LOS ANGELES ti’ ARBORETUM
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ANNUAL REPORT hol fore
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC G.
LOS ANGELES ‘iia’ ARBORETUM 291 No. Old Ranch Road, Arcadia, California
’ : Tel : a BEIBERT, Director bototen + 195), elephone: DOuglas 7-3444
Honorable Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles
501 Hall of Records
Los Angeles 12, Calif.
Gentlemen:
' | It is a pleasure to submit herewith the first kamal Report of the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, County of Los Angeles.
Since its inception in 198, until the close of ths fiscal year 1952-53, the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum was operated by California Arboretum Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation receiving most of its | operating funds through County subvention.
- Beginning with this fiscal year 1953-5), the De- pale ae of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens was created to operate and develop the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. —
The Arboretum is under a long-term development program. It will serve present and future generations of ‘Los Angeles County residents as a center for plant re- search, introduction, testing, improvement, information and display of exotic plant materials which are well - dapted to Los Angeles County conditions.
It is felt that your Honorable Board is doing a , great service to the plant minded residents and property owners of Los Angeles County in fulfilling the need for a public Arboretum. Through this basic facility will come much of the united incentive to improve Los Angeles ses de as the Liven ies of the nation. —
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TABLE OF CONTEN Fs
1ST ANNUAL REPORT HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM ACCESSIONS PLANT RECORDS PROPAGATION, SEED AND PLANT CONTROL NOMENCLATURE LABELS MAPPING COLLECTIONS EXPERIMENTAL AND TEST GARDEN RECORDS CONDITION AND SURVIVAL REPORTS SEED AND PLANT EXCHANGE WEATHER. ARBORETUM PLANTING RESEARCH PROGRAM EXPERIMENTS: EXCLUSIVE OF GRASS AND LAWN PROJECTS EXPERIMENTS: LAWNS AND GRASS SPECIAL PROJECTS CONDUCTED TOURS ARCADIA GOLDEN JUBILEE "QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE" DEDICATION ARBORETUM LECTURES — SPECIAL LECTURES PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS PERMANENT PLANT LABELS GIFTS TO THE ARBORETUM - PUBLICATIONS. PUBLICITY GROUNDS PERMITS
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HERBERT C. LEGG KENNETH HAHN JOHN ANSON FORD, CHAIRMAN BURTON W. CHACE
ROGER W. JESSUP
1ST DISTRICT 2ND DISTRICT 3RD DISTRICT 4TH DISTRICT
STH DISTRICT
ARTHUR J. WILL, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SAMUEL AYRES, JR., PRESIDENT .
MRS. HARRY J. BAUER, VICE PRESIDENT -
ROBERT CASAMAJOR, VICE PRESIDENT -
HOWARD A. MILLER, TREASURER
RALPH D. CORNELL MRS. RICHARD Y. DAKIN JOHN ANSON FORD
J. D. FUNK
WILLIAM HERTRICH LIONEL LOUIS HOFFMANN HENRY ISHIDA
CHARLES S. JONES
JOHN C. MACFARLAND MRS. JOHN R. MAGE
SAMUEL MOSHER
MRS. RUDOLPH J. RICHARDS
F. HAROLD ROACH
MRS. WILLIAM D. SHEARER
HENRY C. SOTO FRANK E. TITUS MRS. HERBERT E. WAITE
FRITS W. WENT
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS
LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM
STAFF RUSSELL J. SEIBERT - DIRECTOR
GEORGE H. SPALDING . SUPERINTENDENT LOUIS B. MARTIN . PLANT PHYSIOLOGIST DEWEY E. NELSON 7 HISTORICAL CURATOR W. QUINN BUCK ; PLANT PROPAGATOR J. THOMAS MCGAH s PLANT RECORDER THELMA G. BLANCHARD . ACCOUNTANT
JANET WRIGHT 2 LIBRARIAN
H. H. BENSON. 7 INFORMATION AID JOYCE E. DAY : SECRETARY
LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM (Founded through the efforts of the Southern California Horticultural
Institute). Sponsored by California Arboretum Foundation, Inc., and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
GENERAL INFORMATION :
ADDRESS: 291 NORTH OLD RANCH ROAD. P.O. BOX 688 LOCATION: ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: DOUGLAS 7-3)h)
PUBLIC ENTRANCE AND PARKING: 301 NORTH BALDWIN AVENUE SOUTH OF COLORADO BLVD
OPENING DATE: ~=~—sOC WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER PUBLIC ENTRANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION FACILITIES ARE CON- STRUCTED. SUNDAY OPENINGS ARE ANTICIPATED STARTING
ABOUT MID JANUARY, 1955.
SIZE: 127 ACRES. ARBORETUM SITE: FORMER HOMESITE OF RANCHO SANTA ANITA.
FORMER OWNERS: PRIOR TO 1769 - GABRIELENO INDIANS — 1769 - 1822 - KING OF SPAIN 1822 : 181 - MEXICAN REPUBLIC 181 - 18)7 - HUGO REID 1847 - 1854 - HENRY DALTON 185) - 1858 - JOSEPH A. ROWE 1858 - 1865 - WM. CORBITT AND ALBERT DIBBLEE 1865 - 1872 - WILLIAM WOLFSKILL - 1872 - 1875 - HARRIS NEWMARK
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LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM (CONTINUED)
1875 - 1913 - ELIAS J. ("LUCKY") BALDWIN 1913 - 1936 - ANITA BALDWIN MCCLAUGHRY ET AL. 1936 - HARRY CHANDLER 1936 - 197 - RANCHO SANTA ANITA, INC. 197 - - STATE OF CALIFORNIA PRESENT TITLE: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PURCHASED JOINTLY BY STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LEASED TO COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR 50 YEARS FOR ARBORETUM PURPOSES. ARBORETUM OPERATED BY: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA
AND BOTANIC GARDENS.
LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM OBJECTIVES:
1. THE HORTICULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE, FOSTERING MORE EXTEN- SIVE AND INTELLIGENT USE OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND TREES TO ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GARDENS, PARKS AND PARKWAYS.
2. A CENTER FOR THE INTRODUCTION, TESTING AND IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS ADAPT- ABLE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA .
3. A GARDENING SCHOOL FOR TRAINING GARDENERS, GARDEN SUPERINTENDENTS, PRO- PAGATORS AND OTHER SKILLED PERSONNEL REQUIRED BY COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE NURSERIES AND GARDENS; WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND A PORTION OF THE CURRICULUM OF INTEREST TO AMATEURS.
lj. A CENTER OF RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC STUDY, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY DEPART- MENTS OF AGRICULTURE. AN INFORMATION CENTER, MAINTAINING A CATALOGUE OF PLANTS CULTIVATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HERE SPECIMENS CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED, AND PRACTICAL ADVICE GIVEN ON PLANTING, PROPAGATION AND CULTI- VATION. : |
S. A LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM.
LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM OBJECTIVES (CONTINUED )
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6. A PUBLICATION CENTER FOR BULLETINS, BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS OF HORTI- CULTURAL, BOTANICAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST.
7. A PRESERVE OF EARLY CALIFORNIA BUILDINGS AND AUTHENTIC. HISTORICAL GARDENS.
8. A BIRD SANCTUARY, 163 SPECIES RECORDED.
ACCESSIBILITY
LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBOR- ETUM LIES SOUTH OF COLORADO BOULEVARD AND WEST OF THE NEW EXTENSION OF BALDWIN AVENUE. IT IS LESS THAN 0 MINUTES' RIDE BY AUTOMOBILE FROM THE. LOS ANGELES CIVIC CENTER AND ONLY 20 MINUTES FROM PASADENA'S CITY HALL. MAIN PUBLIC ENTRANCE WILL BE AT 301 N. BALDWIN AVE., ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. THOUGH NOT YET OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONDUCTING SPONSORED GROUP TOURS THROUGH THE GROUNDS MAY BE MADE BY CALLING DOUGLAS 7-3Lh.
SITE
THE SITE INCLUDES A FIVE-ACRE LAGOON, SURROUNDED BY FLAT AND SLIGHTLY ROLLING LAND, INCLUDING SOME SE 1-lARSH TERRAIN, AND A LARGE KNOLL, WHICH RISES APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET ABOVE THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE TOTAL PRO- PERTY NOW COMPRISES ABOUT. 127 ACRES. THE ORIGINAL 111 ACRES WERE PUR- CHASED JOINTLY BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SUBSEQUENT PARCELS FOR PARKING AND MAIN ENTRANCE WERE PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
HISTORY
INDIANS FREELY ROAMED THE SITE OF OUR ARBORETUM UNTIL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MISSION SAN GABRIEL IN 1771. THEREAFTER, IT BECAME KNOWN AS SANTA ANITA, A MISSION RANCHO, AND REMAINED CHURCH PROPERTY UNTIL GIVEN BY THE PADRES TO AN INDIAN WOMAN OF THE COMICRABIT CLAN, IN APPRECIATION OF HER HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES AT THE MISSION. SHORTLY AFTERWARD SHE MARRIED HUGO REID, A SCOT ENGAGED IN COASTAL TRADE. ON APRIL 16, 181, GOVERNOR ALVARADO GRANTED PROVISIONAL TITLE TO THIS "SCOTCH PAISANO", AND FROM AN ADOBE HOME ON THE BEAUTIFUL RANCHO SANTA ANITA THE REIDS DISPENSED PRO- DIGIOUS HOSPITALITY AND WONDERFUL MEALS--ALL PRODUCE OF.THE.PLACE. DON HUGO ACHIEVED FAME AS A WRITER, A FEARLESS CHAMPION OF HIS WIFE'S PEOPLE, AND A FRAMER OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST CONSTITUTION.
REID ADOBE
REID SOLD THE RANCH TO HIS FRIEND, HENRY DALTON, AN ENGLISHMAN WHO SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA AFTER YEARS OF BUSINESS LIFE IN LIMA, PERU. DALTON PLANTED MANY ACRES TO VINEYARDS AND ORIGINATED THE STILL POPULAR METHOD OF PACKING GRAPES IN SAWDUST. THE NEXT OWNER WAS WILLIAM WOLFSKILL, WHO STARTED THE FIRST COMMERCIAL ORANGE ORCHARDS IN CALIFORNIA. AMONG LATER OWNERS WAS HARRIS NEWMARK, A PIONEER MERCHANT WELL KNOWN FOR HIS REMINISCENCES OF THAT EARLY LIFE. IN 1875 THE FABULOUS "LUCKY" BALDWIN, AFTER SUCCESS IN MINING, ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPED HIS OWN HOMESITE INTO AN EXOTIC PARK SURROUNDING THE LAKE. HE LIVED IN THE OLD REID ADOBE AND BUILT THE FANCIFUL "QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE", FOR ENTERTAINING; ALSO THE CARRIAGE HOUSE. THESE EARLY OWNERS OF SANTA ANITA HAVE LEFT US A PRECIOUS LEGACY IN BUILDINGS, IN TREES, AND IN A NOSTALGIC ATMOSPHERE WHICH NEED NEVER BE LOST. All ACTIVE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE IS AUTHENTICALLY RESTORING THE THREE OLD BUILDINGS AND ADJACENT GARDENS, AS A PORTION OF THE MASTER PLAN. :
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291 No, Old Ranch Road, Arcadia, California
Flowering
Native Oaks
Trees
HISTORICAL PRESERVE
RESTORATIONS WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM; CARRIED ON THROUGH PRIVATE FINANCING BY THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF CALI- FORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC. CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS, MADE PAYABLE TO HISTORICAL FUND OF THE CALI- FORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
1. "QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE" ("LUCKY BALDWIN) - BUILT 1879-1830. RESTORATION COMPLETED JUNE 1953, BY HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF THE CALIFORNIA ARBOR- ETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
2, COACH BARN ("LUCKY" BALDWIN) - BUILT 1879. TO BE RESTORED.
3. HUGO REID ADOBE - BUILT 1839. TO BE RESTORED.
CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC. 291 NORTH OLD RANCH ROAD - P.O. BOX 688 ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA - DOUGLAS 7-3L4h
AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WAS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING AND DEVELOPING THE ARBORETUM.
SINCE JULY 1, 1953, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING THE ARBORETUM. CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC., AS OF JULY 1, 1953, HAS THE FUNCTION OF CONDUCTING SPECIAL HISTORICAL, HORTICULTURAL, RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AT THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
THE FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED TO MAKE AVAILABLE MEMBERSHIPS OF VARYING CLASSI- FICATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS, GARDEN CLUBS, PLANT SOCIETIES, OTHER SPONSORED GROUPS AND COMPANIES INTERESTED IN THE ARBORETUM'S ACTIVITIES. THE FOUN- DATION PUBLISHES JOINTLY WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURAL INSTI- TUTE A QUARTERLY JOURNAL, "LASCA LEAVES", DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURAL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS SENT TO ALL MEMBERS. ANNUAL PLANT AND SEED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO ALL MEMBERS EXCEPT ANNUAL ASSOCI- ATE MEMBERS.
THE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, BEQUESTS, AND DONATIONS TOWARDS ITS SPECIAL PROJECTS. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS DEDUCTIBLE UNDER FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS.
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LUX ARBORETUM ANNEX
OWNED AND OPERATED BY CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC. 15) ACRES IN CITY OF MONROVIA. DONATED TO CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC., NO- VEMBER 1951 BY DR. GEORGE P. LUX, CLOVER CREST, MONROVIA. OPERATED BY CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC., AS A FROST-FREE FOOTHILL AREA ANNEX TO SUPPLEMENT THE PLANT COLLECTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM AND WHERE COMPARATIVE COLD TOLERANCE STUDIES OF NEW EXOTIC PLANTS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY BE MADE.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA: AND BOTANIC GARDENS
1ST ANNUAL REPORT -- 1953-5
An ordinance ame Code of the ae of Los Angeles. i rvisors of the a 6 An ‘Seats he ordain
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art Je IV-A of Ordinance No. i088, ae yar eee at St Be v he iiumbered
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See oi see SND BOTANIC. G
he functions of said department shall prey of an Peng Cr pend
t ative charge, nan iret “ Whe” Yow. Los ye wigs “4 oad County Ar of all roperty sper tates in the agreement Te stats or Cattorie ant the of Los Angeles - pet 25, by acid Co Fay gh nancy to sald. ate. for grtoreturn. of Dotauie garden pu oy yn 99.04 ” Subsect.to the Tot cig feral ten, Seon erbe Figen Botanic
gt be. under and manage- nt ane: control of a board of gov- ernors, W which board og hereby created, ist of fifteen (15). eahem, saan shail sist o be appointed by said Board of Super-
vernors, at " sieete first “meeting after “secs amen ding or pitees so ro themselv.
tr term of rate rere of said d of Governors shall terminate
each year. “Said nually, o1 sack other ties, as b Be A ac and by Pygpeoden |
a president of said Board.
p ssary traveling expenses, in- cluding iiesigs cna neta meals and
nding Ordinance ogy Bit breo soe
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS WAS CREATED THROUGH COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 6219 AND BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1953:
“Section pe There is hereby created in
an et Sondidties. consisting of three (3) members, to be appointed b the _Bresident @ sata Roete trom big A thereof and approved by
‘Execu tive Committee shall ch eg eg ay —e pn my
and s hall have the we wer
and uty to Wen ue: fate suc he power consistent policies
Hb yp gg imat-
ters involving the aiministration of
the de tes that end,
committee 7 of
tor of rocks " Ar A a Botanic
ich office is hereby t = =
ores eneral supervision
jovernors the asl ol
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Te ordinance shall be s Bowne a 2 ndent
Los Angele 4H merce, a new -" sein _ ote Com lished in the panty’ 0 of Chieiaaan st ta gol FO
of Su the Co County of Los A upervisors of
Att HAR LD J. OSTLY, County Clerk,
certify that at its meeting ; By bons the foregoing ordi- was adopted v thee a
Burton W. Chace, Ri We Te and John Anson vera ™ Jessu — (2 fa Supervisor Kenneth Hahn,
HAROLD J. OSTLY, County C) Ray’ E. Lee, Deputy orera — a 6; 1953, ra ‘ae ate July i, "1953. (19605) a 5
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS (CONTINUED)
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO THE PRECEDING ORDINANCE BECAME EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 9, 1953:
ORDI gy NO.
ordinan amending Ordin “a 4099, cai Administrative Code, relating to the Arbors d Botan Gardens De
he Wioara of Supervisors of _ eS onipe of Los Angeles do ordain
follow
Secti 1. Section 99.04 of Ordi- nance 4099, “entitled “The Adm i Garosioe Coke f the County of
Los Angeles,”’ adupted May 19, 1942, is amended
Section 99.04. DEPARTMENT
Subject to the supervision of the
Board of ee of the County,
of Arboreta and Bot-
a ‘shal be under the man-
agement and control ‘ot a Board of
bile a which Board is hereby eated.
ing ‘the first paragraph thereof to r we nestion 99.08. EXECUTIVE COM-
There Pp y Board of Governors an ive Committee, consisting of five (5) bers, to be appointed by e President of said Board of Governors members _ ther: a proved by the said Board agi Secti 3. Section 99.06 of said Ordinance No. Pe a bay is renumbered to ti Section 4. iSections 99.05, 99.06, and 99.07 are added d Ordinance No. 4099 to read:
Section 99.05, NUMBER OF MEM-
The said Board { Governors shall bygone ve (25) Phorigg: vorcot ar
who shall —. inted by t
of Supe sears. t its meeting on Rie d 21, , the fifteen membe whic then constitut the Board of Gov- ernors, Pyerent to the second para- graph of Section 99.04 as it then exist- ed, classified ves so that the t fiv mbers expired July
Board Sunerviaces: at ite leasure, ry remnows any member of Board
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Section 99.06. PRESIDENT OF BOARD.
pice gig of the said Boa o Bection $9.07. TRAVELING EX- PENSES.
The members of said Board of Gov- ernors shall serve without compensa- tion, except that when required to travel in the performance of their duties they gos be reimbursed for oe Boe gggicon nt A raveling expenses, in- are transportation, eals, and
cing. §. This ordinance shall be ppm nn in ee Cae oe NEWS, ‘of Los A — rr in the eis o rd, =“ an.
Attes HAROLD J. OSTLY, I hereby erelty ina at x %t ti ereby certify a a gues 1953, the egoing ordinance ids ‘adoneek by ine. B
of Supervioom of said County of Los —— Pa the following vote, to-wit:
, Deputy.
) <_iftective date October 9, 1953. —200— Sept 18 it
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS (CONTINUED)
CONSTRUCTION
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS HAVE CONTINUED SATISFACTORILY DURING FISCAL YEAR 1953-5). THIS WORK HAS BEEN HANDLED ON CONTRACT BY THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTS CONTRACTS LET DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR:
1. SOME 200 TREES RECEIVED MAJOR WORK OF TRIMMING, INCLUDING A MINOR PERCENTAGE OF OLD DISEASED EUCALYPTUS WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED.
2. FORECOURT AND MAIN ENTRANCE WAS GRADED AND PAVED TO INCLUDE SPACE FOR PARKING AN ADDITIONAL 10 CARS.
3. THE MAIN ENTRANCE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE STARTED AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, 195). THIS WILL ALLOW THE ARBORETUM TO START OPENING TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAYS ABOUT JANUARY 9, 1955.
lh. A GROWING GREENHOUSE 3' X 102' HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND UNDERWAY IS
5S. HEAD HOUSE CONSISTING OF OFFICE, POTTING, STORAGE AND TOILET, AS WELL AS HEATING EQUIPMENT AND AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR THE GREEN HOUSE.
6. THE FIRST WING OF THE SERVICE BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CON- SISTING OF FACILITIES FOR EQUIPMENT STORAGE, TOOL ROOM AND ELECTRI- CAL VAULT. UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL LINES ARE GOING IN FROM THE SER- VICE UNIT TO THE NEW BUILDINGS.
7. ADDITIONAL SPRINKLER SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN THE FORECOURT, IN THE ESPLANADE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND ALONG THE WEST
FENCE OF THE NORTH ACRES.
LAND ACQUISITION
THE FINAL ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE ARBORETUM WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR WITH THE PURCHASE OF TWO SMALL PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE ARBORETUM AND HUGO REID DRIVE, ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BALDWIN AVENUE. THIS AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 3.5 ACRES WAS PROCURED AS FUTURE PARKING FOR THE ARBORETUM'S NEEDS.
HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM
A - ACCESSIONS
2,168 ACCESSIONS OF SEED AND PLANT MATERIALS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR FROM 133 DIFFERENT SOURCES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
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HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
A = ACCESSIONS
A TOTAL OF 10,560 ACCESSIONS HAVE BEEN HANDLED SINCE THE ARBORETUM'S INCEPTION IN 19,8.
B - PLANT RECORDS
A SYSTEM OF KEEPING PLANT RECORDS HAS BEEN DEVISED WHICH HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN MAINTAINING AND SUPPLYING VALUABLE DATA. DURING THE YEAR THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN IMPROVED UPON AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF VALUE IS NOW AVAILABLE.
AN ACCURATE RECORD IS AVAILABLE OF SEED AND HISTORY OF ALL THE PLANTS, WHICH WILL INCREASE IN VALUE IN THE FORTHCOMING YEARS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS RECORDED:
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ACCESSION NUMBER, YEAR, SEED, CUTTING, PLANT, BULB OR DIVISION. 2. DATE RECEIVED. 3. SOURCE AND FROM WHOM OBTAINED. . BOTANICAL NAME. ee COMMON NAME. 6, FAMILY. 7. NATIVE HABITAT. 8. TREE, SHRUB, PEKENNIAL, ANNUAL. 9. AVERAGE HEIGR?. 10. COLOR OF FLOWERS. 11. DATE SEED PLANTED. 12. PLANTING MEDIUM USED. 13. SEED TREATMENT . ‘14. QUANTITIES. POPTED OR CANNED. 15; FIELD LOCATION, PERMANENT PLANTING.
16. HABIT OF GROWTH.
HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM (CONTINUED )
B = PLANT RECORDS
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17. BLOOMING PERIOD.
18. OTHER a. AND qnuric INFORMATION AS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE, FROST TOLERANCE, ETC.
PROPAGATION, SEED AND PLANT CONTROL
1ST 2ND 3RD ),TH
ee oe ee, EOTALS ACCESSIONS aa bean TE: 856 549 589 =—-2. 168 SEED PLANTED | ae | 271 630 28, 1,787 CUTTINGS INSERTED : 1,196 ayfon 1,h15 oo *” $520 INTO 1 GALLON CANS Ree Le) 1 2277 T5107 INTO 5 GALLON CANS 557 Ly 75 258 90h, PERMANENT FIELD PLANTING Bee. Ol? 6 05h) ele =~ «9,295 EXPERIMENT & TEST PLANTING a6 620) 12h 66 999 NOMENCLATURE
BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE OF SEED AND PLANT MATERIAL ACCESSIONED DURING THE YEAR HAS BEEN CHECKED THROUGH VARIOUS BOTANICAL AUTHORITIES AND IN MA- TERIAL IN THE PLANT RECORDS OFFICE AND ARBORETUM LIBRARY IN SO FAR AS TINE HAS PERMITTED. THIS WORK IS CARRIED ON IN SO FAR AS LIMITED TIME AND PERSONNEL PERMITS AND HAS REACHED THE STAGE WHERE TRAINED TAXONOMIC ASSISTANCE HAS BECOME URGENT IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COLLECTIONS ACCURATELY IDENTIFIED.
LABELS
ALL PLANT MATERIALS ARE CLEARLY LAS=LED AT TIME OF PLANTING AND CARRY A METAL PLANT IDENTIFICATION LABEL INTO THE FIELD. THESE LABELS CARRY THE ACCESSION NUMBER, BOTANICAL NAME, PLANT FAMILY AND NATIVE HABITAT.
WHEN A PLANT REACHES A STAGE OF MATURITY A PERMANENT ENGRAVED PLASTIC LABEL IS PLACED WITH THE PLANT SHOWING AT LEAST COMMON NAME, BOTANICAL NAME AND NATIVE HASITAT.
MAPPING 1? is ‘OUR HOPE THAT A PERMANENT TWO-HUNDRED FOOT GRID SYSTEM WILL BE
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HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
F - MAPPING
INSTALLED ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS TO FACILITATE MAPPING AND ACCURATE
LOCATION OF EACH PLANT IN THE FIRLD. UNTIL THAT GRID INSTALLATION IS
AUTHORIZED, AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE, WHEN TIME PERMITTED, TO DRAW MAPS OF AREAS WHERE PLANTS HAVE BEEN GROUPED IN LARGE QUANTITIES. THIS HAS BEEN DONE WHEN PLANTS ARE OF THE SAME GENUS, FAMILY OR LIKE HABIT.
G = OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS WE ARE INDEBTED TO DR. SAMUEL AYRES, JR., PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS, FOR THE SEEDS OF MANY AUSTRALIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS AS A RESULT OF HIS COLLECTING TRIPS TO THESE AREAS. | AT PRESENT THE ARBORETUM HAS GATHERED AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF THE 2 FOLLOWING LISTED PLANTS AND PLANT MATERIAL, MANY OF THEM NOW IN A PER- MANENT LOCATION IN THE FIELD:
SPECIES OR VARIETIES
GENUS OR FAMILY NAMED UNIDENTIFIED TOTAL ACACTA 113 12 125 BAMBOO | 66 8 7 ‘CALLISTEMON 16 3 19 cISTUS 21 = 21 | ERYTHRINA 25 12 37 ! EUCALYPTUS 199 22 221 | FICUS 2h \ 28 PALMACEAE 9 2 | 51 PINUS : 26 sa 26 PROTEACEAE 92 8 100 MAGNOLIA 32 ee 32 MELALEUCA 36 : 39 | HEMEROCALLIS 281 7 288
HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
H - EXPERIMENTAL AND TEST GARDEN RECORDS:
PLANT RECORDS SECTION HAS KEPT A RECORD OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOSE CARRYING ON EXPERIMENTS OR TESTS AS IT PERTAINS TO CERTAIN SPECIAL PLANT GROWTH SUCH AS; PROPAGATION, FIELD NURSERY GARDENS AND CHOSEN PLANTS IN
THE FIELD NOTING EFFECT OF RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT, WATER, FROST, INSECTS, ETC. .
I - CONDITION AND SURVIVAL REPORTS
REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND FORWARDED, AS REQUESTED, TO THOSE FURNISHING THE ARBORETUM WITH PLANTING MATERIAL. THESE REPORTS HAVE APPLIED CHIEFLY TO MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PLANT INTRODUCTION SECTION AND PLANT INTRODUCTION GARDENS, FROM WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE MATERIAL. WE HAVE ALSO FORWARDED INFORMATION OF THIS NATURE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AS RE- QUESTED.
J - SEED AND PLANT EXCHANGE
DURING THE YEAR SEED AND SURPLUS PLANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS BO- TANIC GARDENS, ARBOREA, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ON AN EXCHANGE BASIS.
THE FOLLOWING QUANTITIES WERE DISTRIBUTED:
SEED PLANTS ARBORETUM MEMBERS 565 477 BOTANIC GARDENS, ARBORETA ) UNIVERSITIES AND 331 820 GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ) TOTALS 896 3.297 K = WEATHER
THE PLANT RECORDS SECTION HAS TAKEN A DAILY READING OF TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL AND EVAPORATION. A MONTHLY REPORT IS FORWARDED TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OFFICE FROM THE ARBORETUM WEATHER STATION NO. 1037-1037-E. A COPY REMAINS IN THE ARBORETUM FILES.
IN ADDITION WEATHER INFORMATION 1S GIVEN TO THE CITY OF ARCADIA AS RE- QUESTED. IT ALSO SERVES AS A GUIDE TO THE ARBORETUM IN SEASONAL PLANT-
ING AND THE CARE OF PLANTS. A HYDRO-THERMOGRAPH HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE COMING YEAR, THAT WE MAY
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HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
K = WEATHER
OBTAIN MORE ACCURATE READINGS OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY.
LASCA WEATHER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1953 - 195)
TEMPERATURES RAINFALL EVAPORATION
AVERAGE PEAKS INCHES INCHES
MONTH MIN. MAX. MIN. MAX. MEAN MONTH MONTH JULY 5806 97.0 500 -107.0 F768 --<- 6.785 AUGUST co ' 92.6. 49.0 100.0 73.6 ---- 6,110 SEPTEMBER 5.2 92.1 47.0 108.0 73.1 ---- 5,110 OCTOBER 43.0 86.7 1.0 109.0 6h.8 1.05 .090 NOVEMBER USB MS, Ce BRO -" IIT. © G22 1,38. 2.020 DECEMBER 37,8 T3sk 28.0 88.0 55.4 0 2.050 JANUARY 35.0" 66.9 310 89.0 52.8 Bet 5a 10 FEBRUARY bo. 4 93 - Sh 92.0 60.7 oc37. 105 MARCH 70) 608 Be © 55.9 Ao 1.738 APRIL ites) OT 0 93,0 ~ 61.0 seu 1.920 MAY ik 8603 «= LD 92.0 65.0 OL 3,215 JUNE S30 Bee) yaa 96.0 67.6 o15 1.140 TOTAL INCHES - 15.57 lh.550
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ARBORETUM PLANTING
THIS FISCAL YEAR HAS SHOWN THE PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE MAJOR . SECTIONS OF THE ARBORETUM'S MASTER PLANTING PLAN. THE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION
HAS
CONTRIBUTZD THE CONSULTING SERVICES OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT EDWAKD
HUNTSMAN-TROUT TO ASSIST US IN LAYING OUT THE VARIOUS FEATURE SECTIONS TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS.
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BALDWIN AVENUE ESPLANADE:
THIS APPROACH PLANTING LEADING SOUTH OF COLORADO BOULEVARD DOWN TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE FORECOURT WAS INITIATED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT IS DESIGNED TO DISPLAY, IN SOME MASS, VARIOUS PROVEN PLANT MATERIALS FOR THIS AREA WHICH yl i ae: a AT VARIOUS TIMES oye * THE YEAR. se so gee
NORTH PARKING STRIP:
ALONG THE ARBORETUM FENCE ON THE a SIDE OF BALDWIN AVENUE BETWEEN COLORADO BOULEVARD AND THE FORECOURT ENTRANCE, A GOOD START HAS BEEN MADE IN DISPLAYING A VARIBTY OF COLORFUL AND EFFECTIVE LOW MAINTENANCE PLANTINGS WHICH WILL BE OF INTEREST TO FUTURE VISITORS USING THE PARK- ING AREA. A FOCAL MASS PLANTING OF ACACIA SPECIES AT THE JUNCTION OF BALDWIN AVENUE WITH COLORADO BOULEVARD ARD HAS MADE AN EXCELLENT SHOWING THIS YEAR. ‘
AUSTRALIAN SECTION:
AREA USTRALIAN PLANTS HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL MASS PLANT HOS OF te DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO DISPLAY THE GREAT VARIETY OF SPECIES BUT ALSO AS LANDSCAPE FEATURES FOR BACKGROUND USE. THE MASS PLANTING OF "BOPTLE-BRUSH", CALLISTEMON, MELLALEUCA, AND CALOTHAMNUS IS NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME COLOK VALUE SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. |
SOUTH AFRICAN “SECTION:
DEVOTED TO SOUTH eee get PLANE THIS SECTION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO A LIMITED EXTENT. : SOUTH AMERICAN SECTION:
MANY PLANTINGS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS SECTION AND ARE SHOWING EXCELLENT GROWTH. THIS SECTION ee TIE INTO THE — PLANTING. —
JUNGLE: THE JUNGLE AREA HAS RECEIVED MAN
Y NEW eaits IN ORDER TO ADD GENERAL ~
ARBORETUM PLANTING ( CONTINUED)
6 = JUNGLE:
INTEREST: AND PARTICULARLY WINTER <GREENNESS AND COLOR TO TH1S SECTION OF THE ARBORETUM. | as
7 - HISTORICAL PRESERVE:
THE LANDSCAPING OF THE NEWLY RESTORED: "QUEEN; ANNE COTfAGE" IS wkLL ON ITS WAY TO COMPLETION. THE OLD PLANTINGS IN THIS PRESERVE ARE GHALUALLY BEING REJUVENATED AND AUGMENTED TO CREATE THE PROPER HISTORICAL SETTING FOR THE OLD BUILDINGS.
The newly restored "Queen Anne Cottage" within the Historical Preserve of the Arboretum.
THE BAMBOO SCREEN PLANTING ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE ARBORETUM HAS MADE RAPID GROWTH AND IS STARTING TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR ITS PURPOSE.
ARBORETUM PLANTING (CONTINUED)
J 9 = DECIDUOUS SECTION:
PREDOMINATELY DECIDUOUS PLANTINGS, THIS SECTION IS RAPIDLY FILLING TO CAPACITY.
10 - DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE SECTION: A BACKGROUND PLANTING INCLUDING MANY EUCALYPTUS AND ACACIAS, HAS MADE RAPID GROWTH THIS YEAR. IT WILL SERVE AS THE BACKGROUND FO! FOR THE WEST ACRES.
ii - FLOWERING SHRUB SECTION: THE NORTH FACE OF TALLAC KNOLL IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. THE PLANTINGS WILL FEATURE FLOWERING SHRUBS DESIGNED TO SHOW SPOTS OF COLOR THROUGH- OUT MOST OF THE YEAR. THIS SECTION INCLUDES OUR TEST PLANTING OF PROTEACEAE, MANY OF WHICH HAVE PROSPERED THIS YEAR, DESPITE THEIR BEING VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECTS TO GROW.
12 - HERB GARDEN: THE BASIC GARDEN DESIGN FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
13 - BIBLICAL GARDEN: BASIC DESIGN FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL GARDEN, TO MAKE USE OF THE PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN. ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL IN
THE PRELIMINARY PHASES OF GETTING THE MATERIALS TOGETHER, SOME PLANTING HAS BEEN DONE.
ly - PINETUM:
THIS AREA, DEVOTED TO CONIFERS HAS BEEN INITIATED ON THE NORTHWEST COR- NER OF TALLAC KNOLL.
15 = "GARDEN OF EDEN": THIS GARDEN, ADJOINING THE BIBLICAL GARDEN SECTION, UTILIZES A FORMER
CIRCULAR RESERVOIR. IT IS WITHIN THE WARMEST AREA OF THE ARBORETUM AND IS DEVOTED TO THE MORE TENDER, SUBTROPICAL AND MOISTURE LOVING PLANTS.
RESEARCH PROGRAM
A. EXPERIMENTS: EXCLUSIVE OF GRASS AND LAWN PROJECTS. 1. COOPERATION IN TESTING VARIOUS CISTUS (ROCK ROSE) SPECIES FOR THEIR cestenines TO BURNING AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESEED OR STUMP SPROUT
RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
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EXPERIMENTS: EXCLUSIVE OF GRASS AND LAWN PROJECTS.
FOLLOWING A FIRE. SEE PUBLICATIONS, FOR REFERENCE TO AN ARTICLE RE- PORTING THIS EXPERIMENT. THE DONATED SERVICES OF MRS. GUSTAV JUHREN IN ASSISTING WITH THE CISTUS EXPERIMENTS WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. DAMAGE TO SPECIES FROM FIRE RANGED FROM SLIGHT TO SEVERE, THROUGH THE BURNING OF A THICK STRAW LITTER PLACED AROUND THE BASE OF THE PLANTS. FIRE MOVED SLOWLY THROUGH THE PLANTS. AFTER FIRE, SEED GERMINATED MORE VIGOROUSLY UNDER BURNED BUSHES THAN UNBURNED ONES. STUMP SPROUTING WAS EVIDENT IN MANY SPECIES FOLLOWING THE FIRE. APPROXIMATELY 000 SEEDLINGS WERE SUPPLIED TO THE FLOOD CONTROL DIVISION, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, FOR TESTING IN FIRE DENUDED AREAS AND ON NEW EARTH DAM IN LANNON CANYON, ARCADIA. TWO OTHER PLANTINGS ARE NOW UNDER OBSERVATION BY THE ARBORETUM: 1) ALONG A FIRE-BREAK ON EDGE OF CLAMSHELL CANYON, MONROVIA. 2) CUT BANK PLANTING NEAR ENTRANCE TO LUX ARBORETUM ANNEX, MONROVIA.
SEED SAMPLES WERE SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTY FORESTER AND FIRE WARDEN ern en FOR TRIAL.
POTTING ‘SOIL TRIAL WITH FTE (FRITTED TRACE ELEMENTS) AS A SOIL AMEND- MENT.
POTTING SOIL TRIAL WITH A PEAT MATERIAL FROM A NATURAL DEPOSIT IN UTAH.
FERTILIZER TRIALS WITH MAGNITE, A COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND SOIL CON- DITIONER.
COMPARATIVE FERTILIZER TRIAL BETWEEN UTAH PEAT AND STEER MANURE.
A. THE FIRST TWO TRIALS MADE NO OBSERVABLE DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO UNTREATED (CONTROL) SOILS.
B. NITROGEN OF MAGNITE, GREENED GRASS, BUT EFFECT WAS OF SHORT DU- RATION.
C. STEER MANURE GREENED GRASS, BUT UTAH PEAT FAILED TO PRODUCE ANY OBSERVABLE EFFECT.
SOIL STERILIZATION TRIAL USING CALCIUM CYANAMID. THE TREATED AREA REMAINED WEED FREE FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR.
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). WEED ERADICATION USING WEED OILS, 2,)-D AND 2,),5-T. MOST WEED SPECIES KILLED AFTER ONE OR TwO TREATMENTS. SOME WEEDS WITH UNDERGROUND RHIZOMES RE-APPEARED AGAIN AND AGAIN, REQUIRING ADDITIONAL TREATMENTS.
5. ALGAE CONTROL IN ARBORETUM LAGOON, USING COPPER SULFATE.
ALGAE KILLED AT TIME OF TREATMENT, BUT TREATMENTS HAD TO BE RE- PEATED THROUGHOUT SUMMER TO SATISFACTORILY CONTROL GROWTH.
B. EXPERIMENTS: LAWNS AND GRASSES. 1. TRIAL METHODS FOR VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF ZOYSZA MATRELLA: 1) TINES OF SPADING FORK USED TO MAKE PLANTING HOLES. 2) MATTOCK BLADE USED TO MAKE PLANTING HOLES. NEITHER METHOD OF MUCH MERIT; TOO SLOW COMPARED TO SCATTERING SPRIGS OF THE GRASS ON SOIL SURFACE, COVERING WITH A MULCH, AND KEEPING WET UNTIL SPRIGS TAKE ROOT. 2. SOIL AERIFICATION USING MOTORAIRE MACHINE.
THIS OPERATION TO LOOSEN COMPACTED SOIL, ALLOWING MORE RAPID AIR AND WATER PENETRATION INTO SOIL.
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL IF GROUND IS MOIST TO A DEPTH OF 3- INCHES. HOLES IN SOME AREAS LASTED 6-12 MONTHS.
3. LAWN MAINTENANCE FOR BERMUDA GRASS LAWNS.
AN EFFORT TO PROLONG PERIOD OF WINTER GREENNESS AND ACCELERATE RE- GROWTH IN SPRING.
SEPTEMBER = OCTOBER SCALPING, AERIFICATION, FERTILIZING OF
LAWNS SEEMED TO AID GRASS IN REMAINING GREEN FURTHER INTO THE WINTER DORMANT PERIOD. SPRING RE-GROWTH NOT NOTICABLY AFFECTED. SIMILAR MAINTENANCE WILL BE TRIED IN FALL OF 195).
_ RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
A. EXPERIMENTS: EXCLUSIVE OF GRASS AND LAWN PROJECTS.
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| lh. MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVATIONS OF GROWTH AND COLOR OF A COLLECTION OF BLUE GRASS (POA) HYBRIDS DONATED BY MR. G. JUHREN, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,
FLATS OF GRASS GROWN IN GREENHOUSE; LATER TO BE MOVED OUT-OF-DOORS.
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RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
B. EXPERIMENTS: LAWNS AND GRASSES. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF A DISPLAY AREA FOR VARIOUS GRASSES.
SMALL PLOTS OF VARIOUS GRASS SPECIES. SOME GRASS OF LAWN TYPES AND OTHERS AS ORNAMENTALS.
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EXTENSION OF LAWNS BY VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF SELECTIONS OF ZOYSIA MATRELLA BASED ON TEXTURE AND WINTER GREENNESS.
SIX COLOR AND TEXTURE SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ONE YEAR. THIS WORK CONTINUES.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF PLOTS OF MICROLANEA STIPOIDES, A GRASS FROM AUSTRALIA.
THIS GRASS USED AS A LAWN MATERIAL IN AUSTRALIA, BUT NOT IN THE UNITED STATES. ANOTHER ITEM IN THE SEARCH FOR AN ALL YEAR GREEN — LAWN GRASS.
8. VEGETATIVE SPRIGGING OF ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS AS A REPLACEMENT LAW.
THIS MATERIAL GROWS WELL IN SUN AND LIGHT SHADE, FORMING A TOUGH TURF FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC. :
9. PLANTING OF A NEW STRAIN OF ZOYSIA MATRELLA, Z-73. AN INTRODUCTION, AGAIN A SEARCH FOR A SUITABLE ALL YEAR GRASS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
10. COLLECTION OF SEED AND PLANTING OF A BLUE GRASS FOUND GROWING ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS. TENTATIVELY NAMED "LUCKY" BALDWIN BLUE GRASS.
A. POSSIBLE BLUE GRASS "NATIVE" TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WILL Bz TESTED AT THE ARSORETUM FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD TO STUDY YEAR TO YEAR RESPONSE AND TO BUILD UP A SOURCE OF SEED.
ll. OVER SEEDING ESTABLISHED BERMUDA LAWNS USING ANNUAL RYE GRASS.
DEVELOPING WINTER-GREEN TURF FOLLOWING SCALPING (ITEM 3). A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE METHOD. RATE OF SEEDING WILL BE INCREASED IN FALL OF 195).
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EXTENSION OF ROAD SHOULDER GRASS STRIPS.
13. COLLECTION OF ANNUAL BLUE GRASS SEED (POA ANNUA).
A COOL SEASON GRASS. SEED NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILASLE. WILL BE USED TO OVERSEED BERMUDA LAWNS FOR WINTER GREENNESS TEST.
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RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
B. EXPERIMENTS: LAWNS AND GRASSES.
14. TEST PLANTINGS OF NEW STRAINS OF PERENNIAL RYE AND MEADOW FESCUE GRASSES
SEED DONATED BY NORTHRUP KING SEED CO. GERMINATION OF SEED AND SUMMER TURF EXCELLENT.
15. THE FOLLOWING GRASS SPECIES ARE UNDER OBSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE. THE VARIOUS PLOTS RANGE IN AGE FROM 2 MONTHS TO ) YEARS. THE TOTAL AREA OF TEST GRASS PLOTS IS 55,109 SQUARE FEET.
ARBORETUM BLUE GRASS ZOYSIA JAPONICA DELTA BLUE ZOYSIA JAPONICA "MEYER", Z=52 "LUCKY" BALDWIN BLUE ZOYSIA MATRELLA MERION BLUE ZOYSIA MATRELLA 130) ZOYSIA MATRELLA 130), ° SELECTIONS ALTA FESCUE ZOYSIA MATRELLA "FLAWN COARSE TALL FESCUE ZOYSIA MATRELLA, Z-73 ILLAHE FESCUE MEADOW FESCUE 200 NK BROWN TOP MEADOW FESCUE 200- NK CRESTED DOGSTAIL MICROLANEA STIPOIDES ARLINGTON BENT ST. AUGUSTINE HIGHLAND BENT CENTIPEDE DAHLGREN BENT DICHONDRA
CYPERUS GRACILIS PERENNIAL RYE
PERENNIAL RYE 100 NK MERION BLUE & EVERGLADES BERMUDA #2 PERENNIAL RYE 100-1 NK MERION BLUE & EVERGLADES BERMUDA #3 PERENNIAL RYE 100-2 NK MERION BLUE & U-3 BERMUDA
MERION BLUE & ZOYSIA MATRELLA U-3 BERMUDA BERMUDA, EVERGLADES #1 ZOYSIA JAPONICA & MERION BLUE BERMUDA, EVERGLADES #2 ZOYSIA JAPONICA & "LUCKY" BALDWIN BLUE BERMUDA, EVERGLADES #3 BERMUDA, MAGENNISII GERMAIN'S "12" BRAND NIX
NORTHRUP KING FORE LAWN NIX NORTHRUP KING GOLF BRAND MIX
AGGELER & MUSSER BLU-GREEN MIX AGGELER & MUSSER VELVIT GREEN MIX
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RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
1. DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS FOR BURNT OVER FOOTHILL hoget: OF = WATERSHED
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OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE ARBORETUM IS THE QUESTION OF ‘LOCATING pe ss RESISTANT PLANTS SUITABLE FOR USE IN REPLANTING BURNED-OVER 5 OF OUR FOOTHILL WATERSHED, TO lik adc NATIVE CHAPPORAL
TABLE IN ALL | IN ‘COOPERATION WITH THE S IS DROUGHT RESISTANT.
CHES OF RAIN-
PRELIMINARY TESTS OF DIRECT SEEDING ON PIRRBREAKS INDICATE Goon GER- _ -MINATION AND ‘SURVIVAL THROUGH oe DRY SEASON FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE HAVE. | e
‘SET ON FIRE AND SEEM TO CURL CHAR RATHER THAN TO“ BURST INTO FLAME co SUBJECTED TO ARTIFICTAL ‘BURNING OF LIPTER TWDER THE “PRANTS;
IN ADDITION TO. ie RGB ciismacremisries, cISTUS PRODUCES 1 ATTRACTIVE eer IN Je oe AND THE PLANTS COULD "HELP ~ TO Peet ily OUR FOOT
RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED )
C. SPECIAL PROJECTS (CONTINUED)
Experimental burning of Cistus to determine most fire resistant species
IN ADDITION TO Tene ‘OTHER PLANTS ALSO SHOW ADAPTABILITY TO USE ON THE FOOTHILLS AS INDICATED ON THE LUX ARBORETUM ANNEX IN THE MONROVIA FOOT- HILLS. THESE PLANTS ARE:
SPARTIUM JUNCIUM NERTUM OLEANDER COLUTEA SP. ATRIPLEX SPP.
PSORALEA BITUMINOSA
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RESEARCH PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
C. SPECIAL PROJECTS (CONTINUED)
Re “DEW RECORDING STATION
SECOND YEAR OF SUPERVISION OF THE DEW RECORDING STATION. THIS IN- CLUDES MAINTENANCE OF STATION PROPER, SUPPLYING THE GAUGES, COMPUTATION OF THE DATA FROM THE DEW RECORDINGS. THIS STATION WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS SERVED AS THE CENTRAL STATION FOR TWO OTHER STATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE DATA FROM THIS STATION WILL BE INCORPORATED WITH SIMILAR STUDIES BEING MADE IN ISRAEL, BY S. DUVDEVANI, — INVENTOR AND ictal OF DEW: ACRES RESEARCH.
Dew gauges in position for recording the amount of dew precipitation at varying elevations above ground level
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CONDUCTED TOURS
THE ARBORETUM HAS MADE AVAILABLE CONDUCTED TOURS TO SPONSORED CIVIC AWD YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN SO FAR AS TIME AND LIMITED PERSONNEL WAS AVAILABLE. THE RESPONSE TO THESE CONDUCTED TOURS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT AND WE HAVE RE- CEIVED 9); LETTERS OF APPRECIATION AND APPROVAL FROM AMONG NEARLY 5000 VISITORS SEEING THE ARBORETUM ON CONDUCTED TOURS DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
1953 TOU RS JULY NAME 3 CAL. TECH. CAMERA CLUB 12 CACTUS & SUCCULENT CONVENTION SANTA ANITA Y.N.C.A. 1 CITY OF HOPE 15 GIRL SCOUTS 20 SANTA si YM. CA. 21 CUB SCO : 22 LAS recta 22 _ SUMMER RECREATION GROUP 2h ADULT HISTORY ss 2h SUMMER RECREATION GROUP 27 SUMMER RECREATION GROUP 28 SUMMER RECREATION GROUP 29 ADULT GROUP AUGUST 3 ¥.M.CiA. 6 BOYS GROUP 20 ADULT GROUP | 30 L. A. COUNTY MEDICAL GARDEN CLUB SEPTEMBER 10 NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS 10 GIRL SCOUTS 19 RANCHO GARDEN GROUP 23 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF GOLDEN WEST 2h, NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF GOLDEN WEST 26 L. A. COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE
TOWN NO. OF PEOPLE PASADENA > U.S. NATIONAL 60 ARCADIA 30 DUARTE » 25 PASADENA 10 ARCADIA ho ARCADIA 10 ARCADIA 20 MONROVIA | 80 ARCADIA 20 MONROVIA —
MONROVIA 60 MONROVIA 60 SAN DIEGO as MONROVIA ho STERRA MADRE Me PASADENA
LOS ANGELES COUNTY 7
ARCADIA 65 SAN GABRIEL 12 ARCADIA 50 LONG BEACH 100
PASADENA Fie) LOS ANGELES COUNTY 50
CONDUCTED TOURS (CONTINUED)
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NAME
CAMERA CLUB
GIRL SCOUTS
HIGH SCHOOL HOME MAKING CLASS SO. CALIF. TURF CONFERENCE CUB SCOUTS
ONEONTA CONG. CHURCH GARDEN CLUB CAMP FIRE GIRLS
CUB SCOUTS
TEMPLE BETH DAVID
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
CHILDRENS GROUP
WOMEN'S CLUB
GIRL SCOUTS
P. BE. O.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS WELCOME WAGON GROUP DIGGERS GARDEN CLUB CUB SCOUTS
CAL. POLY STUDENTS BROWNIES —
GIRL SCOUTS GIRL SCOUTS
BROWNIES MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
OWN IES 2° ©.
BROWNIES — PIZRCE COLLEGE CUB SCOUTS GIRL SCOUTS GIRL SCOUTS
GIRL SCOUTS
RIO HONDO SCHOOL = 3RD GRADE CAMP FIRE GIRLS
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TOWN NO. OF PEOPLE ARCADIA 25 MONROVIA 20 ARCADIA SO. CALIFORNIA 60 PASADENA 10 PASADENA Bi ARCADIA 15 PASADENA 10 SAN GABRIEL 25 SAN GABRIEL 15 SAN GABRIEL 15 SOUTH GATE 4,0 MONROVIA 12 PASADENA 30 PASADENA 14 WHITTIER 20 SAN GABRIEL 20 MONROVIA 10 SAN DIMAS 30 LOS ANGELES 25 PASADENA 14 ALHAMBRA 20 POMONA 30 MONROVIA 15 ARCADIA 1S BALDWIN PARK 30 POMONA 19 MONROVIA 1 VAN NUYS % MONROVIA 9 PASADENA 16 PASADENA 10 PASADENA 12 ARCADIA 27 EL MONTE ae 13
CONDUCTED TOURS (CONTINUED)
DEC. NAME TOWN NO. OF PEOPLE 9 BROWNIES SIERRA MADRE 18 11 PAINTING CLASS SABRE MADRE 12 11 cUB SCOUTS | ARCADIA 10 1h BROWNIES © ets ARCADIAA TION: Wy 28 ARBORETUM NEIGHBORS ARCADIA 10 29 CUB SCOUTS ALHAMBRA 10 30 CUB SCOUTS ARCADIA 17 195) JANUARY | 1 GIRL SCOUTS MONROVIA a, 13 CALIF. FEDERATION WOMENS CLUB ARCADIA 200 1h AUDUBON SOCIETY BIRD WALK PASADENA 35 21 AUDUBON TERY: ‘BIRD WALK | 25 22 UB SCOUTS AM 16 25 CUB SCOUTS — : | 10 26 GIR SCOUTS? Vettes cies TA. 18 27 psc nog SCHOOL LOVIA 35 BELL GARDENS 70 PASADENA 10 PASADENA 12 48 ALHAMBRA 10 10 cUB SCOUTS PASADENA 95 15 CUB SCOUTS ARCADIA 21 16. GIRL SCOUTS AZUSA aig GIRL SCOUTS : PASADENA 19 CUB SCOUTS - PASADENA hk CAMP FIRE GIRLS PASADENA 10 GIRL SCOUTS & ADULTS MONROVIA 18 CAMPFIRE GIRLS SIERRA MADRE pe BLUE BIRDS AND ADULTS ARCADIA 17 2 WOMEN'S: ‘CLUB GARDEN SECTION 8: 25 2 CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE ; ARCADIA — ho 3 BROWNIES | eas ARCADIA = AG hy CUB SCOUTS = | ARCADIA ly L CUB SCOUTS ARCADIA 7 7 +§$COTT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL oo. | 35
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CONDUCTED TOURS (CONTINUED)
1954 MARCH
NAME POLY TECH. SCHOOL BROWNIES
CUB SCOUTS
BROWNIES
HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE EDI PLYMOUTH SCHOOL
SOUTHWEST BIRD STUDY GROUP CHURCH GROUP
BROWNIES
CUB SCOUTS
CUB SCOUTS CUB SCOUTS BROWNIES CITY COLLEGE NATURE CLASS CUB SCOUTS GIRL SCOUTS CITY COLLEGE NATURE CLASS PLYMOUTH SCHOOL LONGLEY WAY SCHOOL IGHT SCHOOL
BLUE BIRDS GIRL SCOUTS
GIRL SCOUTS CUB SCOUTS
BROWNIES |
GIRL SCOUTS
GIRL SCOUTS
BROWNIES
GIRL SCOUTS
SHAKESPEARE JUNIORS _ HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY. CLAS CUB SCOUTS
CUB SCOUTS
TORS
MONROVIA FOOTHILL GARDEN CLUB
HERB SOCIETY CUB SCOUTS
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TOWN PASADENA
SAN GABRIEL
ARCADIA PASADENA ARCADIA PASADENA MONROVIA
SAN GASRIZL S4N GABRISL — ARCADIA
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FRED ARCHER SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY AUDUBON SOCIETY
WOMEN'S CLU3 ae WOMEN'S CIVIC LEAGUE BROWNIES
SCHOOL - TH GRADE
GIRL SCOUTS.
ROTARIANNS
METHODIST CHURCH CLUB
GIRL SCOUTS
LONGDEN SCHOOL
CITY COLLEGE CLASS
HOE CLUB
HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL GARDEN CLUB
WELLS SCHOOL - 6TH GRADE CUB SCOUTS
BROWN IES
WILSHIRE GARDEN — CLUB ONEONTA CHURCH CLUB SENIOR CITIZENS GIRL SCOUTS
FLORAL ATS CLUB BLUE BIRDS
BANKERS CONVENTION
CAL POLY HORTICULTURE CLUB
HASTINGS RANCH GARDE CLUB WELLS SCHOOL - 5TH GRADE HUGO REI SCHOOL - TH GRADE ISSION HIGH SCHOOL SISTERS BLUE BIRDS
CHERERYLEE SCHOOL - TH GRADE
HUGO RETD SCHOOL - 3RD GRADE LA FETRA SCHOOL
ROOSEVELT SCHOOL
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SAN MARINO LOS ANGELES SAN GABRIEL ARCADIA
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ARCADIA GOLDEN JUBILEE ~
THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS WERE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1953, TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ARCADIA BY E. J. "LUCKY" BALDWIN, THE FORMER OWNER OF RANCHO SANTA ANITA, THE HOME SITE OF WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HISTORICAL PRESERVE OF THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM. FOR THIS FESTIVE OCCASION THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS FORMED THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION, ESPECIALLY THE NEWLY RESTORED "QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE". APPROXIMATELY 5000 PEOPLE VISITED THE ARBORETUM ON THIS "SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFFAIR".
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"QUEEN ANNE" COTTAGE DEDICATION
THE "QUEEN ANNE" COTTAGE WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED AS HISTORICAL rairiaineel NO. 367 BY THE CALIFORNIA ote PARK COMMISSION ON MAY 16,° 195).
THE "QUEEN ANNE" COTTAGE, CONSTRUCTED IN 1881 BY ELIAS JACKSON ("LUCKY") BALDWIN IS SITUATED IN THE ARBORETUM'S HISTORICAL PRESERVE. THIS HIS- TORICAL STRUCTURE HAS BEEN ARCHITECTURALLY RESTORED THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDS RAISED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
MR. AUBREY NEASHAM, HISTORIAN, DIVISION OF BEACHES AND PARKS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PERFORMED THE DEDICATION CEREMONY WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 300 REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTY, STATE, CITY AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
Supervisor John Anson Ford addressing participants in the dedication of the "Queen Anne Cottage" as Historical Landmark No. 367
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FIRST PRESBYTERIA CHURCH
THE PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED —
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AUDUBON SOCIETY AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NORTHWEST GARDEN CLUB
TENTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPARD WOMENS CLUB
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CLIPPER CLUB CLAREMONT MANOR CHURCH HOME WAGON
: EXCHANGE CLUB
SIDELIA CLUB - PASADENA CITY COLLEGE WOMENS 20TH CENTURY CLUB
RIVERSIDE GARDEN CLUB
CALIFORNIA HISTORY & LANDMARK
- WOMENS CLUB
WOMENS CLUB EBELL CLUB
ARBORETUM TRUSTEES WOMENS CLUB
TUESDAY CLUB FAMILY NIGHT WOMENS CLUB
WOMENS CLUB
ARCADIANNS
MICHILINDA WOMENS CLUB LITTLE GARDEN CLUB KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE AGASSIZ NATURE CLUB JUNIOR WOMENS CLUB
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RIVERSIDE MONTEREY PARK
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ARBORETUM LECTURES (CONTINUED)
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A TOTAL OF FIFTY-THREE "THE ARBORETUM STORY" PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY DEWEY E.
PROGRAM PRESENTED TO:
GREVILLEA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LAMPLIGHTERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MARINERS
NELSON AND H. H. BENSON.
DAYTIME PROGRAMS 23 EVENING PROGRAMS 23 SATURDAY PROGRAMS 3 SUNDAY PROGRAMS 3 HOLIDAY PROGRAMS a TOTAL 53 SPECIAL LECTURES AUGUST 1953 E 7 _- ROTARY CLUB © ARCADIA E 10 Seer ASS Ne | NURSERYAEN LOS ANGELES OCTOBER D HOL 12 SO. CALIF. TURF CONFERENCE LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER E k CAL. STATE POLY SAN DL4AS D 11 _ PIERCE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE CANOGA PARK FEBRUARY 1954 E 9 HUGO REID P. 7. a. ARCADIA D 11 Dk: RR. PASADENA MARCH E ine BEGONIA SOCIETY INGLEWOOD E 17 BEGONIA SOCIETY HOLL YwOOD E 18 BEGONIA SOCIETY . APRIL E 13. -—«BEGONIA SOCIETY LONG BEACH E 28 BEGONIA SOCIETY ARCADIA
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MR. SPALDING MR. SPALDING —
MR. SPALDING
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN INDEXED PILE ( oF BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES AND. Pres OF PICTURES PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE ARBORETUM FILE AT THE PRESENT TIME CONTAINS the. "FOLLOWING ASSORTMENT. ye poe Alico THAT ABOUT PIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THESE PICTURES HAVE BEEN ADDED THIS ‘LAST YEAR. ; EXPERIMENTAL oy
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THERE HAS ALSO BEEN COMPILED ‘AN IND INDEXED FILE OF 35MM COLORED SLIDES, ALL MOUNTED IN GLASS. THIS FILE PILE AT THE PRESENT TIME HAS THE FOLL OWING ASSORT- MENT OF Y PER ADDED YEAR
PERMANENT PLANT LABELS (CONTINUED)
EXAMPLE #1 - SIZE APPROXIMATELY 2 X 6 INCHES WITH TwO SMALL HOLES (us - SIZE) DRILLED TO FASTEN TO THE LARGER TREES. (NOTE): ARE TRYING TO FIND AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING THESE. TO TREES AND ERPECE TO es AN. _— SOON. ©
> EXAMPLE #2 - THE OTHER. TYPE IS THE SAME SIZE (2 X 6) BUT IS PLASTI-WELDED TO AN UPRIGHT PLASTIC ROD OF VARYING LENGTHS (15 TO 20") AND PLACED IN THE GROUND NEAR THE BASE OF THE SMALLER TREES, SHRUBS OR OTHER PLANTS. SOME HAVE BEEN IN USE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NAILED TO TREES, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF WEATHER FILM ON EACH LABEL, THEY CAN BE EASILY RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL BEAUTY BY A SIMPLE CLEANING PROCESS. THERE IS EVERY INDICATION THAT THEY WILL > LAST INDEFINITELY.
THESE LABELS IN MOST INSTANCES CARRY THE COMMON NAME, SCIENTIFIC NAME AND HABITAT, AND MAKES A THREE LINE MARKER. WE ARE WORKING ON A SERI‘S OF LABELS _ A BIT LARGER, 25 X.6" THAT WILL TAKE FOUR LINES. THE ADDITIONAL LINE TO 35
- A SORT OF "THOUGHT PROVOKER", OR "INTEREST AROUSER" FOR FUTURE ARBORETUM VISITORS. ONE SMALL AR®A NEAR THE OFFICE IS BEING USED AS A TEST AREA, AND SOME OF THE FIRST MENTIONED THREE LINE LABELS ARE IN POSITION THERE.
q ag - ATTRACT A GOOD DEAL OF ATTENTION FROM THOSE VISITING THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS.
Engraved transparent plastic label used at the Arboretum
| PERMANENT PLANT LABELS (CONTINUED)
THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAD AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY NOT LONG AGO TO SEE THESE PLASTIC LABELS IN USE. THEY WERE ON VIEW AT THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT IN INGLEWOOD. THE ARBORETUM FURNISHED ON LOAN 233 LABELS OF DIFFERENT SIZES FOR THIS DISPLAY, AND ALSO SUPPLIED 17 FOR THE LAST PASADENA FLOWER SHOW. DESCANSO GARDENS WAS SUPPLIED WITH ABOUT 300 OF THESE LABELS RECENTLY.
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED A SMALL MACHINE STAMPED ALUMINUM LABEL WITH ONLY THE ACCESSION NUMBER ON IT. THIS IS ABOUT 15" LONG WITH A PLASTIC COATED WIRE ATTACHED. THESE ARE BEING FASTENED TO EACH AND EVERY PLANT ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS, AND IN THE LATH HOUSE AS SOON AS THE PLANTS ATTAIN THE PROPER SIZE, AND IN ANY EVENT BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE LATH HOUSE. IT IS INTENDED THAT EVERY PLANT AND TREE IN THE ARBORETUM WILL EVENTUALLY BE MARK- ED WITH ONE OF THESE SMALL ACCESSION LABELS.
ALL THIS WILL BRING ABOUT A CONTINUED LESSENING IN THE DEMAND FOR THE OLD
STYLE ALUMINUM LABEL, FOR IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY THE PLASTIC LABEL THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED HEREIN.
GIFTS TO THE ARBORETUM
THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER GIFTS HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS FOR THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM DURING FISCAL YEAR 1953-5).
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GIFTS TO THE ARBORETUM (CONTINUED) | IE ae DONOR oe = EDGER = LAWN a Be | CALIF. ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC. 6 = HYDRANTS - FIRE of Mea Sf ee 1+ HYDRANT - GREENBERG | i" " ee 10 = HEATERS - ORCHARD " " om ao : 10 = DEFLECTORS - HEATER ATTACHMENTS ~ sie zo iene " 12 - LANTERS - KEROSENE 9 4 #8 pow _ 3 - TYPEWRITERS - ROYAL ote " " " 1 - EMBOSSING PRESS - ROOVERS ees : So eo ee LIBRARY ITEMS : ke VOLUMES - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT AGRIC. ake F PLANT INTRODUCTION INVENTORTES — Ay ge ee ee fe VOLUMES - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY - " aii ede 5 - VOLUMES - BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS : " " -_ 6 = VOLUMES = DCE Drumset = ee ee ee i 1 = VOLUME -F ITELDIANA: cpus ee “ ae ere : " ae it oe PARTS TITY, IV, Ve Ga. eee : 5 - VOLUMES - UNITED alee ’ NATIONAL 8 a, oe HERBARIUM CONTRIBUTIONS = : ae 3 - VOLUMES - HISTORIA DE LAS PLANTAS DE. a ee eat a 2 - “VOL re _ EL cs ee ae " ne nee 1 - “VOLUME” =- BOTANICAL GAZETTE " " n =e 3 - VOLUMES - CACTUS AND SUCCULENT JOURNAL " set we we 3 °- VOLUMES - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY " " ag * - VOLUMES - THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE : . d i os 2 VOLUN - SHRUBS AND TREKS FOR " ng ’ . AUSTRALIAN GARDENS | Wes:VOLUMES - ARBORETUM BULLETIN - n " co " ae UNIV. OF WASHINGTON © : oon SOIL SC ae ioe e ey § " - CEIBA ANONYMOUS = i vous - TROPICAL WOODS eae seme ie EX cinta eh VOLUMES = ECONOMIC: BOTANY fAMUASY le = VOLUMES - FLORA OF COSTA RICA reezise 0
DURING THE YEAR WE HAVE ADDED 57 BOOKS THROUGH PURCHASE, THROUGH GIFTS WE VE RECEIVED 62 BOOKS, 1372 NON-CURRENT PERIODICALS AND 743 PAMPHLETS.
SUBSCRIBE TO 3h CURRENT PERIODICALS, RECEIVE 1g THROUGH GIFTS, 73 THROUGH aaa, AND 4 BY PURLECK TION)
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PUBLICATIONS
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES HAVE BhEii PUBLISHED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR BY MEMBERS OF THE ARBORETUM STAFF:
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| ARTICLE PU3LICATION AUTHOR
"LATH HOUSES OF ALUMINUM" NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL § R. J. SEIBERT
MAGAZIXE = JULY 1
| "SO BAMBOOS FOR WESTERN GARDENS"SUNSET MAGAZINE - hk. J. SEIBERT
MARCH 195)
"SOME BAMBOOS FOR WESTERN GAXQUNS"SUNSET WESTERN GARDEN R. J. SEIBERT
BOOK = HARCH 195)
"GRASSES FOR OUR HOlip LAwis" LASCA LEAVES VOL.III #h s Me agree!
| L. B. MARTIN "CISTUS AND ITS RESPONSE TO FIRE" LASCA LEAVES VOL.IV #3 THR
"GROWING NOTES" LASCA LEAVES G. H. SPALDING VOL. III #3 VOL. III #h VOL. IV #1 VOL. IV #2 "INDEX" TO JOHN HUTCHINSON'S LASCA MISCELLANEA G. H. SPALDING
"A BOTANIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA" "SOIL CONDITIONING WITH KRILIUM" LASCA LEAVES VOL.III #3 L. B. MARTIN "THE DUVDEVANI DEW GAUGE" LASCA LEAVES VOL.III #3 R. J. SEIBERT
PUBLICITY NEWSPAPER : CLIPPINGS REGARDING THE ARBORETUM DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1953-5).
1954 es 31 JANUARY 10 - 27 FEBRUARY “ 12 . 5 MARCH ~ 36 a 6 APRIL - — «86 9 MAY - 66 h JUNE ee
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SILHOUETTE'S OF TREE AND SHRUB GREET YOU WITH EVER CHANGING MOOD OFTEN - AS NOW = AGAINST A LEADEN SKY THEY SEEM IN MYSTERY CLOAKED UT CHOOSE ANOTHER HOUR, AND SEE THEM BRIGHTLY GREEN AS ON A SUMMER'S DAY.
OR UNDER DARKENING CLOUDS, AND MAYBE RAIN YOU WALK THIS WAY ANOTHER TIME
AND PAUSE, TO FIND THE SUNLIGHT BREAKING THROUGH AND WATCH
AS E EVERYTHING THAT GROWS SHINES WITH A RAIN -WASHED HUE
THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES, AND ALL SEEMS WELL UNTIL -- OH SAD THE DAY
THE WIND STARTS BLOWING FROM THE WEST AND WAFTS THE SMOG YOUR WAY.
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