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 2 October 1962

H A ,W A I 1 A N BOTANICAL SOCIETY

c/o Department of Botany, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 14, Hawaii.

OFFICERS; "

President - Dr. Charles H. Lamoureux
(University of Hawaii)

Vice-President - Dr. Maxwell S. Doty
(University of Hawaii)

Secretary Alvin K. Chock

(U.S.Dept. of Agriculture, B. P.

Bishop Museum, University of Hawaii)

Treasurer William M. Bush

(Castle &. Cooke, Inc.)

Executive Committee Members; Officers
and Dr. Dbnay 'P-. Cowing (Pineapple
Research Institute of Hawaii) and"

Mrs. J. H. Beaumont.

Membership Committee; Dr. Constance -
Hartt (Hawaiian Sugar Planters'

Association), chairman; Dr. Haruyuki
Kamemoto (University of Hawaii); and
lichi Yanagihara (Pineapple Research
Institute of Hawaii) .

membership DUES: ^hhual, $2.00 for the calendar year (to be submitted to the Treasurer,
Mr. Wm. M. Bush, P. 0. Box 2990, Honolulu 2, Hawaii) i ■

J D T 0 R ' S NOTE: This number contains the membership directory. With the in-
creasitig^'pressure of other duties, the.. Editor found it impossible to issue it earlier
as anticipated.

Society members are encouraged to submit news items and suggestions to the editor.'
Of particular interest are. personnel changes, community events of a botanical nature,
botanica,! publlpations pertaining to Hawaii (and the Pacific), seminars, programs, and
articles or new items pertaining to botany or flora' conservation.

TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN SURVEYS (con't from page 1) ' ' ■ ' ' '

The first team, representing the Botanical Society of America, consisted of Dr Pierre
Dansereau, Assistant Director, New York Botanical Garden; Dr. .William Stewart, Director,
Los Angeles City & County Arboretum; and Dr. Fritz Went, Directof, Missouri Botanical
Garden (St.' Louis). They were hosted by the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc.

The second team represented the U. S. Department of Agriculture. T^am members included
Dr, r. Skinner, Director, U. S. National Arboretum; Dr. Francis DeVos, Assistant

T'-irector*,* 'U," -S'.- 'National- Arboretum; and Dr. John L. Creech, Assistant Chief, New Crops
Branch, surveyed the following Oahu sites: Kahana, Waiahole, Waikane, and upper' Mahoa ' ‘ '

valleys. Tours were also made of the Foster Botanical Garden and its Wahiawa branch,
the University bf,^ Hawaii' s Lyon Arboretum, and upper Kalihi and Nuuanu valleys.

The U.S.D.A.i team was escoited on their Oahu tours by Mr. Collin Lennox (formerly with the
State Dept, of Agriculture), Mrs. Lester Marks, Mr. Marshall M. Ross (Plant Quarantine
Division, USDA) , Dr. H. F. Clay (Horticulture Dept., Univ. Hawaii), and Dr. Tom Sheehan
(Hort. Dept., UH) . After Dr. DeVos and Dr. Creech departed for Nepal, Dr. Skinner,

Mrs. Marks, and Mr. Shipman made a tour of potential sites on the island of Hawaii.

EDITORIAL STAFF:

Editor Alvin K. Chock

Reporters: Charles H. Lamoureux (UH)
Constance Hartt (HSPA)
Donald P. Cowing (PRI)

The Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter
is published monthly, except during the
summer months of July, August and Sep-
tember. It is distributed to Society
members and other interested individuals
and 'institutions, with the purpose of
informing them about-botahlcal nm/'s and —
progress in Hawaii (and the Pacific) .

The deadline for submission of news
items is the 20th of each month prior
to publication.

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 3 October 1962

GEORGE C. MUNRO HONORED m GARDEN CLUB; The 1962 Garden Club of America Medal of Honor
was awarded to George Campbell Munro for his life long work in bird and plant life.

The citation also reads that he is "equally distinguished in both the fields of con-
servation and horticulture." He is the author of "Birds of Hawaii" and was elected
honorary society member in April 1960. He came to Hawaii from New Zealand in 1899 and
was a ranch overseer and manager on Molokai and Lanai until his retirement in 1935,
when he moved to Honolulu. Since that time he has been very active in the establish-
ment and continuation of Na La’au Hawaii, the native dryland garden on the slopes of
.Diamond Head.

A’ A* .2. MEETING: The meeting of Biological Societies, sponsored by the American
Institute of Biological Sciences, was held on August 26-31 at Oregon State University
in Corvallis, Oregon.

Papers presented of interest to Hawaii included the following (society, author,
institution and title of paper) :

' American Fern Society; V. J. KRAJINA, Univ, of British Columbia (Univ. of
Hawaii, 1951-52), A revision of the Hawaiian species of Cibotium.

American Phytopathological Society: JOHN D. RADEWALD, P.R.I. (and Dewey J.

Raski, Univ, of Calif,), A study of the life cycle of Xiphinema index,
and Studies on the host range and pathogenicity of Xiphema index;

M. ARAG.HCI, Univ. of Hawaii, Basal mineral requirements for the growth
and sporulation of Alternaria tomato; R. B. HINE and M. ARAGAKI, Univ.
of I-Iawaii, Fhytophthora wilt of carnation.

American Society for Horticultural Science: GEORGE A. JOHANNESSEN, P.R.I. ,
Illustrated talk on history and recent developments in pineapple breed-

I ing research in Hawaii; Film, "Pineapple Country - Hawaii; The Fruit of
Research"; ROMAN R. ROllANOWSKI, Univ. Hawaii, (and George J. Raleigh,

Cornell Univ.), Effect of time on harvest on yield, color development,
scale retention and storage losses of the onion (Allium cepa L.).

American Society of Plant Physiologists: CONSTANCE E. HARTT, HSPA, Transloca-
tion of C-^ in detached blades of sugar cane; JAMES A. LOCKHART, Univ.
Hawaii, Physiology of light and glibberllin action on internode elonga-
tion.

American Society of Plant Taxonomists;. WARREN H. WAGNER, JR., Univ. Michigan,
Interspecific crosses and spore characteristics in the genus Psilotum
(Psilotaceae) , and The evolutionary pattern of living ferns.

Botanical Society of America: JAMES A. LOCKHART, Univ. Hawaii, Light and
hormones in development; WARREN H. WAGNER, JR., Univ. Michigan, The
evolutionary patterns of living ferns.

FOSTEP BOTANICAL GARDEN: The City Council of Honolulu is still
in the process of considering the proposed expansion of Foster Botanical Garden. The
site in question is the corner property at Nuuanu and Vineyard Streets. It is pres-
ently pledged to the Sun Yat Sen school and the Kuo Min Tang Society by the Honolulu
Rsdevelopment'-'Age’hcy .

Support for "this addition to the garden has been given by the community, includ-
ing' the two dailies. Mayor Neal Blaisdells and over twenty , organizations and groups
(including this society) .

riawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 4 October 1962

UIIIERSITY of HAWAII COURSES: Courses being offered this
fall semester (1962-63) at the University of Hawaii include the following:

BOTANY 101, General botany; Bot 105, Economic plants of Hawaii; Bot 110, Plants
and man; Bot 161, Plant geography; Bot 399, Botanical problems; Bot 410, Plant anatomy;
Bot 418, Cytology; Bot 426, Vascular plants; Bot 460, Systematic botany of flowering
plants; Bot 553, Plant ecology; Bot 562, Advanced taxonomy; Bot 570, Advanced physi-
ology; Bot 572, Techniques in physiology; Bot 586, Biological productivity of the sea;
Bot 610, Botanical seminar; Bot 612, Advanced botanical problems; Bot 675, Physiology
seminar; Bot 683, Phycology; Bot 699, Directed research; and Bot 799, Directed research.

AGRIGUIiTURE 100, Orientation course; Ag 201, An introduction to forestry; Ag 399,
Agricultural thesis; and Ag 601, Seminar in forestry.

AGRONOMY 501, Tropical crop production; Agron 605, Seminar in tropical range
management; Agron 699, Directed research.

HORTICULTURE 101, General horticulture; Hort 161, Principles of plant propaga-
tion; Hort 162, Principles of horticulture; Hort 392, Commercial vegetable production;
Port 463, Principles of floriculture; Hort 666, Radiation biology; Hort 667, Horti-
culture seminar; Hort 699, Directed research; and Hort 711, Special topics in experi-
mental horticulture.

GEi'IETICS 321, Human heredity; Genet 451, Principles of genetics; Genet 654, Gene-
tics seminar; Genet 699, Directed research; and Genet 799, Directed research.

GENERAL SCIENCE 120, Introduction to science; Sci 620, Natural science as a human
activity; and Sci 650, Seminar in science for the secondary school teacher.

HONORS PROGRAM (Senior Honors Thesis): Ag 394 and Bot 394.

For further information, consult the U. H. General Catalogue, 1962-1963, and the
Schedule of Courses, Fall 1962.

0 R T. 1 0 1 - G E N E R A L HORTICULTURE : A new course in General
Horticulture (Hort. 101) will be offered for the first time this fall. It represents
-i.n effort by the. entire staff of the University's Horticulture Department to reach the
people who want a general knowledge but do not plan to specialize in the field. Lec-
tures will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:10 a.m., in Miller Hall 7, on the
dates indicated, with the subject and instructor as follows: Sept. 25, Introduction to
horticulture, J. Gilbert; Sept, 27, Flower production in Hawaii, H.F. Clay; Oct. 2,
Vegetable production in Hawaii, Y. Nakagawa; Oct. 4, Fruit and nut production in Hawaii,
VJ. Yee; Oct. 9, Morphology of plants, R. Romanowski; Oct. 11, Plant propagation, H.
Nakasone; Oct. 16, Landscapint of the year, H. F. Clay; Oct. 18, House plants, T. Shee-
han; Oct. 23, Orchids, Anthuriums and other commercial cut flowers, T. Sheehan; Oct. 25,
Plant nutrition, R. Romanowski; Oct. 30, Exam; Nov. 1, R.oot crops (including the sweet
potato, etc.), J. Tanaka; Nov. 6 (holiday); Nov. 8, Leafy crops (including cabbage,
lettuce, etc.), J. Gilbert; Nov, 13. Cucurbits and solanaceous crops, J. Gilbert;

Nov. 13, Pineapple culture, D. Gowing; Nov. 20, Citrus culture, R. Warner; Nov. 22
(holiday); Nov. 27, Banana, papayh., and macadamia culture, R. Hamilton; Nov. 29, Guava
and passion fru5.t culture, F, Bowers: Dec, 4, Exam; Dec. 11, Acerola and other miscel- '
laneous fruits, H„ Nakasone; Dec. 13, Diseases and their control, S. Goto; Dec. 18,
Insects and their control, W. Mitchell; Dec. 20, Weeds and their control, R. Romanowski;
Jan. 8, The physiology- of plahts, T. Murashige; Jan. 10, Growth regulators, T. Mura-
shige; Jan. 15, Plant Breeding and its relation to the basic needs of man - food,

shelter, clothing, J, Cameron dr JT Brewbaker;' Jan, 22, The sciences in horticulture

and a look into the future, J. Brewbaker; Jan. 24, Final Examination.

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 5 October 1962

department of botany FACULTY: New additions to the Depart-
ment of Botany (University of Hawaii) faculty include the following: Visiting Professor
Dr. George Hollenberg (phycology). University of Redlands, Redlands, California (first
semester); Visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Tom S. Cooperrider (taxonomy), Kent State
University, Kent Ohio; Lecturer Dr. (Mrs.) Shanti Batra (cytology), Chairman, Depart-
ment of Botany, Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta, India (first semester); Dr. A. Carl
Leopold, Carnegie Visiting Professor of Plant Physiology (first semester), Purdue Uni-
versity, Lafayette, Indiana; Instructor George Fogg (ecology) Wabash College, Butler,
Indiana; Instructor Henry 0. Whittier (bryology), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Grad-
uate Assistant Richard Buggeln, Buckness University; Graduate Assistant Dennis Great-
house, Wabash College; and Graduate Assistant Ralph Kenner, Bradley University.

"Old-timers" on the botany staff are: Professor Dr. Maxwell S. Doty (phycology).
Professor Dr. Bruce Cooil (physiology). Associate Professor Dr. Edison Putman (physi-
ology), Associate Professor Dr. James Lockhart (physiology). Assistant Professor Dr.
Charles Lamoureux (anatomy and morphology) and Lecturer Alvin K. Chock (taxonomy and
ethnobotany) .

There will be 21 graduate and 9 undergraduate students in the department this
year. Department Chairman is Dr. Charles Lamoureux.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

BRYAN, L. W. & CLYDE M. WALKER. 1962. A provisional check list of some common native
and introduced forest plants in Hawaii. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exper-
iment Station (Forest Service, USDA) Misc. Pub. 69: 1-36.

CLEMENTS, H. F. 1962. The ripening of sugar cane. Sugar y Azucar 57: 29-33 (HAES
Misc. Pap. 148).

DEGENER, OTTO & ISA DEGENER (with P. AELLEN, SAUER, STAUFFER, B. C. STONE & ZIEGENSPECK) .
1962. Flora Hawaiiensis. 37 pp., 37 figs.

DOUE, STEPHEN M. 1962. Some questions and answers on Act 187 or the state zoning law.
CES, U. H. Pub. Aff. Sr. 9, 19 pp.

H. L. LYON ARBORETUM. 1962. Biennial report, Nov. 1, 1961-Apr. 30, 1962.

KAMEMOTO, H., R. TANAKA & K. KOSAKI. 1961. Chromosome numbers of orchids in Hawaii.

HAES Bui. 127.

KENNY, RON & NOEL HAYSOM. 1962. Shore organisms at Macquarie Island. Pacific
Science XVI (3): 245-263, 12 figs., 4 tab.

KRAJINA, V. J. , J. F. ROCK & HAROLD ST. JOHN. 1962. Campus trees and plants. 28 pp.,

1 map. Univ. Hawaii.

NAKASONE, H. Y. 1962. Chromosome doubling in orchids with colchicine. Na pua okika
o Hawaii nei, p. 46-50 (Apr.) (HAES Misc. Pap. 141).

ST. JOHN, HAROLD. 1962. Revision of the genus Pandanus. Part 12. Queensland Pan-
danus. Pacific Science XVI(3): 291-346, figs. 107B-139A.

SPOEHR, ALEXANDER. 1962. Science and education, annual report for 1961. 29 pp.,

illus. B. P. Bishop Museum.

STONE, BENJAMIN C. 1961. Studies in the Hawaiian Rutaceae, III: on the New Caledonia
species of Pelea, and a misunderstood species of Platydesma. Adansonia 1: 94-100.

. 1962. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Platydesma (Hawaii) and a

new name for a Melicope (Solomon Islands). Madroho 16(5): 161-166, 2 figs.

U. S. FOREST SERVICE. 1962. Forestry research in Hawaii. Prepared by the Pacific
Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, in cooperation with the Division
of Forestry, Dept, of Land & Natural Resources, State of Hawaii.

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Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 6 October ' 1962

BOTANICAL NOTES:

Dr. Bruce Cooil, Professor of Plant Physiology and Botany, University of Hawaii, will ''
spend. the first semester (1962-63) at the University of California at Berkeley. He
will dP: research during his sabbatical,. ..o ;• i

Mr . AlVin K. Chock (Society secretary) was married to Miss Yona Bielefeldt on June 18
at Kawaiahao Church.

Dr . Frederick G. Krauss, Professor Emeritus of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, and
society charter member, died on June 5. Sympathy is extended by the society to his
survivors.

Dr. Albert J. Bernatowicz, Associate Professor of Botany (in General Science), U. H.,
spent his sabbatical visiting marine biological stations and book stores in Puerto
Rico, Italy, France, and England. He also taught one quarter at the University of
Chicago and studied one term at Cambridge University (England).

Dr. Theodor Philip Haas, Retired Professor of Botany at the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and Science, spent two months in Hawaii. He presented a talk entitled "Morpho-
logical observations on bananas and dates" at a special botany seminar at the U. H. on
Sept. 17. The illustrated seminar was based on observations arid investigations made
with the United Fruit Company in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, and Peru. Dr. Haas hails
from Munich, Germany, and was with the Philadelphia College for 19 years, and hopes to
return here next year. His fields are morphology and taxonomy. While in Hawaii, he
visited the islands of Maui and Hawaii, and observed Dr. A. Brash's collection of banana
plants . .

Drs. Otto & Isa Degener received a $6,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to
continue botanical exploration of the Hawaiian Islands. This grant will enable Dr. 0.
Degener (Collaborator in Hawaiian Botany, New York Botanical Garden) to publish volume
six of "Flora Hawaiiensis or New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands."

Dr . Edward J. Britten, Professor of Agronomy, University of Hawaii, spent his sabbatical
as a Fulbright fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia.

Dr . Maxwell S. Doty visited botanical institutions and book stores in Australia, Indone-
sia, Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong, on a recent three weeks' trip. He spent over a
week on the Russian research vessel "Vityaz" doing intercalibration work for the In-
ternational Indian Ocean Expedition. This included investigations of the primary pro-
ductivity of the Indian Qcean. He also made arrangements for algal material for research
purposes from institutions at Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.

bimonthly publication, with many illustrations,
appeared in June 1962. It is devoted to plants and gardens in tropical areas. Regular
articles feature ferns, bromeliads, palms, aroids, tropical fruits, travel, and cook-
ing. ^ Sub script ion price is $4.00 per year (if subscription is made through the Society,
our organization receives a $1.00 commission), or single copies (current issue only,
$1.00). ;

The Horticultural Publications (P. 0. Box 435, Coconut Grove 33, Florida) also
publishes the Orchid Journal, The Orchid Weekly and other publications edited by Alex
D. Hawke s. . i ■ . , ■