Ex LiBEIS The Pennsylvania hoeticultural society Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/yearbookofpennsy1986penn •Sr^Vty IHE PEIWSYLVAMA II ORTI CULTURAL SOCIETY YEARBOOK July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Independence National Historical Park 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 (215J 625-8250 The purposes of the Pennsylvania Hor- ticuhural Society are: to collect and disseminate information about horti- culture; to inspire a taste for horticul- tural knowledge; and to make that knowledge available to as many people as possible. COIVTENTS Officers and Council 2 President's Report 4 Executive Director's Report 5 Library 6 Publications 9 Show^s 10 Awards 16 Membership 19 Emily Read Cheston 21 Headquarters Exhibits 22 The Gardens at PHS 23 Public Information 24 Community Activities 25 Preview Dinner 31 Contributions 32 Organizations Meeting at PHS 35 Finance Committee Report 36 Staff Extension 39 Staff 40 Photographic Credits J. Blaine Bonham, Jean Byrne, City of Philadel- phia, Edmund B. Gilchrist, Jr., William F. Her- bert, The Photography Works, Ron Williams, Mary Lou Wolfe. Draviing Marybeth S. Avioli (page 10). Front and Back Covers: The Philadelphia Flower Show •^ A Fairmount Park scene is transplanted to the Flower Show with this replica of its many monuments. 1 PHS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS Officers Henry H. Reichner^ Jr. President Jean G. Bodine Vice-President Robert S. Ryan Vice-President Dorothy S. Young Vice-President Anne B. Putnam Treasurer Ralph R. Walker Secretary Council Rubye Beckett Raul Betancourt, Jr. Jean G. Bodine Richard J. Both Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Robert J. Butera John F. Collins Frances E. Cullen Paul A. Dandridge Mary C. Disston Carter R. Dorrance MonaD.Gold Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Adele G. Greenfield Muriel Happich Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O.Jones Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott James M. Nutt, Jr. Lois W. Paul J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Sally Reath Robert S. Ryan Ralph R. Walker Sandra C.Ward Harold C. Wessel Yvonne H. Wynn L. Wilbur Zimmerman Executive Committee Henry H. Reichner^ Jr.; Chair Jean G. Bodine Adele G. Greenfield Richard W. Lighty Robert W. Preucel Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan Harold C. Wessel Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman Nominating Committee Jean G. Bodine, Chair Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O.Jones Richard W. Lighty Robert W. Preucel Salary and Compensation Committee Russell O. Jones, Chair J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Jean B3Arne Anne B. Putnam Ralph R. Walker Harold C. Wessel The president of the Council and the executive director serve e^- ojficio on all committees. Carol Sclafani, Junior Show manager, stages hanging baslcets with Andy Robinson, a volunteer. -^ K, » i-^' r- • .•% T^'^.%-^ '^ VM. *^'^' PRESIDENT'S REPORT In response to a survey, some of our members have raised questions regarding the purpose of the Soci- ety's annual reports. Essentially, these reports are intended to be both a historical record of the Society's achieve- ments and activities and a report to you, our members, regarding the work and general condition of your Society. To the degree that they pro- vide information of a vital and grow- ing institution they are relevant. To the degree that they provide valu- able insights as to the manner by which the Society serves its mem- bers and various other publics they are useful. Those who read these reports wall recognize that your Society continues to build on a solid foun- dation wdth imagination, verve, and, indeed, eclat. It is able to do so only because of the degree of attention it gives to the quality and dedication of its large number of volunteers and its superb professional staff. When one thinks of the time, tal- ent, and energy required to pro- duce a great Flower Show, the Green Scene, Philadelphia Green, a Har\'est Show - all while operating an exceptional library and mem- bership programs - one can con- clude that your Societv' is healthy -indeed. We wdll remain so with your understanding, participation, and support. Henr\' H. Reichner, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S FiEPORT There's hardly a day at the Penn- sylvania Horticultural Society when the seed of a new activity isn't ger- minating or a fresh program com- ing into frill flower. One day the idea v^dll come from a volunteer com- mittee; the next will sprout in a staff discussion. Working together, staff and volunteers produce the energy that drives one of the nation's healthiest horticultural societies. The success of our Flower Show continues to attract exhibits of the highest quality as well as recogni- tion from local, national and inter- national visitors. Three organiza- tions, seeking to establish flower shows in other American cities, have, during the past year, approached the Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Society. In the community gardening field we are also leaders and PHS members continue to demonstrate their pride in the accomplishments of Philadelphia Green gardeners not only wdth financial contribu- tions but also by serving as judges and committee members for our community outreach programs. Foundations, corporations and the City of Philadelphia's Office of Housing and Community Develop- ment continue to show enthusias- tic support for these ever-widening horticultural avenues. Both PHS members and the pub- lic continue to use our Library and horticultural information service, and the W. Atlee Burpee Company's gift of competing seed companies' catalogs will greatly expand the Society's collection as well as allowing us to make valuable resources available to horticultural libraries throughout the nation. Enthusiasm, excitement and an adventurous spirit pervade the Pennsylvania Horticultural Societs', and I am proud and happy to be a part of this era in the SocietA 's history. Jane G. Pepper LIBRARY The Library's collection of old seed and nursery catalogs of the Delaware Valley doubled this year with a gift from the W. Atlee Burpee Company of the company's com- petitors' catalogs dating from 1881- 1940. Eleven Library committee vol- unteers, guided by Frances Barnett, sorted and listed thousands of cata- logs. Catalogs that do not relate to our geographical area have been distributed, by agreement with the Burpee Company, to institutional members of the Council of Botani- cal and Horticultural Libraries all over the U.S. and in Canada. The family of Frances Osgood Grant has given to the PHS Library her first edition copies of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina; Florida and The Bahamas, London 1731-43 and the prints that make up the appendix. Handsome cases, designed to place these two vol- umes on permanent display in the PHS board room, have also been donated by the family and friends of Frances Osgood Grant. Major Contributors (books or servdces) M. M. Brubaker W. Atlee Burpee Company F. Gordon Foster Francis T. Grant Kitty Lapp Gordon M. Marshall Elisabeth Woodbum In November Julie Morris of New- port, RI, spoke to Friends of the Library about "Philadelphia Gar- dens in the Gilded Age, 1890-1930," using hand-painted glass slides to illustrate her lecture. To celebrate the William Darlington Bicenten- nial, Dr. William R. Overlease of West Chester State College describ- ed changes in the flora of Chester County for Friends of the Library. For this occasion Kitty Lapp and Toni Brinton mounted an exhibit of Darlington's books from the PHS Pennsylvania Collection and her- barium specimens loaned by West Chester State College. Donations to the Friends of the Library totalling continued Library Committee volunteers sorting the Burpee Company's gift of 4,000 competitor catalogs for distribution to 21 horticultural libraries in the U.S. and Canada. 7 S2,995 from 125 donors were used for book restoration and special purchases. Our major restoration project in\'ol\'ed boxing, deacidif\ - ing and strengthening Robert Furber's magnificent Twelve Months of Flowers published in 1730. Nine additional books were also restored. .-\n entire wall of locked shehing was installed com- pleting the housing of Penns\i\'ania and special collection books in the fire-protected area. The .American Rock Garden Soci- ety and the American Bonsai Soci- ety continued their lending agreements with 198 books bor- rowed b\' ARGS, 85 b\' ABS mem- bers. Cfrculation by mail to local members totaled 491. Three hundred and thirt\' books were added to the collection. The collection of more than 400 current seed and nurserv catalogs is used dail\' by staff and members. To keep it up to date and usable, \olunteer Nathalie Nelson works on this collection on a regular basis, requesting catalogs from new sup- pliers and updating listings. Fran- ces Bamett continues her weekl\' \olunteer work with the collection of old catalogs and foresees an enormous job next year incorporat- ing the recent gift from the Burpee Compan\' into the PHS collection. Librarv' Committee Joan Z. Brinton, Chair Raul Betancourt, Jr. Thomas Buchter George R. Clark Elizabeth B. Farley George M. Harding John S. Kistler Kitt\' Lapp Elizabeth P. McLean Sandra K. Meyers Carol R. Palmer Lois W. Paul Elizabeth C. Walker Elisabeth W'oodbum Dorothy S. Young L. \\ ilbur Zimmerman Horticulture Hotline From 9:30 to noon, four mornings a week, one of a corps of 16 experi- enced gardeners answers horticul- tural questions on the Hotline i922- 8043). A total of 1,979 calls were answered in the past year. Hotline \ olunteers looked at plant pests and diseases from a different per- specti\'e during a visit to the Ortho Experimental Research Station in Moorestown, NJ where a good infes- tation of white fly in the greenhouse is a goal for research projects. The climax of the "Hotline Appreciation Day" was lunch in the fascinating Moorestown garden of PHS mem- bers Bill and Edvthe Collins. Hotline Volunteers Bobbie Breuninger Kathie Buchanan Jane J. Carter George M. Clark Bett\' Derbyshfre Martha Fisher Harriett B. Green Nancy Greenwood William F. Happich Star Johns Elizabeth B.Michell Erich Meitzner Nathalie Nelson Jen Porter Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Irene Slater PUBLICATIONS With our July 1982 issue, Green Scene completed its 10th year of publishing. We've come a long way? from our original 26-page, black and white first issue. Our last issue in volume 10 contained 40 pages, vvdth almost half in four color. Our index for the year has expanded from a page to a page and one-half indi- cating increased stories and auth- ors. We have plenty of stories in the bank; in fact as we go to press the stories for the next three issues are completely scheduled. We even have a story on the books for 18 months from now. Mailing costs for non-profit pub- lications have soared this year. Green Scene mailing costs in- creased 54% and those for the News, which we continue to pub- lish 11 times a year, have risen 83% . More than 26,000 copies of the Flower Show Program were sold for $1.50 apiece at the 1982 Show. The Council again worked to solicit ads. Their energetic assistance in- creased the total advertising pages from 36 to 41 Vi pages this year in- cluding 11 color pages. Publications Committee Adele Greenfield, Chair Rubye Beckett Richard J. Both Robert J. Butera Paul A. Dandridge Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Charles W. Heuser James J. McKeehen Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman SHOWS Philadelphia Flovi^er Show Philadelphia Civic Center^ March 7-14, 1982 Judging and Preview: Saturday, March 6 Joining with the City of Philadel- phia Century IV celebration, the theme for the 1982 Philadelphia Flower Show was "Penn's Greene Countrie Towne." As visitors strolled through the main aisle they glimpsed the past, present and future. A fantasy orchid island by Waldor Orchids with a waterfall cascading from the ceiling provided the entrance feature. A sculpture garden depicting the year 2000 along wdth garden club entries featuring "A Garden for Today," and "Penn's Greene Woods - 1682" bv Vick's Wildgardens, surrounded the central feature, "Changing Images of the Garden - 300 Years of Horti- culture" produced by the Tercen- tenary Gardens Collaborative. Twenty-nine horticultural organi- zations led by the Morris Arbore- tum participated in this collabora- tive exhibit staged by Gale Nurser- ies. Standing in the center of the large conservatory, visitors were able to view the changing images of three centuries of gardening in the Philadelpha area. In competitive class sections, horticultural and artistic classes were integrated, thus improving traffic flow. An enthusiastic com- mittee staged 1,800 entries in 174 classes, including four entries in both the garden and challenge Changing Images in the Garden - 300 Years of Horticulture. Flower Show central exhibit. 10 classes. Show winners received congratulations from president Henry H. Reichner and PHS Awards Committee members Sally Reath and Cecily Clark at the annual Exhibitors and Awards Luncheon. Exhibitors and volunteers were w^elcomed to the Philadelphia Zoo in early July for the annual Flower Show summer party. In previous years, crowded food service areas have been a topic for discussion and complaints. This year Ogden Food Service opened a new Garden Cafe in A Hall following the Preview Dinner, providing addi- tional space for visitors and a box lunch service for bus groups. A total of 722 bus groups attended the Show. Despite a bomb scare on opening day and warm weather near the end of the week that kept people outdoors, the Show drew 201,451 paid visitors. In all 224,000 attended the Show, including exhibitors, judges, PHS members and press. Nearly 1,000 volunteers w^orked hand in hand with exhibitors and staff to convert five acres of barren concrete into a magnificent prelude to spring. Flower Show Committees Executive Robert W. Preucel, Chair J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., Vice-Chair Robert Butera William Giangiulio Mona D. Gold Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Louise H. Harrity David M. Kipphut Richard W. Lighty William D. MacDowell Bayard H. Roberts Roland Taylor Robert W. Thomas Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward Sandra C.Ward L. Wilbur Zimmerman Hospitality Beth Butler Lucille P. Bisbee Sue Williams Exhibitors & Awards Luncheon Mona D. Gold, Cha/r Judges and Awards Sally Reath, Chair, PHS Awards Committee Sandra C. Ward, Chair, Subcommittee Penny Ashmead, At Large Martha B. Barron, Coordinator Tania G. Biddle, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Margaret P. Bowditch, At Large Joan Z. Brinton, Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Dixie Chapman, Chair, Arrangement Clerks Cecily G. Clark PHS Awards Committee Tina Colehower, Vice -Coordinator, Awards Anne Coste, Chair, Arrangement Judges Barbara Cramer, At Large Sanna Drake, At Large Sally Fernley, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Judges Martha B. Fisher, At Large Sally N. Graham, Vice-Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks John S. C. Harvey, Points Pam Hutchinson, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Clerks Katharine H. King, At Large Jane Lohmeyer, Points Patter Peterson, Chair, Horticultural Judges Maiy Schwartz, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Judges Joanne W. Stehle, Vice-Chair, continued 11 Horticultural Clerks Barbara Warvvdck, Chair, Horticultural Clerks Susan P. Wilmerding, At Large Competitive Classes Louise H. Hairity, Chair Jane Ward, Vice-Chair Arrangement Classes Barbara Cramer, Chair, Niches Carolyn Waite, Vice-Chair, Niches Anne Letter, Chair, Aides Dorothy Swalm, Vice-Chair, Aides Fran Borie, Vice -Chair, Aides Penny Ashmead, Co-Chair, Passing, Advisor, Miniatures Harriet H. Palmer, Co-Chair, Passing Susan H. Stanley, Vice-Chair, Passing Joan Semple, Niche Nomenclature Sarah C. Z. Groome, /Idv/sor, Large Niche Phebe L. Guckes, Adv/sor; Large Niche Katharine H . King, Advisor, Medium Niche Sanna Drake, Advisor, Small Niche Ginny Simonin, Advisor, Small Niche Room and Table Classes Adelle Webb, Co-Chair Susan Moran, Co-Chair Sally Humphreys, Vice-Chair Pressed Plant Material Classes Theresa Phillips, Chair Jeanne Griffith, Vice-Chair Miniature Classes Jane S. Roberts, Chair Joan R. and James McNee, Vice-Chairs Garden Class Gainor L Miller, Chair Carol Sagendorph, Vice-Chair Elizabeth B. Michell, Vice-Chair Challenge Garden Class Mrs. Richard C. Smith, Chair Mrs. Victor J. Roberts, Vice-Chair Mrs. John W. Flemer, Vice-Chair Mrs. A. Fleming Austin, Vice-Chair Horticultural Classes Sally Rorer, Co-Chair Susan D. Stauffer, Co-Chair Susan P. Wilmerding, Vice-Chair Carol Lamberton, Chair, Aides Sally Johnson, Vice-Chair, Aides Dede Madden, Vice-Chair, Aides Judy Romig, Chair, Staging Betsy Gray, Vice-Chair, Staging Jean G. Bodine, Co-Chair, Passing Margaret P. Bowditch, Co-Chair, Passing Irene Slater, Chair, Typing Aides IVomenclature Committee Richard W. Lighty, Chair Charles Cresson Elizabeth Farley Anita Kistler Paul Meyer Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Irene Slater Flower Show Long Range Planning Committee The Flower Show Long Range Planning Committee's task is to look ahead toward the develop- ment of future flower shows. Together staff and committee ex- plore ideas for Council opinion and review. During the past year the committee discussed suggestions for the 1984 Show, which will have an oriental theme. In addition, the committee continues to review^ suggestions for the future operation of the Show. Committee L. Wilbur Zimmerman, Chair Carter R. Dorrance 12 n. ''^^' Chase Rosade and Lynn Porter water bonsai. An ancient Japanese duck eggbcirrel handles excess water. Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Mary Hyndman J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Landon L. Scarlett Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward The Harvest Show Saturday-Sunday, September 26-27 Judging & Members' Preview, Friday, September 25 Memorial Hall, West Fairmount Park A good gardening year brought an abundance of entries - 1,597 - to the Society's 1981 Harvest Show. Thirty-four garden clubs and horti- cultural organizations made more than 800 horticultural entries and 19 high quality educational exhibits were displayed. Philadelphia community gar- deners contributed over 600 en- tries. This section of the Show, which is cosponsored by Philadel- phia Green and the Penn State Co- operative Extension Service's Urban Gardening Program, culminated in a Harvest Party on Saturday evening 13 where city gardeners traded garden secrets and celebrated their harvest achievements. Attendance was way up over last year - from 4,950 to 6,600. Visitors enjoyed a new demonstration ser- ies on Saturday and Sunday after- noons featuring topics such as wane making, beekeeping, rose pruning and fresh flower arranging. Another new feature of the Show was the Children's Challenge Classes on Saturday morning. Captain and Mrs. Noah of WPVI-TV and Council member Paul Dandridge judged the imaginative entries of Pumpkin Pals, Scarecrow Hats and Old Shoes. Before the end of the year the Society received word that Memor- ial Hall, home of the Harvest Show for 12 years, would not be available for the 1982 Show due to a leaking roof. In March the committee accepted a gracious inxdtation from the Fainnount Park Commission and the staff of the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center to hold the upcoming show under glass and canvas in the Park. continued 1981 Harvest Show Committee Barbara K. Heckert, Chair Ann Marlar, Vice-Chair KathrsTi S. Andersen Teri Andreozzi Susan Armstrong Doris W. Atkinson Bea Billau Willie Mae Bullock Jane J. Carter Buffie Clothier Janet Darrington Jewel DeFrate Elizabeth Derb\'shire Henrietta Deubler Mrs. Reginald J. Doherty Mrs. George S. Duncan Marian Fellheinier Hazel Felton Helen Flaig Juanita Fletcher Ruth Flounders Joan Gallo\\'a\' Salh' \. Graham Sondra Green Phoebe Griswold Dorothy Grosse Elizabeth Gruber Pegg\' R. Hartwick Katharine T. Haupt Margaret Hayes Edwin Heitman Joyce Holmes Corlet Wright Jackson Betty Keim Frank Keiser Barbara B. Kidder Kitt\' Lapp Sue Lear\' Jane R. Lennon Lee Loveland Am\' Mackay Elizabeth B^Michell Almina Monteiro Eileen Morris Reba Morton Jo Muscari Irene Panensky Mrs. Aldo A. Pellegrini Mrs. Oren H. Persons, Jr. Eleanor Robbins Mattie Robbins Gainor Roberts Anne Robinson Ray Rogers Jean Sampson Mrs. Joseph J. Scanlon Jean Shannahan Marie-Louise Shull Irene Slater Almina Smelly Marie Smeltz Patricia J. Sonnebom Ellen Svvartvx^out Ann Su^an Mrs. L\de R. Tanner Mrs. Carl H. Tompkins Julie Trombetti Sharon Turner Marise van Trump Elizabeth C. Walker Joanne Walkoxic Lura C. Wampler Sandra C.Ward Adelle Webb Luanne Wolf Members at Large Emesta D. Ballard George R. Clark Robert W^ Crawford; President Fairmount Park Commission Elizabeth F. Darocha, Chair District I, Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania Muriel Happich Mary Harrigan Evelyn Hett, Chair Phila. Area Judges Council John Kistler J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Landon Scarlett Ralph W. Walker 14 1981 Junior Flower Sho^v - Let's Bloom Together First Bank of the United States Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 19-21 Despite an extended strike in the School District of Philadelphia, more than 620 entries and 10 spe- cial exhibits were on display in this year's Junior Flower Show. These sludents, K through 12, came from over 40 school/youth groups in the Delaware Valley. The show was open an extra day this year for spe- cial events and to allow school groups more time to see the show. Staff and volunteers created a Daisy Wall, and Aunt and Uncle Daisy presented aw^ards to the schools and individuals who made the most entries. For the first time five best of shows to outstanding individual entries were also made. Pierre Radebaugh, Green Scene's young- est author, vdsited the show. The show continues as an event to recognize the horticultural en- deavors of young people and to pro- vide inspiration to over 1,000 \dsi- tors both young and old. Junior Flower Show Committee Mrs. George S. Duncan, Co-Chair Mrs. Joseph J. Scanlon, Co-Chair Kitty Lapp, Clerks Chair Evelyn Hett, Chair of Judges Donna Thorpe, Exhibitors Aides Almina Smelley, Epchibitors Aides Mrs. Victor J. Roberts, Hospitality Mark Schoenholtz, Staging Children at the Junior Show examine a food friend, made from fruits and vegetables. 15 AWARDS Among other challenges, mem- bers of the Awards Committee have the responsibility of choosing the recipients of the Society's major awards. In addition, this hard- working committee selects more than 600 judges for the Society's three shows, for the Plants in the Business Environment and the City Gardens Contests, as well as appro- priate ribbons and awards. Major Awards 1981 Distinguished Achievement Medal — Everitt L. Miller 1981 Certificates of Merit - Mrs. Walter K Howard Lester P. Nichols 1981 Junior Horticulturist Winner — Paul Winski Daniel Drake (runner-up) 1981 Plants in the Business Environment Awards Special Certificates Bell of Pennsylvania Dunwoody Home Marriott Corporation University Museum Awards American Institute for Property & Liability Underwriters Horsham Clinic, Inc. ICI Americas Inc. Montgomery Hospital Laurel Award This award was given to an organi- zation whose plantings were in ex- cellent shape five years following the initial award. Philadelphia Marriott Hotel J. Franklin Styer Aw^ard of Garden Merit Now in its second year, the evalu- ators who comprise the J. Franklin Styer Award Committee met in January to consider new entries for the Certificate of Preliminary Com- mendation. The plants awarded the certificate wdll be evaluated yeariy, for at least five years, and their growing conditions carefully noted. He}: serrata x verticillata 'Sparkleberry' Malus 'Jewelbeny' Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' Styer Award Committee Richard W. Lighty, Chair Paul W. Meyer Evaluators Barrel Apps Jared Berd James Cross Tom Dilatush William H. Frederick, Jr. William Heyser Steven Hutton Philip Normandy Sally Reath Quentin Schlieder Bradshaw Snipes J. Franklin Styer 16 -fmh^.^ r George Off has something to glow about at the Flower Show: Best of Show in Commercial Display category. Flower Sho^v A^vards 1982 Philadelphia Flower Show The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Show Aw^ard for the Best in Show in the following categories: Commercial Education - Philadelphia Water Department Display - Waldor Orchids Aesthetic - Robert Montgomery Landscape Nursery Non-Profit Education - Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture Display - Delaware Valley Chapter, American Rock Garden Society The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Trophy for the indi\idual accumulation of the greatest number of points in the Horticul- tural Classes: Janet A/. Welsh The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Au'ard for the indixddual 17 runner-up in the Hort:icultural Classes: Sylvia Lin The Pennsyh ania Horticultural Society Flower Arranging Sweep- stakes Trophy for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Robin Engle Lippincott Margah Flood Memorial Trophy for the horticultural organization ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Wissahickon Garden Club The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Club Sweepstakes Award for the horticultural organization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Wissahickon Garden Club The Margaret Buckley Zantzinger Award for the garden club accumu- lating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Show: Wissahickon Garden Club The Grand Sweepstakes A\^ ard for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections: Sanna Drake continued 1981 Harvest Show A^vards The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Show Award for the best of show in the following categories: Horticultural Organization: Philadelphia Area Cactus and Succulent Society Commercial: Swansen and Borie Non-Profit Institution: John Bartram Association Indi\ddual or Family: Helen Knauffand Rita Precopio Everlasting Plant Material PHS Gardeners Sweepstakes Award to the individual winning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the horticultural sections of the show: Lee Loveland PHS Community Garden Sweep- stakes Trophy to the community garden winning the greatest num- ber of blue ribbons in the show: 56th and Haverford Streets PHS Club Sweepstakes Trophy to the horticultural organization win- ning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the show: West Chester Garden Club PHS Awards Presented Elsew^here: The Flower Show Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- ety to Haskell's Nursery at the New England Spring Garden and Flower Show The Silver Medal Certificate of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Senora Naty de Zevallos at the International Flower Show, Lima, Peru Awards Received The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania Staging Award presented to the 1981 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Show Awards Committee Sally Reath, Chair Cecily G. Clark Muriel Happich Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O. Jones Richard W. Lighty Erich Meitzner Lois W. Paul J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Sandra C.Ward 18 MEMBERSHIP New Life Members Mrs. Thomas J. Farrell, Jr. Winifred T. Hare William King Maxine DeS. Lewis Peter S. Strawbridge The Society had 300 more mem- bers in June 1982 than in June 1981. The total membership exceeds 6700 due in part to an intensive mem- bership drive at the Philadelphia Flower Show where 149 PHS mem- bers served long hours in the tradi- tional and two additional member- ship booths. In June we held an open house to welcome new PHS members and to thank the mem- bership booth volunteers. ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS PHS members are enthusiastic pari;icipants and w^e enjoyed their attendance at activities which in- cluded 22 workshops^ courses, lec- tures and s3anposia, 19 field trips and 6 special events, including show previews. A special trip "Glo- ries of French Gardens/' arranged by Academic Arrangements Abroad, resulted in donation income for the Society. Horizons East Preview Thursday, October 15 The PHS Preview for Horizons East started as a gleam in the eye of the Special Events Department at Strawbridge &. Clothier. Generous support from the store's manage- ment and PHS members created a memorable evening. Responding to an invitation from Peter S. Straw- bridge, president, more than 830 PHS members and special guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and the opening of the company's fall oriental extravaganza at the Philadelphia store. Strawbridge & Clothier covered all expenses for the evening and each member contributed $35 to the Society for a total of $29,900. Garden Visits Main Line and Newtown Square May 1982 Mr. &, Mrs. W. Blakeley Chandlee Halsey A. Frederick, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Armen H. Gevjan Chestnut Hill, Roxborough and Germantown May 1982 Emesta D. & Frederic L. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Redwood Barker Mr. & Mrs. W. Keen Butcher Mr. & Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, III Mr. & Mrs. Richard Parry Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. G. Peck Nancy & David Sierens Chester County June 1982 Mr. & Mrs. J. Folsom Paul Mr. & Mrs. John P. Swan Sir John & Lady Thouron Classes, Lectures, Symposia All About Houseplants Margaret P. Bowditch Arrangement Classes Symposium Penny Ashmead Sally Humphreys Katharine H. King Harriet H. Palmer Susan H. Stanley Carolyn Waite continued 19 Basic Landscape Design Ed Lindemann Patricia Schrieber Paul Wolfinger Flower Arranging Bernice Makin Fun with Pressed Flowers Theresa Phillips Gardening in Center City Joanne McCuUough Anne McPhail Eve H. Taylor Gardening Under Lights Elizabeth B. Gwinn Lura C. Wampler Gardens of Italy Colvin Randall Glories of French Gardens Nancy P. Webster Green Wreath Workshops Bernice Makin Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn Gina Santucci Horticultural Classes Symposium Sarah P. Han'ey Joanne C. Marano Longwood, a Historical Perspective Everitt L. Miller Maine Gardens Margaret P. Bowditch Miniature Bulb Workshop Jane G. Pepper National Trust Gardens T. P. Burr Nomenclature Lecture and Workshop Da\dd Bates Philadelphia Gardens in the Gilded Age Julie L Morris Photography Seminar Dick Keen Practical Gardening How^ard J. Holden Water Gardening Patrick Nutt Members Committee Frances E. Cullen Rubye Beckett Elizabeth C. Bennett Mary C. Disston Carter R. Dorrance J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Sally Reath Harriett S. Richards Peter Strawbridge receives honorary life membership from Jane Pepper as Hank Reichner looks on. Strawbridge hosted memorable Horizons East Preview for PHS members. 20 Emily Read Cheston 1897-1982 A few days before her death in late June, Emily Cheston wrote a friend that she had been royally feted in celebration of her recent birthday. As was characteristic of her, she felt that it all had "little to do with me but amazement that anyone is 95." Everyone who knew Mrs. Cheston was enriched by her intelligence, good humor and kindness. With great generosity she shared her knowledge and love of gardening and books with the many people who visited her over the years . Time spent talking with Mrs. Cheston on her plant-filled sunporch or in front of a w^arming fire will be a cherished meraiory for many of us. Emily Cheston was a valued member of PHS for nearly 60 years. Her guidance and good sense were largely responsible for the success .of From Seed to Flower, PHS's Bicen- tennial exhibit and catalog. Mrs. Cheston and her late hus- band, Edward, shared their farm, Hayfield, with friends and neigh- bors for the more than 50 years they lived there. In 1974 they gave their woods to Upper Dublin Township as a nature center, and recently Mrs. Cheston donated another 23 acres, including her house and bam, to the project. Emily Cheston possessed a ser- enity rarely found in our speeded up world. Her enjo\Tnent of life came in no small part from nature. The flowers and trees she planted with great care at Ha\^eld oxer the years and the sheep and horses grazing in the pastures were sources of great happiness for her. She generously shared her joy in liv- ing wdth all of us who admired and loved her. 21 HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITS "Holiday Vignettes, " our Decem- ber exhibit, featured small sections of interior and exterior settings with natural holiday decorations. An 18th century drawing room, a New Jersey seashore cottage and a con- temporary hall were among the vignettes offered. In honor of the city's 1982 Cen- tury IV Celebration, committee members planned a major exhibit, "Penn's Greene Dream, " to depict the various ways that the Society is continuing to maintain and to build on William Penn's dream of a beautiful Greene Countrie Towne. Exhibits during the year included: July - August Basic Pmning September - October Handmade Paper from Roadside Weeds November Harvest Highlights & Japanese Brush Painting December Holiday Vignettes January The Philadelphia Flower Show - The Way It Was February - March Art and Flora April - June Penn's Greene Dream Exhibits Advisory Group Laralou Bates Jill Gathers Grace M. Cole Frances E. CuUen John S. C. Harvey, 3rd Edwin Heitman Joanna Reed Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Jane Smith 22 Painting and papering is all part of the job for Exhibit Advisory Group member Frannie Cullen. THE GARDENS AT PHS The 18th Century Garden, the orchard, the perennial and herb gardens at the Society's headquar- ters continue to thrive under the diligent attention of the garden vol- unteers. Each Wednesday from April through October this dedi- cated group comes together to plant, weed, deadhead, fertilize and water. In addition to providing care for the plants, our garden volunteers act as an important liaison between the Society and the gardens' many visitors. They give directions, answ^er plant questions and often have the opportunity to introduce visitors to other aspects of the Soci- ety's activities. Thanks to a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Katz we were able to plant a new^ santolina hedge in the 18th Century Garden and incorporate a new ochre- colored lattice fence into the per- ennial bed. Garden Volunteers Lauralou Bates Grace M. Cole Edward A. Doelp Lilly G. Glazer Johanna Goedel Helen Kaufman Miriam Kroungold Kitty Lapp Matthew H. McConnell Catherine McKeown Ann McPhail Harriett S. Richards Frances Vollmer Big decisions are made at PHS members' Plant Gi\ea\\ a\'. 23 PUBLIC INFORMATION i 1 Although the dispensation of information about the Society's actixities and sendees is designated as a staff function, the Society is fortunate to have some 6,700 mem- bers semng as ambassadors and communicators . Fall publicity included items about the City Gardens Contest aw^ards, the Rankest Show, the Recognition Dinner and the Junior Show. A WTVI-TV crew produced a half-hour documentary about the Philadelphia Green program for Visions in November, highlighting city gardeners' late summer acti\d- ties and PHS Council member Willie Mae Bullock's Hope Springs Garden. In February we contracted vvdth The Idea Works, a freelance public relations firm, to assist with the public information program. An extensive publicity effort produced a flood of favorable press clippings on the 1982 Philadelphia Flower Show, including six feature articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer and articles in Newsweek and the New York Times, both firsts for the Flower Show. As in past years, local radio and television crews provided generous coverage for the Show. For the second year AM Philadel- phia (WTV'l-TVO produced an hour- long broadcast direct from the Show. Newspapers and the elec- tronic media provided accurate and sympathetic coverage of the bomb threat. Ed Lindemann continues to appear on WPVI-TV each month with Captain Noah in "A Child's Garden." Jane Pepper recently completed her first year as garden columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Committee James N. Nutt, Chair C. Stuart BrowTi Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Bobette Leidner Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Frances Vollmer 24 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ^PPcu^!l m 1 Philadelphia Green The staff and Advisory Board wel- comed 102 new gardening groups who planned and carried out greening projects in their neigh- borhoods during the past year. This brings the total of Society- sponsored community gardening projects during the past nine years to almost 650 active member blocks. To sustain gardening interest in those communities that have become independent of direct materials assistance from Philadel- phia Green, staff members continue efforts to provide services to these veteran blocks. In addition to the three gardeners' events - the City Gardens Contest, the Harvest Show, and the Recognition Dinner - Philadelphia Green maintains con- tact wdth independent groups through its monthly newsletter. Participation in the Community Gardeners' Competitive Classes at the 1981 Harvest Show reached an all time high, with 80 gardening groups making a record 600 entries. At the Recognition Dinner held at Palumbo's in South Philadelphia, City Managing Director W. Wilson Goode congratulated 500 commun- ity gardeners for their untiring efforts to make the city a better place to live. This year, the staff revamped its annual plant sale to independent groups offering bulk purchases of market packs of flowers and vege- tables. About 140 organizations purchased plants through the sale in 1982, compared to about 50 groups in 1981. The staff and an Advisory Board subcommittee set up a pilot Garden Supplies Senace in late winter to enable Philadelphia Green- sponsored garden clubs to order supplies for their communities. More than 32 communities pur- chased almost $2,300 of garden supplies. A highly successful new venture for Philadelphia Green has been the Garden Assistants Program. Throughout 1981 an initial group of six community people were hired and worked with staff on new plant- ing projects throughout the city. Their presence exceeded expecta- tions, and their enthusiasm for learning about horticulture and assuming responsibility confirmed the project's potential as a "train- ing" program. Through a grant fi^om the William Penn Foundation, Phila- delphia Green established the Gar- den Assistants Training Program. Twelve community members made up the class of 1982. After an eight-week classroom course in the basics of growing plants in the cit\', Assistants were teamed with coordi- nators on spring planting projects. During the summer, a few Assist- ants were employed to visit inde- pendent Philadelphia Green- sponsored projects, offering tech- nical assistance and encourage- ment to residents to continue their greening efforts. The response by these veteran groups that the Soci- ety "still cared enough " to \isit the communitv' has underscored the importance of continuing personal contact with neighborhoods. Residents of the Central North continued 25 Gardeners from three of the 650 Philadelphia Green sponsored city gardening projects cultivate, plant and harvest through the year. 26 27 continued Philadelphia neighborhood of West Hagert and Philadelphia Green completed greening strategies for this eight-block area in the spring. The area will be dedicated as the West Hagert Greene Countrie Towne and will serve as a model to other Philadelphia neighborhoods and also to community groups in other cities. In cooperation with Mayor Green's Clean-Up Campaign, volun- teers put together 2,500 "Clean-Up and Green-Up" information packets and distributed them at the annual Clean-Up Rally and to interested blocks through a general mailing by the City of Philadelphia. The staff has also set up a demonstration garden at Fairmount Park's Horti- culture Center to represent a typi- cal city sitting garden featuring plants that will grow in the urban environment. During the winter, the staff and Advisory Board mem- bers produced a 17-minute audio- visual presentation on the Phila- delphia Green Program. Philadelphia Green Advisory Board Lewis F. Allen Sandres Bradley Mary W. Brown Marie Bryant Willie Mae Bullock Richard Camitta Jessie Carter Willie Mae Dyches Helen Feggans Hazel Felton Ruth Flounders Pennia Ford Ella Francis Annie Hyman Irene Johnson Frank Kieser Mae Lanier Lucille Larrier Mary Lewis Dorsha Mason Frances Milburn Almina Monteiro Dorothy Moore Minnie Morton Chris Nicholson Josef Revlock Efi'ain Rios Eleanor Robbins Emma Roy Almina Smelley Blanche Smith Louis Steingraber Donna Thorpe Haroldline Trower Sharon Turner Ruth Wilkins Janet Williams Terry A. Williams Grover C.Willis Yvonne H. W3nin Cecelia Yep 28 The 1982 City Gardens Contest got undei-way with a celebritN' plant-off. Jonathan Burpee (standing! assists contest chair Herb Clarke with tomato transplants. City Gardens Contest The seventh annual City Gardens Contest was a success. A "kick-off' at the Aspen Faims Communitv Vegetable Garden featured Herb Clarke, WCAU-TV weatherman and honorary chair of the Cit\' Gardens Contest. Bv the end of June, 454 gardens were entered in competi- tion; 325 judges enlisted. In July judging teams coxered the cit\' from corner to corner compli- menting entrants for their hard work and abilitv' to cope with diffi- cult growing conditions. In August 121 gardens, dixided into 10 cate- gories, were ranked as finalists for continued 29 second judging. Herb Clarke and Willie Mae Bullock, Chair of the Philadelphia Green Ad\dsorv Board, presented prizes at the awards cere- mony at the Pennsylvania Hospital. In addition, all gardeners who enter- ed the contest received PHS certifi- cates acknowledging their partici- pation, and 75 gardeners respond- ed to the first time offer to receive judges' comments. Winners included: Ten first place prizes of $50 to: Community Vegetable Gardens Large garden Louisa McCoubrey, Chair Brickyard Farm, 4225 Sansom Small garden Frank Keiser, Chair 4300 Sansom Community Container Projects (blocks) Donna Thorpe, Chair 2500 block of N. 20th Street Greenest Block in Town Estelle Gelzer, Chair 2100 block of Wharton Street Community Flower Garden (Sitting Garden) Mark Schoenholtz, Chair 319 Emily Street Individual Vegetable Garden Ernest Meyer Charlotte and Henry Eisner Individual Flower Garden Fred Vesci Betty J. Tinsley Individual Container Garden Barbara Truman School Programs Green The Schoolyard The principal, teachers, students, and community people worked together to turn two vacant lots across from the John Welsh School, 4th &. York Streets, into a vegetable garden and a sitting area - the Rain- bow Garden. The Philadelphia Green staff provided guidance, plants and construction materials. A new subcommittee of the Communitv' Activities Committee, Green The Schoolyard Subcommit- tee, was formed to help set direc- tion for this program with both new groups and former participants. Committee members initiated the first workshop for teachers involved with greening projects in their schools. In addition, committee members recommended matching garden clubs and past Green The Schoolyard participants to encour- age continuing support. Friends Garden Club and Smedley School got this off the ground with ex- changes of visits, planting of azal- eas, and a summer plan for weekly workshops at the school. Inservice Education Following meetings with the Girls Club of Philadelphia, the staff held a gardening workshop for Club leaders throughout Philadelphia. I 30 PREVIEW DINNER The Preview Dinner surpassed all expectations in 1982. Over 2,000 patrons subscribed for cocktails and dinner - beginning vvdth the traditional snapper soup. Cocktails- only subscribers doubled their num- bers to 200. Thanks to careful plan- ning and meticulous attention to detail by the committee under the leadership of Bayard H. Roberts, guests, including Mayor and Mrs. William J. Green, enjoyed this spec- tacular event. Dinner receipts con- tinue to contribute to the success of the Society's outreach programs. Committee Bayard H. Roberts, Chair Mary C. Disston, Vice-Chair W. Thacher Brown Elise W. Carr Frances E. Cullen Chris L. Drake Bobby P. Grace Adele G. Greenfield Montgomery Harris Hannah B. Henderson Maiy Hyndman Henry B. Keep Charles J. Kenkelen Katharine H. King Elizabeth H. Lippincott Frederick W.G. Peck J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Dorothy Y. Sheffield Mrs. Edward Starr Prevdew Dinner Committee Aides Anne S. Cunningham, Chair Mary-Helen S. Boothby, Vice -Chair Mayor and Mi-s. Green are greeted by Jane Pepper and Flow er Show chair Robert Preiicel 31 COIVTRIBUTIONS <• Major Contributors Atlantic Richfield Foundation The William Penn Foundation Pew Memorial Trust The Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. The Philadelphia Foundation Strawbridge & Clothier Corporate Membership Program During the past year, the Society has received generous contribu- tions from many sources including a donation of at least $500 from each of our corporate members listed below: The Anchor Packing Company Bell of Pennsylvania W. Atlee Burpee Company Campbell Soup Company The Fidelity Bank General Accident Group General Electric Company Girard Bank Hunt Manufacturing Company Foundation INA Foundation PNB Charitable Trust PMA Insurance Company PSFS The Philadelphia Contributionship Philadelphia Electric Company Philadelphia Suburban Corporation Provddent National Bank Prudential Life Insurance Company of America The Quaker Chemical Foundation Rohm and Haas Company The Rorer Group, Inc. SmithKline Beckman Corporation Sun Company, Inc. Wawa, Inc. Yarway Corporation Contributors Listed below are those contribu- tors whose gifts of money were in excess of $99, orw^hose other gifts or services were valued at $100 or more. Where couples are listed, the gift w^as equal to $200 or more. The Society is grateful to these and all others who have contribut- ed so generously to the Society's programs. F. W. Anton, 3rd Aspen Farms Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Auchter Mrs. A. Fleming Austin B&WW Charitable Trust Hebe Dick Baldwin Ernesta D. & Frederic L. Ballard Mr. &, Mrs. James M. Ballengee Mr. & Mrs. John B. Balson Anne Chew Barringer Arnold Bartschi Mrs. Thomas H. Bateman Dr. & Mrs. James E. Bates Hal L. Bemis Mr. &. Mrs. Ralph G. Berglund Mr. & Mrs. Raul Betancourt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Billings Mrs. Alfred Bissell Mr. & Mrs. James F. Bodine Mr. & Mrs. Irwin P. Boeshore Mr. &, Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mr. & Mrs. John W. Boyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Bracken Mrs. C. Barton Brewster Mrs. Henry W. Breyer Mrs. Joseph C. Bright Mrs. Clarence C. Brinton Mr. & Mrs. C. Stuart Brown Mrs. Edward Browning, Jr. R. Jean Brownlee Vera D. Bruestle Dr. &, Mrs. Wilfiam A. Buchheit William C. Burleigh 32 Mr. &. Mrs. Howard Butcher, 3rd Mrs. McBee Butcher Mr. & Mrs. John Cadwalader James T. Carson Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cashel, Jr. Mrs. Edward Cassard Central Penn National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Chance, 2nd Mr. & Mrs. John Gilray Christy Mrs. C. Buck Churchman Mr. & Mrs. John R. Clark Theodore Clattenburg Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Mrs. Walter A. Conlan, Jr. The Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Coslett, Jr., Dr. & Mrs. A. Reynolds Crane Mr. & Mrs. Alan Crawford, Jr. Albert J. Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Crouter Mrs. George K. Crozer, 3rd Mrs. Graham Cummin Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dash Mr. & Mrs. M. Daniel Daudon Eleanor W. David Emily David Mrs. Edward M. Davis Mr. & Mrs. S. Grey Dayton, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Lynn Deakins Marie B. DeBacker Mr. & Mrs. George C. Denniston Mr. & Mrs. Antelo Devereux Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Jr. Mrs. John Hyland Dilks Mr. & Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Thomas Dolan, 4th Mary T. Donald Mr. & Mrs. John T. Dorrance, Jr. Mrs. Bryce Douglas Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Drake Mrs. Ford B. Draper Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry, 4th Mrs. H. B. duPont Eastern Orchid Congress Suzanne W. Eastwick Mr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Eckfeldt John W. Eckman Helen Carnell Eden Edward C. P. Edw^ards Mr. &Mrs.A. C.Eglin Mr. & Mrs. Addison S. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Woodruff J. Emlen Henry C. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Farrell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Fehr Mr., &, Mrs. William C. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Rufus C. Finch, Jr. Graham & Katharine Finney Gary A. Fisher Walter Fisher, Jr. Russell E. Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Four Counties Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Pierre C. Fraley Alfred S. Frobese Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gale Garden Club of Bala-Cynwyd Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill Mrs. Herbert B. Geugler Mr. & Mrs. Peter Godfrey Jay Goldenberg Mr. & Mrs. Thorpe Van C. Goodfellow Mrs. F. Hamilton Gouge Mrs. Courtlandt S. Gross Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Gubb Mr. & Mrs. F. Otto Haas Mr. & Mrs. John C. Haas Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton Gerald L. Hampt Mr. &. Mrs. George J. Harding, 3rd Mrs. Harry H. Haiper Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery Harris Mrs. Roberts Harrison John S. C. Haivey, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Hauser Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Havens Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Heckert Mr. & Mrs. J. Welles Henderson Josephine DeN. Heniy continued 33 Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert High, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harris N. HoUin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Holman Mr. & Mrs. A. Scott Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Hooper Dr. & Mrs. John E. Hopkins John J. & Julie Horan Mrs. Woodward Horan Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Howse Mr. & Mrs. Morrison C. Huston Mr. & Mrs. Pemberton Hutchinson INA Interstate and Ocean Transport Co. Mr. & Mrs. James W. Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Horace C. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Morgan R. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Kalish Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Katz Jane Keator Mr. &, Mrs. Sidney Keith Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Kelemen Mr. & Mrs. Charies J. Kenkelen Barbara Kent Daniel J. King Peter J. M.King Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Kinney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Klein Dr. &, Mrs. F. Peter Kohler Mr. & Mrs. C. WUliam Kontes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Ladd Mrs. Austin Lamont Mr. & Mrs. Fairfax Leary, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Lee Mr. & Mrs. P. Blair Lee Elizabeth Y. Leydon Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Lin Mrs. Edward S. Lower Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. McCahan Dr. & Mrs. Stewart McCracken Judge & Mrs. John J. McDevitt, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. F. Joseph McDonald Sheila &, Paul McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Alan Mcllvain Mr. & Mrs. John McShain Mr. & Mrs. William D. MacDowell Mrs. Edward S. Madara Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Marano Mariner Foundation Trust Mr. & Mrs. Alfred S. Martin Susan U. Martineau Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mather, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Mirick Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Mitchell Jr. Moorestown Garden Club Mr. &. Mrs. Walter L. Morgan Mrs. Randall Morgan Charles H. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. G. Fainnan Mullen Dr. &, Mrs. Hunter S. Neal Mrs. John S. Newbold Mr. & Mrs. William F. Newbold Mrs. Ernest L. Noone Mr. &. Mrs. Charles H. Norris, Jr. Martin Offenberg Mr. &, Mrs. A. Van Santvoord Olcott Mr. & Mrs. Bertram L. O'Neill Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Osborne Dr. & Mrs. John W. Oswald Mr. &. Mrs. William B. Packer Despina F. Page Mrs. Richard Parry Wilmot Grant Peirce, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. D. Sergeant Pepper G. Willing and Jane G. Pepper Mr. & Mrs. T. Morris Perot, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Phipps Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Putnam Mrs. D. Scott Quillman Mr. & Mrs. John Rahenkamp Dr. & Mrs. Peter Randall Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Ravenscroft Mr. &. Mrs. Macpherson Raymond Mrs. J. Pancoast Reath Mrs. Paul C. Rebmann Mrs. Walter Rebmann William Rebmann Col. &b Mrs. Henr^^ H. Reichner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. F. Markoe Rivdnus Mr. & Mrs. Bayard H. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Brooke Roberts Mrs. Brent W. Roehrs 34 Giles B. Roehrs M. Metrinko Rollins Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Rosenlund Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald Mrs. Donald P. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Karl F. Rugart, Sr. Mrs. Lawrence Saunders Mr. &, Mrs. Morton T. Saunders Mrs. Henry L. Savage Mrs. Harold D. Saylor Mr. & Mrs. William Cramp Scheetz, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. I. M. Scott Robert D. Scott Mr. & Mrs. George W. Scudder, Jr. Mrs. Orvel Sebring Seed and Weed Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Shaub Mr. & Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield Mrs. William D. Sherrerd, Jr. Virginia F. Shryock Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. G. Stevenson Smith Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Whitney Smith, Jr. SmithKline Beckman Corporation Boyd L. Spahr, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John F. Spahr Mr. &, Mrs. Bertram M. Speare Mrs. F. Palin Spruance Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Stainton Vice Admiral & Mrs. George P. Steele Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart Lydia B. Stokes Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes J. Franklin Styer Sun Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Swett Tercentenary Gardens Collaborative Howard H. Terwilliger Mrs. John Hoover Thacher Mr. & Mrs. John Hoover Thacher, Jr. Mrs. R. Ellison Thompson Mrs. Wirt L. Thompson, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Henry Wendt Mr. & Mrs. Harold C. Wessel Western Savings Fund Society Mr. & Mrs. Francis D. Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. Carroll R. Wetzel Mr. & Mrs. William White Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Williams, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Mr. & Mrs. W. Cooper Willits Mrs. David R. Wilmerding Mr. & Mrs. L. L. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Curtin Winsor Mrs. L. Caspar Wister Elizabeth G. Woodward John M. Woznisky Mrs. John Wright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Minturn T. Wright, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Wilson S. Yerger Mr. &, Mrs. Leonard A. Yerkes, Jr. Arthur Young and Company Zoological Society of Philadelphia ORGANIZATIONS MEETING AT PHS Community Leadership Seminars Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery Middle Atlantic Regional Lily Group Pennsylvania Bonsai Society Philadelphia Chapter, Indoor Light Garden Society of America National Council Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture 35 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Harold C. Wessel, Chair Edward F. Beale Alan Crawford, Jr. Elizabeth H. Lippincott Anne Putnam Robert S. Rvan During the year, Alfred S. Martin, Chair, who so adequately guided this Committee for a number of years, requested leave of his responsi- bilities and Harold C. Wessel was appointed Chair. Within the current fiscal year the Committee met periodically with a representative of the Girard Bank, the Society's investment adviser, and reviewed the portfolios of the Investment Advdsory Account, the Oper- ating Fund and the Elizabeth Shaffer Trust, all managed by the Girard Bank. Committee members are in agreement that the Society's invest- ment objectives are being met. The income from these funds plays an important role in the operations of the Society. The return in the current fiscal year, due to continued high interest rates, w^as well above budget. The Committee recommended a transfer of $300,000 from the Oper- ations Fund to the Endowment Fund and to increase the Flower Show Reserve Fund to $100,000, a more realistic figure than the $75,000 that had been set aside in the past. The Committee deemed it appropriate that our Council members be protected in their association wixh the Society by liability insurance, provided by the Society. Accordingly coverage was arranged for $5 million. We met with the Society's auditors. Main Hurdman, and reviev^ed and accepted the audit report for the year ended June 30, 1982. This report is available at the Society's offices. The Society's audit report has for years been maintained on a cash basis. It was recommended that the Society change to an accrual basis in accordance vrith generally accepted accounting principles. (Basi- cally, cash basis accounting records an item only when it is received or paid, whUe the accrual basis records the transaction when it occurs, thus accounting for the transaction within the period that it covers.) A thorough review^ of this proposed change was made. Several of the Society's accounts and programs are maintained on an accrual basis at present. Inasmuch as the overall effect vrill be nominal, and we would be in compliance with generally accepted principles, this change was recommended. The auditors' report this year reflects this change. 36 THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCES Year Ended June 30, 1982 Operating Fund bndouTnent Funds lindesignated Designated I'nrestrieted Restricted Total Balance, June 30, 1981 as originally t-eported $449,362 $ 75,000 $ 730,009 $20,353 $1,274,724 Adjustments for change to acci'ual basis 153,4141 153,4141 Balance, June 30, 1982, adjusted 395,948 75,000 730,009 20,353 1,221,310 Excess of operating fund revenues over expense 314,326 314,326 Gain (loss) on sale of investments 12,8231 22,820 19,997 Contributions 15,000 15,000 Life membership dues 2,000 2,000 Interfiind transfers 1325,0001 $382,451 25,000 $100,000 300,000 $1,054,829 — Balance, June 30, 1982 $35,353 $1,572,633 Coiina Bailey at the Gratz Street Sitting Garden 37 STATEMENT OF OPERATING FUND INCOME Year Ended June 30, 1982 1983 Operating revenue: Membership dues $ 159,788 Designated contributions 14,430 Flower Show 1,121,468 Preview dinner 229,820 Fees and sales • 29,915 Membership and other activities 58,589 Grant income 117,500 1,731,510 Operating expenses: Salaries 275,203 Other employee expenses 62,819 Building maintenance and utilities 43,113 Depreciation and amortization 10,619 Administrative supplies and expense 72,901 464,655 Less allocation of overhead to Flower Show (193,000) 271,655 Philadelphia Green 133,640 Other community' service projects 25,139 Publications 100,024 Flower Show, including allocation of overhead 865,986 Preview Dinner 82,960 Library and educational programs 19,752 Membership and other activities 87,088 Special projects 13,420 1,328,009 Income from operations 131,846 Non-operating revenue: Invested funds and savings accounts 146,032 Schaffer Trust 31,533 Unrestricted contributions 4,915 182,480 Excess of revenue over expenses $ 314,326 38 STAFF EXTENSIOIV l^^2 1 The Society's staff extends itself well beyond the activities planned for our own constituency. During the year the executive director and some staff gave lectures, consulted with, or participated in programs of the following: Academy of Natural Sciences American Association of Botanical Gardens &. Arboreta American Community Gardening Association American Rock Garden Society Amy School - Career Day Appalachian Trail Council Business Volunteers for the Arts Buten Museum of Wedgwood Civic Center - Mayor's Clean-Up Rally Clean Air Council Community Leadership Seminars Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Council of Writers Organizations Delaware Valley College Delaware Valley Toxics Coalition Friends Hospital Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery* Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati's National Symposium Garden Writers Association of America* Gardens for All Garland Publishing Company Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance* Haverford College, Campus Arboretum Association* Home of the Merciful Savior for Crippled Children Independence National Historical Park International Society of Arboriculture KYW-TV Farm, Home &. Garden Show Longwood Gardens Longwood Program, University of Delaware* Moorestown Garden Club Morris Arboretum Museum Store Association National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horti- culture - Delaware Valley Chapter New Hope Flower Show Orianna-Kater Neighbors Association Pennsylvania Nurserymen's Association Penn State Cooperative Extension Senace Executive Committee Penn Valley Garden Club Philadelphia Council of Neighborhood Organizations Philadelphia Inquirer - Weekly Gardening Column and Action Line Philadelphia Maritime Museum Philadelphia Orchestra Association Planters Garden Club Powelton Village Garden Club Providence Garden Club Salve Regina - The "Newport College* Seed and Weed Garden Club Society of Professional Journalists/ SDX Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Branch Temple Unixersitx' Temple University - Ambler School oi Horticulture Alumni Meeting WCAU-Radio West Shore Civic Corporation Wilmington Garden Center WPVa-TV' AM/Philadelphia, Captain Noah WTMR-Radio *sen'e on t'oxernins^ adxisoi^' board 39 STAFF Jane G. Pepper Executive Director Flower Show Manager Charlotte L. Archer Acti\dties Coordinator Alexandra Basinski District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Director, Philadelphia Green Jean B\'all' City Gardens Contest Coordinator Jean B3aTie Editor Linda Da\is Membership Secretary Denise Flores Program Administrative Assistant, Philadelphia Green Lillian Greenberg* Libran' Book Repairer William Herbert Accountant Benjamin Johnson Custodian Patricia Knauff Library Assistant, Assistant Horticulturist Carol Lindemann' Flower Show Secretary Ed Lindemann Horticulturist, Flower Show Designer Elizabeth McGill* Secretary, Philadelphia Green Audrey Manley Editorial Secretary Lance Mason Assistant Field Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Marjorie Meer Flower Show Secretary . Kaysi Miller'* Public Information Coordinator Sandra Myers* Library Cataloger Marie Rodia Receptionist Harold Rosner District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Patricia Schrieber Landscape Designer, Philadelphia Green Carol Sclafani Progr'ams Administrator, Philadelphia Green; Flower Show Floor Manager Alisa Stephano Public Information Assistant Clara Troilo' Receptionist Kathleen V'alle* Secretarv Anne Vallery District Coordinator, Philadelphia Gr^een Ellen P. Wheeler Administrative Assistant AIar\' Williams Housekeeper Mary Lou Wolfe Librarian Paul Wolfinger Field Supervisor, Philadelphia Green *part-time **until Januarv' 1982 Staff on the job. Man- Lou Wolfe assists Ben Johnson ^ and Ed Lindemann iback to camerai. 40 r Yearbook '83 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society YEARBOOK July 1; 1982 to June 30; 1983 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Independence National Historical Park 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 (215) 625-8250 The purposes of the Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Society are: to collect and disseminate information about horti- culture; to inspire a taste for horticul- tural knowledge; and to make that knowledge available to as many people as possible. COJVTENTS Officers and Council 2 President's Report 4 Executive Director's Report 5 Library 6 Publications 9 Shows 10 Awards 16 Membership 19 John Caspar Wister 21 Headquarters Exhibits 22 Gardens at PHS 22 Public Information 23 Community Activities 24 Preview Dinner 31 Contributions 32 Organizations Meeting at PHS 37 Report of the Finance Committee . 38 Staff 40 Photographic Credits Edmund B. Gilchrist, Jr., John C. Goucker, William F. Herbert, Joseph Kervvin, Lisa Stephano, Ron Williams, Swarthmore College, Mary Lou Wolfe Cover: Harvest Show judges sample preserved products at the 1982 Show at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. ^ Four-year-old Elizabeth Flounders of the Powel School models her necklace made from pine cones, sea shells and rose hips for the jewelry class at the Society's Junior Show. She won a blue ribbon for the necklace. 1 I I I PHS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS Officers Henry H. Reichner; Jr. President Jean G. Bodine Vice-President Robert S. Ryan Vice-President Anne B. Putnam Vice-President Elizabeth H. Lippincott Treasurer Ralph R. Walker Secretary Council Rubye Beckett Raul Betancourt, Jr. Jean G. Bodine Richard J. Both Margaret P. Bowditch Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Robert J. Butera Herb Clarke John F. Collins Frances E. Cullen Paul A. Dandridge Mary C. Disston Carter R. Dorrance Mona D. Gold Adele G. Greenfield Muriel Happich Barbara K. Heckert Maiy Hyndman Russell O. Jones Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott Ann Mariar James M. Nutt, Jr. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Anne B. Putnam Sally Reath Robert S. Ryan Susan D. Stauffer Ralph R. Walker Sandra C.Ward Harold C. VVessel Yvonne H. Wynn L. Wilbur Zimmerman i It was such a nice day, some of the Society's Council members adjourned to the garden. First row, I. to r.: Russell O. Jones, Adele G. Greenfield, Muriel Hap- pich (white suit), Jean Bodine (striped blouse), Rubye Beckett, Joan Brinton, Sandra C. Ward. Second row, I. to r.: Elizabeth Lippincott, Margaret P. Bow- ditch (holding plant), Anne B. Putnam, Susan D. Stauffer, L. Wilbur Zimmerman, Mary C. Disston. Top row, I. to r.: Har- old C. Wessel, Herb Clarke, James N. Nutt, Jr., Richard J. Both, J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Executive Gominittee Henry H. Reichner, Jr., Chair Jean G. Bodine Adele G. Greenfield Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan Ralph R. Walker Harold C. Wessel L. Wilbur Zimmerman Nominating Committee Anne B. Putnam, Chair Jean G. Bodine Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O. Jones Richard W. Lighty Robert W. Preucel Susan D. StaufiFer Salary and Compensation Committee Russell O. Jones, Chair J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Jean Byrne Anne B. Putnam Ralph R. Walker Harold C. Wessel The president of the Council and the executive director serve e^- officio on all committees. ■'m •^ % Not e\er\' president and executhe director can roll into a meeting on a moped. Here Henn,' Reichner, Jr. and Jane Pepper show the Council the "garden a-go-go" moped awarded to a new member joining the Societ\' at the Flower Show. The black leather jacket Pepper is reaching for looks fine o\er Reichner's grey pin stripes. PRESIDEIVT'S REPORT As you read this report, you should conclude that your Society is fortunate, indeed, to have a superb stable of sowers and reapers. More than 1,000 dedicated xolun- teers, plus a top-notch supporting staff, are the keys to the continued flowering of the Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Societv'. Without either element, we would die on the \dne. When you notice the broad range of interests, backgrounds and ages of those who participate in the affairs of the Society, one can also conclude that we are indeed inspir- ing people to horticultural pursuits from grovvdng and teaching to col- lecting and disseminating horticul- tural information. A review of its programs shows the strength of your Society. In their content, we see efforts and activities that are not unlike trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and structures that grace the gardens of the world - small and large - modest and magnificent. Would that other areas of human endeavor and aspiration attract the commonality of interest and devotion that characterizes the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Thanks to all of you - members, supporters, volunteers, and staff - for helping to make this part of the world a nicer place in w^hich to live and garden. Up with Gardeners! Henry H. Reichner, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT The annual production of the Yearbook is a grand opportunity for us to review and assess the delights and disasters as well as the accom- plishments of the past 12 months. Happily, this has been a year of delights and I cannot recall a dis- aster worthy of mention. Among the year's highlights was a very suc- cessful Flower Show that set Phila- delphia apart once again as the nation's most successful Flower Show city. Our other major Show, the Harvest Show, exuded a new warmth and vitality in its new home. And our community horti- cultural activities, under the Phila- delphia Green banner, continue to receive enthusiastic support from both neighborhood leaders and city officials. Despite a raise in dues, the first in four years, our membership remains loyal and enthusiastic, as shown by membership numbers similar to last year, and by our members' participation in the Soci- ety's trips, workshops and Shows. As a special project this year the Society has supported the beautifi- cation of the garden at the Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park through a grant authorized by Council in 1981. Working with the Friends of the Japanese House and members of the Fairmount Park staff, landscape architect Masao Kinoshita, Urban Design Collabora- tive Inc., Ohio produced a revised plan for the garden and completed pruning, transplanting and new structural elements for a total grant of $25,000. Armed wdth Mr. Kino- shita's plan, the Friends of the Jap- anese House plan to raise addi- tional monies to continue the improvements at this attractive and historic site. As vv^e move into another year, the challenge for the Society remains the same - to provide a wdde diver- sity of horticultural services to our members and to the community at large. Each year the solutions to the challenge vary, and I welcome your participation and suggestions as we seek the best answers to the next year's challenge. Jane G. Pepper LIBRARY The Library Committee has been working on the Library's space problems because the collection fully occupies its allotted space in the Society's intensively used build- ing. We are studying ways to extend shelving and to use existing areas more efficiently. Three hundred thirty-four books w^ere added to the collection this year. Weeding for the biennial book sale provides some shelf space, treasures for buyers, and this year, an income of $2,597. Seed catalogues have been a major focus in the Library for the last two years wdth Frances Bamett processing catalogues for the his- torical collection and Nathalie Nelson maintaining the collection of some 400 currently received catalogues. The exhibit of old seed cata- logues, inspired by last year's Bur- pee Company gift, was planned and staged by Frances Barnett, Joan Brinton, Genevieve Coghlan, Eliza- beth Farley, Lillian Greenberg, Kitty Lapp, Elizabeth McLean and Sandra Myers. Our books continue to cross the continent to serve the very active members of the American Rock Gar- den Society. Through the lending agreement vrith PHS, 228 books were borrowed by ARGS members and 80 by members of the American Bonsai Society. Three hundred sixty-four PHS members borrowed books by mail w^hile 1,760 books were circulated to members visiting the Library. Our slide programs were borrow^ed 96 times. The installation of Catesby's Nat- ural History of Carolina; Florida and the Bahamas, gift of the family of Frances O. Grant, was celebrated on October 26 wdth a special evening for Friends of the Library, featuring Robert M. Peck of the Academy of Natural Sciences. In May, Friends of the Library were invited to the ex- hibit opening of "Seed Catalogues: Purveyors of Dreams." After enjoy- ing a May Bowie in the garden, guests heard historian Caroline Sloat of Old Sturbridge Village describe how^ old seed catalogues have been used to document his- torical restorations. One hundred twenty-three donors contributed $3,254 to the Friends of the Library fund, which is used for book restoration Library Committee Joan Z. Brinton, Chair Raul Betancourt, Jr. Thomas Buchter George R. Clark Elizabeth B. Farley George M. Harding John S. Kistler Kitty Lapp Elizabeth P. McLean Sandra K. Meyers Carol R. Palmer Lois W. Paul Elizabeth C.Walker Elisabeth Woodbum Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman continued Climbing to success in the library. A member checks out flower arrangement slides fix)m ^ a past show while plotting her entry for the 1983 Flower Show. Gifts and Loans Horticultural Hotline A number of books from the Fair- mount Park collection have been placed at PHS on long term loan. Some ha\'e since been extensiveh- repaired and others placed in pro- tecti\"e "phase" boxes. This loan has helped to fill gaps in our historical collections. The Librarv has also been enriched b\' a donation of books from Richard and Joseph Tilghman from Emil\' Read Ches- ton's estate. Because of Emily Ches- ton's long association with the Librar\', these books ha\"e special meaning for the Societv'. Future readers ma\' sense her intimate knowledge of her books from the notes and inserts in her special fa\'orites. As a memorial to Emil\- Cheston, Dr. and Mrs. John C. Wis- ter funded the purchase of an important earl\' book published on the Brand\'\\ine in 1793, John Spurrier's The Practical Farmer. A gift from .Alfred S. Martin enabled the Librar\' to purchase a rare two- volume French edition of William Bart ram's Travels. Additional major gifts of books or services Mark E. Cari Joseph X.John Dr. & Mrs. George C. Henn\' H\Tnan M\'ers Robert MontgomeiA' Peck Myles Pettengill Elisabeth Woodbum Eighteen experienced gardeners shared the responsibilitv' for answer- ing 2,283 hotline calls on Mondays, Tuesda\'s, Thursda\'s and Fridays between 9:30 - 12:00. Hotline num- ber: 922-8043.1 .-\s a reward for an- swering those endless questions, the group enjo\'ed an informati\-e June da\' at the Belts\ille, Maniand Agricultural Experiment Station. In April, Dr. .Ann F. Rhoads of the Morris Arboretum spoke to Hot- liners about Integrated Pest Management. Hotline \'olimteers Richard J. Both Kathie Buchanan Jane J. Carter George R. Clark Elizabeth Derbyshire .Alice M. Doering Martha Fisher Harriett B. Green \anc\" Greenwood William F, Happich Star Johns Erich Meitzner Elizabeth B.Michell Nathalie X els on Jen Porter Mrs. \'ictor J. Roberts Irene Slater Ana D. Thompson PUBLICATIONS The six issues of Green Scene car- ried 65 stories in its 11th year. The stories ranged from the use of the computer in the garden to garden wedding jitters, from poplars for fueling trucks to "small moments" in the garden. Our writers ran the gamut from four authors who com- pleted books on contract or pub- lished books this year, to authors who hadn't attempted formal writ- ing since English 101. In the last 12 months, we have had requests from other publications to reprint arti- cles from Greene Scene; these in- cluded: The Brooklyn Botanic Gar- den Handbook, Animal Kingdom; Avant Gardener, national and regional publications for the Amer- ican Rhododendron Society, and the American Fuschia Society Bulletin. Our full color Christmas issue, "Places to Visit During the Holi- days," had the largest print order ever, and became a collector's item almost as soon as it was out. At the urging of librarians, we committed ourselves to a 10-year index to be published shortly; we know it will be a valuable aid to our readers as well as to librarians. The Yearbook is an overall look at the year-round activities of the Soci- ety, as well as a record of who is doing what, when and where. It's a way for members to keep in touch with the variety of ways gardeners enjoy and promote horticulture when they're not on their knees planting and weeding. It tells, in one shot, the year-round story of our 6,700 busy city, suburban and rural members. The Flower Show Program sport- ed a cover by the nationally known artist Sam Maitin. For the first time, color photographs of the Show were featured. We revised the for- mat of the Program, creating a Green Directory for the ads and simplified listings. The Program was sold out the afternoon before the Show closed. We will continue to investigate ways to make the Pro- gram a more memorable record of the Philadelphia Flower Show. FHS News: The News, issued 11 times a year, continues to be the primary source of information about members' activities, as well as information about the day to day operation of the Society. Publications Gommittee Adele G. Greenfield, Chair Darrel Apps Rubye Beckett Richard J. Both Robert J. Butera Paul A. Dandridge Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Charles W. Heuser Lynn Kippax James J. McKeehen Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman SHOWS Philadelphia Flou^er Show Philadelphia Civic Center, March 6-13, 1983 Judging and Preview: Saturday, March 5 Inspiration and ideas are never in short supply when we start working on a new Flower Show^. Later, as we get to the nuts and bolts, the boundless supply of ingenuity, enthusiasm and determination that prevails among exhibitors and vounteers in all sections helps to produce the best Flower Show in the nation. This year the magic worked again, and the Flower Show family built Follow the Sun from bare con- crete to paradise in less than 100 hours. Many of the major exhibitors follow^ed the theme vvdth sunny ter- races, a marina, a Hawaiian wed- ding garden, shade gardens and even an ice skating party at sunset. The competitive classes got into the sunny act too with "Good Day Sun- shine," sunporches and tables set for dining at sunset. Our 250,000 visitors loved the Show and, despite the economic recession, they responded enthu- siastically to the merchandise avail- able in the trade area. With a sub- stantial increase in paid attendance (226,860 vs. 201,451 in 1982), the Show was crowded and the lack of adequate parking caused frustra- tions for both exhibitors and vis- itors. The balance of our one- quarter million visitors are exhibi- tors, judges, PHS members and the press. Locally, the media showered the Show with attention, and for the first time. Jack Eden, KYW News- radio's garden reporter, broadcast 10 Looking and learning at the Flower Show. daily from a booth in the Show's trade area. On the national scene, both NBC's Today Show and the CBS Morning News visited the Show, as did reporters from large metropolitan dailies such as the New York Times and the Washing- ton Post. In keeping with our theme of Penn's Green Countrie Towne for the 1982 Show, we held our 1982 summer party at Pennsbuiy on the Delaware. The mercury soared way past 90°F as exhibitors reminisced about past Shows and prepared to Follow the Sun in 1983. Flower ShoAv Gommittees Executive J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., Chair Mary Hyndman, Vice-Chair Martha B. Barron Richard J. Both Robert J. Butera Mary C. Disston William Giangiulio Mona D. Gold Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Louise H. Harrity David M. Kipphut Richard W. Lighty Robert W. Preucel Roland Taylor Robert Thomas Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward L. Wilbur Zimmerman Sandra C. Ward, E^-ojficio Competitive Classes Louise H. Harrity, Chair Jane Ward, Vice -Chair Arrangement Classes Carolyn Waite, Chair, Niches & Pedestals Anne Letter, Vice-Chair, Niches & Pedestals Dorothy Swalm, Chair, Aides Fran Bone, Vice-Chair, Aides Rosemarie Vassalluzzo, Vice-Chair, Aides Harriet Palmer, Chair, Passing Susie H. Stanley, Vice-Chair, Passing Joan Semple, Niche Nomenclature Sarah C. Z. Groome, Advisor, Large Niche Barbara Cramer, Advisor, Large Niche & Pedestal Katharine H. King, Advisor, Medium Niche Sanna Drake, Advisor, Small Niche Ginny Simonin, Advisor, Small Niche Joly Stewart, Advisor, Miniature Arrangement Phebe Guckes, Advisor, Pedestal Room and Table Classes Adelle Webb, Co-Chair Susan Moran, Co-Chair Sally Humphreys, Vice-Chair continued 11 Pressed Plant Material Glasses Theresa Phillips, Chair Jeanne Griffith, Vice-Chair Miniature Glasses Joan R. and James McNee, Co-Chairs Garden Glass Gainor J. Miller, Chair Elizabeth B. Michell, Vice-Chair Balcony Glass Mrs. Richard C. Smith, Chair Mrs. Victor J. Roberts, Vice-Chair Mrs. John W. Flemer, Vice-Chair Mrs. A. Fleming Austin, Vice-Chair Horticultural Glasses Susan P. Wilmerding, Chair Carol Lamberton, Vice-Chair Sally Johnson, Chair, Aides Lynn Gadsden, Vice- Chair, Aides Nancy Mead, Vice-Chair, Aides Judy Romig, Chair, Staging Betsy Gray, Vice-Chair, Staging Margaret P. Bowditch, Co-Chair, Passing Alan Slack, Co-Chair, Passing Irene Slater, Chair, Typing Aides Signs Lauralou Bates, Chair Nomenclature Richard W. Lighty, Chair Charles Cresson Elizabeth Farley Mary P. Hopkins Anita Kistler Paul Meyer Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Irene Slater Judges and Awards Sandra C. Ward, Chair, PHS Awards Committee Martha B. Barron, Chair, Subcommittee Tania G. Biddle, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Patty Billings, Vice-Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Margaret P. Bowditch, At Large Joan Z. Brinton, Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Dixie Chapman, Chair, Arrangement Clerks Cecily G. Clark, At Large Tina Colehower, Coordinator Anne Coste, Chair, Arrangement Judges Barbara Cramer, At Large Lynn Deming, Vice-Chair, PHS & Special Panel CLerks Sanna Drake, At Large Sally Femley, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Judges Martha B. Fisher, At Large Sally N. Graham, Vice-Coordinator John S. C. Harvey, Points Pam Hutchinson, Chair, Horticultural Clerks Katharine H. King, At Large Carrie Lee, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Elizabeth Nancarrow, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Clerks Patter Peterson, Chair, Horticultural Judges Sally Reath, At Large Maiy Schwartz, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Judges Sidney Spahr, Vice-Chair Arrangement Clerks Joanne W. Stehle, Vice-Chair, Horticultural Clerks Carolyn Waite, At Large Susan P. Wilmerding, At Large Hospitality Beth Butler, Chair Lucille P. Bisbee Julie Murphy Joanna McQ. Reed Sue Williams Exhibitors & A^vards Luncheon Maiy Hyndman, Chair Happiness is when you can buy as well as look. ► ,S'^Mi^ .l^vsiW**'- 0^>^ The Harvest Show Fairmount Park Horticulture Center Saturday-Sunday, September 24-25 Judging and members' preview, Friday, September 24, 1982 The roof was leaking in Memorial Hall and it looked for a w^hile as if we might have to hold the Harvest Show in an armory in Center City or Nori:h Philadelphia. Fortunately, the Fairmount Park Commissioners invited the Society to hold the 1982 Show in the Horti- culture Center at Belmont and Montgomery Avenues. Some 19,600 sq. ft. of greenhouse displays were augmented by 6,000 sq. ft. of tented area, and a versatile Harvest Show Committee developed new themes, new staging and new rules for the new facility. Some 1,580 exhibits were staged on the greenhouse benches, with classes for both individual entries and for 800 entries made by com- munity gardeners. The design classes and canned goods were staged in the display greenhouse, w^hile harvest tables, trade booths and many major exhibits were staged in the tent. Expanded and improved food service was pro- vided by the Reading Terminal Market and a bluegrass band, hor- ticultural and tree climbing demon- strations engaged visitors after they had studied the exhibits. Junior vis- itors enjoyed a scarecrow challenge class, ha3/rides and the Saul High School barnyard. The members' preview^ was held from 4-7:30 p.m., one hour later than in previous years to allow addi- tional time to complete the judging. Overall attendance for the three- day Show was estimated at 5,500. The Harvest Show has always been an important event in the Soci- ety's annual cycle at PHS, allowing gardeners to display their products in the horticultural sections and their talents in the design area. In this new location there are endless possibilities for new classes and new activities to encourage partici- pation ft-om gardeners throughout the Delaware Valley. 1982 Harvest Show Committee Ann Marlar, Chair Janet Darrington, Vice-Chair Doris W. Atkinson Martha B. Barron Lauralou Bates Ann Benzel Bea Billau Richard Bitner Richard J. Both Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Jane J. Carter George R. Clark Buffie Clothier Tina Colehower Betty Darocha Elizabeth Derbyshire Henrietta Deubler Harriet Doherty Helene Duncan Blanche Smith Epps Helen Flaig Juanita Fletcher Ruth Flounders Pennia Ford Libby J. Goldstein Sally N. Graham Clare Gray Sondra Green Phoebe Griswold Elizabeth Gruber Muriel Happich Mary Harrigan Linda Harris 14 Peggy R. Hartwick Katharine T. Haupt Margaret Hayes Barbara K. Heckert Edwin Heitman Evelyn Hett Dorothy Hogg Joyce Holmes Helen Jackson Barbara Keenan Betty Keirn Barbara B. Kidder Frank Kieser John Kistler Kitty Lapp Sue Leary Mary Lewis Lee Loveland Amy Mackey Sandy Manthorpe Marguerite Metzger Elizabeth B. Michell Eileen Morris Terry Mushovic Sylvia Myers Celine O'Brien Mrs. Oren H. Persons, Jr. Gainor Roberts Mrs. Victor J. Roberts Anne Robinson Mary Lou Scanlon Jessie Schaefer Jean Shannahan Marie-Louise Shull Irene Slater Almina Smelley Patricia J. Sonneborn Ellen Swartwout Ann Swan Mr's. Lyle R. Tanner Eleanore G. Tompkins Julie Trombetti Sharon Turner Marise van Tr-ump Ralph Walker Susie Walker JoAnne Walkovic Lura C. Wampler Adelle Webb Luanna Wolf 1982 Junior Flower Sho^v - Zoological Garden Revue First Bank of the United States Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 11-13, 1982 More than 2,000 visitors enjoyed the 1,400 individual entries and 12 major exhibits at PHS's 8th Junior Show. Students (from K through grade 12) entered 29 artistic and horticultural classes, which includ- ed fresh and dried arrangements, creatures created from fruits and vegetables, pressed plants, con- tainer-grown plants and plants grown from seed. Mr. Dan-de-lion, an animated character, led pre-school children on an imaginary walk through the jungle. Elementary school children listened to poetry readings and songs performed by students from the Meredith School, and gardeners of all ages received plant informa- tion from the students of Lincoln High School. Three Best of Show aw^ards were given. Student Loretta Mestishen received the most blue ribbons. Junior Flower Show Committee Helene Duncan, Co-Chair Mary Lou Scanlon, Co-Chair Evelyn Hett Frank Kieser Kitty Lapp Mary Lewis Kathryn Marshall Carol Sclafani Almina Smelley Donna Thorpe Junior Flo^ver Show Advisory Committee Nadine Albany Sr. Marie Albert Fred Hofkin Jeanne E. Lennon Paul Stephanson Mary Williams 15 AWARDS Each year members of the Awards Commiittee face a wide range of challenges. They must choose nearly 600 judges who will judge everything from a miniature room to a five-acre landscape. The Committee makes an ongoing as- sessment of the Society's awards program and recommends to the Council both new^ awards and dis- continuing those that are no longer relevant. Among their toughest challenges is the responsibility of deciding vv^ho will receive the Soci- ety's Major Awards: The Distin- guished Achievement Medal, The Certificates of Merit and the Junior Horticulturist Avv^ard. Major AAvards 1982 Distinguished Achievement Medal - Ernesta D. Ballard 1982 Certificates of Merit - Oliver J. Stark John R. H. Thouron 1982 Junior Horticulturist Winner — Theresa Marie Lewis Thaddeus Sinclair (runner-up) 1982 Plants in the Business Envdronment Awards Special Certificates Home Unity Savings & Loan Company Pennsylvania Hospital Rosemont College Sun Company Awards Hatfield Packing Company New Market SmithKline Beckman Corp. YMCA of Philadelphia J. Franklin Styer Award of Garden Merit For the third year, the evaluators who comprise the J. Frankin Styer Award Committee met in January to consider seven eligible entries for Preliminary Commendation in 1983: Cornus kousa Square Dance' Ile^ serrata x verticillata Autumn Gold' /. serrata x verticillata Harvest Red' /. serrata x verticillata Raritan Chief Pieris japonica Crystal' Rhus chinensis September Beauty' Viburnum x Eskimo' Styer Award Committee Richard W. Lighty; Chair Paul W. Meyer Evaluators Darrel Apps Jared Berd James Cross Tom Dilatush William H. Frederick, Jr. William Heyser Steven Hutton Philip Normandy Sally Reath Bradshaw Snipes J. Franklin Styer John Trexler Flower Show Aivards 1983 Philadelphia Flower Show The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Show Aw^ard for the Best in Show in the following categories: 16 ) Susan Ott Seelye created a niche for herself among the winners. The silver is for her Niche of the Week at the Flower Show. Commercial Education - Rosade Bonsai Studio Display - Teleflora Aesthetic - Gale Nurseries IVon-Profit Education - Philadelphia Green Display - Greater Philadelphia Orchid Society Aesthetic - Zoological Society of Philadelphia The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Trophy for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Sylvia Lin The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural S^veep- stakes Award for the indixddual runner-up in the Horticultural Classes: Margaret P. Bowditch 17 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flow^er Arranging Sweep- stakes Trophy for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Robin Engle Lippincott Margah Flood Memorial Trophy for the horticultural organization ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Old York Road Garden Club The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Artistic Sweepstakes Trophy for the horticultural organ- ization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrange- ment Classes: hit. Holly Garden Club The Margaret Buckley Zantzinger Award for the garden club accumu- lating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Shovy^: Old York Road Garden Club The Grand Siveepstakes Award for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Show^: Rosemarie Vassalluzzo 1982 Harvest Show Awards The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Show Award for the best of show: Crozer-Chester Medical Center The Award of Horticultural Excellence: Helen Knauff' PHS Gardeners Sweepstakes A^vard to the individual winning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the horticultural section of the show: Ann Swan PHS Community Garden S^veep- stakes Trophy to the community garden winning the greatest num- ber of blue ribbons in the show: 1500 Grays Ferry Avenue PHS Club Sweepstakes Trophy to the horticultural organization win- ning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the show: West Chester Garden Club PHS A^vards Presented Elsewhere: The Flower Show Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- ety to Minutemen Regional Voca- tional and Technical High School at the New England Spring Garden and Flower Show The Silver Medal Certificate of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Bernard H. Genart and Robert Blaine at the New Hope Flower Show in June 1983. Awards Committee Sandra C. Ward, Chair Martha B. Barron Cecily G. Clark Muriel Happich Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O.Jones Richard W. Lighty Erich Meitzner Lois W. Paul J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Sally Reath Jean Schumacher 18 MEMBERSHIP We are now 6,688 members strong; nearly the same as a year ago in spite of a raise in dues: from $20 to $25 for a single membership, $30 to $35 for a family membership. Dues for contributing members were raised from $50 to $75, those for life members from $500 to $1,000. Of 851 new members, 542 joined at the Philadelphia Flower Show. An open house was held in June to welcome all new members and the Membership Booth Volun- teers to PHS headquarters. Classes, lectures, S3anposia, field trips including garden visits and six special events for members were well attended. A four-day trip, "Gardens of Maine," and a Mediter- ranean Cruise featuring gardens co- sponsored wdth the American Hor- ticultural Society, provided dona- tions for PHS. ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS Field Trips for Members Andalusia and Pennsbuiy Manor, Bucks County, Pa. Arboretum of the Barnes Foun- dation, Merion, Pa. Breezewood and Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Md. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Leonard J. Buck Garden, Bamboo Brook, Willowovood, NJ City Gardens Club Tour, New York Duke Gardens and Art Museum of Princeton University, NJ Eleutherian Mills and Nemours, Del. Eleutherian Mills and Winterthur, Del. Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington, DC Green Lane area, Montgomery County, Pa. Henry Foundation for Botanical Research, Gladwyne, Pa. Longwood Gardens and Winterthur, Pa. & Del. New Jersey Pine Barrens Pennsylvania State Farm Show, Harrisburg, Pa. Garden Visits Maine, July 1982 Mrs. W. Vincent Astor Mr. & Mrs. Roy Barrette Mr. Charles Dodge and Mr. & Mrs. Pierre C. Fraley Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Harris Mrs. D. Luke Hopkins Mrs. Henry N. Piatt Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Garden Mr. & Mrs. David Scull Mrs. Amory Thomdike Thuya Garden Main Line, May 1983 William C. Burleigh Mr. & Mrs. G. Jeremy Cummin Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Kelly Mrs. John H. Thacher Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. R. Toland Chestnut Hill, May 1983 Emesta D. & Frederic L. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Dr. & Mrs. G. Clayton Kyle Swarthmore, June 1983 Mr. & Mrs. William Cresson, Charles O. Cresson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Kassab Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Lippax continued 19 Glasses and Lectures for Members Arrangement Classes Symposium Barbara Cramer Katharine H. King Pat McLoud Carolyn Waite Adelle Webb Arrangements of Dried Flowers Helen Knauff Baskets from Vines Peggy Hartzell Basic Landscape Design Patricia Schrieber Paul Wolfinger Bouquet of English Gardens Colvin Randall Christmas Ornament Workshop Ruth Flounders Frank Kieser Container Gardening Lecture and Workshop Elvin McDonald Flower Arranging Bemice Makin Gardens of Scotland Jane G. Pepper Gardens for Victorian Houses Charlotte C. Stokes Green Wreath Workshops Jane R. Lennon Joanna McQ. Reed Small Garden Design John Brookes Training Plants Workshop Sally Reath Members Committee Frances E. Cullen, Chair Rubye Beckett Elizabeth C. Bennett Margaret P. Bowditch Mary C. Disston Carter R. Dorrance J. Liddon Pennock; Jr. Sally Reath Harriett S. Richards Elvin McDonald sIkjws a container workshop participant how to tamp down the soil. 20 John Caspar Wister 1887-1982 John Caspar Wister, a gentle, quiet, self-effacing man, influenced horticulture and horticulturists both in the United States and abroad. For more than 70 years he traveled the worid, working with authorities and horticultural socie- ties. Results of his research in cross- breeding produced hundreds of new flower hybrids, and his many articles and books won him an im- pressive array of honors from pro- fessional and civic organizations. He served the Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Society as Secretary from 1928-1951 when he firmly and final- ly refused the honor of becoming president, insisting the office should be held by an amateur. The Society awarded him the Centenary Medal and the WUliam Schaffer Medal for his Iris Culture in America in 1927, and he received gold medals from the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society, the Gar- den Club of America, The American Daffodil Society and the American Rhododendron Society. Much of Dr. Wister's work was conducted from the Sw^arthmore College campus where he lived and gardened wdth his wife Gertrude, also a distinguished horticulturist. He was director of the Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation from 1929-1969, later becoming director emeritus of both the Scott Founda- tion and the Tyler Arboretum. After he graduated from Harvard University in 1909, he enrolled in Harvard's School of Landscape Architecture and followed that with courses at Rutgers Agricultural Coflege. He practiced landscape archi- tecture here and in Europe, build- ing a reputation as the dean of American horticulturists. Through the years he was closely affiliated wdth groups that included the American Rose Society, the John Bartram Association, and the Amer- ican Daffodil and the American Iris Societies. He helped found the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta in 1940 and served as its president, 1954-55. Lois Paul 21 Volunteers set up the Christmas Show at Society headquarters. Flower Show HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITS Thousands of summer and fall visitors enjoyed Penn's Greene Dream, the special exhibit staged in honor of the City's 1982 Century IV celebration, depicting ways the Society attempts to keep his dream alive through flower shows, com- munity gardens and other greening activities. Opening day festivities included the posthumous presentation to William Penn of the Society's Cer- tificate of Merit. Exhibits during the year included: November - December How to Do It Holiday Decorations January Joint Adventure (orchid plants & paintings) February - March Botanical Interpretations (watercolors) April Landscape Paintings & Botanical Drawings May - June Seed Catalogues: Purveyors of Dreams THE GARDEN AT PHS The Eighteenth Century Garden was honored by KYW-TV's Evening Magazine with a Best Bet Award in late September for the best park bench in Philadelphia. The garden bench, situated under an arbor laden with grapes, faced a display of bright yellow mums, fiery orange cosmos and multi-colored gazania, bordered by plum coleus. The impeccable care of the gardens is provided each Wednes- day from April through October by a grand group of volunteers who plant, weed, deadhead, fertilize and water. In addition to their garden- ing chores they ansvv^er plant ques- tions, give directions and often have the opportunity to introduce vis- itors to other aspects of the Soci- ety's activities. Garden Volunteers Lauralou Bates Grace M. Cole Edward A. Doelp Lily G. Glazer Johanna Goedel Helen Kaufman Kitty Lapp Matthew H. McConnell Ann McPhail Harriet S. Richards Frances Vollmer 22 xhibitors' meeting. New members' party in the Society's garden. PUBLIC INFORMATION The Society went national this year with publicity about the Phila- delphia Flower Show. The Show was in full bloom over the air with NBC's Today Show, CBS Morning News and Disney Cable Channel's Epcot Magazine. Twenty feature articles appeared in the Philadel- phia Inquirer and a flood of news- paper and magazine clips came pouring in before, during and after the Show. Jack Eden, KYW News- radio garden commentator, spent the week at the Show answering thousands of gardening questions for our visitors. As in past years, local radio and television provided generous coverage for the Show. Evening Magazine (KWY-TV) pro- duced five gardening segments at the Show which were aired through- out the week. Although dispensing information about the Society's activities is a staff function, the Society is fortu- nate to have some 6,700 members serving as ambassadors and com- municators. Fall publicity campaigns includ- ed the City Gardens Contest Awards Night, the Harvest Show, the Recognition Dinner and the Junior Flower Show. Ed Lindemann continues to spread the horticultural word to junior gardeners in the Delavs^are Valley when he appears each month on the Captain Noah Show (WPVI-TV), while Jane Pepper keeps area residents informed through her weekly gardening column in the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Books/Leisure section. Public Information Committee James N. Nutt, Chair C. Stuart Brown Marion Laffey Fox Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. John P. Swan Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Frances Vollmer 23 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Philadelphia Green Last year 89 community groups joined Philadelphia Green and the legions of city gardeners who are greening up vacant lots with vege- table gardens and sitting gardens and streets with trees, curbside planters, and window boxes. In addition, the eight-block North Philadephia community of West Hagert celebrated its greening achievements in August with a fes- tival following the project's elo- quent dedication by city managing director W. WUson Goode, Jr. In the 88-block South Philadel- phia community of Point Breeze, the neighborhood's Beautification Committee stepped up its greening activities last summer to prepare for almost 70 planting projects, includ- ing 40 garden blocks and 25 special lot projects. May 21, 1983 was Flow- er Day in Point Breeze, and block captains from 40 sponsored garden blocks planted over 20,000 flowers in udndow boxes and wine barrels. Neighborhood groups who adopt- ed 25 vacant lots created their own gardens vvdth an assortment of plants under a new lot garden project. In the '82-83 period, two over- lapping groups of garden interns were training and working udth the staff on projects with community gardeners including plantings and workshops. The Philadelphia Green interns are integral to the program, making important personal con- tacts with 750 "independent " neighborhood groups who have greened up through the program during previous years. The Philadelphia Green Program accepted 30 Pocket Parks into its ranks of independent groups to take advantage of the program's services and technical assistance. These parks were originally spon- sored by the Philadelphia Commit- tee of the Garden Club of America and the City of Philadelphia's Department of Recreation. This agreement between PC-GCA and the Society wdll be reviewed annually. Philadelphia Green Advisory Board Willie Mae Bullock, Chair Lewis F. Allen Mary W. Brown Marie Bryant Richard Camitta Jessie Carter James Dickerson Willie Mae Dyches Rena Ennis Helen Feggans Lois Fernandez Ruth Flounders Pennia Ford Ella Francis Deborah Geisler Annie D. H3mian Frank Kieser Natalie Kempner Mae Lanier Lucille Larrier Mary Lewis Dorsha Mason Frances Milbum Minnie Morton Brenda Nealy Delia Ortiz Josef Revlock Efrain Rios 24 West Hagert, an eight-block Greene Countrie Tovvne sponsored by the Society, was selected as part of Philadelphia's Century I\' Festival in August '82. Eleanor Robbins Pearl Romans Emma Roy Almina Smelley Donna Thorpe Haroldline Trower Sharon Turner Ruth Wilkins Janet Williams Terry A. Williams Grover C.Willis Yvonne H. Wynn Cecelia Yep Harvest Show At the 1982 Harvest Show, 75 gar- dening groups made 800 entries in competitive classes of vegetable and flower specimens, harvest tables, preserved foods, and con- tainer-grown specimens. Hundreds of cit\' gardeners celebrated the harvest at a show parts', dancing to hoe-down music as the sun set behind the Horticulture Center's reflecting pool. continued 25 M Executive director Jane Pepper and Jim LaRosa, a member of the Cit\' Gardens Contest Committee, Recognition Dinner "Super" community garden organ- izer Grover Willis of North Phila- delphia was named Green Thumb of the Year at the annual Recogni- tion Dinner held at the Franklin Plaza in October. Three hundred and ten community gardeners heard guest speaker Bob Perkins, WDAS-FM radio editorial manager, praise these leaders for their accomplishments . Flower Shoi^v The Philadelphia Green Ad\isor\' Board and staff had a unique oppor- tunity' to tell the Delaware Valley the joys and successes of city garden- ing at the 1983 Flower Show by exhibiting a scaled-down cit\' block representing a complete horticul- tural community. The vegetable gar- den, Sunbeam Acres, sandwiched between two row houses, boasted 10 different vegetables, a wood chip 26 u / r 0^ both look pleased at the turnout for the Contest's Celebrity Kick-off. path, and rainbairel for watering. "El Jardin Del Arcoiris" was a small neighborhood sitting garden named for the splashy rainbow that covered its two walls. Each of the five houses on Philadelphia Green Street boasted colorful wdndow boxes. Tire urns, street trees, and curbside plants lined the sidewalks. Children from the Norris Square Project created a mural that covered the w^all at one end of the block. During the Show, Advisory Board members and volunteers promoted the City Gardens Contest and distributed information on the art of cit\' gardening while enjo\dng the many awards made to this exhibit. continued 27 1982 City Gardens Contest Gardening and media personali- ties joined contest chair Herb Clarke, WCAU-TV weatherman, in kicking off the eighth annual City Gardens Contest wdth a tour of West Philadelphia community greening efforts and a "Celebrity Plant-Off at the Leisure Isles vegetable and sit- ting garden, 44th and Broun Streets. The contest attracted a record 512 contestants in 12 categories, includ- ing two new categories: children's and first year gardens. Ninety teams of 321 judges visited all entrants during July and August. To accommodate the record number of participants, the Sep- tember awards ceremony was moved to the Port of History Muse- um at Penn's Landing. Philadelphia Green Advisory Board chair Willie Mae Bullock and Herb Clarke pre- sented awards to 116 winners. Spe- cial awards u^ere given, by the Penn State Cooperative Extension Ser- vice's Urban Gardening Program for outstanding demonstration gar- dens and by the Germantown Hor- ticultural Society for top gardening efforts in their community. First place prizes for $50 and membership in the Society were aw^arded to the folloudng: Community Vegetable Gardens Large garden (tie) Charles Evers, Chair 4245-49 Sansom St. Alta Felton, Chair 1421-51 S. 25th St. Small garden Frank Kieser, Chair 4300 Sansom St. Sitting Garden Amanda Ferguson, Chair 2400 N.Colorado Greenest Block in Town Pauline Scott, Chair 5500 block of N. 55th Garden Block Geraldine Cade, Chair 2000 block of Glenwood Community Vegetable Garden — 1st Year James Jones, Chair 3951-53 Aspen St. Individual Vegetable Garden Large (tie) Amos Rogers Dorothy Riesdorph Small Gloria Merritt Individual Container Garden Jennie Campbell Individual Flower Garden Large Fred Vesci Small James LaRosa Children's Garden St. Boniface School, 4th Grade Patricia Harris, Teacher Mascher & Norris Sts. City Gardens Contest Committee Herb Clarke, Chair Jean G. Bodine Florie Dotson Libby J. Goldstein Rodnell Griffin Evelyn Hett James LaRosa Evelyn LeVere Cecily Littleton Gloria Merritt Pearl Romans Suzanne Russell Eugene Szymkowiak Haroldline Trower 28 -^r- ■•^. 'V**% :^^,..«r, *?r*if *-»^^ ^>^ W-^^^Bm«s^f^J' Funds to restore the pond were included in a grant the Society made to Fairmount Pcirk's Japanese House and Garden to rejuvenate the gardens and entry court and to develop a Master Plan. the Society for two classes on grow- ing plants in the city. Staff then visited the schools to lay out the gardens and plan for the commu- nity. The Hispanic neighborhood around Franklin School is now working with the children and with their teachers to expand the pro- ject's scope and inxolve the entire community. Greening the School Grounds Proposals from three Philadel- phia public schools for greening their school grounds were accept- ed and implemented this spring. Faculty, parents, and children of John Paul Jones Jr. High, Franklin Learning Center, and John Stoiy Jenks Elementary Schools met at continued 29 A committee of six teachers repre- senting past paticipants in the Green the School Grounds Program was formed to assist the Society in guiding and developing the pro- gram. This year committee mem- bers instituted a "How Does Your School Garden Grow" maintenance contest to encourage the schools in their on-going greening efforts. Green the School Grounds Committee Rhea Shils, Chair Mona D. Gold, Vice-Chair Ted Ellerkamp Robert Hunter David Kipphut Richard Krasner Linda Middlewarth Gloria Powders Community Activities Committee Willie Mae Bullock, Chair Jean G. Bodine Mary W. Brovvni Herb Clarke John Collins Helene Duncan Ruth Flounders Pennia Ford Ella Francis Mona D. Gold Frank Kieser Lucille Lamer Mary Lewis Maiy Lou Scanlon Rhea Shils Almina Smelley Donna Thorpe Sharon Turner Terry A. Williams Grover Willis Yvonne H. Wynn A fish out of water flips out in the horticultural section of the Flower Show. 30 PREVIEW DINNER Getting ready for the elegant Preview Dinner. Each year the Preview Dinner Committee strives to ensure an evening of elegance and perfection. Under the leadership of the com- mittee chair, Mary Disston, 1983 was no exception. A string trio accompanied the 2,119 formally attired guests as they strolled through the Flower Show, during a leisurely cocktail prelude, looking at the exhibits unhampered by time or the press of crowds. Sumptuous hors d'oeuvres were served. At the end of the Show pre- view, 1,940 guests sat down to an excellent dinner in a room lit with candles and delicately twinkling lights. Orange and yellow arrange- ments at each table struck a happy note in the serene setting. Prince Albert was the evening's guest of honor; the Flower Show was dedicted to his mother, Prin- cess Grace of Monaco. Previeu^ Dinner Gommittee Mary C. Disston, Chair Elise W. Carr, Vice- Chair Jill Aspinwall W. Thacher Brown Anne S. Cunningham Elizabeth G. Dolan Bobby P. Grace Adele G. Greenfield Montgomery Harris Henry B. Keep Charles J. Kenkelen Katharine H. King Elizabeth H. Lippincott Frederick W. G. Peck J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Bayard H. Roberts Dorothy Y. Sheffield Susan D. Stauffer Committee Aides Mary Helen S. Boothby, Chair Kathleen A. Putnam, Vice-Chair 31 CONTRIBUTIONS Major Contributors Atlantic Richfield Foundation Girard Bank The Pew Memorial Trust Company The Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. The Philadelphia Foundation Corporate Membership Program During the past year, the Society has received generous contribu- tions from many sources including a donation of at least $500 from each of our corporate members listed below: AIHG The Anchor Packing Company Bell of Pennsylvania W. Atlee Burpee Company Campbell Soup Company CIGNA Corporation Ernst and Whinney The Fidelity Bank General Accident Group Hunt Manufacturing Company Foundation The Philadelphia Contributionship The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Suburban Corporation PMA Foundation PNB Charitable Trust PSFS Charitable Trust The PQ Corporation Quaker Chemical Foundation Rohm and Haas Company Rorer Group, Inc. SmithKline Beckman Corporation Wawa, Inc. Yarway Corporation Contributors Listed below^ are those contribu- tors whose gifts of money were in excess of $99, orw^hose other gifts or services were valued at $100 or more. Where couples are listed, the gift was equal to $200 or more. The Society is grateful to these and all others who have contribut- ed so generously to the Society's programs. E. Griggs Adams Allegheny International Hardware Foundation Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Eleanor C. Anthony F. W. Anton, 3rd Jean T. Arader Taylor Aspinwall Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Auchter Bala Cynwyd, The Garden Club of Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Baldock Mrs. Hebe Dick Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ballengee Alexander F. Barbieri Geraldine S. Barrick Arnold Bartschi Anna C. Bateman Dr. & Mrs. James E. Bates Mrs. Elizabeth Chew Bennett Raul Betancourt, Jr. James Biddle Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Billings Mrs. Alfred Bissell Mr. & Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr. Richard L. Bitner Louise G. Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Bloom Mr. & Mrs. John W. Blyth Mr. & Mrs. Irwin P. Boeshore Francis J. Bonner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mr. & Mrs. John W. Boyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Boylan Mr. & Mrs. John P. Bracken Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Branda, Jr. Mrs. C. Barton Brewster Mrs. Henry W. Breyer, Jr. Mrs. Clarence C. Brinton 32 Mrs. John W. Brock William W. Broom Mr. & Mrs. C. Stuart Brown James Bush-Brown Mrs. Edward Browning, Jr. Vera D. Bruestle Elizabeth Scott Buckley Mr. &, Mrs. Anthony Buford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Orville H. Bullitt, Jr. William C. Burleigh Mr. & Mrs. Howard Butcher, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Keen Butcher Robert J. Butera George A. Butler B&WW Charitable Trust Fordham W. Calhoun Mrs. Con Barton Campbell James Tyson Carson Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Carter, 2nd Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Cashel, Jr. Mrs. E. C. Cassard Dr. Noel Cawley Mr. & Mrs. Adair B. Chew Eloise W. Choate Betty L. Christensen Mrs. C. Buck Churchman Mr. & Mrs. John Clark Theodore Clattenburg Mrs. W. Burling Cocks Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Coslett, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charies K. Cox Dr. & Mrs. A. Reynolds Crane Thomas Neil Crater Jane P. Cratsley Mr. & Mrs. Alan Crawford, Jr. Albert: J. Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Crouter Mrs. Graham Cummin Mrs. Pearson C. Cummin, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. George Currie Mr. «Sl Mrs. Thomas B. Dariington Mrs. D. H. Dawson Mrs. Rodney D. Day Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Denenberg Mr. & Mrs. George C. Denniston Mr. &, Mrs. Antelo Devereux Dr. & Mrs. Edward V. Dillon Mr. & Mrs. Heniy Disston Harriet Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dolan, 4th Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Dorrance, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Drake Mrs. Ford B. Draper Mr. & Mrs. Edv^ard C. Driscoll Lee & Phoebe Driscoll Mr. &, Mrs. Joseph N. DuBany, 4th Edmund B. duPont Elizabeth N. duPont Mrs. H. B. duPont Mr. & Mrs. Pierre S. duPont Mrs. Ralph Earle Eastern Orchid Congress, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Eckfeldt John W. Eckman Helen Camell Eden Mrs.A. C.Eglin Alvin M. Ehret Evelyn P. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Woodruff J. Emlen Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Ernst, Jr. Margaret W. Evans Mr. &, Mrs. Harold H. Fehr Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Felton Mr. & Mrs. Walter Fisher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Flanagan Mrs. John W. Flemer Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Four Counties Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Pierre C. Fraley Anna Frank Mr. & Mrs. Armin C. Frank, Jr. Franklin Mint Corp. Stan Freilich Mr. &. Mrs. F. Herman Fritz, Jr. Mrs. Maurice W. Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gale Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill Mrs. Emile C. Geyelin continued 33 Heniy P. Glendinning Frederick H. Gloeckner Libby J. Goldstein Melvin & Karen Gordon Mr. & Mrs. F. Hamilton Gouge Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Grace Mrs. Herman K. Grange Francis O. Grant* Mrs. Robert Grogan Mrs. Harry C. Groome, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Gubb Mr. &, Mrs. William R. Gustafson Dr. & Mrs. F. Otto Haas John and Chara Haas Marie F. Habemickel Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton L.H.Harley Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Harris Robert D. Harrison John S. C. Harvey, 3rd Mr. &, Mrs. Richard P. Hauser Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Havens RosUla H. Hawes Alexander B. Hawses Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Heckert Gerald L. Hempt Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hendrickson Mr. & Mrs. H. Ober Hess Mr. &L Mrs. Robert M. Hewes, 3rd Dr. & Mrs. Leonard F. Hirsh Florence A. Hoadley Mr. & Mrs. Harris N. Hollin Mr. &, Mrs. Joseph S. Holman Alexander L. Hoskins Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hubbard Mr. & Mrs. Morrison C. Huston Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Hyndman; Jr. IBM Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Illoway Mr. & Mrs. C. Jared Ingersoll Donald P. Innes Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. James W. Jennings Mr. &, Mrs. Horace C. Jones "deceased Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kaiser Mr. &. Mrs. Paul Kaiser Jane Keator Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Keith Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Kelemen Frank R. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. KeDy Mr. &, Mrs. Charles J. Kenkelen Barbara Kent Daniel T. King Peter J. M.King Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Kinney, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Charies M. Kirkland Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Klein Mr. &. Mrs. Louis Klein Mr. &, Mrs. Edwdn L. Knetzger, Jr. Dr. &, Mrs. F. Peter Kohler Mr. & Mrs. C. William Kontes Charles S. Krumrine Mark Eric Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Ladd Mrs. Austin Lamont Mr. & Mrs. John H. Lamprecht Victor J. Lang, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Langfitt Mr. & Mrs. Rodney M. Layton* Mr. & Mrs. John B. Leake Mr. & Mrs . Fairf^ax Leaiy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Lee Mr. & Mrs. P. Blair Lee George B. Lemmon Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Lewis Lewis-Riley Miriam R. LeVin Caroline E. Liebig Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Lin Mr. & Mrs. William G. Littleton, 2nd Mary Louise Lloyd Mrs. H. Clayton Louderback Lovett Foundation Mrs. Edward S. Lower Esther R. Lucy Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira Main Hurdman Alexis C. Manice Mr. &. Mrs. Joseph G. Marano "deceased 34 Mariner Foundation Mrs. David B. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. McClatchy^ Jr. John L. McClenahan Mr. & Mrs. F. Joseph McDonald Sheila & Paul McFarland Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Mclntire Elizabeth McLean Henry S. McNeil, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Meads Mr. & Mrs. Everitt L. Miller Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Jr. Mrs. Knowlton Dodd Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Morgan Mrs. Frederick W. Morris Morris Arboretum Emily H.Mudd Dr. &, Mrs. Hunter S. Neal Geraldine T. Nesbitt Mrs. John J. Nesbitt, Jr. Theodore T. Newbold Mr. & Mrs. William F. Newbold Mr. & Mrs. Harry R. Nielson, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Charies H. Norris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ohl Mr. & Mrs. A. V. S. Olcott Mr. & Mrs. Bertram L. O'Neill Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Osborne Dr. & Mrs. John W. Oswald Mr^. John R. Ott Mr. & Mrs. William B. Packer Mr. &. Mrs. L. Rodman Page Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Page Ruth H. Parry W. G. Peirce, Jr. William Penn Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Pennebaker Mr. & Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. G. Willing & Jane Pepper Mr. &, Mrs. LeRoy E. Perper Mr. &L Mr«. C. Richard Peterson Mr. &, Mrs. R. Anderson Pew Mrs. George T. Pew Philadelphia Committee, Garden Club of America Philadelphia Zoological Society Mr. &, Mrs. Frank H. Phipps PNB Charitable Tmst Mr. & Mrs. Seymour S. Preston, 3rd Prudential Insurance Co. Mr^. Alfred W. Putnam Dr. &. Mr^. Peter Randall Mr. & Mrs. Macpherson Raymond Mrs. J. Pancoast Reath Mrs. Paul C. Rebmann Mrs. Walter Rebmann Col. & Mrs. Henry H. Reichner, Jr. Dr. Monica Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. F. Markoe Rivinus M. Metrinko Rollins Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Rorer Mr. &, Mrs. Gerald B. Rorer Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rorer, 3rd Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rosenlund Mrs. L. J. Rosenwald Mrs. Donald P. Ross Mr. &L Mrs. Robert S. Ross Marilyn B. Rushworth Audrey Sabol Louise P. Safrin Ralph S. Saul Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders Mr. &. Mrs. Morton T. Saunders Mrs. Henry L. Savage Mrs. Harold D. Saylor Marie R. Sayre L. Landon Scarlett Mr. & Mrs. William Cramp Scheetz, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James H. Schnaars Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Schutt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Scott Florence J. Scott Mr. &. Mrs. Robert D. Scott Seed and Weed Garden Club Evelyn Ay Sempier John J. Serrell Joseph Shanis Catherine D. Sharpless Harold A. Shaub Mr. & Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield Mrs. William D. Sherrerd, Jr. continued 35 Virginia F. Shiyock Allen J. Simpson Allison V. Smith Mrs. E.B.Smith Harry G. Smith Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Sonat Marine Boyd L. Spahr, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bertram M. Speare Walter A. Spiro Mrs. F. Palin Spruance Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Stainton Mrs. Nicholas Starosselsky Vice Admiral & Mrs. George P. Steele Mr. &. Mrs. Henry B. Stewart Joanne N. Stokes LydiaB. Stokes Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes Mr. & Mrs. George Straw^bridge Dr. &, Mrs. Morris W. Stroud Mr. & Edward F. Swenson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Swett Mr. & Mrs. James M. Talbot, 2nd Mrs. H. Chace Tatnall William R. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Wyllys Terry Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Terwilliger Mrs. John Hoover Thacher Mrs. R. Ellison Thompson Mr. &, Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson Mrs. Clarence Thorpe W. T. Tither, Jr. Turner Construction Company Dr. & Mrs. Lewis B. Udis Paul Urffer Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Van Dusen, Jr. Eugene J. Van Scott Elizabeth F. Vaughan Mr. &, Mrs. Henry N. Vaughan Alfred M.Waddell Charles Allan Walker Mr. & Mrs. James H. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Ray S. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. M. Wall Marjorie L. Walton Mr. & Mrs. William Ward, 4th Mrs. Clarence A. Warden, Jr. Warwick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. H. Waterfield Mr. &, Mrs. Henry M. Watts Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Webb, 2nd Mrs. Nola Poynton Webb Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Weiss Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mrs. William H. S. Wells Mr. & Mrs. Henry Wendt George C. Werner, 3rd Mr. &, Mrs. Harold C. Wessel Dr. &, Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr. Harry F. West Mr. & Mrs. Cortwright Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. Francis D. Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. Carroll R. Wetzel Emily F. Whaley Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Wheeler Mrs. John P. Wheeler Jesse R. White Charitable Trust Mr. &, Mrs. Lawrence P. White Mr. & Mrs. William White J. Bruce Whelihan Ezra B. Whitman, Jr. Mary Elizabeth Wilcox Louise P. WUde Agnes D. Wilkinson Mr. &, Mrs. Thomas A. WUliams Mr. &, Mrs. W. Cooper Willits Mrs. L. Casper Wister Gertrude S. Wister Mr. &Mrs.EliasWolf Mr. &, Mrs. Edward F. R. Wood Elizabeth Woodbum Mrs. C. A. Woodbury Elizabeth G. Woodward Harriet Woodward John M. Woznisky Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Wright Mrs. John Wright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mintum T. Wright, 3rd Arthur Young & Company Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Zug 36 ■4r The International Society of Aboriculture tree climbing demonstrations were popular at the Harvest Show. ORGANIZATIONS MEETING AT PHS Allied Florists of Delaware Valley Community Leadership Seminars Friends of the Botanical Garden, University of British Columbia Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery Garden Club of Philadelphia Garden Writers Association of America Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Keystone African Violet Society Middle Atlantic Regional Lily Group Pennsylvania Bonsai Society Urban Foresters, U.S. Forest Service, USDA 37 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Harold C.Wessel, Chair Edward F. Beale Charles Kenkelen Elizabeth Lippincott Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan The Committee met periodically with a representative of the Girard Bank, the Society's investment adviser, and reviewed the portfolios of the Investment Advisory Account, the operating fund and the Elizabeth Shaffer Trust, all managed by the Girard Bank. Although interest rates tended to level off and were generally lower than the prior year, the accounts produced an income that exceeded budget. The Committee recommended a transfer of $250,000 from the oper- ating fund to the Endowonent Fund. This recommendation was accept- ed by Council in June, 1983. The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1983, by the Society's Auditors, Main Hurdman, was revievv^ed and accepted. The complete report is available for inspection at the Society's office. On the whole, the Society experienced another good year. Income exceeded budget, and expenses were well vvdthin budgeted amounts, which together produced a very statisfactory result. THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCES Years Ended June 30, 1983 and 1982 Operating Fund Endowment Funds Undesignated Designated Unrestricted Restricted Total Balance, June 30, 1981 $395,948 $ 75,000 $ 730,009 $20,353 $1,221,310 Excess of operating fund revenue over expenses 314,326 314,326 Gain (loss) on sale of investments (2,823) 22,820 19,997 Contributions 15,000 15,000 Life membership dues 2,000 2,000 Interfund transfers (325,000) 382,451 25,000 100,000 300,000 1,054,829 Balance, June 30, 1982 35,353 1,572,633 Balance, June 30, 1982 Excess of operating fund revenue over expenses 369,066 369,066 Gain on sale of investments 20,143 20,143 Life member-ship dues 1,000 1,000 Interfund transfers (250,000) $501,517 250,000 $1,325,972 Balance, June 30, 1983 $100,000 $35,353 $1,962,842 38 STATEMENT OF OPERATING FUND INCOME Years Ended June 30, 1983 and 1982 Operating revenue: Membership dues Designated contributions Flower Show Preview dinner Fees and sales Membership and other activities Grant income Operating expenses: Salaries Other employee expenses Building maintenance and utilities Depreciation and amortization Administrative supplies and expense Less allocation of overhead to Flower Show Philadelphia Green Other community service projects Publications Flower Show, including allocation of overhead Preview Dinner Library and educational programs Membership and other activities Special projects Income from operations Non-operating revenue: Invested funds and savings accounts Schaffer Trust Unrestricted contributions Excess of revenue over expenses •Reclassified to current year's presentation. 1983 499,380 (230,000) 269,380 192,445 176,621 1982* $ 165,844 $ 146,388 27,450 14,430 1,389,859 1,121,468 265,725 229,820 43,007 29,915 26,783 58,589 125,000 117,500 2,043,668 1,718,110 295,743 275,203 76,630 62,819 38,189 43,113 11,221 10,619 77,597 72,901 464,655 (193,000) 271,655 191,065 133,640 17,665 25,139 113,494 100,024 997,756 865,986 100,944 82,960 19,450 19,752 111,778 87,088 29,691 13,420 1,851,223 1,599,664 118,446 126,586 146,032 24,744 31,533 25,291 18,315 195,880 $ 369,066 $ 314,326 39 Jane G. Pepper Executive Director Flower Show Manager Charlotte L. Archer Members Activities Coordinator Alexandra Basinski District Coordinator; Philadelphia Green J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Director, Philadelphia Green Jean Byall* City Gardens Contest Coordinator Jean Byrne Editor Clarence Coles Custodian Linda Davis Membership Secretary Peggy Devine Library Assistant George Fernandez* Garden Assistant; Philadelphia Green Eileen Findley* Clerical Assistant; City Gardens Contest Denise Flores Administrative Assistant; Philadelphia Green Lillian Greenberg* Library Book Repairer William Herbert Accountant Benjamin Johnsont Custodian Joseph Kerwin Assistant Horticulturist Show Floor Manager Carol Lindemann* Flower Show Secretary Ed Lindemann Horticulturist; Flower Show Designer Margaret McCarvill* Ticket Sales tdeceased Elizabeth McGill Secretary; Philadelphia Green Audrey Manley Editorial Secretary Lance Mason Field Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Marjorie Meer Flower Show Secretary Jeff Myers* Garden Assistant, Philadelphia Green Sandra Myers* Library Cataloger Marie Rodia Receptionist Harold Rosner District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Patricia Schrieber Landscape Designer/Educational Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Celia A. Segal Administrative Assistant Lisa Stephano Public Information Assistant Clara Troilo* Receptionist Kathleen Valle* Secretary Anne Vallery District Coordinator; Philadelphia Green Jeannine Vannais* Garden Assistant; Philadelphia Green Ellen P. Wheeler* Preview Dinner Coordinator Mary Williams Housekeeper Mary Lou Wolfe Librarian Paul Wolfinger Programs Administrator, Philadelphia Green •part-time 40 A winner herself, Ann Marlar lightheartedly enjoys a friend's club tixjphy at the Philadelphia Flower Show Awards luncheon. f^ Sf^ ••••?•'•• M ~ VIA- i^^MHBg^P:^ V 'xm Mii if Q/l .^ r«.« ^-i»,-.-,...JI ^.. jipn ^^^^jpgjgjMHyj^^j^^^^^^^^^^^^^ p ■-'-'^^-U:<^::^(i ■ ''y-'S . : \ \ ^ % \ i f^^VA :-r •^.^«^^^^iJ«* K84 Tne Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ^v^^'>x' "t^^s^^m >' y- i ^^v ■■/'/ ,^ -^^ * %1 j6i i V ^-^^ j^ ^m.^h^ ;-l^<3^' YEARBOOK July 1; 1983 to June 30; 1984 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Independence National Historical Park 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 (215) 625-8250 The purposes of the Pennsylvania Hor- ticuhural Society are: to collect and disseminate information about horti- culture; to inspire a taste for horticul- tural knowledge; and to make that knowledge available to as many people as possible. CONTENTS Officers and Council 2 President's Report 4 Executive Director's Report 5 Library 6 Publications 8 Shows 9 Aw^ards 15 Membership 18 Headquarters Exhibits 22 The Gardens at PHS 23 Public Information 24 Community Activities 25 Preview Dinner 32 Contributions 33 Report of the Finance Committee . 38 Staff 40 Photographic Credits Ira Beckoff, Jean Byrne, Walter Chandoha, John Gouker, William Herbert, Ron Williams, Maiy Lou Wolfe Cover: "Spring Nostalgia," the New Jersey Association of Nurserymen, Inc. exhibit at the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show, photo by Walter Chandoha Back Cover: photo by John Gouker ^ Schuylkill Community Garden Harvest table wins a Certificate of Excellence at the 1983 HaiTest Show. PHS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS Officers Heniy H. Reichner, Jr. President Jean G. Bodine Vice-President Robert S. R\'an Vice-President Anne B. Putnam Vice-President Elizabeth H. Lippincott Treasurer Ralph R. Walker Secretan,^ Council Kathnai S. Andersen Rubye Beckett Raul Betancourt, Jr. Richard J. Both Margaret P. Bowditch Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Robert J. Butera Herb Clarke John F. Collins Paul A. Dandridge Maiy C. Disston Carter R. Dorrance Mona D. Gold Adele G. Greenfield Louise H. Harritx' Barbara K. Heckert Maiy HvTidman Russell O. Jones Natalie Kempner Richard W. Lightx' Elizabeth H. Lippincott William C. MacDowell Ann Marlar James M. Nutt, Jr. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Sally Reath Susan D. Stauffer Ralph R. Walker Sandra C.Ward Harold C. Wessel L. Wilbur Zimmerman Executive Committee Henr\/ H. Reichner, Jr., Chair Jean G. Bodine Adele G. Greenfield Maiy H\Tidman Richard W^ Eighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan Ralph R. W'alker Harold C. Wessel L. Wilbur Zimmerman Nominating Committee Anne B. Putnam, Chair Jean G. Bodine Barbara K. Heckert Maiy Hyndman Russell O.Jones Richard W. Eighty William C. MacDowell Susan D. Staufi^er Salary and Compensation Committee Russell O. Jones, Chair J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Jean Byrne Elizabeth H. Lippincott Ralph R. Walker Harold C. Wessel Patricia L. Wilson Long Range Planning Committee William D. MacDowell, Chair Raul Betancourt; Jr. Jean G. Bodine Herb Clarke Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott Mamie Nichols Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan Susan D. Stauffer Eugene J. Sz3/mkowiak Sharon Turner Frederick Voigt Clarence Z. Wurts The president of the Council and the executive director serve e^- ojficio on all committees. From polit-y lo plants: Council members Harold C. Wessel, Russell O. Jones, and Herb Clarke adjourn to the garden for the Plant Give-Away. PRESIDENT'S REPORT This is my last report as your president. Four years ago, the team of Pep- per & Reichner took over the reins of the Society from the team of Bal- lard & Zimmerman. It has not been easy to fill the shoes of our prede- cessors whose counsel has been so important from the very day we assumed our responsibilities. Personally^ it has been a great four years for me as president, par- ticularly because of Jane Pepper's qualities and capabilities. In any successful volunteer organization, there must be a combination of skilled and motivated volunteers and a sensitive and highly profes- sional staff. While the volunteers supply a tremendous amount of expertise and enthusiasm at the Society, if it were not for the staff we would indeed flounder. It is the staff that supplies the continuity, the long term commitment, and the motivation that are keys to the suc- cess of our Society. I never cease to be amazed by the close and sup- portive interaction between the staff and volunteers. We are blessed indeed! As living things go through their cycle of renewal, so must your Soci- ety if it is to do its job. Much has been said in recent years about "Sun- set" legislation in the halls of gov- ernment. The idea behind such legislation being that every govern- ment activity should be subject to a critical appraisal of its usefulness and relevance on a periodic basis. In a sense, your Society undergoes a critical appraisal each year. As members, you can express a vote of confidence or a veto vv^hen you decide to renew or not renew your annual membership. Aside from membership, other special activi- ties such as the Flower Show, Phila- delphia Green, also are subject to an annual rexaew. In addition to this annual re\dew, your Society periodically under- takes a formal analysis of its role in society and specifically, its mission. Towards the end of Ernesta Bal- lard's tenure, I was privileged to chair a Long Range Planning Com- mittee to look into the future to determine, among other things, the kind of person we would need as our new executive director. If the quality of that executive director is any indication, that Committee was very successful! This year, we initiated another rigorous self-examination and by the time you read this report, the initial findings of our 1984 Long Range Planning Committee wdll have been considered by your Coun- cil. We expect that this Committee working vvdth other standing com- mittees will give us a blueprint for our activities and actions over the coming decade. In essence, the Long Range Planning Committee is developing a new variety of Society the same way a hybridizer develops new plants. Every area of human endeavor, including your Society, needs the constant attention and experimentation of the hybridizers to produce better varieties and bet- ter results. In closing, I would like to thank all of you, volunteers and staff, for a perfectly delightful four years as president of your Society. Henry H. Reichner, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT Enthusiasm and encouragement are two key words around the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. One moment a staff member explains to the novice gardener how to battle the bugs. The next moment the experienced volunteer instructs staff and Society members in the art of pruning. Committees meet and together staff and volun- teers iron out a show schedule, plan a symposium, develop a Green Scene special issue, or work togeth- er on legal issues and financial chal- lenges. The Philadelphia Flower Show comes together that way, as does the Society's model commun- ity outreach program Philadelphia Green, membership programs, the Harvest and Junior Shows, and exhibits. With a combination of talents and expertise, in an atmosphere of camaraderie, staff and volunteers were once again this year able to serve PHS members vvdth a full menu of activities and publications. In addition, they provided horti- cultural services to 900 community groups within the City of Philadel- phia, and they reached far afield to intrigue 230,000 visitors who attend- ed the Flower Show. Show managers ft'om Boston, Rochester, New York City, Cleve- land, Nashville, Kansas City and Del Mar, California came to see how we put together the Flower Show in March. So did the Today Show, the Victory Garden, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. In early June mayors, spouses and city officials visiting Philadelphia with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, studied the Philadelphia Green program in an event hosted by Mrs. W. Wilson Goode and PHS. We are always happy and proud to share our experiences wdth others, and also welcome questions and sugges- tions from our members. Throughout the year visitors con- tinued to stop by our headquarters, and as you'll see in the report that follovv^s we've made some changes in the library, and we've rebuilt our greenhouse. In April, we w^ere pleased to have Independence National Historical Park grant the Society a five-year extension on the 20-year lease for our beautifiil build- ing at 325 Walnut Street. Leading our volunteers in these challenges to satisfy the horticul- tural needs of our community is the Society's Council, under the able leadership of Henry Reichner. Thanks to their succor and support and that of a wondeiful staff, your executive director never feels at a loss for enthusiasm and encouragement. ^^ ^ ^ Jane G. Pepper LIBRARY The Library grew up this year. After consulting with experts in library space problems, a subcom- mittee composed of Joan Brinton, George Clark, Elizabeth Farley, Sandra Myers, Elisabeth Robertson and Dorothy Young recommended that we add vertical shelving, i.e., shehing up to the ceiling, in all areas where structurally feasible. Also on their recommendation, approximately 350 of our rarer books and periodicals were placed on deposit with other PHS books at the American Philosophical Soci- ety. With this newly installed higher shehdng, annual weeding of the col- lection and a ladder climbing staff, we have room for several more years of normal growth. Friends of the Library enjoyed an April evening listening to Oriel Kriz talk about collecting botanical art. Earlier in the evening Friends had an opportunitv' to add to their pri- \'ate collections through a lively silent auction of botanical prints. The 114 Friends of the Library con- tributed $3,875 toward the Library's special purchase and restoration projects. Burpee Company's gift of 1500 old seed catalogs have been cata- loged and enclosed in acid-free envel- opes by volunteer Frances Barnett Gibson. Volunteer Nathalie Nelson has spent more than 150 bourns this year updating the Library's 400 curTcnt seed and nursery catalogs. PHS members borTowed 2,517 books during the year. Thi^ough lending agreements with the American Rock Garden Society and the American Bonsai Society, an additional 353 books were sent to borrowers nation- wide. We added 381 volumes to the collection and removed 238. Library Committee Joan Z. Brinton, Chair Raul Betancourt, Jr. George R. Clark Elizabeth B. Farley George M. Harding John S. Kistler Kitty Lapp Elizabeth P. McLean Sandra K. Myers Carol R. Palmer Lois W. Paul Elizabeth C.Walker Elisabeth Robertson Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman Horticultural Hotline Throughout the year on Mon- days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri- days between 9:30 - 12:00, 17 expert and extremely patient gardeners took turns answering 2,083 Hotline calls, that dealt with turfpr^oblems, dogwood decline and requests for plant sources among hundreds of others. (Hotline number: 922-8043.1 In October, Hotline x'olunteers up- dated their continuing education v\ith a New Jersey \isit to Tom Dila- tush's nursery, lunch at Elisabeth Woodburn's Booknoll Farm and an afternoon at Princeton Nurseries guided by Alison Flemer. In June, Hotliners saw propagation projects at Winterthur, lunched at Richard Both's and \isited Jim Plyler's natixe plant nursery. Hotline Volunteers Richard J. Both Kathie Buchanan Julie Smith enjoys family membership privileges in the Library. Jane J. Carter George R. Clark Elizabeth Derbyshire Alice M. Doering Martha Fisher Hariiett B. Green Nancy Greenwood Erich Meitzner Elizabeth B. Michell Nathalie Nelson Dot Plyler Jen Porter Martha Roberts Irene Slater Ana D. Thompson Gifts Gertrude Wister has given the Libraiy several boxes of Dr. John C. Wister's hand-colored glass slides illustrating PHS members' gardens in the 1920's and 1930's. ThirU^-five millimeter copies have been made from the originals so they can be used vvdthout endangering the fragile painted slides. From the estate of Edith Haines Dewar we received a number of excellent books, the most notable of these being the first American edi- tion of Charles Marshall's /In Intro- duction to the Knowledge and Prac- tice of Gardening, Boston, Samuel Etheridge, 1799 and Philip Miller's The Complete Gardener and Far- mer, Containing a New Gardener's Kalendar [sic], Dublin, J. Moore, 1806. Major gifts of books or seriices Edith Haines Dewar Alfi^ed S. Martin Maiy B. Read Gertrude Wister Elisabeth VV'oodburn PUBLICATIOIVS Green Scene: We orderd more than 10,000 copies of Green Scene for our special issue on perennials iJul\', 19841. In part, the barrier- breaking print order was swelled by requests for copies for distribution at a perennials conference at Long- wood Gardens and the Perennial Plant Association meeting at Ohio State Universitv'. Green Scene con- tinues to be distributed as part of the membership pri\ileges of the Mar\'land Horticultural Society, Blithewold Gardens and Arboretum in Rhode Island and Frelinghuysen and Skylands Arboretums, both in \ew Jersey. A strong regional magazine, Green Scene covers a broad range of groudng problems, both indoors and outdoors. Our authors and sub- jects cross generations of gardeners as well as economic lex 'els, focusing on both the great estates and the pleasures of gardening with wdn- dow boxes. This year 70 stories appeared, written by wonderful new authors and man\' familiar and valued older ones. Their ranks have been inxaded by other editors requesting reprint rights or original new stories; these editors are with the great metropolitan newspapers, magazines, book publishers and local and national plant societies. Our new computer will make easier the job of compiling the 12 year index of stories and authors due next year for distribution to libraries and interested subscribers. The Flower Show Program got a new look this year, pro\iding more color photographs of memorable exhibits from the Show. In addition, the Program pro\ides a floor plan to the Show's visitors and a record of what the Show looks like as well as who is doing what to make it all happen. The Yearbook, designed to pro- vide an overview of the Societv' for its members, potential members, the media and for posterity', was issued to all members in November. PHS News: From reports on the Philadelphia Food and Agriculture Conference about hunger problems in the United States to a behind-the- scenes look at the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show, the PHS A^evvs con- tinues to bring our members the latest of what's happening in hor- ticulture at the Societv' and in the communitv'. The PHS News is published 11 times a year and includes items on the Society's many activities for members, a special section on new books in the Librarv' and a lively col- umn called Pepperpot about the Society's special people and projects. Publications Committee Adele G. Greenfield, Chair Kathiyn S. Andersen Darrel Apps Richard J. Both Paul A. Dandridge Judy Foley Charles VV. Heuser Lynn Kippax James J. AIcKeehen L. Wilbur Zimmerman 1^^ -!«r A : ^^ '*f¥ ^ ■ ..s'S '. ■ ■■" '"":^/* T^^ i^^H^^^^^BvM. - .^ Highest ranking senior master Kazuhiko Kudo of the Ohara School of Ikebana flew from Japan to assemble one of the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show's central exhibits. SHOWS Philadelphia Flower Shoiv Philadelphia Civic Center, March 11-18, 1984 Judging and Preview: Saturday, March 10 With exhibitors from Japan and South Korea, and bonsai from Los Angeles and Washington, DC, the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show took "A Trip to the Orient. " To complement these displays from afar, Delaware Valley exhibitors created stone gardens, an oriental hillside garden and an English per- ennial garden with a Chinese Chip- pendale fence. Other exhibitors showed the oriental origins of our popular garden plants. Competitive classes featured The Orient Express, Haiku, Oriental Silk and Eastern Treasure. Nestled alongside these competi- tions and displays were elegant ter- races for contemporary American homes, woodland and water gar- dens as vv^ell as a scene from the New Jersey Pine Barrens. East met West and turned the cavernous Civic Center into a garden of earthly delights for 230,000 \dsitors. Special thanks to our thousands of volun- teers and hundreds of expert exhibi- tors, as vv^ell as to members of the Philadelphia Chapter, Ikebana Inter- national and the Pennsyhania Bon- sai Society who helped us bring the oriental theme from the drawing board to reality. Exhibitors, volunteers and \1si- tors suffered the ill winds of March with sex'eral inches of snow during set-up w^eek as well as some icy continued roads followed by hea\y rains dur- ing Show week. Paid attendance was 207,164 compared to the record- breaking 230,340 in 1983. Sales of adxance tickets were ahead of pre- vious years, and bus travellers fared better than in the past thanks to a revised parking system for tour buses. Crowded conditions on the Show floor are still a concern to the Flower Show Executix'e Committee. The 1983 Summer Part)' for vol- unteers and exhibitors w^as held at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center in early July, and the 1984 rendezvous at the Philadelphia Zoo in late June. Flower Show Committees Executive J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., Chair Mary Hvndman, Vice-Chair Martha B. Barron Richard J. Both Robert J. Butera Elise Carr William F. Delafield, Jr. Mona D. Gold Leroy LaBold Richard VV. Lightv Francis J. McKay Wayne Norton Robert W. Preucel Chase Rosade Susan D. Stauffer Paul Tickle Lorraine Toji Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward L. Wilbur Zimmerman Sandra C. Ward, E^-officio Competitive Classes Jane Ward, Chair Susan D. Staulfer, Vice-Chair Arrangement Classes Anne Letter, Co-Chair, Niches & Pedestals Sanna Drake, Co-Chair, Niches & Pedestals Dorothy Swalm, Co-Chair, Aides Fran Borie, Co-Chair, Aides Rosemarie Vassalluzzo, Vice-Chair, Aides Harriet Palmer, Co-Chair, Passing Susan H. Stanley, Co-Chair, Passing Susan Moran, Vice Chair, Passing Joanne Marano, Niche Nomenclature Sarah C. Z. Groome, Advz'sor, Large Niche Barbara Cramer,* Advisor, Large Niche & Pedestal Katharine H. King, y^dv/sor, Medium Niche Ginny Simonin, Advisor, Small Niche Joly Stewart, Advisor, Miniature Arrangements Cornie Walton, Adxisor, Miniature Arrangements Room and Table Classes Sally Humphreys, Co-Chair Carolyn Waite, Co-Chair Louisa Moffly, Vice-Chair Caryl Funke, Vice-Chair Pressed Plant Material Classes Theresa Phillips, Chair Jeanne Griffith, Vice-Chair Miniature Classes Cecilia L. Ross, Chair Garden Class Elizabeth B. Michell, Chair Toinette Coleman, Vice-Chair Balcony Class Martha Roberts, Chair Jean Maus, Vice-Chair Jean Craig, Vice-Chair Horticultural Classes Susan P. Wilmerding, Co-Chair Carol Lamberton, Co-Chair Angeline Austin, Vice-Chair 'deceased 10 Nancy Mead, Chair, Aides Virginia Cryer, Vice-Chair, Aides Betsy Gray, Co-Chair, Staging Judy Romig, Co-Chair, Staging Betsy Catlin, Vice-Chair, Staging Margaret P. Bowditch, Co-Chair, Passing Alan Slack, Co -Chair, Passing Alison Flemer, Vice-Chair, Passing Irene Slater, Chair, Typing Aides Signs Louise H. Harrity, Co-Chair Patter Peterson, Co-Chair IVomenclature Richard W. Lighty, Chair Charles O. Cresson Elizabeth Farley Mary B. Hopkins Anita H. Kistler Martha Roberts Irene Slater Judges and Aw^ards Sandra C. Ward, Chair, PHS Awards Committee Martha B. Barron, Chair, Subcommittee Tania G. Biddle, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Patty Billings, Co-Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Margaret P. Bowditch, At Large Dixie Chapman, Points Cecily G. Clark, At Large Tina Colehower, Coordinator Anne Coste, Chair, Arrangement Judges Barbara Cramer,* At Large Lynn Deming, Co -Chair, PHS & Special Panel CLerks Sanna Drake, At Large Sally Fernley, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Judges Martha B. Fisher, At Large Sally N. Graham, Vice-Coordinator John S. C. Harvey, 3rd Points Pam Hutchinson, Chair, Horticulture Clerks Katharine H. King, At Large Carrie Lee, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges continued Flower Show exhibitors and eoniniitlee inenibers enjoy an evening together between Shows at their summer party at the Philadelphia Zoo. 11 John V. Allen IV, Horticulture Center administrator, pulls together the elements of a 16th Century Japanese pond garden for the Fairmount Park Commission's exhibit at the Flower Show. Anne Letter, At Large Elizabeth Nancarrow, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Clerks Patter Peterson, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Judges Sally Reath, At Large Mary Schwartz, Chair, Horticulture Judges Sidney Spahr, Chair, Arrangement Clerks Susan D. Stauffer, Vice-Chair, Competitive Classes Joanne Stehle, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Clerks Susan Tyler, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Clerks Carolyn Waite, At Large Jane Ward, Chair, Competitive Classes Susan P. Wilmerding, At Large Hospitality Beth Butler, Chair Lucille Bisbee Julie Murphy Joanna McQ. Reed Sue M.Williams Exhibitors & Awards Luncheon Mary Hyndinan, Chair Sylvia Lin The Harvest Show Fairmount Park Horticulture Center Saturday-Sunday, September 24-25 Judging and members' preview, Friday, September 23, 1983 For the second year the Harvest Show was held at the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park. The 1983 Theme was "Harvest Circus," and the shovv^ proved to be fun and entertaining. The weather was beautiful and 5,400 visitors enjoyed the competitive classes, major exhibits, children's activities, obser- vation beehive, brass band music and good food. Exhibits were staged in the display and growing houses of the Horticulture Center as well as a series of tents erected for the occasion. A light frost threatened the con- tainer grown fruits and vegetables on Friday night, but little was lost when a bright sun dawned on Satur- day morning to vv^elcome the public. A trade booth section along with the harvest table classes and a res- taurant area were housed in the large main tent that afforded a spectacular view of the Centennial 12 reflecting pool and fountains. The artistic entries stressed a practical approach for the home arranger with ideas for front doorS; win- dows ills and kitchen counters. More than 200 preserved product entries were staged in a "Big Top" three-ring circus setting complete with clowns and circus posters. A new exhibit featuring baked goods incorporated an old-fashioned bake shop setting with scarecrow baker behind the counter. In addi- tion to displays of horticultural excellence; the Harvest Show is becoming a fun family activity where everyone gets into the spirit of the fall season. Harvest Show Cominittee Ann Marlar, Chair Jan Darrington, Vice-Chair John V. Allen Doris W. Atkinson Sue Armstrong Martha B. Barron Jean Barwise Lauralou Bates Betty Bell Ann Benzel Richard Bitner Richard J. Both Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Jane Carter Jessie Carter Tina Colehower Barbara Cramer* Betty Derbyshire Henrietta Deubler Helene Duncan Blanche Epps Charles Evers Marion Fellheimer Helen Flaig Juanita Fletcher Ruth Flounders Joan Fredette Debra Geisler Libby J. Goldstein Sally N. Graham Nancy Greenwood Phoebe Griswold Dottie Gross Linda Harris Peg Hartwick Kate Haupt Peggy Hayes Barbara K. Heckert Ed Heitraian Evelyn Hett Joyce Holmes Betty Keirn Barbara Kidder Frank Kieser Katharine H. King Kitty Lapp Sue Leary Mary Lewds Lee Loveland Sandy Manthorpe William E. Mifflin Jo Muscari Terry Mushovic Celine O'Brien Elise Payne Gini Pellegrini Betty Persons Rick Ray Anne Robinson Mary Lou Scanlon Jessie Schaefer Cathy Schell Susan Schroeder Jean Shannahan Irene Slater Almina Smelley Carol Stroud Ann Swan Virgiania Tanner Julie Tr^ombetti Sharon Turner Carolyn Waite Susie Walker JoAnne Walkovic Lura Wampler Claudine Wilson 'deceased 13 Junior Flower Show "Nature's Magic Show" First Bank of the United States Friday - Monday November 11-14, 1983 In our ninth year we extended a warm welcome to young people in pre-school to 12th grade from Phila- delphia and its surrounding com- munities to test their horticultural and artistic skills in the Junior Flow- er Show. The students responded with 1,100 entries in 30 classes, and 2,000 plus visitors. An Activities Day held on Friday, November 11, produced a magician, and a clown. Educational exhibits represented several area schools. Blue ribbons were awarded to W. B. Saul High School for "The Magic of Ferns " exhibit in the high school division, and the Smedley School exhibit "The Enchanted Forest" in the elementary division. Lisa Lock- wood won "Best of Show in Horti- culture" and Lorretta Mestishen won "Best of Show^ in Artistic." Junior Flower Show Committee Helene Duncan, Co-Chair Mary Lou Scanlon, Co-Chair Natalie Kempner, Vice-Chair Jeanne Lennon, Vice-Chair Evelyn Hett, Chair of Judges Kitty Lapp, Chair of Clerks Carolyn Seifert, Vice-Chair, Clerks Almina Smelley, Exhibitors' Aides Donna Thorpe, Exhibitors' Aides Junior Flo^ver Show Advisory Board Sr. Marie Albert Helen Green Fred Hofkin David Kipphut Albert Smeraglio Cora Turpin Carol Williams Mary Williamson Visitors to the Junior- Show ttJiich test a tiiilie shell used with a dried jjlant arrangement. A recycled container was a reqiiiiement lor tlie class. 14 AWARDS The responsibilities of the Awards Committee include search- ing out and recognizing those in the horticultural community who are outstanding in their fields. The Committee meets several times a year to evaluate horticulturists and students who are nominated to receive the Society's top awards - The Distinguished Achievement Medal, the Certificates of Merit and the Junior Horticulturist Award. Committee members also search out the best judges, nearly 600, experts who judge the wide range of exhibits at the Philadelphia Flow^er Show^ and the Harvest Show. Major Aivards 1983 Distinguished Achievement Medal - William Flemer, III 1983 Certificates of Merit - Emily du Pont Sarah C. Zantzinger Groome 1984 Junior Horticulturist Aw^ard — Jonathan Bowman 1983 Plants in the Business Environment Awards Awards ARCO Chemical Research maintained by Brickman Industries, Inc. MAI Sorbus Service Division maintained by Heyser Landscaping, Inc. Qjjaker Chemical Company maintained by Heyser Landscaping, Inc. Thelma Gray Public Relations Laurel Award Frankford Hospital, Torresdale Division Certificates of Merit Conard Pyle Company Hopkinson House Kings Croft Condominiums Mason 's Mill I Philadelphia International Airport Shared Medical Systems SKF Industries J. Franklin Styer Award of Garden Merit The evaluators of the J. Franklin Styer Award Committee met in January and awarded the followdng eight entries the Certificate of Pre- liminary Commendation which allows the introducer to enter the plant for judging on its exceptional garden merit. Deutzia crenata nakaiana Hedera heli;^ 'Buttercup' Ilex crenata Beehive' Ilex crenata Convexa Male' Ilex crenata 'Jersey Pinnacle' Ilex X 'Rock Garden' Malus 'Donald Wyroan' Salix gracilistyla Styer Award Committee Richard W. Lighty, Chair Paul W. Meyer Evaluators Darrel Apps Jared Berd James Cross Tom Dilatush William H. Frederick, Jr. William Heyser Steven Hutton Philip Normandy Sally Reath Bradshaw Snipes J. Franklin Styer John Trexler continued 15 Flower Show Aw ards 1984 PhUadelphia Flow er Show The Penns\i\'ania Horticultural Societj' Flower Show Award for the Best in Show in the following categories: Commercial Aesthetic - Robert Montgomer\' Landscape Xursen' Displa\' - George Robertson & Sons Education - Philadelphia Electric Company Non-F*rofit Displa\' - Fairmount Park Education - Morris Arboretum The Pennsyhania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Trophy for the indi\idual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Sylvia Lin The Pennsylvania Horticultural Societv' Horticultural Sweep- stakes Award for the indixidual runner-up in the Horticultural Classes: A/rs. Lammot du Pont Copeland The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flow er Arranging Sweep- stakes Trophy for the indi\idual ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Robin Engle Lippincott Margah Flood Memorial Trophy for the horticultural organization ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: American Rock Garden Societ\' The Pennsylvania Horticultural Societj' Artistic Sweepstakes Trophy for the horticultural organ- ization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrange- ment Classes: A/^ Holly Garden Club The Margaret Buckley Zantzinger Award for the garden club accumu- lating the greatest number of points in all competiti\'e sections of the Show: Old York Road Garden Club The Grand Sweepstakes Award for the indi\idual accumulating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Show: Rosemarie Vassalluzzo 1983 Harvest Show^ Awards The Pennsylvania Horticultural Societj' Show Award for the best of show: Chanticleer The Award of Horticultural Excellence: Rosemarie Vassalluzzo PHS Gardeners Sweepstakes Award to the indixidualis) wanning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the horticultural section of the show: J. Blaine Bonham and Bill Grubb PHS Communitj' Garden Sweep- stakes Trophy to the communitx' garden winning the greatest num- ber of blue ribbons in the show: 4300-4310 Sansom St. PHS Club Sw eepstakes Trophy to the horticultural organization win- ning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the show: The Seedlings of Kennett Square 16 Elizabeth and William Flemer examine his 1983 Distinguished Achie\ement Medal. PHS AAvards Presented ElseAvhere: The PHS Best of Show Award to Gary Snyder ot New Hope, Pa. for his entry in the 1984 New Hope Flower Show The Silver Medal Certificate of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Foster Wright Cranor of Lanibert\dlle, NJ for his entr\' in the 1984 New Hope Flower Show The FloAver Show Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- ety to Mahoney's Rocky Ledge Farm and Nursery at the New England Spring Garden and Flower Show AAvards Committee Sandra C. Ward, Chair Kathnoi S. Andersen Martha B. Barron Cecily G. Clark Barbara K. Heckert Mary Hvndman Russell O.Jones Richard W. Lightv' Erich Meitzner Lois V\'. Paul J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Salh' Reath Jean Schumacher 17 MEMBERSHIP Thanks to the marvelous memory of our new computer installed in June 1983, we are happy to report that as of June 30, 1984 the Society had 6,650 members. Despite a rocky start as we entered the data, which resulted in late issues of the News and Green Scene, our first com- puterized membership year has been smooth. Our record keeping is now more accurate and will enable us, in future years, to keep closer tabs on membership trends and to organize more effectively member- ship solicitation campaigns. Special thanks go to Mary Z. Cal- houn who helped the Society to determine its automation require- ments, and to select hardware and software to meet our needs. Cal- houn, assistant vice president. Marsh and McClennan, donated her time and expertise to the Soci- ety through Business Volunteers for the Arts. During the year 809 new mem- bers joined PHS, 185 of them at the Flower Show. We held an open house during June to welcome new members and to thank Flower Show membership booth volunteers. Our year started in July, 1983 with a 14-day tour of Scottish gardens, led by Jane Pepper. Balmy weather and wonderful private hospitality created strong bonds between PHS and Scottish gardeners. Garden visits continue to be one of our most popular events, and we are end- lessly grateful to members who generously allows approximately 300 other members to stroll through their gardens, big and small, on a Sunday afternoon. The Members Committee welcomes suggestions for classes, workshops, field trips and special events. ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS Field Trips Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Andalusia and Pennsbury Manor, Bucks County, Pa. Arboretum of the Barnes Founda- tion, Merion, Pa. Gardens in Washington, DC and Virginia Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington, DC Morven (Princeton) and Duke Gardens Old Westbury Gardens and Planting Fields Arboretum, Long Island, NY Pepsico Sculpture Garden and Wave Hill, NY Pine Barrens, NJ Serpentine Barrens, Chester County, Pa. Winterthur and Longwood Gardens - Holiday Decorations Garden Visits New Hope, April 1984 Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve Mrs. David Burpee Robert L. Green Charles H. Mueller Chase Rosade JenkintowTi, May 1984 The Highlands Mr. & Mrs. Howard Brosius Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bertram Roland Main Line, June 1984 Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Howard Mrs. E. R. Fenimore Johnson Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Rodman E. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Truitt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wood 18 Gardens of Scotland Ardchattan Priory (Lt. Col. R. Campbell-Preston) Arduaine Gardens (E. A. T. Wright) Balbithan House (Mary McMurtrie) Blairquhan (James Hunter-Blair) Bolfracks (J. D. Hutchinson) Branklyn Garden (National Trust for Scotland) Camell (Commander J. B. Finlay, R.N.*) Cluny House (Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Masterton) Crathes Castle (National Trust for Scotland) Croft Cappanach (Dr. & Mrs. Fred Hewitt) Culzean Castle (National Trust for Scotland) Dalgairn (Mr. & Mrs. George McQuitty) Dalmeny House (The Earl & *deceased / Countess of Rosebery) Dirleton Castle Drummond Castle (Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust) Duthie Park Winter Gardens (City of Aberdeen) Edzell Castle Eskside House (Mr. & Mrs. Neil Hynd) Finlaystone House (Mr. & Mrs. George MacMillan) Forbes Lodge (Lady Maryoth Hay) Georgian House (National Trust for Scotland) Greywalls (Mr. & Mrs. Giles Weaver) Haddo House (National Trust for Scotland) High Coodham (Jean, Countess of Donoughmore) Manderston (Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Palmer) Mellerstain (Lord Binning) continued Where to cut? A team of experts and participants t'rotii the Pennsxhania Horticultural Society workshop enthusiastically plunge into their work at the -Azalea Garden in Fair- mount Park. 19 Milne Garden (Captain &. Mrs. David Hothani) Newton House (Mr. &. Mrs. Christopher Cox) Pitmedden (National Trust for Scotland) The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Tyninghame (Earl &, Countess of Haddington) Willianiston House (Commander &. Mrs. M.S. L.Burnett) Workshops, Classes, Lectures Basic Landscape Design (3 sessions) Patricia Schrieber Paul Wolfinger Basketry (6 sessions) Susan Schnur Decorations from Weeds, Nuts and Cones Ruth Flounders Frank Kieser Flower Arranging: Three Styles Barbara Cramer* Sarah C. Z. Groome Bernice Makin Garden Tapestry: Espalier at Chanticleer Howard Holden Gardener's View of an African Safari Charles W. Rogers, Jr. Green Wreath Workshop Joe Ker'win Greenhouse Maintenance at Weldon Nursery William F. Delafield, Jr. History of the Tree in Art Peter Ashton Italian Gardens and Cloisters Patricia Tyson Light Gardening Workshop Joe Kerwin *deceased Maine Gardens Margaret P. Bowditch Oriental Vegetables Mona Gold Perennials and Their Uses Frederick McGourty, Jr. Photography Seminar Dick Keen Planning a Perennial Garden (3 sessions) Jane Lennon Plant Hunting from Andes to Amazon Anthony Huxley Propagation from Seeds Roxie Gevjan Propagation: Budding and Grafting Alan Slack Propagation: Houseplants from Cuttings Margaret P. Bow^ditch Joanne C. Marano Three sessions, three hours long permitted the neo each. 20 Propagation: Wildflowers from Seed Richard J. Both F. M. Mooberry John Feliciani Propagation: Softwood Cuttings Lynn Lamstein Pruning Demonstration at the Azalea Garden Patricia Schrieber Joe Kerwin Renewing a Perennial Garden Ann McPhail Joe Kerwin Sowing and Dividing Perennials Frederick McGourty, Jr. Topiary Techniques, Meadow- brook Farm Nancy Story Vegetable Panel Richard J. Both Nancy Greenwood Jane Pepper John Swan Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Writing Course (4 sessions) Jean Byrne y basket weavers to complete three baskets Elaine Rose Symposia Arrangement Classes Sally Humphreys Anne Letter Robin Lippincott Joly Stewart Carolyn Waite Horticultural Classes John L. Leonard John W. Story Susan P. Wilmerding Special Events Annual Plant Give-Away Holiday Open House and Candlelight Stroll 156th Annual Meeting Members' Evening: Philadelphia Flower Show Members' Preview - Harvest Show Members' Preview - Philadelphia Flower Show New Members Open House Members Committee Mary Disston, Chair Frances Cullen Rubye Beckett Elizabeth C. Bennett Margaret P. Bowditch Carter Dorrance Louise Harrity Sally Reath Harriett S. Richards Organizations Meeting at PHS during the Year City Parks Association Friends of Laurel Hill Cemeteiy Keystone Chapter of African Violet Society Middle Atlantic Regional Lily Group Pennsyhania Bonsai Societ\' Philadelphia Indoor Light Gardening Society of America Philadelphia Societ)' for Promoting Agriculture 21 HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITS Christmas at the PennsvUania Horticultural Society. Summer \dsitoi^s to PHS took a long look at horticultui^al history, going back about 400 million years, in "Focus on Fossils, " a special sum- mer exhibit staged in cooperation with the Delaware Valley Paleon- tological Society. Hundreds of the finest plant fossil specimens in the area were on display. The Society i^eturned to the competitive holiday show in 1983. "In the Spirit " proved educational for exhibitor and \4sitoi^ alike. Sev- eral first time exhibitors walked away with top prizes for fireplace mantles, wreaths and trees depict- ing a holiday song. Exhibits during the year included: May - June Seeds June - August Focus on Fossils September - October 100 Views of a Japanese Garden October - November A Child's Garden December In the Spirit January - Febiuaiy Joanne Isaac Etchings March The Orient Expressed April - May Fish-Floi^a-FaunaAVatercolors 22 THE GARDENS AT PHS The Society's kitchen, perennial and 18th century gardens had an up and down season this past year with a very wet spring and a hot and dry summer. Yet, on the whole, the garden with the efforts of its tireless volunteers looked impeccable throughout the growing season. The 18th century garden with its bright display of red/pink gerani- ums, red, pink and vv^hite nicotiana, pink begonias, blue ageratum and purple salvia made a brilliant dis- play for the many visitors who came into Independence National His- torical Park for snapshots of their trip to Philadelphia. The intricate care of the gardens was provided each Wednesday from April through October by a superb group of amateur horticul- turists w^ho plant, weed, deadhead, fertilize and water. They work above the beyond the call of duty, answer- ing plant questions, giving direc- tions and often introducing visitors to the many facets of the Society and the surrounding community. Garden Volunteers Grace M. Cole Edward A. Doelp Lily G. Glazer Johanna Goedel Helen Kaufman Matthew H. McConnell Ann McPhail Harriett S. Richards Frances Vollmer Workers assemble the new greenhouse behind the SocieU s lieaciciiiarters on Walnut Street. 23 PUBLIC INFORMATION Mrs. W.Wilson Goode dedicates Garden of the Cities at 19th and Dickinson in honor of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. As early as mid-February the air- waves and newspapers across the country were reporting news of the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show. Bob Thompson, host of Victory Gar- den, featured the Show on his weekly PBS program, and NBC's Today Show paid a visit for the sec- ond year. Hundreds of newspapers locally and nationally carried stories of our local exhibitors as well as about our exhibitors from Japan, South Korea, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Articles printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer included topics ranging from John Naka, renowned bonsai exhibitor from California, to an interview with the Show designer. Articles about the Show were featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and House and Gar- den. KYW Newsradio garden corres- pondent, Jack Eden, spent Show^ week answering visitors' questions in the trade area interspersed wdth fre- quent live broadcasts. In June, mayors, spouses and city officials attending the 52nd Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in Phila- delphia took a tour of Philadelphia Green projects. News crews from local television stations as well as national press outlets sent the word over the wire and through the com- munities that Philadelphia Green staff members are available for consulting to cities across the nation. Regularly, the Society offers ad- vice on gardening through Jane Pep- per's Sunday column in the Phila- delphia Inquirer and through Ed Lindemann's television spot of WPVI's Captain Noah Show for children. Public Inforination Gominittee James M. Nutt, Chair Robert H. Brownell Marion Laffey Fox John P. Swan Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Frances VoUmer 24 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Philadelphia Green Throughout Philadelphia's neigh- borhoods last year, the greening movement tackled vacant lots and barren streets as community groups inititated 142 new greening projects sponsored by Philadelphia Green. More than SVz acres of land were brought under cultivation as vege- table gardens, sitting gardens and lot improvement projects. Neigh- bors planted 110 street trees and more than 2,000 wane barrels, cement planters and window boxes with flowers and shrubs, lining 70 streets. These successful projects bring the total of ongoing greening efforts sponsored by the Society over the last 10 years to almost 900. 900. As part of its national outreach program Philadelphia Green staff have consulted with agencies in the development of Columbia Green (South Carolina) and the Greening of Wilmington, and similar projects in Trenton, Baltimore and Cincin- nati during the year. Green Countrie Townes, a cooperative effort between Phila- delphia Green and various com- munity groups, now total four. • West Hagert Street of North Philadelphia, completed in 1982, is an 8-block area. • Point Breeze, an 88-block neighborhood in South Phila- delphia, was dedicated in August, 1983. A lively celebra- tion took place in the Wedding Garden, complete with a gaze- bo and wrought iron fence. This spring 20 new groups in Point Breeze joined the program. • West Shore neighbors in Southwest Philadelphia are completing their greening strategy for 1985. The planting highlight in this 10-block area is the terraced hillside vege- table garden along the Schuyl- kill River crowned by a land- scaped sitting garden at the foot of Paschall Avenue. • Francisville Greene Countrie Towne in North Philadelphia along the old Fairmount Ave- nue prison includes 30 blocks of dedicated gardeners. The neighborhood already sports several community vegetable gardens and lovely private side yards on once vacant lots. In spring 300 wine barrels were planted wdth shrubs and flow- ers to kick off this two-year project. Services and Events The services and events noted below helps to maintain the green- ing momentum and further develop a city -wide gardeners' network. Almost 100 community groups parti- cipated in the annual Plant Sale and Garden Supplies Service held this spring. Christmas and winter work- shops and spring on-site sessions on perennials, pruning, and garden maintenance attracted gardeners from all over the city. Harvest Show In spite of a summer drought, 45 communitv' groups made 600 entries in the communitv' gardens competitive classes. The commun- ity gardens sweepstakes winners 25 continued Visitors join in celebrating the completion of Point Breeze Greene C^onntrie lowne. won a trip to a local garden center to select fruit trees and shrubs. Recognition Dinner Four hundred pailA-goers attend- ed the annual Recognition Dinner. Alta Felton, Dorothy Riesdorph, Florie Dotson and Edith W'agnei all receix'ed Green Thumb of the Year Awards. U.S. Congressman William Gray lauded gardeners for their significant contributions toward rebuilding their communities. The Flo\\ er Show The Philadelphia Green Ad\1sor\' Board, the City Gardens Contest Committee and staff staged "The Man\' Faces of the Cit\' Gardens Contest" at the 1984 Flower Show. Highlighting the exhibit w^re large blowTjp photographs showing the forms of gardens and the ethnic mbc of gardeners across the ciW. 26 Food and Agriculture Conference In Januaiy the Society, The Penn State University/Cooperative Exten- sion Sendee Urban Gardening Pro- gram, The University of Pennsyl- vania Department of Architecture and Girard Bank co-sponsored "The Greening of Philadelphia's Neigh- borhoods" exhibit and Conference "Food and Agriculture: A Develop- ment Path for Philadelphia. " Mayor W. Wilson Goode welcomed the 125 participants who explored the need to strengthen a regional food sys- tem and to preser\'e open space for gardening and recreational acti\1- ties. The Food and Agriculture Task Force, formed ft om the Conference with the Citv' administration's endorsement, is tackling these issues, and the Society is helping the task force dexelop policies on the management of communitA' open space. 27 continued Garden Interns 0\'er the past year, 17 men and women, aged 18 to 55, participated as interns in two series of classes. The\' were hired on a part-time basis for the training program spon- sored in part by SmithKline Beck- man Corporation. The interns, drawn fi^om the communities, help the staff in the spring and fall to set up new gardening projects. During the summer, the\' work in teams to \isit the independent greening groups, offering encouragement and resources. Green the School Grounds Program Three Philadelphia public schools that won the 1983 design At the Society's Harvest Show Joseph K. K. Poon e.\uberantl\- encourages \^sitol.^ to cane fanciful \ egetable garnishes. 28 and proposal competition com- pleted their planting projects dur- ing this school year. Students and teachers from Germantown High School, the High School for Inter- national Affairs, and Lankenau Moti- vation Center attended workshops conducted by staff and then carried out their landscaping schemes. The 1984 competition drew 10 applica- tions from local schools, and the proposals from Sharwood Elemen- tary, Gompers Elementary and Benjamin Franklin High School were selected as the best. Students and teachers from those schools attended an orientation meeting at the Society and follow-up design workshops at each school. Plant- ings have been scheduled for fall 1984. The Green the School Grounds committee, comprised of teachers from schools who have participated in the program, devised a Mainte- nance Contest for all previous win- ners as an incentive to continue their horticultural activities. A fall awards reception at the Society recognized the winning efforts of six schools. The committee also sponsored a spring workshop on plant propagation using the facili- ties at Lincoln High School's Hor- ticultural Department. Thirty enthusiastic teachers and students from eight schools attended. The committee plans to sponsor more such activities next year. Green the School Grounds Coniniittee Rhea Shils, Chair Daxdd Kipphut, Vice-Chair JoAnn Fishburn Marlene Hilkovvdtz Robert Hunter Richard Krasner Dorothy Reisdoiph City Gardens Contest Six mayoral candidates met at the Garden of Eatin' in Point Breeze to plant a Mayors' orchard in a non- partisan endorsement and kick-off to the 1983 City Gardens Contest, which attracted a record 586 entries, later judged by 390 judges. At the gala reception and the Awards Ceremony, attended by 400 in September at the Port of History Museum, contest chair Herb Clarke presented 125 awards to winners in 10 categories. Two special "Gar- dener of the Year " awards were pre- sented to Louise Werts, an 85-year- old garden organizer in North Philadelphia who has converted her once barren street into a gar- dening oasis; and to Joseph Richard- son, wheelchair-bound gardener who gardens in raised beds. A gen- erous contribution ft'om Sun Com- pany, Inc. helped to support this City Gardens Contest - First Place Winners - 1983 Philadelphia Green Community Gardens Community Vegetable Gardens Small garden Lillie Singleton, Chair Callowhill &. Robinson Sts. Mid-size garden Ruth Flounders, Chair 4310-14 Sansom St. Large garden Viola Harding, Chair 19th & Cambria Sts. Sitting Garden Geraldine Cade, Chair 2026 V\'. Glenwood Ave. Pocket Park Amanda Ferguson, Chair 2400 N. Colorado St. Greenest Block in Toai n Jolm C'astagno, Chair too block of Snx'der A\e. 29 c'ontinueci Garden Block Anna Davis, Chair 1400 S. Ringgold St. Community Vegetable Garden — 1st Year Harold Smith, Chair 1925-33 West Venango St. Induidual Gardens Individual Vegetable Large (tie) Ernest Meyer, Fox Chase Amos Rogers, Germantovvn Small William Coppens, Frankford Individual Container Garden (tie) Alma Neas Nelson, Ait Museum Area Barbara Truman, Cobbs Creek Individual Flower Garden Very Small Jerry Kohut, Ma\d^air Mid-size Helen Chatelain, Hunting Park Large (tie) Wally Kullman, Fox Chase Eugene Szymkowiak, Rhawnhurst Children's Garden Heather Logan West Hagert Penn Green Countrie Towne City Gardens Contest Committee Herb Clarke, Chair Pearl Romans, Vice-Chair Jean Bodine Florie Dotson Libby Goldstein Rodnell Griffin Evelyn Hett James LaRosa Evelyn LeVere Cecily Littleton Gloria Merritt Suzanne Russell Eugene Szymkowiak Haroldine Trower Willie Mae Bullock, E;<^-ojficio Philadelphia Green Steering Committee Willie Mae Bullock, Chair Sharon Turner, Vice-Chair Lewis Allen Jean Bodine Mary W. Brown Richard Camitta Herb Clarke John Collins Helene Duncan Barbara Erdman Ruth Flounders Rodnell Griffin Natalie Kempner Frank Kieser Da\id Kipphut Jeanne Lennon Efrain Rios Pearl Romans Maiy Lou Scanlon Rhea Shils Almina Smelley Donna Thorpe Grover Willis Yvonne H. Wynn Philadelphia Green Advisory Board Willie Mae Bullock, Chair Sharon Turner, Vice-Chair Lewis F. Allen Wilhelmina Bradshaw Mary W. Brown Marie Bryant Mary Butler Richard Camitta Jessie Carter Bob Clement James Dickerson Rena Ennis Blanche Epps Susan B. Evans Helen Feggans Lois Fernandez JoAnn Fishburn Ruth Flounders Ella Francis Rodnell Griffin Nancy Grove 30 Marlene Hilkowitz Robert Hunter Annie D. Hyman Natalie Kenipner Frank Kieser Da\id Kipphut Richard Krasner Mae Lanier Mary Lewis Dorsha Mason Vernoca L. Michael Brenda Nealy Delia Ortiz Stephan Perzan Josef Revlock Dorothy Riesdorph Efi^ain Rios Pearl Romans Rhea O. Shils Almina Smelley Donna Thorpe Haroldline Trower Ruth VVilkins Janet Williams Grover Willis Yvonne H. Wynn Cecelia Yep Window boxes, barrel and tire uin ^ai cieuh, icjntainer grown trees are all part of the Society's Philadelphia Green program. 31 PREVIEW DINNER New challenges face the Prexdew Dinner Committee each \'ear and 1984 was no exception. With Elise Carr at the helm, the committee produced a gala ex'ening for guests attending the opening dinner for the 1984 Philadelphia Flower Show Enhancing the Show's theme of "A Trip to the Orient," 2,250 guests were served oriental hors d'oeuxres during the cocktail hour while \iew- ing the beautiful exhibits. Dinner, catered b\' AK\ Senices, Inc., was sen-ed to 1,948 guests. Centeipieces of aman'llis in bamboo containers were surrounded by the soft light- ing of \'oti\'e candles. The dinner, one of Philadelphia's most popular e\'ents, pro\1des essential financial support to help the Societv' further its community' outreach acti\dties. Preview Dinner Committee Elise W. Carr, Chair W. Thacher Browoi, Vice-Chair Jill A. Ashmead Richard W. Billings Ruth M. Colket Anne S. Cunningham Man^ C. Disston Elizabeth G. Dolan Bobb_\' P. Grace Adele G. Greenfield Craig N.Johnson Charles J. Kenkelen Katharine H. King Salh' Komian Frederick W. G. Peck J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Ba\'ard H. Roberts Committee Aides Kathleen A. Putnam, Chair Mimmi W. Lo\\t\^ Vice-Chair A garland of flowers is cut to open the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pre\iew Dinner. iLeft to right' Jane G. Pepper, Rab and \Ia\'or Kirkman Findle\' (Columbia. South Carolina: and \ elma and .\Ia\or \\ . W ilson Goode of Philadelphia. 32 CONTRIBUTIOIVS Major Contributors Atlantic Richfield Foundation The Kraft; Dairy Group The William Penn Foundation The Pew Memorial Trust Company The Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. The Philadelphia Foundation SmithKline Beckman Corporation Sun Company, Inc. Corporate Membership Program During the past year, the Society has received generous contri- butions ft^om many sources includ- ing a donation of at least $500 from each of our corporate members listed below: The Anchor Packing Company Bell of Pennsylvania W. Atlee Burpee Company Campbell Soup Company CIGNA Foundation Ernst & Whinney The Fidelity Bank General Accident Group Girard Trust Foundation Hunt Manufacturing Company Foundation The Philadelphia Contributionship Philadelphia Electric Company Philadelphia Life Insurance Company Philadelphia Suburban Corporation PMA Foundation PNB Charitable Trust PSFS Charitable Trust The PQ Corporation Provident National Bank Quaker Chemical Foundation Rohm and Haas Company Rorer Group, Inc. SmithKline Beckman Corporation Wawa, Inc. Contributors Listed below are those contribu- tors whose gifts of money were in excess of $99, or whose other gifts or services were valued at $100 or more. Where couples are listed, the gift was equal to $200 or more. The Society is grateful to these and all others who have contribut- ed so generously to the Society's programs. ARA Services, Inc. AT&T Information Systems Acorn Club African Violet Society American Horticultural Society Frederick W. Anton, 3rd Aspen Farms Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Asplundh Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Auchter Mrs. A. Fleming Austin Rear Adm. &. Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward B&WW Charitable Trust Bala Cynwyd, The Garden Club of Mrs. Hebe Dick Baldvvdn Ernesta D. & Frederic L. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ballengee Mr. &. Mrs. Redwood Barker Mr. &. Mrs. C. Minor Barringer Arnold Bartschi Mr. &. Mrs. Robert L. Bast Dr. &. Mrs. James E. Bates Mr. &. Mrs. Winthrop H. Battles Mr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Beck Harry &. Susan L. Belin Mr. &. Mrs. Russell Bement, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Raul Betancourt, Jr. James Biddle Sewell C. Biggs Mr. &. Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr. Richard L. Bitner Mr. &. Mrs. Charles J. Bloom Mr. &. Mrs. James F. Bodine Ml'. &. Mrs. Ii-\\in P. Boeshore continued 33 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bogle Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Willard S. Boothby, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Richard Borden Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mr. & Mrs. John W. Boyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Boylan Mr. & Mrs. John P. Bracken Mrs. C. Barton Brewster Mrs. Henry W. Breyer Mrs. Clarence C. Brinton Mrs. John W. Brock Mr. &. Mrs. C. Stuart Brown Mr. &. Mrs. John A. Brown Mrs. Edward Browning, Jr. Mr. &■ Mrs. William C. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Ondlle H. Bullitt, Jr. Mrs. J. Gibson Mcllvain Bunting William C. Burleigh James Bush-Brown Mr. &. Mrs. Howard Butcher, 3rd Mrs. McBee Butcher Mr. &. Mrs. W. W. Keen Butcher Mr. &. Mrs. John P. Butler, 3rd Dr. &. Mrs. Harold J. Byron James Tyson Carson Mr. &. Mrs. Edward C. Carter, 2nd Mr. &. Mrs. William S. Cashel, Jr. Mrs. Edward C. Cassard Noel S. Cawley Mr. &. Mrs. Alvin M. Chanin Mr. &, Mrs. Morris Cheston, Jr. Mrs. Arthur O. Choate John Gilray Christy Theodore Clattenburg Mrs. Charles Clement Mrs. Joseph A. Clement Mrs. Elliott J. Cobb Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Cooke Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland James C. Corcoran Mr. &. Mrs. Edward W. Coslett, Jr. Dr. &. Mrs. A. Reynolds Crane Mr. &. Mrs. Alan Crawford, Jr. Albert J. Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Crouter Mrs. G. Jeremy Cummin Mrs. Graham Cummin Mrs. Pearson C. Cummin, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. C. George Currie Mr. & Mrs. Rodney D. Day, 3rd Mrs. Marie B. DeBacker Mr. &. Mrs. Bowen C. Dees Charles De Grasse Deloitte Haskins &. Sells Mr. &. Mrs. George C. Denniston Mr. & Mrs. Antelo Devereux Edith Haines Dewar Estate Mr. &. Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Jr. Margaret D. Dilks Richardson Dilworth, Jr. Frank A. D'Lauro, Jr. Carol A. Dolinskas Kenneth F. Dornbush Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Drake Mr. &. Mrs. Lawi^ence Drake Mrs. Ford B. Draper Mr. &L Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry, 4th Mrs. Andrew M. E. Dunlap Diane Dunning Elizabeth H. du Pont Mr. &, Mrs. Hubert P. Earle Mrs. Ralph Earle Eastern Orchid Congress Mrs. Joseph L. Eastwick Mr. &, Mrs. Theodore E. Eckfeldt John W. Eckman Helen Carnell Eden Alvin M. Ehret Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Elder Mr. &. Mrs. Archibald C. Elias, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Addison S. Ellis Mr. &. Mrs. Robert L. Emlen Mr. & Mrs. Woodruff J. Emlen Dr. & Mrs. William J. Erdman, 2nd Charles A. Ernst, 3rd J. L. Everett Donald K. Farquhar Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Fehr Mr. & Mrs. A. Carter Fergusson Graham &. Katharine Finnev 34 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Fish Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fisher, Jr. Janet Flemer Four Counties Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Fox Mr. & Mrs. Armin C. Frank, Jr. Franklin Mint Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William H. Frederick, Jr. Stanley R. Freilich Friends Hospital Garden Club Mrs. Maurice W. Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gale William Kent Gano, Jr. Gardens for All, Inc. Dr. &. Mrs. Ralph T. Geer Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill Mrs. Emile C. Geyelin Mr. &. Mrs. Henry P. Glendinning, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Herbert W. Goodall, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Thorpe V. D. Goodfellow Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Grace Mr. &. Mrs. Frederick P. Greiner Mr. &, Mrs. Jay Gress, 2nd Mrs. Hariy C. Groome, Jr. Dona Guimaraes James J. Gupko Dr. & Mrs. F. Otto Haas John and Chara Haas Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton Katherine Lea Hancock Mrs. G. P. Harnwell Mr. &, Mrs. Montgomery Harris Mr. &. Mrs. Richard P. Hauser Mr. &, Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Hayward, 3rd Mr. &. Mrs. Richard E. Heckert Mr. & Mrs. J. Welles Henderson Mr. &. Mrs. John G. Hendrickson Mr. &. Mrs. H. Ober Hess Mr. &. Mrs. Robert M. Hewes, 3rd Mr. &, Mrs. W. Charles Hogg Mr. &. Mrs. Joseph S. Holman Mr. &. Mrs. A. Scott Holmes Elizabeth H. Hooper Foundation Mrs. Woodward Horan Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Howe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Howse Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. H. K. Hunnicutt Mr. &, Mrs. Morrison C. Huston Mr. &. Mrs. Thomas M. Hyndman, Jr. IBM Ikebana International, Philadelphia Chapter Mr. &, Mrs. James W. Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Horace C. Jones, 2nd Morgan R. Jones Bryce Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Karee Jane Keator Mr. & Mrs. John B. Kelly, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Paul E. Kelly Mr. &. Mrs. Charles J. Kenkelen Barbara Kent Kent-Lucas Foundation Patricia Kind Peter J. M.King Mr. &. Mrs. Louis Klein Mrs. Philip Klein Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Knetzger, Jr. Dr. &. Mrs. F. Peter Kohler Mr. &. Mrs. C. William Kontes Mr. &. Mrs. Berton E. Korman Virginia M. Kricun Charles S. Krumrine Dr. &. Mrs. G. Cla\4on Kyle Mrs. Austin Lamont Robert C. Landsiedel Victor J. Lang, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Langfitt Mrs. H. Vernon Lapp Mrs. W. Mifflin Large Mrs. Rodney M. Lax'ton Mr. &. Mrs. William E. Learnard Mr. &, Mrs. Fairfax Leary, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeriy D. Lee Mrs. P. Blair Lee Dr. &. Mrs. Charles C. Leighton continued 35 Mr. &. Mrs. Robert Leininger George B. Lemmon Dr. &. Mrs. William M. Lemmon Drew &L MarilvTi Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Lewis Mrs. E. Yerger Leydon Dr. &. Mrs. Paul M.Lin John Robert Lindsa\' Mr. & iVIrs. John Lisle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Littleton Mr. &. Mrs. William G. Littleton, 2nd The Loxett Foundation Mrs. Edward S. Low er Mr. & Mrs. William C. MacDowell Mr. & Mrs. Wistar H. MacLaren Mr. &, Mrs. Robert Biuce Macrae Mrs. Edward S. Madara Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira Main Hurdman John Maine Mariner Foundation Mr. &. Mrs. .Alfred S. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. McCahan Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. McClatchv, Jr. Gwynne G. McDe\itt Mr. &. Mrs. F. Joseph McDonald Sheila &. Paul P. McFarland Elizabeth McLean x\Ir. &. Mrs. Robert E. McQuiston Mr. &. Mrs. E\'eritt L. Miller Mrs. John C. Miller Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Jr. Evelyn G. Monte Mrs. Knowlton-Dodd Montgomery Moorestown Garden Club Helen &. Walter L. Morgan Morris Arboretum Mrs. C. Kendrick Muckle Emily H. Mudd Dr. &, Mrs. Hunter S. Neal Mr. &. Mrs. Harry R. Neilson, Jr. Mrs. John J. Nesbitt New Hope Mule Barge Company Mr. & Mrs. A. \'an Sant\'oord Olcott Mrs. Joseph X. Olmsted Mr. &. Mrs. Bertram L. O'Xeill Mr. &. Mrs. Ra\Tnond B. Osborne PX Imaging Kerr\' T. Pacifico Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Page Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pariy Mr. &. Mrs. Eric G. Pearson Mr. &. Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. G. Willing & Jane G. Pepper Mr. &. Mrs. LeRoy E. Perper C. Richard Peterson Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America Philadelphia Societ\' for Promoting Agriculture Mr. &, Mrs. Frank H. Phipps Lawrence L. Plummer Prudential Life Insurance Company Paul & Joan Putney Dr. & Mrs. Peter Randall Mrs. Da\is S. Randolph Mr. &. Mrs. E\'an Randolph Mrs. J. Pancoast Reath Mrs. Paul C. Rebmann Mrs. Walter Rebmann Col. &. Mrs. Henrv' H. Reichner, Jr. Dr. &. Mrs. John J. Reinhard Mr. & Mrs. F. Markoe Rixinus Mr. & Mrs. Bayard H. Roberts Mrs. Brent W. Roehrs Mr. &. Mrs. Edward C. Rorer Rosade Bonsai Studio Rose Valley' Nurseries Dr. & Mrs. Charles O. Rose Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Arthur Rosenlund Mrs. L. J. Rosenwald Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Paul Rubincam, Jr. Mr. &, Mrs. Robert S. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders Mrs. Henry L. Savage Mrs. Harold D. Saylor Landon L. Scarlett Maude de Schauensee Mr. & Mrs. William Cramp Scheetz, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Herbert Schiffer 36 Mr. &. Mrs. M. Yetter Schoch Mr. &. Mrs. H. S. Schutt, Jr. Florence J. Scott Mr. &. Mrs. Robert D. Scott Mr. &. Mrs. Orvel Sebring Harold &. Eileen Shaub Mrs. William D. Sherrerd, Jr. Virginia F. Shryock Labron K. Shuman Mr. &, Mrs. Robert J. Siebert SignPrinters, Inc. Mr. &. Mrs. Charles T. Smith Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Harry G. Smith Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Mrs. Rayburn Clark Smith, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Richard L. Smith Vincent Smith-Durham Sonat Foundation Boyd L. Spahr, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. John Febiger Spahr Walter A. Spiro Mrs. F. Palin Spruance Mr. &, Mrs. Edward C. Stainton Mr. &. Mrs. Edward Starr, 3rd Vice Admiral &. Mrs. George P. Steele Mr. &. Mrs. Henry B. Stewart Charlotte C. Stokes Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes George V. Strong, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud Mr. &Mrs.LeeStull Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Swenson, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Edward F. Swenson, 3rd Mr. &. Mrs. James M. Talbot, 2nd Harold H. Terwilliger Mrs. John Hoover Thacher Mr. &. Mrs. John Hoover Thacher, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. John B. Thayer Mrs. Karl Thieme Joshua C. Thompson Mrs. R. Ellison Thompson Mr. &. Mrs. Robert Prescott Thompson Mr. &. Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Townsend Turner Construction Company Dr. &. Mrs. Lewis B. Udis Mr. &. Mrs. Francis L. \'an Dusen Mr. &, Mrs. G. Clay Von Seldeneck WCAU-TV Mr. &. Mrs. John H. Wagner, 3rd Mr. &. Mrs. James H. Walker Ray S.Walker Mr. &. Mrs. Frank R. Wallace Rear Admiral & Mrs. R. R. Waller Mrs. Clarence A. Warden, Jr. Warwick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Randolph H. Waterfield, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Heniy M. Watts, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. St. John Webb, 3rd Dr. & Mrs. John C. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Weiss Mr. &. Mrs. Harold C. Wessel Dr. &. Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Carroll R. Wetzel Mr. &. Mrs. J. Bruce Whelihan Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. White Mr. &. Mrs. William White Ezra B. Whitman, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Ralph R. Widner Louise P. Wilde Mr. &. Mrs. L.L.Wilson Mr. &, Mrs. Curtin Winsor Mrs. L. Caspar Wister Mr. &, Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr. Elizabeth G. Woodward Harriet E. Woodward John M. Woznisky Mr. &. Mrs. Bruce R. Wright Mrs. John Wright, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Robert H. Young Dr. &. Mrs. L. Wilbur Zimmerman Zoological Societx' of Philadelphia continued 37 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Harold C.Wessel, Chair Charles Kenkelen Elizabeth Lippincott Anne B. Putnam Robert S. Ryan VVe are pleased to report the Society^ experienced another successful year. As in past years, our revenues exceeded our expenditures, although not to the degree of the prioryear. Revenues and expenditures are set forth in the statement of our Operating Fund Income set forth below^. The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1984, presented by the Society's auditors. Main Hurdman, was reviewed and accepted. Excerpts shown below are included in the complete report available for inspection at the Societv's office. During theyear, the committee met periodically with a representative of the Mellon Bank, the Societ\''s investment ad\dsor, and manager of our \'arious inxestment portfolios including the Elizabeth Shaffer Trust. Income from these portfolios exceeded comparable income of the prior year. The committee also reviewed the investment portfolio of the Society's Pension Plan with representatives from the Philadelphia National Bank. A transfer of $75,000 from the Operating Account to the Investment Advisorv' Account was recommended and accepted bv' Council in June, 1984. THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCES Years Ended June 30; 1984 and 1983 Operating Fund Endowment Funds Undesignated Designated Unrestricted Restricted Total Balance, June 30, 1982 5382,451 $100,000 51,054,829 535,353 51,572.633 Excess of operating fund re\'enue o\er expenses 369,066 369,066 Gain on sale ofin\estments 20,143 20,143 Life membership dues 1,000 1,000 Interfund transfers (250,0001 501,517 250,000 1,325,972 Balance, June 30, 1983 100,000 35,353 1,962,842 Excess of operating fund revenue o\er expenses 124,954 124,954 Loss on sale of imestments (6061 1606 Interfund transfers: Council authorized (75,0001 75,000 Other 1,000 $552,471 116,4651 51,383,901 15,465 550,818 Balance, June 30, 1984 5100,000 52,087,190 38 STATEMENT OF OPERATING FUND INCOME Years Ended June 30; 1984 and 1983 1984 1983 Operating revenue: Membership dues Designated contributions Flower Show Preview dinner Fees and sales Membership and other activities Grant income Operating expenses: Salaries Other employee expenses Building maintenance and utilities Depreciation and amortization Administrative supplies and expense Less allocation of overhead to Flower Show Philadelphia Green Other community service projects Publications Flower Show, including allocation of overhead Preview Dinner Library and educational programs Membership and other activities Special projects Income (loss) from operations IVon-operating revenue: Invested funds and savings accounts Schaffer Trust Unrestricted contributions Excess of revenue over expenses $ 185,764 $ 165,844 25,815 27,450 1,387,641 1,389,859 282,376 265,725 41,205 43,007 105,423 26,783 120,125 125,000 2,148,349 2,043,668 313,131 295,743 81,113 76,630 33,289 38,189 14,535 11,221 78,962 77,597 521,030 499,380 (246,000) (230,000 275,030 269,380 263,153 191,065 35,885 17,665 136,086 113,494 1,179,945 997,756 110,824 100,944 20,058 19,450 162,070 111,778 36,614 29,691 2,219,665 1,851,223 (71,316) 192,445 150,892 126,586 27,944 24,744 17,434 25,291 196,270 176,621 S 124,954 $ 369,066 39 STAFF Jane G. Pepper Executive Director Flower Show Manager Charlotte L. Archer Membership/Activities Coordinator*' Alexandra Basinski District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Director, Philadelphia Green Jean By all* City Gardens Contest Coordinator Jean Byrne Director of Publications Clarence Coles Custodian Ida Council* Clerk, Philadelphia Green Linda Davis Membership Secretary Peggy Devine Library Assistant George Fernandez Garden Assistant, Philadelphia Green Denise Flores Administrative Assistant, Philadelphia Green Lillian Greenberg* Library Book Repairer Betsy Gullan Membership/Activities Coordinator William F. Herbert Accountant Joseph Kerwin Assistant Horticulturist Flower Show Floor Manager Carol Lindemann* Flower Show Secretary Ed Lindemann Horticulturist, Show Designer Margaret McCarvill* Ticket Sales "*assumed part-time position, Jan. 1, 1984 Elizabeth McGill Secretaiy, Philadelphia Green Audrey Manley Editorial Secretary Lance Mason Field Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Marjorie Meer Flower Show Secretary Jeff Myers Garden Assistant, Philadelphia Green Sandra Myers* Library Cataloger Marie Rodia Receptionist Harold Rosner District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Patricia Schrieber Landscape Designer/Educational Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Celia A. Segal Administrative Assistant Andrew Sonier* Secretary Lisa Stephano Public Information Coordinator Clara Troilo* Receptionist Anne Vallery District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Jeannine Vannais* Garden Assistant, Philadelphia Green Ellen P. Wheeler* Preview Dinner Coordinator Mary Williams Housekeeper Mary Lou Wolfe Librarian Paul Wolfinger '^^e library stafi ^ , . . takes a step up Programs Admrnistrator, ^^ ^^e new high Philadelphia Green rise shelving. ► *part-time 40 1 %^P^M^''^:i- ^ Painting pumplcins and face painting absorb children at the Harvest Show's Children's Activity Tent. ^^-.^:~ft' ,/>^: ^i'i,^^. '■-JMJ^^ YEARBOOK'85 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society t'lC ,. ,■ ' ..^J...M YEARBOOK July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1985 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Independence National Historical Park 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 (215) 625-8250 The purposes of the Pennsylvania Hor- ticuhural Society are: to collect and disseminate information about horti- culture; to inspire a taste for horticul- tural knowledge; and to make that knowledge available to as many people as possible. CONTENTS Council and Officers 2 Chair's Report 4 President's Report 5 Membership 6 Library 10 Publications 12 Awards 14 Public Information 17 Shows 18 Preview Dinner 24 Community Activities 25 Headquarters Exhibits 32 The Gardens at PHS 33 Contributions 34 Report of the Finance Committee . 38 Staff 40 Photographic Credits Ira Beckoff, Edmund B. Gilchrist Jr., John Gouker, David Graham, Ron Williams, Maiy Lou Wolfe Front cover: Old Bridge Garden, the J. Franklin Styer Nurseries exhibit at the 1985 Philadelphia Flower Show, photo by Adam B. Laipson Back cover: photo by John Gouker M Two-year-old Bowman Wheeler and his father Sam seem to be considering how many pies Mighty Pumpkin will yield. (1984 Hanest Showl OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OFFICERS Robert S. Ryan Chair J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Vice -chair Anne B. Putman Vice-chair Elizabeth H. Lippincott Treasurer Richard W. Lighty Secretary Jane G. Pepper President COUNCIL Kathryn S. Andersen Martha Barron Rubye Beckett Raul Betancourt Richard J. Both Margaret P. Bowditch J. Richard Boylan Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Robert J. Butera Herb Clarke Paul A. Dandridge Mary C. Disston Donald L. Felley Mona D. Gold Adele G. Greenfield Louise H. Harrity Barbara K. Heckert Maiy Hyndman Russell O. Jones Natalie Kempner William D. MacDowell Ann Marlar James M. Nutt, Jr. Sally Reath Susan D. Stauffer John P. Swan Sharon Turner Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward Sandra C. Ward Harold C. Wessel L. Wilbur Zimmerman EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Robert S. Ryan^ Chair Donald L. Felley Adele G. Greenfield Maiy Hyndman Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Harold C. Wessel NOMINATING COMMITTEE Anne B. Putnam, Chair Barbara Heckert Mary Hyndman Russell O. Jones Elizabeth H. Lippincott William D. MacDowell Henry H. Reichner, Jr. Susan D. Stauffer Jane Ward SALARY & COMPENSATION COMMITTEE Russell O. Jones, Chair Elizabeth H. Lippincott Ralph R. Walker Harold C. Wessel Patricia L. Wilson J. Blaine Bonham Jean Byrne The Chair of the Council and the President serve e}c-officio on all committees. Council members J. Liddon Pennock Jr. and Mary Hwdman caucus before a meeting. CHAIR'S REPORT The past year was one of prog- ress for The Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society. A large number of actixdties and events were offered to PHS members and the commun- ity. The Philadelphia Flower Show and the Preview Dinner were out- standing successes under the leadership of Mary Hyndman and Thacher Brown, and Philadelphia Green, a beneficiary of these events^ continues to expand its programs wdthin the City. We owe a vote of thanks to all who have worked so hard on PHS's behalf and espe- cially to the outgoing chair, Henry Reichner, whose leadership during the past few years has nurtured steady progress. The Flower Show highlights the sources of the Society's strengths. The Show could not exist in its present form if the Society followed a pyramidal structure, with all direc- tion coming from the top. Instead, it is the result of a blend of the efforts of a devoted staff, of skilled commercial growers, and of thou- sands of dedicated volunteers who grow^ plants, run or serve on the many committees, and provide the necessary support at the Show itseff. All of this activity must be planned, organized and coordi- nated, but it succeeds only because so many different individuals are personally committed to achieve the final result: a Flow^er Show that is a credit to Philadelphia and to the Society. The key to the future success of your Society will be its ability to maintain this special blend of enthusiasm and talents. As Henry Reichner noted in last year's report, PHS is reevaluating its purposes and operations. The long-range plan adopted in 1984 is being implemented wdth the devel- opment of shorter- range plans. This planning serves to review the Soci- ety's operations, to ensure that we are doing the right things in the right way and to identify new areas of activity for PHS . The experience of the last 25 years show^s that the willingness to venture into new^ fields strengthens the Society, ff each activity is carefully selected, well managed and serves a real need. The planning process of the next year should result in ideas that will permit the Society to con- tinue along this course. Finally, it is appropriate to note that January saw Jane Pepper's w^ell-eamed promotion to the post of president. This represents the last step in the transition from the tenure of Emesta Ballard, who gave the Society such superb leadership for so many years, aided by a num- ber of skilled chairpersons. Robert S.Ryan o Chair PRESIDENT'S REPORT It would be easy to assume^ despite all the activity, that nothing changes much from one year to the next at the Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society, with ongoing efforts such as three shows, six issues of Green Scene, 11 issues of the News, an appropriate number of member- ship activities, calls on the Hotline, awards given, books borrow^ed from the library and a blossoming of community outreach programs. In reality, one year at PHS never mir- rors another. This year the Flower Show pre- sented us with the opportunity to exchange concepts and dreams with our colleagues in the British gardening fraternity. And as part of our renewed rental agreement with the City, we undertook to plant and maintain the green areas around the Philadelphia Civic Center where we hold the Show. In the publications department we made changes in printers and designers that brought in new talents with fresh ideas and challenges. And in the community outreach depart- ment, Philadelphia Green staff members carried out a thorough evaluation of their program to ensure its continuing relevance to the Society's goals and to Philadel- phia's residents. There were firsts this year too, such as the perennials conference we co-sponsored last October with the Cooperative Extension Service, The Pennsylvania State University, The Pennsylvania Nurserymen's Association, and the Scott Horticul- tural Foundation at Swarthmore College. The Society also played a lead role in June in welcoming 300 members of the American Associa- tion of Botanical Gardens and Arbo- reta to the Delaware Valley. In all departments, staff, commit- tee and Society members partici- pated in the evolution of our long- range plan. At this stage, wdth a plan part-way to completion, it's possi- ble to enjoy the luxury of reflection and evaluation, and to savor the commitment of all parties for their Society. It's a precious entity, with a distinguished past and great hopes for the future. I greatly appreciate the support of the Council, of our superb staff and of course, of our members, who make everything possible. Your involvement this year has been essential to our success and we look forward to your participation in the year ahead. Jane G. Pepper President MEMBERSHIP Senice with a smile from PHS \'olunteer Herb Clarke. Flower Shovv\ice chair Clarke greets guests at the Show's Awards luncheon. New Life Members Susan H. Horsey Robert L. McNeil, Jr. J. Folsom Paul This was a banneryear for mem- bership with 7,468 members as of June 1985. During the year 1,618 new members joined PHS; 309 of whom signed up at the Flower Show. We held an open house in June to welcome new^ members and to thank Flower Show membership booth volunteers. Our first direct-mail campaign, launched in the fall, attracted 570 new members. We are very grateful to other local non-profit organiza- tions, to nurseries and landscape contractors, and to those garden clubs who supplied names for the campaign and to Art Kaplan, pro- motion manager, Philadelphia Inquirer, who helped put the cam- paign together. Art donated his time and expertise through Busi- ness Volunteers for the Arts. Among the numerous registra- tion events planned for PHS mem- bers, many programs on herbs were scheduled as part of our "Celebra- tion of Herbs. " We thank the Phila- dephia Unit of the Herb Society of America for their help in planning and co-sponsoring these events. Each year vv^e are overwhelmed by the generosity and hospitality of gardeners at home and abroad who open their gardens for the enjoy- ment of our members. Our Spring Garden Visits, one of our most popu- lar eventS; featured a variety of gar- dens from large estates to extraordi- nary small gardens in April, May, and June. Far from home, PHS mem- bers enjoyed four days of private garden visits in Maine in August. In May, our members spent 14 days exploring gardens in Italy as another PHS group headed north to enjoy New England gardens for four days. The Members Committee assumes an active role in PHS activities and welcomes suggestions for classes, w^orkshops, field trips, and special events. Members Committee Mary Disston, Chair Rubye Beckett Fran Borie Margaret P. Bow^ditch D. J. Brosius Carter Dorrance Louise Harrity Mary Hopkins Sylvia Lin Harriett S. Richards Alan P. Slack Special Events Annual Plant Give -Away Holiday Open House and Candlelight Stroll Junior Show 156th Annual Meeting Members Preview - Harvest Show Members Preview - Philadelphia Flower Show New Members Open House Field Trips Arboretum of the Barnes Founda- tion (Spring and Fall) John Bartram's Garden A Day in Sw^arthmore Duke Gardens and Princeton Art Museum GeorgetowTi Garden Tour National Herb Garden, White House, Washington, DC N J. Pine Barrens Winterthur, Longwood and Brandywine - Holiday Decorations Workshops, Glasses, Lectures The American Woman's Garden Ellen Samuels Animal Topiary Betsy Nutt Basic Bonsai Dorothy S. Young Basketry Workshops Susan Schnur Begonias Mildred Thompson Chelsea Physic Garden, Past and Present Allen P. Patterson Classical Gardens — Their Influence on Great Gardens of the World Mary Hopkins Container Gardening Margaret P. Bowditch Contemporary Flower Arranging (3 sessions) Bernice Makin Discovering Perennials for Informal Gardens Charies O. Cresson English Trough Construction Alan Slack Fairmount Park and Its Master Plan Ernesta D. Ballard Flower Arranging for Enjoyment (2 sessions) Kate Swope continued Students from the Walter Biddle High School of Agricultural Science race against the clock to set up Junior Show exhibits before opening. Forcing Bulbs Ed Lindemann The Garden of Chinese Scholars Edwin Morris Gardens of die Scottish National Trust William Cuthbert Garden Tapestry: Espalier at Chanticleer Howard Holden Green Scene Writing Course Jean Byrne Elaine Rose Green Wreath Workshops Peggy Devine Joe Kerwin Harvesting Herbs Holly Shimizu Herbs — Legends and History Bertha P. Reppert House Plants from Cuttings Joanne C. Marano Margaret P. Bowditch Ikebana Workshops Bemice Makin Mary Witkowski Helen Flaig In Defense of Annuals Viola Anders The Lavish Radish Perri Dash Members Evening at Meadowbrook Farm Mr. & Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. The National Herb Garden Holly Shimizu Off the Garden Path - History of English Gardens Elizabeth P. McLean Orchids John Leonard Planning a Perennial Garden (3 sessions) Jane Lennon Plant Clinic Ed Lindemann Joe Kerwin Photography Seminar Dick Keen Potpourri Rosella Mathieu Pruning Demonstration in Fairmount Park Azalea Garden Patricia Schrieber Joe Kerwin Redesigning for Low Maintenance Patricia Schrieber Paul Wolfinger The Romance of Italian Gardens Mary Hopkins Seed Propagation Roxie Gevjan Shakespeare and His Garden Mary Carmel Sullivan Small Fruits for the Home Gardener Tom Darlington John Gyer Year-Round Vegetable Gardening Nancy Greenwood Jane Pepper Garden Visits Italian Gardens American Academy Boboli Gardens Castel Bellos Gucirdo Gardens of Ninfa Isola Bella II Pizzo Sir Peter & Lady Smithers' Garden (Vico MorcotC; Switzeriand) Vatican Gardens Villa Adriana Villa Aldobrandini Villa d'Este Villa Famese Villa Favorita (Switzeriand) Villa Gamberaia Villa Garzoni Villa Giulia Villa I Collozzi Villa I Tatti Villa Lante Villa Madama Villa Mansi Villa Pietra V^illa Taranto Villa Taverna Maine Gardens Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Auchincloss Mrs. W. Vincent Astor Mr. & Mrs. J. Hampton Barnes Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Frazier Mrs. Thomas S. Gates Mrs. Polk Guest Mrs. E. Kenneth Jenkins Mrs. Henry Parish Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden Mr. & Mrs. David Scull Mrs. Amory Thomdike Thuja Gardens Wild Gardens of Acadia New England Gardens Arnold Arboretum Mr. Geoffrey Chariesvuorth, Mr. Norman Singer Mr. Edward Childs Mr. & Mrs. H. Lincoln Foster Garden in the Woods Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Admiral & Mrs. Harry Hull Long Hill Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Parrot Mr. & Mrs. Frederick McGourty, Jr. Organizations Meeting at PHS During the Year John Bartram Association English Speaking Union, Junior Committee Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Keystone Chapter of African Violet Society Middle Atlantic Regional Lily Group National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture Pan African Studies Pennsylvania Bonsai Society Philadelphia Indoor Light Gardening Society of America Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture University of Pennsylvania; College of General Studies, Special Programs Weeders Garden Club World Affairs Council Forum 3 LIBRARY The Library continues to serve the horticultural community in a number of ways. Members bor- rowed 1,986 books in person and 514 by mail. The American Rock Garden Society and American Bon- sai Society together borrowed 420 books through their lending agree- ments with our Library. Garden clubs and individuals rented 112 slide programs and researchers used 72 books from the Pennsyl- vania and Special collections. Three hundred and eighteen new books were added this year to the collec- tion. Library visitors now have ready access to some 400 current seed and nursery catalogs thanks to the organizing skills of volunteer Nat Nelson, while the old catalog collection is kept accessible by Frances B. Gibson's generous dona- tion of her time and talents. Horticultural Hotline Nineteen expert gardeners answered the 922-8043 phone num- ber 2,051 times this year. They vol- unteer a morning each month to this service. Between 9:30 and 12:00 Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, these volunteers tackle questions ranging from "I put may- onnaise on my jade tree leaves : why are they dropping?" to "When is it legal to water my lawn?" To see another side of the horticultural world Hotline volunteers enjoyed an October outing in New Jersey watching the Darlington cranberry harvest in New Lisbon and visiting the Tak Moriuchi family's orchards in Morrisville. In June a trip to the Poconos gave Hotliners a look at a new Nature Conservancy holding. the Tannersville Bog £ind an intro- duction to stream ecology at McMichael's creek. Hotline Volunteers Richard J. Both Kathie Buchanan Jane J. Carter George R. Clark Alice M. Doering Martha Fisher Elinor Goff Harriett B. Green Nancy Greenw^ood Tam Hartell Erich Meitzner Nathalie Nelson Dot Plyler Jen Porter Martha Roberts Alan P. Slack Irene Slater Ana D. Thompson L. Wilbur Zimmerman The alternate year book and print sale held on September 14 brought in $3,479. Friends of the Library enjoyed an evening wdth Ellen Samuels, co- author with Rosemary Verey of The American Woman's Garden. Con- tributions from 133 donors totalled $4,326 and are funding restoration projects and special purchases. Among these are Poor Will's Alma- nac for the year of our Lord, 1787, Philadelphia; and Samuel Steams, The American Herbal, Boston, Thomas & Thomas, 1801. Gifts Elizabeth Farley gave to the Pennsylvania Collection Samuel R. Gummere's Introductory observa- 10 tions and definitions in Botany, Phila- delphia; Kimber & Sharpless, 1829 and Coultas, Principles of Botany, Philadelphia, King & Baird, 1854. PHS membership records from the 1880's found during the demolition of the McCrae house were saved by the National Park Service and given to the Library. The families of Mrs. Sidney Keith and Lois W. Paul have given us choice books from these members' libraries. Major gifts of books or services Charles D. Allen Charlotte and Raul Betancourt Keriin Grant Dorothy P. Keith Kitty Lapp Sarah Madeira Elizabeth P. McLean McFariand Landscape Services, Inc. Lois W. Paul * Elisabeth Robertson Ann Nev^^lin Thompson 'deceased Library Committee Raul Betancourt Joan Z. Brinton George R. Clark Elizabeth Farley George M. Harding Kitty Lapp Elizabeth P. McLean Sandra K. Myers Carol R. Palmer Elisabeth Robertson Elizabeth C. Walker Dorothy S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman Hotline volunteers learn about stream ecolog\' and acid rain on an outing to the Pohoqualine Fishing Club in the Pocono Mountains. 11 PUBLICATIOIVS Green Scene: Part of the pleas- ure of publishing a regional maga- zine is that we can watch our gar- dening neighbors develop, both as gardeners and writers. Many of our favorite writers continued to appear in Green Scene, and some excellent new ones joined us this year. We published 63 stories in the past year. One of our winters, Jeff Ball, pub- lished a book on vegetable garden- ing this year and will be teaming up with another Green Scene author, Charles Cresson, to do a book on flow^er gardening. Jane Lennon, a PHS lecturer and author, is also working on a book about country life for children. Soon to be pub- lished gardener Tam Kartell found her way to Green Scene via the Sun- day New York Times gardening sec- tion as a first time writer, and Green Scene writer Erica Glasener con- versely found her w^ay to the Sunday New York Times gardening section. Our greatest pride is that these people are gardeners first and writ- ers second, and it is for their gar- dening skill and knowledge that they are primarily acknovv^ledged. For the second year the Society ran a workshop for people inter- ested in writing for Green Scene. We're proud of our alumni; several have written for Green Scene, one for a national new^spaper and one is ^A^orking on a book. The staff has been working on the 13-year- index of stories and authors for distribution to interested mem- bers and libraries. With much regret on our part, Judson Press, an arm of the Amer- ican Baptist Convention, closed its doors this year. They've printed Green Scene since its first issue in 1972; Havertown Printing now prints Green Scene. During the year we w^ere happy to welcome to our group subscrib- ers the 140 principal donors to Reeves Reed Arboretum (of the City of Summit, NJ). By the end of our fiscal year, PHS, through other hor- ticultural organizations, listed 2,167 subscribers, which brings our total distribution to more than 11,000 copies. Flower Show Program: The pro- gram sellers ran out of this year's elegant, eye-catching programs the day before the Show ended. Our disappointed customers' cries of dismay have ensured a more opti- mistic press run next year. The handsome new ads, several in color, as vuell as the increased edi- torial color coverage, enable us to turn out a more sophisticated prod- uct than in the past. The Yearbook: This 44-page document tells only a small part of the stoiy of our energetic, generous members and their activities. The Yearbook remains our record for posterity; it tells our contributors, individual and corporate, where their money goes; it says thank you to members for all their gifts of time, wisdom, energy, plants cind vv^hat- ever else they've given. And finally, the Yearbook tells the world who the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is and what we do. 12 PHS News; Whether reporting on the search for a repellent for the devastating elm bark beetle or a workshop on basket weaving^ the Society through its newsletter reaches out to the membership to encourage participation in the lively happenings at PHS. Committee Adele G. Greenfield, Chair Judy Foley, Vice Chair Kathiyn S. Andersen Darrel Apps Anne S. Cunningham Charles W. Heuser Natalie Kempner James J. McKeehen L. Wilbur Zimmerman You wouldn't know from their serious expressions at the Januan' exhibitors' meeting that \anc\' and Bill Giangiulio and Leroy LaBold were planning extravagantly light-hearted exhibits for the 1985 Philadelphia Flower Show. 13 AWARDS The Awards Committee, given the challenge each year of finding those individuals u^ho rank among the very best in horticulture, lost a close friend w^hen Committee member Lois W. Paul died in Febru- ary. Lois chaired the major awards subcommittee, w^hich this year chose the following recipients for PHS's most distinguished awards. Major Awards 1984 Distinguished Achievement Medal - Polly Hill 1984 Certificates of Merit - F. M. Mooherry Mildred and Edward Thompson 1985 Junior Horticulturist Award — Cheryl D. Phillips, W. B. Saul High School J. Franklin Styer A^vard of Garden Merit The e valuators awarded the follow- ing entries Certificates of Prelimi- nary Commendation, which allows the introducer to enter the plant for judging on its exceptional garden merit. Clematis hybrid Gabrielle Clematis hybrid Starfish I tea virginica Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase' Styer Award Committee Richard W. Lighty, Chair Paul W. Meyer Evaluators Barrel Apps Jared Berd James E. Cross Tom Dilatush William H. Frederick, Jr. William Heyser Steve Hutton Philip Normandy Sally Reath Bradshaw Snipes J. Franklin Styer Charles Zafonte Judith Zuk Flower Show Awards 1985 Philadelphia Flower Show The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Show Award for the Best in Show in the following categories: Commercial Aesthetic - Rose Valley Nurseries Display - Waldor Orchids Education - Philadelphia Electric Company IVon-Profit Display - Zoological Society of Philadelphia Education - Penn State Univer- sity Extension Service The Wilkinson Sword Aivard for the commercial exhibit that best exemplifies the horticultural tradi- tions of Great Britain preserved by American gardeners, using a dis- play incorporating plants and acces- sories: Gale Nurseries of Gwynedd, Pa. The Grand Sweepstakes Award for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Show: Rosemarie Vassalluzzo The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Trophy for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Sylvia Lin 14 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweep- stakes Award for the individual runner-up in the Horticultural Classes: Pamela Copeland The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Arranging Sweep- stakes Trophy for the individual ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Lucie Steele Margah Flood Memorial Trophy for the horticultural organization ac- cumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Old York Road Garden Club The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Artistic Sw^eepstakes Trophy for the horticultural organ- ization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrange- ment Classes: Huntingdon Valley Garden Club The Margaret Buckley Zantzinger ATvardforthe garden club accumu- lating the greatest number of points in all competitive sections of the Show: Old York Road Garden Club 1984 Harvest Show Avi^ards The Pennsjivania Horticultural Society Certificate of Excellence for a major exhibit: Bartram's Garden and Friends Hospital The Award of Horticultural Excellence: Elise Payne PHS Gardeners S^veepstakes Aw^ard to the individual winning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the horticultural section of the show: William D. Coppens PHS Community Garden Sw^eep- stakes Trophy to the community garden winning the greatest num- ber of blue ribbons in the show: 4300-4310 Sansom Street PHS Club Sweepstakes Trophy to the horticultural organization wan- ning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the show: The Seedlings ofKennett Square PHS Aw^ards F*resented Elsewhere: The Flower Show Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- ety to the Amateur Horticulture Section at the New England Garden and Flower Show^ The Gold Medal Certificate of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- ety to Kathryn Andersen for the Best Collection of Five Daffodils Regis- tered Since 1980 in the 1985 Amer- ican Daffodil Society National Show; and to Dr. Wallace Windus for the Best Stem of a Windus Lily in the 1985 American Lily Society's International Show. Awards Committee Sandra C. Ward; Chair Kathryn S. Andersen Martha B. Barron Cecily G. Clark Tina Colehovv^er Barbara K. Heckert Russell O. Jones Richard W. Lighty Lois W. Paul* J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Sally Reath Jean Schumacher 'deceased 15 s^*» i^"=w'' :i/'^ '^^i .: ''JiJ- -4 '/* Wr'^^>^ fce"', "i^f ^^-_ :0 1 vf( «ff/^ ^f!i^ V^t^ :4^ 2S&:^ >iji*- -^t.. ^4 M^ PUBLIC IIVFORMATION Before the 1984 vice-presidential debates were held at the Philadel- phia Civic Center; crew^s and report- ers were on the scene to capture the re-landscaping of the area surround- ing this highly visible City building. PHS became involved after noticing the gradual decline in the mainte- nance of the trees and shrubs bor- dering the Civic Center and entered into an agreement with the City to plant and maintain the area. A Touch of Britain brought inter- national attention to this year's Flower Show as writers from the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and The Times of London got word that Philadelphia's Show had a British theme. National coverage provided an impressive collection of clips from the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald; magazine articles appeared in Town & Country, Connoisseur and MD, and ABC's Good Morning America and CBS Morning New^s carried stories throughout Show week. Locally, to counter the prob- lems facing the Show due to con- struction on the Schuylkill Express- way, Herb Clarke, Flower show vice- chair and WCAU-TV weatherman, conducted a pep rally with his col- leagues. As a result, favorable traffic reports began to roll in encouraging Flower Shovv^ visitors to take cdter- native routes to the Civic Center. Local press, television and radio provided excellent up-to-the- minute coverage before and during the Show. Daily award results appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Jane Pepper continues to create enthusiasm and interest in garden- ing through her weekly column in the Sunday Inquirer Books & Lei- sure Section. She writes about what's happening in the horticul- tural community as w^eU as helpful how^-to tips for the home gardener. Public Information Committee Jcimes N. Nutt, Jr., Chair Robert H. Brownell Marion LafFey Fox John P. Sw^an Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Frances Vollmer M The Harvest Show is a family affair, and the stacked hay is as much a subject for study for the children as the gardens ' produce is for their parents. 17 SHOWS Philadelphia Flower Sho^v Philadelphia Ci\ic Center, March 3-10, 1985 Judging and Pre\ie\v: Saturday, March 3 Flower Show themes often result from incidental conversations. Gradually, as more and more exhibitors and committee members leam of the concept and add their suggestions, a full-scale plan devel- ops. Britain had been on our minds since 1981, when we first debated the challenge of heralding the hor- ticultural traditions of a country with such splendid gardens and prominent gardeners. Enthusiasm for the Show, among exhibitors and visitors, was over- whelming and we were pleased to welcome the following British visi- tors as participants in this out- standing Show: Sheila Macqueen as judge, lecturer and producer of a splendid floral exhibit "Getting Ready for Chelsea"; Geoffry Ace, Kathleen Askew^, Mark Dowle, Andy King and Richard Powell of Menist Wood Agricultural College, Surrey, England who designed and built a traditional English garden in a remarkable Transatlantic coopera- tive venture with students and fac- ult\^ of Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa.; Rosemarv' V'erey who judged the Wilkinson Sword Award and gave two lectures on English gardens; and Robin Herb- ert:, president of the Royal Horticul- tural Society who joined Rosemary Verey and Cecily Clark of PHS as members of that special judging panel. In spring and fall the outlook for the Show was glorious and advance publicity rosy. In November the Flower Show '85 challenge landed on us like a ton of wet sod. With Show opening set for March 3rd, PennDOT was slated to begin the three-year Schuylkill Expressway Reconstruction Project on March 1st, greatly reducing access to the Civic Center. Meetings ensued with transpor- tation officials, and staff, volunteers and exhibitors grew gloomy as news reports predicted congested alternative roadways, insufficient public transportation and the pos- sibility that people would abandon leisure activities as they strove to maintain daily work schedules. As it turned out, when PennDOT erected the barriers on March 1 traf- fic ran smoothly and Flower Show visitors reached the Civic Center with few delays, well directed by 54 PennDOT signs. Excellent weather helped the cause and total paid attendance was 215,428 compared to 207,164 in 1984. The compliments from our visi- tors, especially those from Britain, were heart -warming. It was exciting to hear the latter group comment on the Show's extraordinary cadre of volunteers, a group we salute from year to year as the essential component that makes it all work. In his or her own way, everyone who participates is a Show volun- teer, either full-time or part-time, providing the Society with exper- tise, good judgment and assistance we could never secure under any continued Rob Montgomen' ilefti ► and Bruce Rawlings of Robert W. Montgomery Landscape Nursery' plant a garden at the 18 Philadelphia Flower Show. other circumstances. Many members of this essential component joined at Delaware Val- ley College in late June for the annual Summer Party. The temper- ature was as cool as a summer night in Britain, and we greatly appreci- ated the college's hospitality in its splendid Student Center. Flower Show Committees Executive Maiy Hyndman, Chair Herb Clarke, Vice-Chair Martha B. Barron Richard J. Both J. Richard Boylan W. Thacher Brown Tina Colehower William F. Delafield, Jr. Leroy LaBold Richard W. Lighty John D. Martin Francis J. McKay Wayne Norton J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Susan D. Stauffer Paul W. Tickle Ralph R. Walker Jane Ward Sandra C. Ward L. Wilbur Zimmerman Competitive Classes Jane Ward, Chair Susan D. Stauffer, Vice-Chair Arrangement Classes Anne Letter, Co-Chair, Niches & Pedestals Sanna Drake, Co-Chair, Niches & Pedestals Susan Stanley, Vice-Chair Niches & Pedestals Joly Stew^art, Co-Chair Miniature Arrangements Comie Walton, Co-Chair Miniature Arrangements Fran Borie, Chair, Aides Virginia Tietjens, Vice-Chair, Aides Harriet Palmer, Chair, Passing Susan Moran, Vice-Chair, Passing Sarah C. Z. Groome, Advisor & Workshop Director, Niches Katharine H. King Advisor, Medium Niches Ginny Simonin, Advisor, Small Niches Pat McLoud, Advisor, Pedestals Room and Table Classes Sally Humphreys, Co-Chair Carolyn Waite, Co-Chair Louisa Moffly, Vice-Chair Caryl Funke, Vice-Chair Leroy LaBold gets ready for the Mad Hatters Tea Party exhibit at the 1985 Philadelphia Flower Show. 20 Pressed Plant Material Glasses Theresa Phillips^ Chair Jeanne Griffith, Vice-Chair Kathie King, Vice Chair Miniature Glasses Cecilia Ross, Chair Bruce Bamstead, Vice-Chair Garden Glass Elizabeth Michell, Chair Toinette Coleman, Vice-Chair Mary Jo Strawbridge, Vice Chair Terrace Glass Martha Roberts, Chair Jean Maus, Vice-Chair Jean Craig, Vice-Chair Horticultural Glasses Margaret P. Bowditch, Co-Chair Susan Wilmerding, Co-Chair William F. Delafield, Jr., Vice -Chair Nancy Mead, Chair, Aides Virginia Cryer, Vice-Chair, Aides Tom Rudolf, Vice-Chair, Aides Betsy Gray, Co-Chair, Staging Betsy Catlin, Co-Chair, Staging Alan P. Slack, Co-Chair, Passing Tony Starr, Co-Chair, Passing Irene Slater, Chair, Typing Aides Signs Louise Harrity, Co-Chair Patter Peterson, Co-Chair Nomenclature Richard W. Lighty, Chair Charles O. Cresson Elizabeth Farley Maiy B. Hopkins Anita H. Kistler Paul Meyer Martha Roberts Irene Slater Judges and Awards Sandra C. Ward, Chair, PHS Awards Committee Cindy Affleck, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Nancy Beck, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Clerks Tania G. Biddle, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Patty Billings, Co-Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Margaret P. Bowditch, At Large Sue Chapin, Vice- Chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Dixie Chapman, Points Cecily Clark, At Large Tina Colehower, Coordinator, Subcommittee Anne Coste, Chair, Arrangement Judges L3mn Deming, Chair, Trophies Sanna Drake, At Large Sally Femley, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Judges Martha Fisher, At Large Sally Graham, Vice-Coordinator John S. C. Harvey, 3rd, Points Sewell Homsey, Vice-Chair, PHS and Special Panel Clerks Katharine H. King, At Large Carey Lee, Vice-Chair, Arrangement Judges Anne Letter, At Large Betty Nancarrow^, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Clerks Patter Peterson, Vice-Chair, Horticulture Judges Sally Reath, At Large Mary Schw^artz, Chair, Horticulture Judges Sidney Spahr, Chair, Arrangement Clerks Susan D. Stauffer, Vice-Chair, Competitive Classes Joanne Stehle, Chair, Horticulture Clerks Susan Thorbahn, Vice-Chair Trophies Susan C. Tyler, Vice -Chair, Arrangement Clerks Carolyn Waite, At Large Jane Ward, Chair, Competitive Classes Susan P. Wilmerding, At Large Sally Yow, Vice -Chair, Arrangement Judges continued 21 .--» v4 Tcisiif/it/ss/e ^- finery Occasion Harvest Show exhibitor Jessie Crew stops by to see how Mona D. Gold tussles a tussie-mussie into shape at the Friends Hospital exhibit. Hospitality Beth Butler, Chsiir Lucille Bisbee Joanna Reed Sue Williams Exhibitors & Awards Luncheon Martha Barron, Chair Sylvia Lin The Harvest Show Harvest Promenade was the theme for this year's Harvest Show^, held for the third year at the Hor- ticulture Center in Fairmount Park in the greenhouses and in a series of tents surrounding the reflecting pool. A Victorian atmosphere was carried through the artistic classes, and the preserved products were staged in a "turn of the century" style kitchen. Unlike the past few years, the weather did not cooperate and our members bravely attended the pre- view^ in a downpour. Spirits remain- ed high with exhibitors and vv^hile overcast, Saturday and Sunday brought many enthusiastic visitors. As visitors participated in the promenade around the reflecting pool they were entertained by a brass band, Victorian bicyclists and jugglers. Younger visitors wel- comed animals from the Philadel- phia Zoo, face and pumpkin paint- ing and most of all playing in a pile of straws. The horticultural and artistic entries provided a wide variety of color. Major exhibits included the care and feeding of butterflies. The History of the American Straws Hat and how to use the fall season as an excellent time for planting. As the Harvest Shov^ continues to grow in size and popularity, this fun family outing is becoming a faU Philadelphia tradition. Harvest Show Committee Ann Marlar, Chadr Ann Swan, Vice-Chair John V. Allen Kathyrn Andersen Doris Atkinson Sue Armstrong Martha Barron Betty Bell Ann Benzel Richard Bitner Richard J. Both Wilhelmina Bradshaw Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Jane Carter Jessie Carter Martha Clark Tina Colehower 22 Jan Darlington Betty Derbyshire Henrietta Deubler Helene Duncan Blanche Epps Charles Evers Hazel Felton Helen Flaig Ruth Flounders Libby J. Goldstein Sally Graham Nancy Greenw^ood Dottie Gross Nancy Grove Maiy Harrigan Linda Harris Kate Haupt Peggy Hayes Barbara Heckert Ed Heitman Dorothy Hogg Robert & Joyce Holmes Pat Horan Joan Johnson Barbara Keenan Betty Keirn Barbara Kidder Frank Kieser Katharine H. King Kitty Lapp Sue Leaiy Robin Lippincott Lee Loveland Sandy Manthorpe Louise Mathis Marguerite Metzger Paul Meyer William E. Mifflin Ann Morris Joe Muscari Terry Mushovic Sylvia Myers Elise Payne Betty Persons Donald Pike Sandra Salkeld Mary Lou Scanlon Irene Slater Almina Smelley Virginia Tanner Sharon Turner Susie Walker JoAnne Walkovic Lura Wampler Junior Flower Show "The Greatest Show on Earth" was a theme worthy of the bright and cheerful exhibits brought in by young persons from more than 50 schools throughout the area. The children produced 1,200 entries, fill- ing 30 classes. This year there was a changing of the guard as show chairs, Helene Duncan and Mary Lou Scanlon, handed on their responsibilities to vice chairs, Natalie Kempner and Jeanne Len- non. We extend a special thanks to both Helene and Mary Lou who have chaired the show since its infancy. Their hard work and dedi- cation have made the show what it is today and has helped many jun- iors in the Delaw^are Valley blossom, increasing and developing thefr horticultural talents. Junior Flower Shou^ Committee Helene Duncan, Co-chair Mary Lou Scanlon, Co-chair Natalie Kempner, Vice-chair Jeanne Lennon, Vice-chair Evelyn Hett, Co-chair, Judges Kate Swope, Co-chair, Judges Kitty Lapp, Co-chair, Clerks Carol}^ Seifert, Co-chair, Clerks Almina Smelley, Co-chair, Exhibitors' Aides Donna Thorpe, Co-chair, Exhibitors' Aides Junior Floiver Show Advisory Board Sister Mary Albert Ron Attarian Mary Ann Fry Cindy Hickman Peter Hickman Donald Steinberg Cora Turpin 23 PREVIEW DINNER Thanks to an enthusiastic and talented commmittee, chaired by Thacher Brown, the Preview Dinner was a highlight of the 1985 calendar of Philadelphia's best events. While hors d'oeuvres u^ere pass- ed, 2,300 guests viewed the Flower Show during the cocktail hour. A special treat this year was the Cameron Highlanders, a Scottish pipe and drum band, resplendent in tartans. Later, 1,948 guests enjoy- ed dinner catered by ARA Services, Inc. This affair is not only a beautiful party, but also a very important fund- raising event for the Society, and we greatly appreciate the generosity of our dinner guests w^hose contribu- tions provide essential support for our community outreach programs. Gominittee W. Thacher Brown, Chair Elizabeth G. Dolan, Vice-Chair Jill A. Ashmead Richard W. Billings Elise W. Carr Morris Cheston, Jr. Ruth M. Colket Anne S. Cunningham Mary C. Disston Bobby P. Grace Nancy Harris Craig N. Johnson Charles J. Kenkelen Sally Korman Frederick W. G. Peck J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Kathleen H. Putnam Mimmi W. Lowry, Aides, Chair Susan Ross, Aides, Vice-Chair A Touch of Britain in the hometown - Mayor W. Wilson Goode and Velma Goode watch as Margaret Herhert cuts the libbon at the 1985 Philadelphia Flower Show Preview Dinner. Robin Herbert, extreme right, is president of the Royal Hoi-ticultural Society. W. Thacher Bi-own (extreme left I was 1985 Preview Dinner chair. 24 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES A community gardener digs in vvdth enthusiasm. Philadelphia Green Philadelphia was greener last year thanks to the efforts of 111 community groups who initiated new greening projects in their neigh- borhoods through Philadelphia Green. The program's staff, 12 full- time and 5 part-time, worked with groups to develop 36 community vegetable gardens, 22 new garden blocks, 19 street tree blocks, 31 new^ lots and sitting gardens, and 3 new Green the School Grounds projects. In addition, about 90 neighborhood garden clubs received additional materials and technical assistance from Philadelphia Green to further develop their green spaces. Eighty families led by James Taylor and Leonard Sherrod hax'e converted the four-acre site of a recently demolished factory^ at 18th and Glenwood Avenue, along the Amtrack rail lines in North Philadel- phia, into a huge grid of beautifully maintained vegetable plots, com- continued 25 Teachers, parents and staff work out Green the Schoolgrounds plans. plete with a piped watering system and storage shed. Dr. Yu has organ- ized 50 Korean families to carve out a half acre in Fairmount Park along Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia into Philadelphia's largest Korean garden. The development of com- munity greening projects such as these are outstanding examples of the neighborhood spirit, coopera- tion and ingenuity generated in all the Philadelphia Green sponsored efforts. These new gardens join the list of over 1,000 active greening pro- jects sponsored by the Society over the last 10 years. Greene Countrie Townes The West Shore Greene Countrie ToviTie committee mioved into high gear this spring to finish their greening for the July 26, 1985 dedi- cation. Members planted new^ gar- dens, street trees, and barrels with shrubs and flow^ers to put the finish- 26 ing touches on their three-year effort. Split rail fences at the OK Corral, West Shore Garden, and the Leo Donald Memorial Garden sym- bolize the open, relaxed atmos- phere in this Southwest Philadel- phia community. The residents of the Francisville Greene Countrie Towne are half- way through their four-year green- ing effort. Last year they began to convert eight vacant lots into flower- ing lotscapes and placed 150 more flower-filled vvdne barrels through- out the 30-block neighborhood. The 88-block Greene Countrie Towne of Point Breeze continued to green up its vacant lots wdth the fur- ther development of 25 lotscapes and flow^ers throughout the neighborhood. Green the School Grounds The three schools selected to begin their projects in fall 1984 included Benjamin Franklin High continued 27 M After the judges check the color, they get to taste the products at the Harvest Show. School (North Philadelphia); Shars- w^ood Elementaiy School (South Philadelphia), and Samuel Gompers Elementary School (West Philadel- phia). Staff conducted work ses- sions at each school leading to the development of indoor garden pro- jects at Franklin and Sharswood and an outdoor garden scheme for Gompers. Garden Interns The Garden Interns Program serves an important role in Phila- delphia Green's outreach efforts. The participants are neighborhood residents of all ages interested in helping to green-up other com- munities; who are hired by the Society for a part-time one-year training program. Seven interns completed their year-long program in December 1984. Advisory Board The 47-member Philadelphia Green Advisory Board forms the backbone of Philadelphia Green's successful outreach program. Throughout the year these volun- teers worked with staff to suggest program direction and develop edu- cational programs, to advocate for the use of federal funds to support the program, to develop policy rec- ommendations to the City concern- ing the preservation of community- managed open space, and to help organize and direct the many events and services the program offers to its member community groups. Services and Events Newsletters and gardeners' events and services are a vital part of Philadelphia Green's on-going support to the network of green neighborhoods. Over 140 neighborhood groups purchased flowers and garden sup- plies from Philadelphia Green this spring. Basic Gardening in the City series attracted more than 700 city gardeners to sessions held at the Society's headquarters, community centers, and at gardens . Harvest Show Philadelphia's Community gar- dens brought quality as well as quantities of entries to the 1984 Har- vest Show. Fifty-four groups made 584 entries in the competitive classes, and 625 people attended Philadelphia Green's Harvest Party Saturday night. Recognition Dinner Four hundred and fifty Philadel- phia Green gardeners, Advisory Board members, and supporters attended the 1984 Recognition Din- ner held at the Philadelphia Centre Hotel. Green Thumb of the Year Awards for outstanding contrib- utions to community greening efforts were presented to the West Shore Beautification Committee, Charlotte Donald, chair; Rachel Bagby of the Woodstock Civic Asso- ciation; and James Taylor and Leonard Sherrod of the four-acre 18th Street and Glenwood Avenue vegetable garden. A special Green Thumb of the Decade Award was presented to the Chinatown Com- munity Gardeners whose beautiful garden of oriental vegetables haxe delighted travelers on Vine Street for many years . Unfortunateh' their continued 29 Philadelphia Green director Blaine Bonham, school superintendent Constance Claxlon and council member Herb Clarke, left, chat before her speech at the Philadelphia Green Recognition dinner. site has now become part of the new Vine Street Expressway con- struction. Dr. Constance E. Clavton, superintendent of the Philadelphia School District, was our dinner speaker. The Flower Show Philadelphia Green's 1985 Flower Show exhibit, "Community Garden- ing-Bigger Than You ThinkI," por- trayed the extensi\'e scope of Phila- delphia's greening acti\1ties with a walk-through photographic display depicting many facets of this unique city acti\ity. City Gardens Contest On April 23, Mayor \V. Wilson Goode proclaimed City Gardens Contest Week at a reception attend- ed by 400 city gardeners. Commit- tee and staff efforts attracted 523 contestants and almost 400 volun- teers who served on 100 judging teams that vdsited all the entrants in July and the finalists in August. In September, contestants, judges and guests attended Awards Night at the Port of History Museum where 144 prizes were aw^arded to out- standing city gardeners. Contest chair Herb Clarke made two special Gardener of the Year Awards to Bertha Dillard, a 90-year-old Straw- bem' Mansion gardener, and to seven wheelchair-bound residents of Inglis House for their community gardening efforts. The Sun Com- pany continued to support this activity generously with a grant to cover administrative costs and also supported reduced price Flower Shovt' tickets for contestants. S\'l\ia Lin, three-time Horticultural Sweepstakes winner at the Philadelphia Flower Show, gets an earh- start at the watering hole at the Show. She has a lot 30 of entries to water. ^**^^ 'h // vVW^N f '^-i^ l-^^ ^ >'*5 ■'/' t\ * ,:v^:... • > ■:*-." f 2 >y-' ' >i *-n:/-< .\LS. \ HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITS A survey of what was and what is happening now on the Philadel- phia horticultural scene greeted visitors to the exhibit hall at 325 Walnut Street during the past year. "The Greening of Philadelphia's Neighborhoods" started the trend with a look at Philadelphia Green's many projects. This photo essay exhibit followed the Philadelphia Green program from its beginning through the present day and ended with state-of-the-art ideas and drawings with concepts for the future. Horticultural Hall, Bartram's Gar- den and the PHS 18th Century Gar- den provided subjects for other exhibits giving a look at the past. On a more contemporary level, "Bird's Eye View" gave advice on the latest in bird feeders, houses and baths with hints on how to attract birds to every garden from city window- box to country estate. "Holiday Time Around the World " even pro- vided a setting for a New Year's Eve party aboard a spaceship. Exhibits during the year included: May - August The Greening of Philadelphia's Neighborhoods September - October A Garden from the Past November - December Holiday Time Around the World January Bird's Eye View February - March Mostly Iris April History of Horticultural Hall May - June Bartram's Garden Then and Now^ An early start for budding botanists at the Philadelphia Flower Show. 32 PHS GARDENS The 18th century perennial and vegetable gardens are maintained by a dedicated group of PHS volun- teers. Their dedication starts in the cool damp days of spring, v^hen they clean up winter's ravages and plant thousands of annuals for summer's bloom. The dog days of summer has them bent over weed- ing, deadheading and watering. Short cool days of fall find them replacing the annuals with hun- dreds of bulbs and preparing for winter. During this cycle, on Wed- nesdays from April through Octo- ber, the gardeners are also busy pruning the trees, shrubs and vines that form the gardens' permanent plantings. This past year the volunteers planted the parterres in cool, sooth- ing colors of pink, white and pale blue. The center beds were planted with fairy rose, dusty miller and pink begonia, while the surround- ing beds w^ere filled with blue ager- atum, pink and white begonias, a mixture of vinca, and dwarf cherry zinnia. If you're in the neighborhood take a few^ minutes to stop by the gardens and see what all this hard work produces, and if it's a Wednes- day feel free to chat with the gar- deners about their trials and tribu- lations, successes and rewards. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for a beautiful garden. Garden Volunteers Elizabeth Bailey Wilma Crane Edward A. Doelp Lily G. Glazer Johanna Goedel continued PHS garden volunteer Johanna Goedel and staffer Joe Kervxin clean pots on Wednesda\', the da\' the volunteers come to plant, prune, harvest and scrub. 33 Becky Hesse Charles Holman Jim Jacobs Helen Kaufman Jay S. Kessler Kitty Lapp Matthew H. McConnell Ann McPhail Jane Newcomer Sinclair W. Raynolds Harriett Richards Kinnie Schmidt Virginia M. Shuster Jacqueline G. Snodgrass Louise Sonnenberg Elizabeth F. Steele Donna Thomas Frances Vollmer COIVTRIBUTIONS Major Contributors Atlantic Richfield Foundation The Pew Memorial Trust Sun Company, Inc. The Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. Alfred M. Campbell, Jr., Vice President/Treasurer J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., President Corporate Membership Program During the past year, the Society has received generous contribu- tions from many sources including a donation of at least $500 for our community outreach programs from each of the following corpo- rate members: The Anchor Packing Company Bell of Pennsylvania W. Atlee Burpee Company Campbell Soup Company CIGNA Foundation Ernst & Whinney The Fidelity Bank General Accident Insurance Company of America Hunt Manufacturing Company Foundation Mellon Bank (East) The Philadelphia Contributionship Philadelphia Electric Company Philadelphia Life Insurance Company Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. Philadelphia Suburban Corporation PMA Foundation PNB Charitable Trust PSFS Charitable Trust The PQ Corporation Provident National Bank Quaker Chemical Foundation Rohm and Haas Company Rorer Group, Inc. Sonat Marine, Inc. Wawa, Inc. Contributors Listed below are those contribu- tors whose gifts of money or ser- vices w^ere in excess of $150. Where couples are listed, the gift was equal to $300 or more. The Society is grateful to these and all others who have contribut- ed so generously to the Society's programs. Hardy Amies Frederick W. Anton, 3rd ARA Services, Inc. 34 AT&T Information Systems Atlantic Richfield Company John H. Austin, Jr. B&WW Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Edmund N. Bacon Mrs. Hebe Dick Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ballengee Mr. & Mrs. Redwood Barker W. L. & J. E. Batchelor Anna C. Bateman Dr. & Mrs. James E. Bates Dr. & Mrs. A. L. Loomis Bell, Jr. Bell of Pennsylvania Mr. & Mrs. Russell Bement, Jr. Charlotte & Raul Betancourt^, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Billings, Jr. Francis J. Bonner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mrs. Francis Boyer John W. Boyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Bracken Dr. & Mrs. J. Beyer Bray Mrs. C. Barton Brewster Mrs. Henry W. Breyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. Stuart Brown Mrs. Edward Browning, Jr. R. Jean Brownlee Mrs. J. Gibson Mcllvain Bunting James Bush-Brown Mr. & Mrs. Howard Butcherd, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. George A. Butler Donald E. Callaghan Mrs. Con Barton Campbell John B. Carson Estate Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cashel, Jr. Mrs. Edward C. Cassard John R. Caulk, 3rd Noel S. Cawley Mrs. Arthur O. Choate Mr. & Mrs. W. Morgan Churchman, 3rd CIGNA Corporation Mr. & Mrs. George R. Clark Theodore Clattenburg Mr. & Mrs. Norman U. Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Tristram Colket, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Cooke Mrs. Lammot duPont Copeland Herbert Charles Craft Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Crouter Frank A. D'Lauro, Jr. Ann Fox Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Charles DeGrasse Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr. Deloitte Haskins & Sells Mr. & Mrs. George C. Denniston Raymond K. & Joanne R. Denworth Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Doering, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dolan, 4th Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry, 4th Elizabeth N. du Pont Mrs. H. B. du Pont Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Dyer Mrs. William B. Eagleson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Eckfeldt John W. Eckman Alvin M. Ehret Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Elder Elizabeth Hooper Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Woodruff J. Emlen Henry C. Evans J. L. Everett Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Fehr Fidelity Bank First Boston Corporation Dr. Gary A. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fisher, Jr. James FitzGibbon Foote Mineral Company Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Fox Alan W. Frankenfield, Jr. Stanley R. Freilich Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gale Mrs. Julian L. Gallagher William K. Gano, Jr. Mrs. Robert H. Gardner Mrs. Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Dr. &. Mrs. J. E. Gembala, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill General Accident Insurance Company of America James B. Ginty continued 35 Charles B. Grace, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Grace Greene Countrie Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Griffith Dr. & Mrs. F. Otto Haas John and Chara Haas Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton Dr. William L. Hamilton Mrs. G. P. Harnwell Robert Drew Harrison Mr. & Mrs. John S. C. Haivey, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Hayward, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Heckert Mr. & Mrs. J. Welles Henderson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hendrickson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Hennessy Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Holman Mrs. Woodward Horan Jocelyn & Edward Howe, Jr. Charles F. Hummel Mr. & Mrs. Morrison C. Huston Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M . Hyndman, Jr. IBM lU International Corporation Donald P. Innes Mr. & Mrs. James W. Jennings Johnson & Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Niels W. Johnson M. L. Kaiser Mrs. Lawrence Katz Jane Keator Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Kelemen Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Kenkelen Peter J. M. King Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Kinney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Klein Mr. & Mrs. Edwdn L. Knetzger, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. G. Clayton Kyle Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Ladd Robert C. Landsiedel Jennifer Lantrip Mrs. W. Mifflin Large Mrs. M. Blabon Lashley Mrs. Rodnev M. Lavton Mr. &L Mrs. Fairfax Leary, Jr. Mr. &L Mrs. Jerry D. Lee Mrs. P. Blair Lee Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Leisenring, Jr. George B. Lemmon Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Lin Mr. &, Mrs. William G. Littleton, 2nd Mrs. Peter Loewer Longwood Gardens Lovett Foundation Mrs. Edward S. Lower Kent Lucas Mr . & Mrs . William Jack MacNeish, Jr. Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira Main Hurdman Margolis Wines & Spirits, Inc. Alfred S. Martin Mrs. David B. Martin John D. Mattas Katherine S. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. McClatchy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. F. Joseph McDonald Sheila & Paul P. McFarland Mrs. William Scott McGinness Mr. & Mrs. Alan Mcllvain Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Mclntire Mr. & Mrs. Robert McLean, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. William McLean, 3rd Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Jr. Hon. & Mrs. Samuel W. Morris Kimball H. Morsman Mrs. C. Kendrick Muckle Dr. Emily H. Mudd Dr. & Mrs. Hunter S. Neal Mrs. John J. Nesbitt, Jr. Mrs. John S. Newbold Mrs. Richard L. Newburger W. K. Norris Mr. & Mrs. Bertram L. O'Neill Mr. & Mrs . A. Van Santvoord Olcott, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. Packer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Parry Mr. & Mrs.* J. Folsom Paul Mrs. Henry D. Paxon Mr. &, Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. The Pennsylvania State University G. Willing & Jane G. Pepper Mrs. George T. Pew 36 Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America Frederick Morris Phillips, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Phipps Lawrence L. Plummer Mrs. David S. Randolph Mr. & Mrs. MacPherson Raymond Sarah Ann Reath Col. & Mrs. Henry H. Reichner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. F. Markoe Rivinus Mr. & Mrs. John J. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Robinson Mrs. Brent W. Roehrs Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roman, Jr. Rosade Bonsai Studio Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Rosenlund Mrs. L. J. Rosenwald Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Ryan Ellen Richards Samuels Mrs. Henry L. Savage Mrs. Harold D. Saylor Dr. Frank J. Schiesser Scott Foundation Joseph Shanis Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Shaub Mrs. William D. Sherrerd Robert S. Shertz Allison V. Smith Harry G. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Smith Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Smith, Jr. Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Richard L. Smith SmithKline Beckman Corporation Boyd L. Spahr, Jr. Walter A. Spiro Mrs. F. Palin Spruance Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Stainton Mr. & Mrs. Edward Starr Mrs. George P. Steele, 2nd D. Stockwell Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes Putnam T. Stowe Dr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud Maril}^ S. Sturgis Sun Company, Inc. Judith Sylk-Siegel Mrs. H. Chace Tatnall Mrs. C. Newbold Taylor Mr. & Mrs. James T. Terry, 2nd Mr. & Mrs. Wyllys Terry, Jr. Harold H. Terwilliger Mrs. John Hoover Thacher Robbi S. Toll Turner Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. John C. Tuten, Jr. Mrs. J. B. Millard Tyson Mr. & Mrs. J. Randolph Updyke WCAU-TV Mr. & Mrs. James H. Walker Mr. & Mrs. William D. Walker Mrs. Clarence A. Warden, Jr. Warwick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. H. Waterfield Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Watts, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Webb, 2nd Mr. & Mrs. H. St. John Webb, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Weiss Roger Wells Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Harold C. Wessel Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr. Mrs. Maxine West Ellen W. Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. Francis D. Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. William White Louise P. Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Harold A. Wilkinson William Penn Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Morris A. Williams, Jr. Mrs. Penelope P. Wilson Fred S. Winter Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr. David W. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Wood Esther Woodward Harriet G. Woodward John M. Woznisky Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Wright Mrs. John Wright, Jr. Mr. &. Mrs. Peter Wright Arthur Young &. Co. L. Wilbur Zimmerman Zoological Society of America 37 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Harold C. Wessel, Chair Elizabeth Lippincott William D. MacDowell Anne B. Putnam We are pleased to report another successful year for the Society in which our revenues exceeded expenditures. These are set forth in the statement of our Operating Fund Income below. The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1985, presented by the Society's auditors, Ernst & Whinney, w^as reviewed and accepted. Excerpts shown below are included in the complete report available for inspection at the Society's office. During the year, the committee met periodically wdth a representa- tive of the Mellon Bank, the Society's investment advisor, and manager of our investment portfolios including the Elizabeth Shaffer Trust. The committee also review^ed the investment portfolio of the Society's Pen- sion Plan with representatives from the Philadelphia National Bank. Atransfer of $300,000 from the Operating Account to the Investment Advisory Account was recommended and accepted by Council in June, 1985. STATEMENTS OF FUND BALANCES Years Ended June 30; 1985 and 1984 Operating Fund Endowment Funds Undesignated Designated Unrestricted Restricted Total Balance, June 30, 1983 $501,517 $100,000 $1,325,972 $35,353 $1,962,842 Excess of operating fund revenue over expenses 124,954 124,954 Loss on sale of investments (606) (606) Interfund transfers; Council authorized (75,0001 75,000 -0- other 1,000 552,471 (16,465) 1,383,901 15,465 50,818 -0- Balance, June 30, 1984 100,000 2,087,190 Excess of operating fund revenue over expenses 348,876 348,876 Investment income - restricted 3,835 3,835 Gain on sale of investments 96,999 96,999 Life membership dues 3,000 3,000 Interfund transfers: Council authorized (300,000) $601,347 300,000 $1,783,900 -0- Balance,June30, 1985 $100,000 $54,653 $2,539,900 38 STATEMENTS OF OPERATING FUND INCOME Operating revenue: Membership dues Designated contributions Flower Show Preview dinner Fees and sales Membership and other activities Grant income Operating expenses: Salaries Other employee expenses Building maintenance and utilities Depreciation and amortization Administrative supplies and expense Less allocation of overhead to Flower Show Philadelphia Green Other community service projects Publications Flov^er Show, including allocation of overhead Preview Dinner Library and educational programs Membership and other activities Special projects Income (loss) from Operations Nonoperating revenue: Invested funds and savings accounts Schaffer Trust Undesignated contributions Excess of Revenue Over Expenses Year End( !d June 30 1985 1984 $ 197,874 $ 185,764 46,616 25,815 1,582,061 1,387,641 335,400 282,376 40,900 41,205 114,077 105,423 112,097 120,125 2,429,025 2,148,349 334,549 313,131 82,084 81,113 35,156 33,289 15,975 14,535 86,668 78,962 554,432 521,030 (255,000) (246,000) 299,432 275,030 281,148 263,153 37,676 35,885 151,026 136,086 1,171,947 1,179,945 135,055 110,824 21,475 20,058 173,949 162,070 9,933 36,614 2,281,641 2,219,665 147,384 (71,316) 158,818 150,892 29,749 27,944 12,925 17,434 201,492 196,270 $ 348,876 $ 124,954 39 STAFF Jane G. Pepper President Flower Show Manager Alexandra Basinski* Harvest Show Community Garden Classes Advisor J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Director, Philadelphia Green Jean Byall* City Gardens Contest Coordinator Jean Byrne Director of Publications Clarence Coles Custodian Ida Council* Clerk, Philadelphia Green Linda Davis Membership Secretary Peggy Devine Library Assistant George Fernandez Assistant District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Denise Flores Administrative Assistant, Philadelphia Green Lillian Greenberg* Library Book Repairer Betsy Gullan Membership/Activities Coordinator William F. Herbert Accountant Joseph Kerwin Assistant Horticulturist Flower Show Floor Manager Carol Lindemann* Flow^er Show Secretary Ed Lindemann Horticulturist, Show Designer Margaret McCaivill* Ticket Sales Elizabeth McGill Secretary, Philadelphia Green *part-time Audrey Manley Editorial Assistant Lance Mason Field Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Marjorie Meer Flower Show Secretary Cheryl Monroe Administrative Assistant Jeff Myers District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Sandra Myers* Library Cataloger Marie Rodia Receptionist Harold Rosner District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Patricia Schrieber Landscape Designer/Educational Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Lisa Stephano Public Information Coordinator Clara Troilo* Receptionist Anne Valleiy District Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Jeannine Vannais* Assistant District Coordinator Philadelphia Green Ellen P. Wheeler* Preview Dinner Coordinator Mary Williams Housekeeper Mary Lou Wolfe Librarian Paul Wolfinger Programs Administrator, Philadelphia Green Rose Valley Nurseries' exhibit won Best in Show in the Commercial Aesthetic Category at the r985 Philadelphia 40 Flower Show. .l..«1 lif..^ i-* VI 't 3 •\»^^,,. - ^ ' __,-^ ' •X, ^^ ^^^^^^^C «3l^*ll A~. Id ciihure Cente ih( Park. ^ THF PFNM<;YI VANIA HORTirillT ^6 THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY \ %/ ■.Jri i?%- 'T Ifei'u ^ 'V •] ^^^P ih^ # #" *€^" ^ •>.*'' »'*^- ,. >,t,^ ^^<^ July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1986 The PennsyK'ania Horticultural Societ}^ Independence National Historical Park 325 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 (215) 625-8250 The purposes of the Pennsylvmiia Horticul- tiirnl Society are: to collect mid disseminate information about hoi^icidtiire; to inspire a taste for horticultural knowledge; and to make that knowledge available to as many people as possible. CONTENTS Council and Officers 2 Chair & President's Report 4 Librar)' 8 Publications 10 Awards 12 Public Information 14 Shows 15 Preview Dinner 21 Membership 22 Community' Acti\'ities 26 Headquarters Exliibits 32 The Gardens at PHS 33 Contributions 34 Report of the Finance Committee . 38 Staff 40 Photographic Credits: Ira Bcckoft, Jean Bvrne, John Goukcr, Barbara Hirsch Lcmbcr, Anne Vallerv, Mar\' Lou Wolfe Front cover: Spring flowers in earlv March at the Philadelphia Flower Show, photo b\' Walter Chandoha Back cover: photo h\ John Gouker •^ Garden \olunteers Kitt\' Lapp and Frances \'ollnier prune \ines co\ering barn behind PHS headquarters. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OFFICERS Robert S. Ryan Chair J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Vice-chair Anne B. Putnam Vice-chair Elizabeth H. Lippincott Treasurer Richard W. Lighty Secretary Jane G. Pepper President COUNCIL Kathryn S. Andersen Martha Barron Raul Betancourt Richard J. Both Margaret P. Bowditch J. Richard Boylan^ Joan Z. Brinton Willie Mae Bullock Robert J. Butera Herb Clarke Mary C. Disston Donald L. Felley Judy M. Foley Louise H. Harrity Mary Hyndman Russell O. Jones Natalie Kempner Elizabeth H. Lippincott William D. MacDowell Elizabeth P. McLean Mamie Nichols James N. Nutt, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Henry H. Reichner, Jr. Susan D. Stauffer John P. Swan Sharon Turner Jane Ward Harold C. Wessel Susan P. Wilmerding Patricia L. Wilson L. Wilbur Zimmerman EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Robert S. Ryan, Chair Raul Betancourt Herb Clarke Donald L. Felley Mary Hyndman Richard W. Lighty Elizabeth H. Lippincott J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Harold C. Wessel NOMINATING COMMITTEE Henry H. Reichner, Jr., Chair Mary Hyndman Russell O. Jones Elizabeth H. Lippincott William D. MacDowell Anne B. Putnam Susan D. Stauffer Jane Ward PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Russell O. Jones, Chair Elizabeth H. Lippincott Harold C. Wessel Patricia L. Wilson J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Jean Bvrne The Chair of the Council and the President serve ex-ojficio on all committees. ^deceased Clowning it up at the Han'cst Show | WKk'i^r '' ■" ***** i- "^ ' % ^ V 'P: ^-^.-^ ^ >t'. CHAIR & PRESIDENTS REPORT Little did wc kno^^^ when the Long Range Planning Committee settled do\\'n for its first meeting in spring, 1984, how manv decisions would ha\e been made and changes implemented just a couple of vears later. At first, the committee's approach was broad, looking at the Societ^^s mission, its goals and future orienta- tion. Later, subcommittees examined our membership, our sources of information, our shows, our ph\'sical facilities, and our outreach acti\'ities. Among the man\' decisions, two stand out as especially important, because thev ha\'e affected and \vi\l affect man\' other decisions. The first was that the Society' should remain in its current headquarters in Inde- pendence National Historical Park. All acknowledge the location as won- derful, anci the building beautiful. The only dra\\'back is its size. The alternati\'es, including a fund-raising drive to raise sufficient money to build and endow a larger facilit\', were not appealing. Instead, we decided to: maintain an approach to membership and membership pro- grams that is consistent with the Independence Park facility'; to seek wa\'s to accomplish the Societ\''s mission that do not require large public gatherings in our own facili- ties; to co-sponsor educational pro- grams with other organizations who have more spacious facilities; and to rent additional office space nearby to meet staff needs. The librar}', an operation that ser\'es our members, the general public and researchers from many states, had for sex'eral \'ears been a busy, bustling place, rather than the quiet ha\'en it should ha\'e been, because we were using some of its space for staff, rather than patrons. This spring we alleviated the space crunch b\' mo\ing three departments — editorial, finance and public infor- mation, to rented quarters at 325 Chestnut Street. A second area of intensive discussion in preparing the Long Range Plan was consideration of the Societ}^s communirv^ outreach acti\i- ties. Since our small beginnings in 1974, this highly successflil program had expanded to become a major force in Philadelphia, with a full-time staff of 1 3 working on some 100 new greening projects each year, in addi- tion to organizing educational pro- grams and other acti^'ities for some 600 gardening groups. These pro- grams enable the Societ}^ to fulfill its basic mission in its own backyard, the Cirs' of Philadelphia, where some resi- dents do not ha\'e eas}' access to the horticultural riches a\'ailable to gar- deners \\'ho live closer to suburban gardens and arboretums. Support for these acti\ities was strong among members of the Long Range Plan- ning Committee. In the plan, staff were encouraged to continue this program, expanding where possible into new areas of neighboring green- ing and beautification, and to explore the potential for the Societ)^ to play a role in the beautification of down- town Philadelphia. As we explored a\'enues for the Society's future, two ot Philadelphia's generous contributors, the Glenmede Trust Company and The William Penn Foundation, asked us to con- sider how we could expand our Phila- delphia greening programs. Their timing was perfect. As part of the planning process, Philadelphia Green staff members had thoroughly review- ed past performance and had set ambi- tious goals for the future. By late fall we had the green light from both foundations and our proposals were approved. The William Penn Foun- dation will support a three-year tree planting program and a new Tree Corps, and The Glenmede Trust Com- pany a major five-year expansion of our Greene Countrie Towne pro- gram. By March we had rented 8,500 square feet at 325 Chestnut Street to accommodate our growing staff. Everyone connected with PHS — the Council, hundreds of members of various committees, the man\' sup- porters who volunteer at our shows, compete in them and \isit them — must take enormous pride in these opportunities offered to the Societ^'. You have helped us shape the goals and )'our enthusiasm will enable us to accomplish them. Our w^armest thanks for all your support and encourage- ment in this excitino; vear. Robert S. R\'an Chnir ^■e%f^ Jane G. Pepper President Throughout the year the PHS staff expanded from 36 to a healtli\' 48 full-time and part-time members. Here 38 staffers gathered with the tools of their trade, including president Jane Pepper (seated) who showed up with her fa\orite weeder. Several people, not pictured here, were out the field handling emergencies including a broken h\drant flooding tree pits. The. rapid staff expansion necessitated additional new c]uarters, which also allowed for a more comfortable librar\- area for members as well as more work space for \olunteers. LIBRARY We will remember this as the year John Bartram's overdue book was re- turned. Bartram's copy of Linnaeus' CriticaBotanica, inscribed "John Bar- tram his Booke given him by James Logan in ye year 1739," had dis- appeared from PHS's collection in the late 1960s. Thanks to the com- bined efforts of Clarence Wolf, Wil- liam Reese and James N. Green, the book has been returned to our Penn- sylvania rare book collection. This book and other Pennsylvania mate- rials were then loaned to the Free Librar}^ of Philadelphia's 300 years of Philadelphia Gardens exhibit. Over the vear, 2,727 members came to PHS headquarters to borrow books, and 405 requested that books be mailed to them. Through our book loan agreements with the American Rock Garden Society' and the Amer- ican Bonsai Society, 327 books were circulated by mail. Researchers used 73 books from our Pennsylvania and Special (19th centur\0 collections. Seventy-five slide programs were rented for program presentations. Two hundred sixt\^-two books were added to the collection while 106 were weeded to make space for new updated books. Regular visitors to the library have been startled recently to see our new spacious look. With the relocation of some departments to new Chestnut Street quarters and juggling of remain- ing Walnut Street spaces, the library no longer shares its rooms with other PHS departments. There is now room for controlled growth and more quiet space for patrons and staff To keep our collection of current seed and nursery catalogs up to date, volunteer Nat Nelson has mailed 470 requests for catalogs. Nat's hours of labelling and filing have produced a catalog collection frequently used by our members. Frances Barnett Gib- son \'olunteers many hours to transfer back copies of all catalogs originating in the greater Delaware Valley to our permanent catalog collection. Friends of the Library Columnist and author Allen Lacv spoke to Friends of the Librar\' in November, 1985 on his favorite books of the 1890's-1930's period. One hundred twent\^-seven Friends donated $5,952 to support special purchases and restoration. Gifts The Seed and Weed Garden Club gave Flowers and Folk-Lore from Far Korea by Lorence-Hedleston-Crane, 1931, in memory of Katherine McCoy Sargent. Lucy M. Mcllvaine donated John C. Wister's 192 1 Report on Wister's Woods. From Sandra Myers we have received John Birken- head's F^rm a WF^rwC?///"z/r^^ 1892. A gift from Alfred S. Martin has made possible a program of marlcing for identification purposes our Special and Pennsylvania Collection books. Horticultural Hotline On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays the 922-8043 phone is answered by one of 18 experienced gardeners invited to become Hotline volunteers. They cope with ever}^- thing from "Are squirrels vegetarians - do they like sardines?" to "What is the ultimate height ofChamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'.^" In November, Hotline volunteers were invited behind the scenes at Liddon Pen- Whims\' at the Junior Show. nock's Meadowbrook Farm green- houses and Plume's Orchid green- houses. In June they toured Mt. Cuba's plantings of Piedmont flora and lunched at Ann and John Swan's visiting their splendid garden. For- tified by all this new information, and with their own invaluable gardening experience, the)^ answered 1,929 inquiries. Hotline Volunteers Richard J. Both Kathie Buchanan Jane Carter George R. Clark Alice Doering Martha Fisher Elinor Goff Harriett Green Nancy Greenwood Tam Kartell Erich Meitzner Nat Nelson Dot Plyler Jen Porter Alan P. Slack Irene Slater Ana D. Thompson L. Wilbur Zimmerman Major Gifts of Books or Services Charlotte and Raul Betancourt Margaret P. Bowditch Mrs. Henr\' Brever George R. Clark Kerlin Grant Kitt)' Lapp Col. Stephen McCormick McFarland Landscape Services, Inc. Elizabeth P. McLean Sarah Madeira Alfred S. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ohl Alice and J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Stephen H. Putnam Sally Reath The Seed and Weed Garden Club Ann Newlin Thompson Gertrude S. Wister Library Committee Joan Z. Brinton, Chair Raul Betancourt, Vice-chair George R. Clark Alice Doering Elizabeth Farlev George M. Harding Kitt\' Lapp Elizabeth P. McLean Sandra K. Mvers Elisabeth Robertson W. Gar)' Smith Elizabeth C. Walker Dorothv S. Young L. Wilbur Zimmerman PUBLICATIONS Green Scene. As we enter our 1 5th year of publication, Gi'een Scene circu- lation has just about doubled since our first issue. And with the counsel and encouragement of the Long Range Planning Committee, we are exploring new ways to reach other subscribers. This year we published two issues dealing with a single subject: our November issue on winter gardening and our July issue about the elements of design in small gardens. Both were popular and within a short time we had run out of the winter gardening issue; wisely we upped our July order and it is going like hotcakes. To our delight we had a request for 250 copies of our March stor}^ about pro- ducing wine in Pennsylvania; to our regret we could not supply the copies the wine industn,^ wanted to send to legislators. Throughout the year 61 authors wrote on subjects ranging from high rise gardening and wintering birds, to early and late \'egetables, and a multitude of plants in public and pri- vate gardens. We welcomed new authors to our ranks and cherished our old favorites. Yearbook. Here's one of the places where members can find out what their gardening colleagues have been doing throughout the year: work- shops, clinics, trips, flower shows, committees and communit)^ network- ing. The cheerflil hubbub of our mem- bers' life work and a\^ocations thread throughout this publication, a record for oursch'es, for posterit)' and others who don't yet Icnow us. Each list here tells of hundreds of hours of commitment, enough con- tributed hours to fuel a small corpo- ration. Each year's record is another step in the Societ}^s histor)^, a warm record of dedication to horticulture, first recorded in 1827. Flower Show Program. To meet increased production costs the Flower Show Executive Committee increased the Program price to $3.00 this year. An advertising campaign, including the offer of an early bird special, increased the number of ads including several additional fiall page color ads. In spite of lower attend- ance, sales matched last year's. PHSNews. Now in its 26th year, the PHS News continues to cover the Societ}''s membership acti\ities, spe- cial e\'ents, major awarcis and interest- ing happenings in the horticultural communit)'. This year the April and May issues of the News spread to sLx pages to make room for the e\'er- increasing listings of workshops, lectures and field trips offered to members. Publications Committee Jud)' M. Fole\', Chair Kathn^n S. Andersen Darrel Apps Anne S. Cunningham Ste\'en A. Frowine Adele Greenfield Charles W. Heuser Natalie Kcmpner James M. McKeehen L. Wilbur Zimmerman 10 ^^T" \ r I Philadelphia Green's Cindv Council packs For mo\e to new quarters on Chestnut Street. 11 AWARDS Awards chair Sandra Ward i Ictr • congratulates Joanna McQ. Reed, who was honored with PHS 1985 Distiniruishcd Achiexement Medal. Each \'ear the Awards Committee faces the challenge of choosing an individual who ranks among the \'en' best in the field of horticulture for the Societ\^'s prestigious Distinguished Achie\ement Medal. This \'ear the \ote w as unanimous for a longtime friend and supporter of PHS, Joanna McQuail Reed. Joanna first joined the Society- in September of 1942 and has been wideh' recognized for her work both at PHS and in or2;aniza- tions such as the Herb Societ\' of America where she ser\'ed as presi- dent from 1980 to 1982. This \'ear PHS honored the follow- ing: Major Awards 1985 Distinguished Achievement Medal — Jominn AlcQiinil Reed 1985 Certificates of Merit - Alnvfjaret W. Evans Adolph G. RoseJijjmten, Jr. 1986 Junior Horticulturist Award — Cben'l Marie Friedel Gateway Regional Hijjb School J. Franklin Styer Award of Merit The evaluators awarded the following entries Certificates of Preliminary Commendation, permitting the intro- ducers to enter the plants for judging on their exceptional garden merit. Acer X freemanii 'Mamo' Hypericnui fiwidosinn 'Sunburst' Lespedeza thunberffii 'Albiflora' Viburmim plicatuiii 'Summer Snowflake' Ilex veTticillata Wlillcreek'' St}'er Award Committee Judith W. Zuk, Chair Darrel Apps James E. Cross Tom Dilatush William H. Frederick, Jr. William Heyser Ste\'e Hutton Richard W. Ughty Paul Me\'er Philip Normand\' Salh' Reath Bradshaw Snipes J. Franklin Stver Charles Zafonte Flower Show Awards 1986 Philadelphia Flower Show The Pennsylvania Horticultural Societv Flower Show Award for 12 the Best in Show in the following categories: Commercial Aesthetic - Gale Nurseries Display - Plume Orchids Education - Philadelphia Water Department Non-Profit Display - Fairmoinit Park Commission Education - Monis Arboretum of the University ofPennsylvania The Grand Sweepstakes Award for the indi\'idual accumulating the great- est number of points in all competi- ti\'e sections of the Show: Rosemarie Vassalhizzo The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweepstakes Trophy for the indi\idual accumulat- ing the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: Sylvia Lin The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Horticultural Sweepstakes Award for the indi\'idual runner-up in the Horticultural Classes: Pamela Copeland The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Arranging Sweep- stakes Trophy for the indi\'idual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Virginia Tietjens Margah Flood Memorial Trophy for the horticultural organization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticultural Classes: American Rock Garden Society The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Artistic Sweepstakes Trophy for the horticultural organization accumulating the greatest number of points in the Arrangement Classes: Wissahickon Garden Club The Margaret Buckley Zantzinger Award for the garcien club viccumu- lating the greatest number of pc:)ints in all competiti\'e sections of the Show: Old York Road Garden Club 1985 Harvest Show Awards The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Certificate of Excellence for a major exhibit: Fairmoiint Park Honicidtiire Center and Friends Hospital The Award of Horticultural Excel- lence: Rnth Flounders PHS Gardeners Sweepstakes Award to the indi\'idual winning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the horticultural section of the Show: William D. Coppens PHS Community Garden Sweep- stakes Trophy to the communit\' garden winning the greatest number of blue ribbons in the Sho^^': 4300- 4310 Sansom Street PHS Club Sweepstakes Trophy to the horticultural organization ^^'in- ning the greatest number of blue rib- bons in the Show Garden Society American Rock PHS Awards Presented Elsewhere: The Flower Show Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Societs^ to the Amateur Hoiticultiirc Section, Mrs. Roben H. Traylor, Chair, Neiv Fjiffland Garden and Flower Show Awards Committee Martha B. Barron, CJiair Kathryn S. Anciersen Cecily Clark Tina Colehower Barbara K. Heckert Russell O. Jones Richard W. Light^' J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Jean Schumacher Sandra C. \\\ird Judith \\. Zuk 13 PUBLIC INFORMATION National attention was focused this year on Philadelphia Green as the 1 0- block Southwest Philadelphia com- munit\' of West Shore became the Societs^'s third Greene Countrie Tow^ne. While se\'eral hundred cor- porate, goN'ernment and communit\^ leaders applauded the effort, news- paper, tele\'ision and radio reporters spread the word that Philadelphia Green was quickly becoming the hardi- est of all groundco\'ers to take root in the Cit\'. As \\'inter set in, the focus of media attention turned to yet another mam- moth greening effort, the Philadel- phia Flo\\'er Sho\\'. From its earh' planning stages more than 1 0 months in ad\'ance, to the Show's opening day, more than 170 local, regional and national media outlets captured details of preparation for this \^ear's big e\'ent, Hometown, USA. Hun- dreds of feature articles appeared natiom\dde. Whether it was a sense of "hometown" patriotism or a long- ing for an early breath of spring, many in the media seemed to be experienc- ing Flo\\'er Show feyer. The gardening word continues to spread throughout the Delaware Val- ley community' as Jane Pepper and "the gardening partner" share their knowledge and their garden in a Sun- day column in the Philadelphia Inquir- er Books and Leisure section. Startina; voung at the Flower Show. Public Information Committee James N. Nutt, Jr., Chair Marion Lafifey Fox John P. Swan Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Frances Vollmer 14 SHOWS Philadelphia Flower Show Philadelphia Civic Center, March 9-16, 1986 Judging and Pre\'iew: Saturday, March 8 Initially when we un\'eiled the "Hometown, USA" theme, our announcement was greeted with skepticism. After the beauties of Bri- tain in '85, people wondered what glories the hometown theme would yield. During the ensuing months, as they became familiar with the plans for the Hometown USA station and park, with the gardens on Main Street, the Storm Over the Luau and the Sea to Shining Sea exhibits, their skepticism turned to enthusiasm. Once the Show opened, visitors embraced our hometown and turned it into their hometown, and confided that, althouo;h the^' lo\'ed the British gardens, they "liked this much better." Despite the double trouble of con- tinuing Schu\'lkill Express\\'av repairs and a cit}' transit strike (which was threatened for the last Saturda^^ but actualh' started at 6 pm on Sunda\', March 16), our total paid attendance was 207,803, compared to 215,428 in '85 and 207,164 in '84. Crowding on the first four da^'s was a problem at the '86 Show; our 1987 plans include extending the Show into "A" Hall to allow^ substan- tially wider aisles and more \isitor space. The problem of parking spaces in and near the Ci^ic Center con- tinues. We hope that problem \\'ill be alle\'iated in the future when Cit\' government plans to build a sub\\'ay stop at the Ci\'ic Center become a realit\^ The Garden Workers at the Flower Show. 15 Aestheticall)' the '86 Show reached new heights and the exhibits were of the highest qualit}', from the smallest potted begonia to Robert W. Mont- gomery Landscape NLirser\''s exten- sive Hometown USA railroad station and park. Exciting for exliibitors, vol- unteers and visitors was the Sea to Shining Sea exhibit, generously fund- ed by AT&T. A year in acivance, ex- hibit co-chairs Jane Ward and Sandy Ward invited flower arrangers from 18 cities to \'isit Philadelphia in March '86. Each arranger was to create a floral displav interpreting her hometown. Birds of paradise from Hawaii, wheat and sunflowers from Kansas, oil drilling ec]uipment from Texas and a life-sized fi2;ure of Elvis Presley from Memphis, Tennessee, were among the Show stoppers. Each exhibitor recei\'ed a small tra\'el allowance, thanks to AT&T's generosity. The arrangers met the bal- ance of the exhibit expenses them- selves, and we were gratified to realize how much these talented flower lo\'ers from all across the countr\' are pre- pared to invest on behalf of our great Show. Substantial in\'estments of lo\'e and time are made also bv our many friends, x'olunteers and exhibitors who make the Philacielphia Flower Show an annual spectacular — wc thank \'ou all. Flower Show Committees Executive Mar\' H\'ndman, Chair Herb Clarke, Vice-Chair Richard Bailey Martha B. Barron Richard J. Both J. Richard Boylan* Tina Colehower William F. Delaflcld, Jr. Elizabeth Dolan Bets)' Grav Francis J. McKa\' *dccc,iscd Paul Meyer Robert W. Montgomer}', Jr. Wa}'ne Norton J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Robert W. Preucel Bruce Robertson Susan D. Stauffer Paul W. Tickle Jane Ward Sandra C Ward L. Wilbur Zimmerman Competitive Classes Susan D. Stauffer, Chair Betsy Gra)', Vice-chair Arrangement Classes Susan Stanley, Chair, Niches, Miniature Arrangements & Pedestals Anne Coste, Vice-chair, Niches, Miniature Airangements & Pedestals Jodv Craul, Co-chair, Aides Virginia Tietjens, Co-chair, Aides Julie Cla\', Vice-chair, Aides Susan Moran, Co-chair, Passing Harriet Palmer, Co-chair, Passing Sarah C. Z. Groome, Advisor & Worlishop Director, Niches Katharine H. King, Advisor, Medium Niches Ginnv Simonin, Advisor, Small Niches James W. & Lucie B. Sx.ec\e, Advisors, Miniature Arrangements Pat McLoud, Advisor, Pedestals Room and Table Classes SalK' Humphre\'s, Co-chair Carolyn Waite, Co-chair Caryl Funke, Vice-chair Aucire\' Pfeilsticker, Vice-chair Pressed Plant Material Classes Theresa Phillips, Co-chair Jeanne Griffith, Co-chair Lisa Howe, Vice-chair Kathie King, Vice-chair continued 16 .k Doug Tague's last minute grooming of the Fairmount Park Horticuluire Center's ornamental grass displa\- garden paid off with the 1985 PHS Har\est Show Certifi- cate of Excellence. Tague planted the dis- play'garden; John Allen, Horticulture Cen- ter administrator designed it. ^J"^ - , V. -^i^?%t m-- .0 W^ v: .\. ''»■'» ' >- ---"'liT'Viiin'iiiiifliiiii !■! Miniature Classes Bruce Barnstead, Chnir Cecilia Ross, Vicc-chnir Garden Class Toinette Jewel, Chnir MaiT Jo Straw'bridge, Vicc-chnir Terrace Class Jean Craig, Co-chair Jean Maus, Co-chnir Liz Ziegenfiis, Vicc-chnir Entiyway Class Patter Peterson, Chnir Juch' Campbell, Vicc-chnir Horticultural Classes Margaret P. Bo\\ditch, Co-chnir Alan P. Slack, Co-chnir Virginia Cn'er, Chnir, .Aides Tom Rudolph, Vice-chair, Aides Barbara Jacobs, Vice-Chair, Aides Bets\' Catlin, Chnir, Staging Jud\' Romig, Vicc-chnir, Staging Richard J. Both, Vice-chnir, Staging Toni Starr, Co-chair, Passing Susan P. Wilmerding, Co-chnir, Passing Irene Slater, Chnir, T\'ping Aides Nomenclature Paul Me^'er, Chair Charles O. Cresson Elizabeth Parley i\Iar\' B. Hopkins Dee Peck Martha Roberts Irene Slater Timoth\' Storbeck Judges and Awards Martha B. Barron, Chnir PHS A^^'ards Committee Cind\' Affleck, Chnir, Ai'rangement Judges Nancv Beck, Vicc-chnir, Horticulture Clerks Tania G. Biddle, Vice- chair, Arrangement Judges Margaret P. Bowditch, At Large Lisa Carr, Vicc-chnir, Arrangement Clerks Sue Chapin, Co-chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Cecily Clark, At Larjje Tina Colehou'er, Coordinator, Subcommittee Anne Coste, At Lnr^fe Jane Deming, Vicc-chnir, Horticulture Judges L\'nn Deming, Chnir, Trophies Sanna Drake, At Lar^e Salh' Fernle\% Vice-chair, Horticulture Judges Martha Fisher, At Large Salh' Graham, Vice-Coordinator Bets^' Gra^', Vice-chair, Competitiye Classes Joan Har\'e^', Vicc-chnir, Arrangement Clerks Se\\'ell Hornse^', Co-chair, PHS & Special Panel Clerks Barbara Juda, Vice-chair, Points Katharine H. King, At Large Care\' Lee, Vice-chnir, Arrangement Judges Betts' Nancarro^^', Vice-chair, Horticulture Clerks Patter Peterson, At Large Salh' Reath, At Large Mar}^ Schwartz, Chair, Horticulture Judges Susan D. Stauffer, Chair, Competiti\'e Classes Joanne Stehle, Chnir, Horticulture Clerks Susan Thorbahn, Vice-chair Trophies Susan Clark T\der, Chnir, Arrangement Clerks Carolyn Waite, At Large Jane Ward, At Large Sandra C. Ward, At Large Susan P. Wilmerding, At Large Salh' Yo^^^ Vice-Chair, Ai-rangement Judges 18 Hospitality Beth Butler, Chair Kerlin Grant Joanna Reed Sue Williams Exhibitors & Awards Luncheon Sandra C. Ward, Chair Sylvia Lin Harvest Show When we chose "Harvest Rain- bow" as our theme, we didn't know what a storm we'd weather to enjoy our rainbow. Hurricane Gloria blew into town Thursday night just as the last of the exhibitors arrived with entries and the Show's finishing touches had been completed. Staff and volunteers moved fast: as the wind blew and the rain flew, we took down the tents to keep them from blowing away. The Horticulture Center staff worked rapidly to clear new space in the greenhouses. We filled that space with the exliibit entries, tradebooths and a restaurant, all orginally staged out of doors. Friday found the Delaware Valley in a state of emergency: Gloria flood- ed roads, toppled trees and downed electrical lines. We cancelled the PHS Members Preview because there were no early morning entries and no judg- ing. By late afternoon the sides cleared and a revised entry and judging sys- tem was created for the next day. Saturday and Sunday glowed with sunshine and clear skies. Visitors arrived and found the Harvest Show was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Although we had to make some concessions, including free admission to the public, everyone connected with the Show felt a sense of pride and camaraderie in creating this successfuil event. A patriotic Harxest Table entr)'. Harvest Show Committee Ann Swan, Chair Sally Graham, Vice-chair Beverly Agard John V. Allen IV Kathyrn Andersen Doris Atkinson Ann Armstrong Sue Armstrong Martha B. Barron Am Benzel Bea Billau Richard Bitner Wilhelmina Bradshaw Willie Mae Bullock Barbara Burdick Jane Carter Jessie Carter Martha Clark Tina Coleho\\'er Berdina Cornish Dora Cornish Harold Da\'is Henrietta Deubler Helene Duncan Charlotte Eisner conriniied 19 Blanche Epps Charles Evers Rachel Fairbanks Helen Flaig Ruth Flounders Libby J. Goldstein Nancy Greenwood Dottie Grosse Margaret Grosskurth Nancy Grove Peg Hartwick Pegg}^ Hayes Ed Heitman Evelvn Hett Viclo Huth Edna Jones Joan Johnson Betty Keirn Barbara Kidder Frank Kieser Kitt\' Lapp Sue Leary Lee Loveland Sandy Manthorpe Ann Marlar Louise Mathis Marguerite Metzger Paul Meyer William E. Mifflin Jo Muscari Terry Mushovic Elise Payne Betty Persons Ann Rump Sandra Salkeld Marv Lou Scanlon Irene Slater Almina Smelley Christiane Stamper Virginia Tanner Sharon Turner Susie Walker Joanne Walkovic Lura Wampler Janet Welsh Estella Williams Peg Whitaker Hope Wood The Junior Show invites exploration and participation. Junior Flower Show "The World is Our Garden" was the theme that tested the creative and horticultural mettle of children from all over the city, ranging from pre- school to grade 12. Working with their teachers the young persons created arrangements, terrariums and ornaments and brought plants large and small totalling 917 entries to exhibit at The First Bank of the United States in November. The bud- ding horticulturists taught them- selves and others about how worms live in the earth with a hands-on exhibit, topiaries and many exhibits paralleling in a modest way those of the Philadelphia Flower Show. These proud young exhibitors are tomor- row's growers and arrangers and their interest and commimient bodes well for future flower shows in this city. Junior Flower Show Committee Natalie Kempner, Co-chair Jeanne Lennon, Co-chair Betty Tyler, Vice-chair Kate Cutler- Swope, Chair, Judges Mary Bradley, Vice-chair, Judges Carolyn Seifert, Chair, Clerks Andrea Raffle, Vice-chair, Clerks Helene Duncan, Advisor, Registration Mary Lou Scanlon, Advisor, Registration 20 PREVIEW DINNER The Flower Show Preview Dinner continues to attract a capacity crowd to one of the City's most glittering events. Under the leadership of the chair Elizabeth Dolan, the Commit- tee oversees every detail from seating to signs, ensuring the continuing quality and success of the Dinner. While viewing the spectacular Show, 2,390 guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Entertainment at this year's Show featured the Johan- nes Brass Ensemble and the Main- Liners barbershop group. ARA Services, Inc. served 1,940 gtiests native American fare for din- ner beginning with Philadelphia snapper soup and ending with apple pie. Beautiful baskets of colorful geraniums, courtesy of Fidelity Bank, complimented the Show's theme. Hometown USA. For the first time a new subscrip- tion categor}^ of Benefactor was added to enable dinner guests to pro- vide increased tax deductible dona- tions to the Societv. We are ver\^ grateful to both our Benefactors and Patrons for their generous support, which enables the SocietV' to carr\' out man}' of its programs, including our communit^' outreach programs. Committee Elizabeth G. Dolan, Chaw Ruth M. Colket, Vice -chair Richard W. Billings W. Thacher Brown Elise W. Carr Morris Cheston, Jr. Aline S. Cunnino-ham Mary C. Disston Bobby P. Grace Nancv Harris Craig N. Johnson Sally Korman Maud H. Littleton J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Anne B. Putnam Kathleen G. Putnam Leon Sunstein, Jr. Holly Wendt Suzanne H. Ross, Aides Chair Marv W. Webster, Aides Vice-chair Governor Dick Thornburgh (left) is greeted at the Prcx'iew Dinner b\- Priscilla and Rob Rwin, and Elizabeth Dolan (ris2;ht), chair of Pre\iew Dinner Committee. 21 MEMBERSHIP New Life Members Mrs. Robert H. Asplundh Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ohl Mrs. Charles C. Townsend, Jr. J. T. Dorrance, Jr. Mrs. James Morris PHS members, a healthy 7,484, have kept us on our toes with their increased energ\', enthusiasm, and acti\'e participation in a m}Tiad of activities. Our new members for 1986 totaled 1,088, including almost 300 who joined at the Flower Show in March. All \\'ere in\'ited to an Open House in June. Each year we are thrilled bv the outpouring of hospitality' and gener- osity from one gardener to another. We witness this each spring when our members open their gardens so that other members can enjo)' them on a Sundav afternoon. We felt this spirit in England in September when 25 members spent 14 davs there, and again in Scotland in May. The Members Committee assumes an actix'e role in PHS acti\ities and welcomes \'our suggestions for classes, workshops, field trips, and special extents. Members Committee Man' Disston, Chair Fran Borie Ph\41is Borten Margaret P. Bowditch D. J. Brosius Carter Dorrance Louise Harrit\' Man' B. Hopkins S\'K'ia Lin Harriett S. Richarcis Alan P. Slack Ph\'llis Wcisman Special Events Annual Plant Di\'idend Flower Arranging Symposium Holiday Open House Junior Show 158th Annual Meeting Members Preview - Han'est Show Members Preview - Philadelphia Flower Show New Members Open House Field Trips Andorra Natural Area, Spring Wissahickon Walk Ai-boretum of the Barnes Foundation (Spring and Fall) Brand\'wine River Museum, Winter- thur Museum and Gardens, and LongA\'ood Gardens: Holiday Decorations Duke Gardens and Princeton Uni\'ersit}' Glencoe Farm and Long\\'ood Gardens Londontown and Annapolis Morris Arboretum of the Uni\'ersit\' of Penns\'l\'ania Mt. Cuba and Winterthur Museum and Gardens National Galler}', Washington, DC- Treasure Houses of Britain Scott Aj-boretum and Pri\'ate Gardens Workshops, Classes, Lectures Animal Topiary Workshop Betsy Nutt Becky McBrien Basketry Workshops (6 sessions) Mar\' Miller Begonias Sylvia Lin Cambridge University Botanic Garden Peter Orriss 22 Harpist Janet Biely creates a serene mood at member's evening at Mr. and Mrs. }. Liddon Pennock's Meadowbrook Farm. Chanticleer Series Native Plants Laima Zaprauskis Up the Wall Christopher Woods Roses Lauren Springer Critters, Angels, and Stars Libby Dean Ann Scarlet Decorating with Plants John Story Flower Arranging for Enjoyment (2 sessions) Kate Swope Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment Ed Lindemann Gardening with Native Plants Thomas Buchter Gardens of Maine Margaret P. Bowditch The Great Himalayas Barry Phillips Herbal Cosmetics Jeannine Vannais Herb Day in the Country Phila. Unit, Herb Society of America Herb Wreath Workshop Ruth Flounders Frank Kieser Independence National Historical Park Hobart G. Cawood Inspiration from Abroad: Flower Arranging Kate Swope Landscape Design (3 sessions) Mary B. Hopkins Meadowbrook Farm: Garden Tour Mr. &Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Miniature Houseplants Margaret P. Bowditch Ornamental Grasses Mary Hockenberr)^ Meyer Piedmont Flora Richard W. Lighty Pine Barrens Rjck Darke Planning a Perennial Garden (3 sessions) Jane Reed Lennon continued 23 Plant Exploration Paul Meyer Plant Illustration (5 sessions) Alan P. Slack Plants for Year-round Interest Jim Jermyn Pressed Flower Workshop Katharine H. Kina; Propagating From Seed Roxie Gevjan Pruning Workshop at the Azalea Garden Patricia Schrieber Betty Tyler Pruning Demonstration A. William Graham at the Morris Arboretum Restoration of an Edwardian Garden Sir Peter Shephearci Special Books Allen Lacy Stir-frying Vegetables in a Wok Rosemarie Vassalluzzo Terrace Gardening Margaret P. Bowditch Trips to the Tropics — Members Evening at the Zoo Charles W. Rogers Using Unusual Bulbs Charles O. Cresson Garden Visits Spring Garden Visits Mr. & Mrs. Lennox Black Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Bright William C. Burleigh Mr. & Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth Mr. & Mrs. Donald Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Archibald Douglas, III Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. James McN. Hester Dr. & Mrs. John E. Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. John Lamprecht Mr. & Mrs. William G. Littleton, II Betsv Nutt teaching animal topiaries • Mr. & Mrs. David H. McAlpin Mrs. Robert Holmes Page Prospect House, Princeton University Mr. & Mrs. Keith Robertson Dr. & Mrs. H. Ralph Schumacher Mrs. Robert W. Simonin Temple Uni\'ersity, Ambler Campus English Gardens Beth Chatto Gardens, Elmstead Market Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge Castle Howard, Yorkshire Clare College Gardens, Cambridge Chequers, Boxford Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire Dell Garden, Bressingham Hardwick Hall, Yorkshire Harlow Car Garden, Harrogate Hatfield House, Hertfordshire Kenwood House, Hampstead Ling Beeches, Leeds Mannington Hall, Saxthorpe Newby Hall, Ripon Peckover House, Wisbech 24 St. Paul's Walden Bur)^ Hertfordshire Savill Garden, Windsor, Surrey Silver Birches, Leeds Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire Talbot Manor and Larch Wood, Kings Lynn Thorp Perrow, Bedale Wisley Garden, Surrey Gardens & Houses in Britain, May 1986 Listed in order of visits England Leonardslee, Horsham Nymans, Handcross Chelsea Flower Show Scotland Old Ballikinrain, Balfron Crarae Gardens, Loch Fyne Inveraray Castle Achamore Gardens, Isle of Gigha Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran Blairquhan Castle, Maybole Logan House Gardens Logan Botanic Garden Threave Garden, Castle Douglas Steacistone, Dalbeattie Traquair House Penicuik House Edenkerr}^ Lasswade Morton House, Edinburgh Hill of Tanit, Cupar St. Andrews Botanic Garden TantaUon, Invergowrie Wester Balruciden', In\'ergowrie Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Gosford House, Longnidcir\' Organizations Meeting at PHS During the Year Keystone Chapter, African Violet Societs^ Middle Atlantic Regional Lih' Group Pennsvlvania Bonsai Societv Philadelphia Indoor Light Gardening Societ\' of America Philadelphia Societv' for Promoting Asriculture _2^5_ COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Philadelphia Green As mentioned in Bob R)'an and Jane Peppers report, the past fiscal year has been an e\'entfLil one for the Philadelphia Green department, in\'olving both the planning for a major expansion and the initial imple- mentation. As part of these changes, we formed two di\isions in the pro- gram's Operations Department. The first, the Greene Countrie Townes di\'ision, is responsible for identifying and dcN'eloping four new model neigh- borhoods over the next five )'ears. The Cit}^-wide Greening division will work with residents throughout the rest of Philadelphia in low and mod- erate income neighborhoods to imple- ment greening projects. The grants also pro\ided fDr the establishment of an Education Depart- ment to coordinate all of Philadelphia Green's activities and expand our edu- cational programs to cie\'elop cit\^ gar- dening curricula for neighborhoods anci for selected schools. Ten new staff members were hired to fill six new full-time and four part-time posi- tions. Three of these new staff mem- bers recenth^ graduated from the 1985 Garden Interns Program sponsored bv Philacielphia Green. New Greening Projects During the past fiscal vear, Phila- delphia Green provided assistance to neighborhood groups in the cit\^s low and moderate income areas to develop 150 greening projects including: 45 vegetable gardens, 25 flower gardens, 24 street tree blocks and 38 garden blocks, 20 gardening projects at Phila- delphia Housing Authorit}^ sites, and 26 two Green the Schools projects. Among these di\'erse greening pro- jects are the Fairmount Park vege- table garden along Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia, first cultivated by the Korean Senior Citizens Associ- ation in 1985. In the next sLx months it tripled in size with the addition of 60 Korean families and 30 neighbor- hood black families. In north Phila- delphia, residents started a five-house lot "tree park" at 17th and Wesmiore- land on German town A\'enue. The Mt. Air\^ Beautification Committee planted 85 wine barrels with flowers in Mt. Air^''s business district. In Northern Liberties, the Neighbor- hood Association also planted wine barrels at scattered sites to seed the garden block concept in that neighborhood. One of the many promising develop- ments on the urban greening scene is the initiation of a special gardening program with the Philadelphia Hous- ing Authorit^' at fi\'e selected housing project sites - Abbottsford, Bartram's Village, Champlost, Norris, and Wilson Park. Basic communit}^ organ- izing and education programs con- ducted b^' staff throughout the fall, and plantings of tulip bulbs at all sites, paid off this spring with a blooming of involvement and interest at each site. The residents participated in designing and planting 20 greening projects, including garden blocks, vegetable gardens, and flower gar- dens. A waiting list of several groups from these and other Housing Author- it}^ sites has formed for next year's greening efforts. continued Morris KanofF helps make new offices easy to find at 325 Chestnut Street ^ LJv fl 3TIU8 3HT AIHAVJY3MW^ jAPUTJUOITOH YT3I302 «?lQAIHqj3aAJ|[ .y Greene Countrie Townes On July 26, 1985, the leaders of the West Shore community in Southwest Philadelphia donned cowboy hats and welcomed guests at the split rail fences surrounciing their flower gar- dens at the dedication of their Greene Countrie Towne. The celebration capped a three-year development pro- gram that saw the transformation of 10 sites into flower and \'egetable gar- dens and every street of this 10- block area was lined with trees and/or con- tainers planted with shrubs and flowers. Mayor W. Wilson Goode dedicated the Greene Countrie Towne to the residents and acknowledged the cooperative efforts of the public and private sectors that brought the pro- ject to fruition. The project attracted major commitments by the City of Philadelphia, the Sun Company, Kraft, and several non-profit agen- cies, who supported the efforts of the West Shore neighbors. The Greene Countrie Towne also attracted the attention of the Enterprise Founda- tion, Columbia, Maiyland, which selected West Shore as its first parti- cipant neighborhood for its non- profit housing development project for low income homeowners in Philadelphia. In other Greene Countrie Townes, the residents of Francisville con- tinued to develop and implement their greening strategv, which will be completed in 1987, and the neigh- bors in Point Breeze continued to carry their Greene Countrie Towne banner proudly as newly planted flowers and gardens spread through- out their neighborhood. The North Central Philadelphia community of Susquehanna has been selected as a target area for greening developments over the next several years. The location of many current continued 28 James W. Rouse, chairman ot the Enterprise Foundation, joined with Piiiladelpliia Green at the West Hagert Greene Countrie Towne dedication ceremon\- in Ausiust. 29 ^.•^L'arV.'J Charles Holman and Hd Doclp are among the Wednesday- PHS garden \olunteers who get on ladders to clear \ines on the arbor and barn. garden and green blocks, Susque- hanna includes in its boundaries the first Greene Countrie To\\'ne, West Hagert. This model greening com- munit\' has influenced the stait-up of man\' greening projects on its borders and will pla\' a ke\' role in promoting the greening of the surrounding neighborhoods. Education Department Since horticultural education is a ke\' element of the Philadelphia Green prograni, the new Education Depart- ment was establisheci to de\'elop effec- tive educational programming for participating groups and to pro\'ide in-senice staff training. In addition, the department's staff coordinates all communit\' acti^'ities that encourage good gardening and strengthen ties bet\\'een gardening groups. Workshops/Field Trips Close to 600 gardeners partici- pated in the indoor/outdoor series throughout the year. In spring, a total of 13 ^^■orkshops, co^■ering a number of topics such as pruning, street tree care and growing herbs, \\'ere brought closer to home b\' offering them at neis-hborhood sites. Training Programs Garden Interns. Each class of interns pro\ides needed encourage- ment and support to participating communit\' gardens. The garden interns assist full-time staff to work with neighborhood residents at spring and fall plantings in greening projects. The\' make summer \isits to all \eteran greening projects and help to conduct vear- round \\'orkshops. Eight garden interns completed the one-vear program in December, 1985. Tree Corps. This new program in\'oh'es cirs' residents in the appreci- ation and care of street trees. After completing training sessions in basic tree care, sk Tree Corps members, from the cirs''''s neighborhoods, sched- uled a series of on-site demonstra- tions for residents on street tree blocks planted by Philadelphia Green and other cit\' agencies. In addition, the Tree Corps conducted a sur^'e^' of all trees to assess their tolerance to cir\' conciitions. Green The Schools. Three ele- mentan* schools de\eloped ne\\' out- door garden projects in fall 1985: Nebinger (South Phila. ), Bache- Martin (North Phila.), and Steel (Nicetown). Staff also began to focus more attention on assisting school 30 projects integrating horticulture with classroom activities. The two schools selected for spring activities were: Meade Elementary (North Phila.) for its school-wide "Seed to Harvest" project and Vare Junior High (South Phila.) for its classroom/outdoor pro- ject involving mentally impaired students. City Gardens Contest One hundred and twenty-nine winners of the 1985 City Gardens contest were chosen for their horti- cultural excellence from 520 contest entries. The contest process included a first judging by 354 judges in 94 teams. Those selected as finalists were then \'isited by 57 judges. At Awards Night, hosted b)' committee mem- bers and honorar)^ chair Herb Clarke, the first-ever "Laurel" Award was pre- sented to Amos Rogers, a three time first prize winner in his categor}^ L. Wilbur Zimmerman recei\'ed an award of merit for "best judge's comments." Harvest Show In spite of Hurricane Gloria's wind and rain, a hardy troop from 46 com- munit)^ gardens made 350 entries in the Communit}' Garden Competitive Classes. Six hundred and fift}^ guests shared gooci times at the Saturday night Harv'est Show party. Recognition Dinner Three huncired and sevent}^ guests attended the 1985 Recognition Din- ner at The Philadelphia Centre Hotel, where they joined Father Paul Wash- ington, Church of the Advocate, in the In\'ocation. Guest speaker council- man Ed Schwartz paid special tribute to the contribution community gar- deners make to the quality of city life. Green Thumb of the Year Awards were presented to Mamie Nichols (Point Breeze), Peter Grove (Norris Square), and Jin H. Yu and Kvong Sul Kim (Korean Senior Citizens' Garden at Cobbs Creek). 1986 Philadelphia Green Advisory Board Sharon Turner, Chair Lewis F. Allen Rachel Bagby Wilhelmina Bradshaw Iris Brown Una Vee Bruce Mar\^ Butler Richard Camitta Jessie Carter Bob Clement Dora Cornish Charlotte Donald Florie Dotson Charlotte Eisner Rena Ennis Blanche Epps Susan B. Evans JoAnn Fishburn Ruth Flounders Rodnell Griffin Nancy Grove Samuel H. Henley Marlene Hilkowitz Edna Jones Natalie Kempner Frank Kieser David M. Kipphut Richard Krasner Mae Lanier Dorsha Mason Vernoca L. Michael Brenda Nealy Stephan Perzan John Providence Josef Revlock Doroth}' Riesdorph Efrain Rios Pearl V. Romans Tomasita Romero Rliea O. Shils James Taylor Donna Thorpe Haroldline Trower Veronica Whiten Janet Williams 31 PHS HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITS "The Way I See It," a photo contest for PHS members and friends proved popular with our spring and summer visitors in 1986. The Best of Show winner, a black and white photo of falling sno\\' in a woodland setting bv Ann L. Reed, was featured in the Sep- tember/October issue oi Green Scene. "Pages From A Forest Log," an exliibit created bv the Morris Arbo- retum of the Uni\'ersit}' of Pennsyl- vania, illustrated for visitors the life- cvcle of trees and tested their knowl- edge through a series of built-in quizzes. A new approach to the Holiday Show involved a series of competitive room sections decorated bv various clubs. Participating clubs were pro- \'ided with walls, fireplace, door, tree and a small subsidv. First prize went to The Gardeners of The Brandvwine for their whimsical dramatization of Santa snoozing under the tree. Other exhibitors included the Eighteenth Centur\^ Garden Volunteers, the E\'er- green Garden Club and the Four Lanes End Garden Club. An Exliibits Ad\'isor}^ Committee has been developed to provide input into the quality and variety of exhibits. The committee meets twice a year to proN'ide suggestions and to critique past exhibits. Thev welcome sugges- tions from other members. Exhibits During the Year Included: May - July Photo Contest August - September Pages From A Forrest Log September - October Art Work of Rodrica Tilly December Holiday Show Januar)^ - Februar}' Art Work of Michell Muldoon February - April Art Work of Nosta Glaser Exhibits Advisory Committee Jean Bodine Joan Brinton Robert J. Campbell George Harding Ann Jarmusch Natalie Kempner Kitt}' Lapp David Lautt Ann Reed Elizabeth Schumacher Susan P. Wilmerding 32 THE GARDENS AT PHS E\'en' Wednesda\' morning, April through October, our devoted group of garden \'olunteers pulled the tools from the barn and headed to the gar- dens to exercise their craft, pruning trees, shrubs and \'ines. The annual planting proved most enjoyable this vear as the \'olunteers filled the parter- res with blue sah'ia, bright vellow marigolds, pink begonias and flower- ing \'inca. The warm days of summer had them weeding, watering and deadheading. This past year we made some changes in our gardens at PHS. Thanks to a special gift from one of our members we were able to reno- vate the orchard and purchase nine flowering crabapples that were planted in early summer. We also planted a border ofBerberis thunber^ii Tygm}^ around the parterres. Ann McPhail, a knowledgeable horticulturist and member of PHS, has dedicated 20 years of servace in the 18th centur\' garden. Ann was one of the first volunteers to maintain the gardens and has seen it grow and change. To her we express our deepest thanks and appreciation for her work and continued support. Erica Glasener and George Harding seriously consider entries made h\ school children at the Junior Show. Garden Volunteers Elizabeth Bailey Wilma Crane Ruita E. Churchill Edward A. Doelp Lilly Glazer Johanna Goedel Charles S. Holman, Jr. Helen Kaufman Kitty Lapp Matthew H. McConnell Ann McPhail Jane Newcomer J. Watson Pedlow Harriett Richards Kinnie Schmidt Virginia M. Shuster Elizabeth F. Steele Frances Vollmer 33 CONTRIBUTIONS Major Contributors Atlantic Richfield Foundation AT&T Wniiam Penn Foundation The J. N. Pew, Jr. Charitable Trust Sun Company, Inc. The Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. Alfred Al. Campbell, Jr., Vice President/Treasurer J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., President Corporate Membership Program During the past \'ear, the Societ\' has recei\'ed generous contributions from many sources, including a dona- tion of at least S500 for our comniun- it\' outreach programs from each of the following corporate members: The ^\nchor Packing Company Bell of Pennsyhania W. Atlee Burpee Company Campbell Soup Company CIGNA Foundation The Colonial Penn Insurance Companies Ernst & \Vhinne\' Fidelit}' Bank First Pennsyh'ania Bank General Accident Group Johnson & Higgins of Penns\'h'ania, Inc. Mellon Bank (East) The Mutual Assurance Compan\^ The Philadelphia Contributionship Philadelphia Electric Company Philadelphia Ne^^'spapers, Inc. Philadelphia Suburban Corporation PMA Foundation PNB Charitable Trust PSFS The PQ Corporation Proyident National Bank The Prudential Insurance Company of America Quaker Chemical Foundation Rohm and Haas Company Rorer Group, Inc. Sonat Marine, Inc. SPS Technologies Wawa, Inc. Contributors Listed below are those contribu- tors \\4iose gifts of money or sendees were in excess of SI 50. Where couples are listed, the gift was equal to $300 or more. The Societ)' is grateftil to these and all others who haye contributed so generously to the Societ\''s programs. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Abramson Mr. & Mrs. E. Griggs Adams Mr. & Mrs. Harris C. Aller, Jr. Frederick W. Anton, 3rd ARA Services, Inc. ARCO Chemical Compan\' Ed\\'ard & G\\'en Asplundh AT&T Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Auchter Mrs. A. Fleming Austin Ernesta D. & Frederic L. Ballard Ballard, Spahr, Andre^^'s & IngersoU Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ballengee Mr. & Mrs. Red\\'ood Barker Alexis & Martha Barron Anna Bateman Dr. & Mrs. James E. Bates Bell Atlantic Corporation Bell of Penns\'l\'ania Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Betsh Raul & Charlotte Betancourt Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Billings E\'alyn M. Blotter Mr. & Mrs. James F. Bodine Mr. & Mrs. Willard S. Boodiby, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mrs. Herschell H. Boyd 34 Mr.* & Mrs. J. Richard Boylan Mr. & Mrs. Theodore B. Bozarth Sylvia M. Brasler Dr. & Mrs. J. Beyer Bray Mrs. C. Barton Brewster Mrs. Henry W. Breyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Howard Brosius Mr. & Mrs. C. Stuart Brown Mrs. Edward Browning, Jr. Mrs. J. Gibson McHvain Bunting William C. Burleigh Mr. & Mrs. Howard Butcher, 3rd Judy & Don Caldwell Campbell Soup Company Mr. & Mrs. James Tyson Carson Mr. & Mrs. Hans L. Carstensen Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cashel, Jr. John R. Caulk, 4th Mr. & Mrs. George M. Cheston CIGNA Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George R. Clark Dr. & Mrs. James E. Clark Theodore Clattenburg Mr. & Mrs. William S. Colehower Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Cooke Mrs. Lammot duPont Copeland Mrs. Barbara F. Craft Mr. & Mrs. Harold Cramer Albert J. Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henr)^ E. Crouter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Darlington Ann Fox Dawson Mrs. Rodney D. Day, Jr. Benjamin Deacon Mrs. George C. Denniston Mr. & Mrs. Henr}^ Disston Frank A. D'Lauro, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dolan, 4th Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Dorrance, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarrv, 4th Mr. & Mrs. Samuel S. M. DuBois James P. Duffy Beatrice duPont Mrs. Ralph Earle Mrs. Theodore E. Eckfeldt * deceased Helen Carnell Eden Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Elder Mr. & Mrs. Woodruff J. Emlen Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Ernst, 3rd Ernst & Whinney Margaret W. Ev^ans Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Eyeington Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Fehr Dr. & Mrs. Donald L. Felley Fidelity Bank The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company First Boston Corporation First Pennsylvania Bank Martha Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, 3rd Mrs. Richard S. Francis Mr. & Mrs. Armin C. Frank, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Friedland Mrs. Maurice W. Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gale Mrs. Julian L. Gallagher William K. Gano, Jr. & Family Garden Club of America John L. Gelbach Frederick H. Gloeckner Mr. & Mrs. Peter Godfrey Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Grace Mrs. Herman K. Grange Mr. & Mrs. G. Davis Greene, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. F. Otto Haas John and Chara Haas Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Halloran Mr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Hammer Mr. & Mrs. Henr}^ F. Harris R. M. Hawthorne, 5th Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Ha\^vard, 3rd Molly A. Heath Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Heckert Hannah L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hendrickson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Hennessv Gax'in Herbert continued 35 Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes, 3rd Mrs. Robert S. Hibbard Mr. & Mrs. John J. Hill, 3rd Holdcn Fund Charles S. Holman, Jr. Elizabeth S. Hooper Foundation Quita Woodward Horan Edward R. Howe, Jr. Joseph F. Huber Mr. & Mrs. John B. Huftaker Mr. & Mrs. William A. Humenuk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Hyndman, Jr. IBM Corporation Mrs. Bruce Jackson Orton P. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. James W. Jennings Johannes Brass Ensemble Mrs. Niels W. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Horace Jones Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Joyce Mrs. Lawrence Katz Jane Keator Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Kenkelen Peter J. M. King Mr. & Mrs. G. Lloyd Kirk Use Klebe Mr. & Mrs. Louis Klein Dr. & Mrs. William M. Klein Dr. & Mrs. John K. Knorr, 3rd Dr. & Mrs. F. Peter Kohler Mr. & Mrs. C. William Kontes Dr. & Mrs. G. Clayton Kyle Mrs. Austin Lamont Robert C. Landsiedel Mrs. Rodney M. Layton Mr. & Mrs. John B. Leake Mrs. P. Blair Lee Mr. & Mrs. Nelson J. Leidner Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Leisenring, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Lin Mr. & Mrs. R. Schuyler Lippincott Mr. & Mrs. William G. Littleton, 2nd Rosalie & J. A. Livingston Mrs. Edward S. Lower Mr. & Mrs. William D. MacDowell Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Marano Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. Margolis Alfred S. Martin Hon. & Mrs. Richard A. McClatchy, Jr. Mrs. Noel B. McLean Mr. &: Mrs. Robert McLean, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. William McLean, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. McLoud Mellon Bank Merck Sharp & Dohme Mr. & Mrs. John F. Miller Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Jr. Richard S. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Morris Dr. Emily H. Mudd Dr. & Mrs. Hunter S. Neal Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson Mr. & Mrs. Marlin P. Nelson Mrs. John J. Nesbitt Theodore T. Newbold Mr. & Mrs. Donald Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ohl Mrs. Joseph N. Olmsted Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Osborne Mr. & Mrs. William B. K. Pariy J. Folsom Paul in memor\^ of Lois Woodward Paul Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Pennebaker Mr. & Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Jane G. & G. Willing Pepper D. L. Petty Mrs. George T. Pew Philadelphia Electric Company Frederick Morris Phillips, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Phipps Elizabeth Prickett Provident National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Putnam Joan & Paul William Putney Mrs. David Stor}^ Randolph Mrs. Walter Rebmann Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Reed Col. &Mrs. Henry H. Reichner, Jr. John J. Reid Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rich, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Riley 36 Mrs. Charles W. Riter Mr. & Mrs. John J. Roberts Mrs. Brent W. Roehrs Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Rosenlund Mrs. Donald P. Ross Mr. & Mrs. James W. Rouse Karl F. Rugart, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Rvan Ellen Richards Samuels Scott Paper Company Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seabrook Mr. & Mrs. Orv^l Sebring Seed & Weed Garden Club Harold & Eileen Shaub Mrs. William D. Sherrerd, Jr. Virginia F. Shn^ock Mrs. Frederick W. Slack, Jr. Mr. 8c Mrs. Charles T. Smith Ham' G. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jerold B. Smith Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Mrs. Ra\'burn Clark Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Smith Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Smith, Jr. SmithKline Consumer Products Bovd L. Spahr, Jr. Mrs. Bertram M. Speare Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Stainton Mrs. George P. Steele Joanne N. Stokes Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Straw Dr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud Mr. & Mrs. John P. Swan Sun Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John H. S^^'ope, 4th Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Tarbox Mr. & Mrs. Mercer D. Tate Mrs. H. Chace Tatnall Mrs. C. Newbold Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Wylh's Terr>' Mr. & Mrs. Harold Ter\yilliger Mrs. John Hoover Thacher Mr. & Mrs. John B. Thayer Gough W. Thompson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson Mrs. S. Stokes Truitt Turner Constrtiction Compan\' Janet Samuel T\'son Mrs. Miles Valentine Mr. &Mrs. William L. \^an Alen, Jr. Hon. & Mrs. Francis L. \'an Dusen WCAU-TA^ Mr. & Mrs. John H. Wagner, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Harr>' C. Wallcer Mr. & Mrs. James H. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Walker Ra\' S. Walker Wan\dck Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. H. Waterfield Mr. & Mrs. Henr\' M. W^atts, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Webb, 2nd H. St. John Webb, 3rd Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Weiss Roger Wells, Inc. Mrs. WiUiam H. S. Wells Mr. & Mrs. Harold C. Wessel Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Franklin H. West Dr. & Mrs. R. Smiser West Mr. & Mrs. Cort\\Tight \\'etherill Mr. & Mrs. William White Ezra B. WTiitman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. W. Cooper \\'illits Mr. &:Mrs. Da\id R. Wilmerding, Jr. Mrs. Jolin M. Wilson L. M. Winston Mrs. John D. Winter Gertrude Wister Mr. & Mrs. Elias Wolf Mrs. Isabelle Wood Elizabeth C. Woodward Mrs. George Woodward, Jr. Harriet G. Wood\\ard John M. Woznisk\' Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Z. XWirts Minturn & Nonwi \Vri2;ht Mr. & Mrs. Heber Yeaglc\- Arthur Young & Compan\' Mr. & Mrs. Ralph G. Young, Jr. L. \\'^ilbur Zimmerman Zoological Societ\ ot Philadelphia 37 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Harold C. Wessel, Chair Anne B. Putnam, Vice-Chair J. Howard Brosius Elizabeth Lippincott William D. MacDowell Patricia L. Wilson We are pleased to report another successful year for the Societ}^ in which our revenues exceeded expenditures. These are set forth in the statement of our Operating Fund on the following page. The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1986, presented by the Soci- ety's auditors, Ernst & \Vhinney, was reviewed and accepted. Excerpts shown below are included in the complete report available for inspection at the Society's office. hi June, we entered into an agreement with Stratton Management, Inc. to handle the investments for our Operating and Endowment Funds, exclu- sive of the Shaffer Trust. During the year, the committee met periodically with representatives of the Mellon Bank and the Philadelphia National Bank, managers of the investment portfolios for the Elizabeth Shaffer Trust and the Societ\''s Pension Plan respectively. A transfer of $300,000 from the Operating Fund to the Unrestricted Endowment Fund was recommended and accepted by Council in June, 1986. STATEMENTS OF FUND BALANCES Years Ended June 30, 1986 and 1985 Operating Fund Endowment Fund Unrestricted Restricted Undesignated Designated Total Balance, June 30, 1984 Excess of operating fund 5552,471 5100,000 51,383,901 550,818 52,087,190 revenue over expenses 348,876 348,876 Investment income - restricted Gain on sale of 3,835 3,835 investments Life membership dues Interflind transfers: 96,999 3,000 96,999 3,000 Council authorized (300,000) 601,347 300,000 1,783,900 -0- Balance, June 30, 1985 100,000 54,653 2,539,900 Excess of operating fund revenue over expenses 380,083 380,083 Investment income - restriaed Gain on sale of 3,257 3,257 investments Life membership dues Interfund transfers: 30,846 5,000 30,846 5,000 Council authorized (300,000) $681,430 300,000 52,119,746 -0- Balance, June 30, 1986 S 100,000 557,910 52,959,086 38 STATEMENTS OF OPERATING FUND INCOME Year Ended June 30 1986 1985 Operating revenue: Membership dues Designated contributions Flower Show Preview dinner Fees and sales Membership and other activities Grant income Operating expenses: Salaries Other employee expenses Building maintenance and utilities Depreciation and amortization Administrative supplies and expense Less allocation of overhead to Flower Show Philadelphia Green, including salaries and other employee expenses Other communit)' service projects Publications Flower Show, including allocation of overhead Preview Dinner Library and educational programs Membership and other activities Special projects Income from Operations Nonoperating revenue: In\'ested funds and sa\'ings accounts Schaffer Trust Undesignated contributions Excess of Revenue Over Expenses $ 213,891 S 197,874 48,039 46,616 1,761,225 1,582,061 409,616 335,400 33,793 40,900 112,418 114,077 267,778 112,097 2,846,760 2,429,025 370,939 334,549 100,315 82,084 46,580 35,156 16,967 15,975 91,671 86,668 626,472 554,432 (311,004) (255,000) 315,468 299,432 454,022 281,148 24,075 37,676 159,586 151,026 1,395,560 1,171,947 140,480 135,055 23,993 21,475 178,241 173,949 32,781 9,933 2,724,206 2,281,641 122,554 147,384 195,390 158,818 31,042 29,749 31,097 12,925 257,529 201,492 S 380,083 S 348,876 39 STAFF Jane G. Pepper President Flower Show Manager J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Director, Philadelphia Green Gladys Bradley Administrative Secretar)', Philadelphia Green Jean B)-aIlt Cir\' Gardens Contest Coordinator Jean Byrne Director of Publications James Carter Greene Countrie Towne Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Clarence Coles Custodian Ida Councilt Clerk, Philadelphia Green Linda Davis Membership Secretar)' Pegg}' Devine Libran,' Assistant George Fernandez Assistant Coordinator, District #1, Philadelphia Green Denise Flores Administrations Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Lillian GreenbergI Book Conservator Betsy GuUan Membership/Activities Coordinator Liz Hauck Editorial Assistant William F. Herbert Accountant Denise Jefferson Assistant Coordinator, District #2, Philadelphia Green Carol Lindemannf Administrative Secretar)' Ed Lindemann Fiorticulturist/Show Designer Fiarvest Show Manager Lance Mason Field Operations Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Sally McCabe City- Wide Greening Administrator, Philadelphia Green Margaret McCarvillt Ticket Sales Elizabeth McGill Receptionist/Hospitalit}' Supervisor, Philadelphia Green Dennis McLaughlin Assistant Fiorticulturist, Shows Floor Manager Marjorie Meer Flower Show Secretan,^ Cher}i Monroe Administrations Coordinator Jeff" Mvers Greene Countrie Towne Administrator, Philacielphia Green Sandra Myersf Librar\' Cataloger Florence Narducci Activities Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Marie Rodia Receptionist Patricia Schrieber Education Department Head, Philadelphia Green 40 Celia Segalt Publicity Secretar}^ Yvonne Smith Secretary', Philadelphia Green Lisa Stephano Public Information Coordinator Lennv Tanzymore Coordinator, District #2, Philadelphia Green Clara Troilot Receptionist Bett}' Tyler Education Programs Coordinator, Philadephia Green Anne Valler}' Education Projects Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Jeannine Vannaist Assistant Greene Countrie Towne Coordinator, Philadelphia Green Barbara Wagner Coordinator, District #1, Philadelphia Green Ellen P. Wheelert Pre\ lew Dinner Coordinator Mar}' Williams Housekeeper Mar)' Lou Wolfe Librarian Paul Wolfmger Assistant Director, Philadelphia Green Juanita Wooten Philadelphia Housing Authorit)' Coordinator, Philadelphia Green tpart-time PHS Hotliners at Mt. Cuba en]o\' a day away from the phones. ji M»- S -• • •^ t« ^ ^j^^^^msti. ■ig^A. u. « it ^«S*. 1^1 1 Hvcrvtliing is all right at O.K. Corral, a Philadelphia Circcn- sponsoicd ("omiminity Flower Ciarckn. 13471M®l459 3-23-9B 193990 XL /