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THE COVER -- A SYMBOLISM

TO THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE ARBORETUM, IT IS MANY THINGS.

IT'S A LAGOON, ALONG WHOSE SHORE ONE SEES TALL EUCALYPTUS, CLUMPS OF
PAPYRUS, A BANANA TREE OR TWO, A DENSE WILD GRAPEVINE AS A GROWING MANTLE ON
THE ASCENDING AND SLIGHTLY BEND ING TRUNK OF A PALM, AT TIMES, WHITE WATER
LILIES. GRACE THE SURFACE OF THE LAGOON, WILD BIRDS OF EVERY SORT FIND FOOD
AND SHELTER IN THE JUNGLE BORDER OR ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. IT'S AN EVER-
CHANGING SCENE OF BEAUTY. IT'S NATURE'S MOST NATURAL CORNER.

IT'S A SIGHTSEERS MECCA, SUNDAY VISITORS COME FOR AN UNHURRIED RIDE
ON THE "JEEP" TRAIN TO SEE LIVING PLANTS OR LEARN A LITTLE EARLY CALIFORNIA
HISTORY OR JOURNEY THROUGH THE PLANT WORLD OF AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, OR
SOUTH AMERICA IN MINIATURE. SCHOOL CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND THEIR TEACHERS
USE THE ARBORETUM AS AN OUT-OF-DOOR CLASSROOM, GARDEN CLUBS SEE THE "NEW" IN
HORTICULTURE. IF FOR NONE OF THE ABOVE REASONS, ONE CAN ENJOY BEAUTY AND
PEACE OF MIND AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC AND HUSTLE OF EVERYDAY LIFE,

PASSIFLORA ALATO-CAERULEA OR THE PASSION FLOWER, SYMBOLIZES THE EXOTIC
OR UNUSUAL IN FLOWER FORM. NEW AND UNTRIED SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS, ACACIAS,
BOTTLEBRUSHES, BAMBOOS, PALMS, AND MANY OTHERS, ARE OFFERED FOR STUDY, BOTA-
NISTS AND HORTICULTURALISTS THE WORLD OVER WATCH WITH INTEREST AND ENCOURAGE-
NNT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW PLANT MUSEUM.

TO MANY, THE GREENHOUSE AND PLANT RECORDS KEPT THEREIN ARE OF PRIME
IMPORTANCE, THIS IS THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH EVERY SEED, CUTTING, OR PLANT,
OFFICIALLY ENTERS THE ARBORETUM. IN ORDER, A SEED IS GIVEN A LIFETIME NUM-
BER, PLANTED IN THE GREENHOUSE, MOVED TO THE LATHHOUSE, AND FINALLY TRANS-
FERRED TO THE FIELD. THERE ITS ABILITY TO GROW, FLOWER AND SET FRUIT IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS OBSERVED AND RECORDED. TO DATE, THE GREENHOUSE HAS
BEEN THE TEMPORARY HOME OF 12,836 PLANTS, BEING ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ALL
ALUMINUM GLASSHOUSES IN THIS AREA, ITS CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION IS A SOURCE
OF STUDY FOR THE NURSERY TRADE.

LAST, WE SEE THE ARBORETUM LOCATED AT THE VERY FOOT OF OCCASIONALLY
SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS, SUCH A LOCATION IS A VERY REAL CHALLENGE TO PLANT
INTRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOES ENJOY SEASONAL CHANGES.
FOR A PART OF THE YEAR AT LEAST, WE EXPERIENCE SMOG FREE, CRISP WEATHER WHICH
EXCITES US TO CONTEMPLATIONS COMPARING OUR OWN SMALLNESS WITH HIS GREATNESS
IN THINGS NATURAL.

THE EDITOR

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LOS ANGELES ‘ctx’ ARBORETUM

291 No. Old Ranch Road, Arcadia, California

R. J. SEIBERT, Director Telephone: DOuglas 7-3444

July 5, 1955

Honorable Board of Supervisors
County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles 12, California

Gentlemen:

It is a pleasure to submit herewith the second Annual Report
of the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, County of Los
Angeles.

With sincere regrets, the submission of this report will
terminate my official capacity as Arboretum director for this De-
partment. It is hoped, however, that in my new capacity as director
of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, I may continue to
share with you a feeling of real accomplishment through the develop-
ment of a potentially great Horticultural institution.

In this age of mechanical, chemical, electronic and atomic
miracles, we need not fear a decline in the powers of nature. Rather,
that a feeling of closeness to nature through Horticulture and Gerden-
ing shall be one of the potent stabilizers of our civilization. The
veracity of this statement is fully evidenced by the fact that home
gardening is the "No, 1" hobby of the American today. In a climatic-
ally unique area such as you have in southern California, your honor-
able board may consider with pride, the great part you are contribut-—
ing to the expansion, understanding and enjoyment of ornamental
horticulture. Through the Arboretum and its program over the coming
years, every resident of Los Angeles County shall starid to gain cul-
turally and spiritually a better peace of mind.

May I take this opportunity of expressing deepest appreciation
to my staff in whose hands the writing, compiling and assembling of
the following report will fall, as will the operation of the Arboretum
until the installment of my successor. I consider it one of the high-
lights and privileges of my experience to have worked with this team
of men and women who have always looked upon their positions as careers
not "jobs" and held the aims of the Arboretum above those of self.

Respect. —

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Russell/J. Seibert,
RJS:P Director

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS

B OF SUPERVISORS

HERBERT C. LEGG, ~ 1ST DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN

KENNETH HAHN - 2ND DISTRICT

JOHN ANSON FORD - 3RD DISTRICT

BURTON W. CHACE ~ 4TH DISTRICT

ROGER W,. JESSUP ~ 5TH DISTRICT

ARTHUR J. WILL, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS

SAMUEL AYRES, JR., PRESIDENT
. HARRY J. BAUER, "VICE PRES IDENT
ROBERT CASAMAJOR, VICE PRESIDENT
HOWARD A. MILLER, TREASURER

VARNEY BANCROFT
RALPH D. CORNELL
- HAROLD CROZIER
MRS. RICHARD Y. DAKIN

MRS, IVEY DARBY
JOHN ANSON FORD
. D.

WILLIAM HERTRICH

LIONEL LOUIS HOFFMANN
HENRY ISHIDA
CHARLES S. JONES
MRS. JOHN R. MAGE

SAMUEL MOSHER
MRS. RUDOLPH J. RICHARDS
- HAROLD ROACH
MRS. WILLIAM D. SHEARER

PAUL S, SMITH
HENRY C. SOTO
MRS, EUNICE SPRINGER
GEORGE P, TAUBMAN, JR.

FRANK E, TITUS
FRITS W. WENT

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ARBORETUM STAFF

ARBORETUM OBJECTIVES

ARBORETUM LOCATION

CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
DR. SEIBERT - AN APPRECIATION
GROUNDS DEVELOPMENT and CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
NEW BUILDINGS

HORTICULTURAL

SPECIAL PROJECTS

LIBRARY

INVITATION and DEDICATION

SUNDAY TOURS

DAILY TOURS

SPECIAL GROUNDS PERMITS

A PARTY - A PLANTING

ARBORETUM LECTURE PROGRAMS

STAFF ARTICLES

TV = RADIO

NEWSPAPERS

"IN PRAISE OF NATURE"

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ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS IS A YOUNG-
STER IN THE EYES OF THE COUNTY, WE DO HAVE A SIZABLE STAFF, THE STAFF WILL
GROW WITH THE ARBORETUM. FOR THE YEAR, 1954-55, WE PROUDLY PRESENT:

DR. RUSSELL J. SEIBERT, DIRECTOR

GEORGE E. ALLEN ARBORETUM INFORMATION AID (AN)
ALB BARDELLI PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
THELMA G, BLANCHARD INT. STENOGRAPHIC SECRETARY
W. QUINN BUCK ARBORETUM PLANT PROPAGATOR
DANIEL V. CASSIDY PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
JAMES W, CAUFFIELD ARBORETUM NURSERYMAN
JOHN D, DANCER ARBORETUM INFORMATION AID (AN)
JOYCE E, DAY INTERMEDIATE STENOGRAPHER
JOHN W. DOUTHIT, JR. ARBORETUM INFORMATION AID (AN)
WARREN W,. FARRELL GUARD (AN)
EDWIN J. FAWCETT ARBORETUM CARETAKER
HARRY A, FAWCETT GUARD
GEORGE H. FISHER GUARD (AN)
GERALD GINNELLY TREE TRIMMER
ROSCOE C, GOODRICH ARBORETUM GARDENER
HARLES A, HALLBERG ARBORETUM GARDENER
WINFRED L. HAWK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE HELPER
JOSE . HERNANDEZ PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
JUVENTINO O, HERRERA PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
DALE C, JOHNSON STUDENT WORKER
DENIS E, KUCERA ARBORETUM INFORMATION AID
LOUIS B. MARTIN PLANT PHYSIOLOGIST
JOHN T. MCGAH PLANT RECORDER
RUSSELLA K, MCGAH LIBRARIAN (AN)
BERNICE L. MCKEEN INTERMEDIATE TYPIST CLERK
DEWEY E, NELSON ARBORETUM CURATOR
EDWARD R. O'REILLY GUARD
0. POTTHAST, SR. UTILITY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
EDWARD J. PUGH ARBORETUM GARDENER
GEORGE L. REUTER ARBORETUM INFORMATION AID (AN)
JOHN B. RICHARDSON STUDENT WORKER
FRANK SIMERLY PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
GEORGE H. SPALDING ARBORETUM SUPERINTENDENT
RUTH F, SPALDING TYPIST CLERK (AN)
HAROLD R, STAFF PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
JOHN E, STUMBO ARBORETUM GARDENER
C. A, SULLIVAN SENIOR PARK MAINTENANCE MAN
FRED E,. WALTERS PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER
ROBERT H. WHITSELL PARK MAINTENANCE MAN HELPER

LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM OBJECTIVES

THE HORTICULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FACILITIES
FOR THE PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE, FOSTERING MORE
EXTENSIVE AND INTELLIGENT USE OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND TREES TO ENHANCE
THE BEAUTY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GARDENS, PARKS, AND PARKWAYS.

A CENTER FOR THE INTRODUCTION, TESTING AND IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS ADAPT-
ABLE TO SOUTHERN CALIFO

A GARDENING SCHOOL FOR TRAINING GARDENERS, GARDEN SUPERINTENDENTS, PRO-

PAGATORS AND OTHER SKILLED PERSONNEL REQUIRED BY COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE

NURSERIES AND GARDENS, WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND A PORTION OF THE CURRICU-
LUM OF INTEREST TO AMATEURS.

A CENTER OF RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC STUDY, WORKING IN COLLABORATION
WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY DEPART-
MENTS OF AGRICULTURE. AN INFORMATION CENTER, MAINTAINING A ate
OF PLANTS CULTIVATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HERE SPECIMENS CAN

READILY IDENTIFIED, AND PRACTICAL ADVICE GIVEN ON PLANTING, Faprackr ton
AND CULTIVATION,

A LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM.

A PUBLICATION CENTER FOR BULLETINS, BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS OF HORTICULTURAL,
BOTANICAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST,

A PRESERVE OF EARLY CALIFORNIA BUILDINGS AND AUTHENTIC HISTORICAL GARDENS.

A BIRD SANCTUARY.

LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM

(Founded through the efforts of the Southern California Horticultural
Institute). Sponsored by California Arboretum Foundation, Inc., and
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

ADDRESS: 291 NORTH OLD RANCH ROAD. P.O. BOX 688
LOCATION: ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA

TELEPHONE: DOUGLAS 7-3444
PUBLIC ENTRANCE: 301 N, BALDWIN AVE,

ACCESSIBILITY

LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND
COUNTY ARBORETUM LIES SOUTH OF COLORADO BOULEVARD AND WEST OF THE NEW
EXTENSION OF BALDWIN AVENUE. IT IS LESS THAN 40 MINUTES RIDE BY AUTO-
MOBILE FROM THE LOS ANGELES CIVIC CENTER AND ONLY 20 MINUTES FROM
PASADENA'S CITY HALL. THE MAIN PUBLIC ENTRANCE FOR THE SUNDAY AND
DAILY TOURS IS AT 301 N, BALDWIN AVENUE.

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CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.

A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA,
FEBRUARY 20, 1948. FROM ITS INCEPTION UNTIL JUNE 30, 1953 THE FOUNDATION,
UNDER AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WAS
CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING AND DEVELOPING THE ARBORETUM.

ON JULY 1, 1953, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC
GARDENS WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOP-
ING THE ARBORETUM. CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC., AS OF JULY 1,1953,
HAS THE FUNCTION OF CONDUCTING SPECIAL HISTORICAL, HORTICULTURAL, RESEARCH
AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AT THE LOS ANGELES STATE ” AND COUNTY ARBORETUM FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

THE FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED TO MAKE AVAILABLE MEMBERSHIPS OF VARY-
ING CLASSIFICATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS, GARDEN CLUBS, PLANT SOCIETIES, OTHER
SPONSORED GROUPS AND COMPANIES INTERESTED IN THE ARBORETUM'S ACTIVITIES.
THE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES JOINTLY WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURAL
INSTITUTE A QUARTERLY JOURNAL, "LASCA LEAVES" DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURAL SUB-
JECTS OF INTEREST TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS SENT TO ALL MEMBERS.
ANNUAL .PLANT AND SEED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO ALL MEMBERS EXCEPT ANNUAL
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS,

THE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, BEQUESTS,
AND DONATIONS TOWARD ITS SPECIAL PROJECTS. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS DEDUCTIBLE
ER FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS,

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CALI-
FORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC., WRITE OR TELEPHONE TO:

MRS. LEE WRAY TURNER, EXEC. SECY.
CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC.
291 NORTH OLD RANCH ROAD

P, 0. BOX 688

ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS 7-8207

DR. RUSSELL J. SEIBERT
- AN APPRECIATION -
BY SAMUEL AYRES, JR.

CONFLICTING EMOTIONS ARE THE ORDER OF THE
DAY AT THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY
ARBORETUM - REGRET AT THE LOSS OF DR.
SEIBERT AND PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT OUR
DIRECTOR WAS CHOSEN ABOVE ALL AVAILABLE
CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD TO BECOME THE NEW
DIRECTOR OF LONGWOOD GARDENS, THE FAMOUS
ESTATE OF THE LATE PIERRE DU PONT, NEAR
PHILADELPHIA.

THE RESPONSIBILITY WHICH DR. SEIBERT HAS
ASSUMED IN HIS NEW DUTIES IS PROBABLY RES as
GREATER THAN THAT OF ANYONE IN THE FIELD © 9“ Saeco Re) UD

OF BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. NO? ONLY WILL HE
HAVE CHARGE OF FURTHER DEVELOPING THE ALREADY BEAUTIFUL AND FAMOUS LONGWOOD
GARDENS, BUT HE WILL DIRECT SYSTEMATIC WORLD-WIDE PLANT EXPLORATIONS IN
SEARCH OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (SOME OF WHICH WE HOPE MAY ULTIMATELY LAND IN OUR
ARBORETUM) .

OUR REGRET AT LOSING DR. SEIBERT IS BASED UPON OUR AFFECTION FOR HIM, HIS
BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WIFE AND HIS THREE ATTRACTIVE CHILDREN, AND FOR HIS
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AS DIRECTOR DURING THESE PAST FIVE YEARS. OF PRIMARY
IMPORTANCE IS DR. SEIBERT'S FRIENDLY PERSONALITY WHICH HAS INSURED CORDIAL
RELATIONS WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS
AND WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, THE GOVERNING BOARD AND THE BOARD OF THE
ARBORETUM FOUNDATION.

PARALLELING HIS FINE PERSONALITY, DR. SEIBERT'S SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND HAS
LAUNCHED THE ARBORETUM ON A CAREER WHICH SHOULD PLACE IT AMONG THE BEST IN
THE WORLD. A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT RESEARCH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, SOME OF THEM IN COOPERATION WITH CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. ONE VERY PRACTICAL RESEARCH PROBLEM HAS HAD TO DO
WITH THE STUDY AND PROPAGATION OF FIRE-RESISTANT PLANTS FOR USE ALONG FIRE-
BREAKS AND IN BURNED-OVER AREAS, THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT ARE
NOW BEING UTILIZED BY THE COUNTY AND NATIONAL FORESTRY SERVICES.

FINALLY, DR, SEIBERT HAS DIRECTED AN EXTENSIVE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING PRO-
GRAM ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS AND HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A LIVING MUSEUM OF
BEAUTY AND OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE, A STAGE WHICH IS DESTINED TO BECOME ONE OF
THE OUTSTANDING SHOW PLACES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SO WE REGRETFULLY BID DR, SEIBERT A TEMPORARY FAREWELL. WE ARE CERTAIN THAT
IT IS ONLY TEMPORARY BECAUSE HE HAS PROMISED TO KEEP US ON HIS VISITING LIST
AND WE BELIEVE HE WILL FIND IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE ARBORETUM
wate OF THE PLANT TREASURES WHICH HIS TEAMS OF EXPLORERS WILL SEND BACK TO

S COUNTRY.

SO LONG, RUSS, AND THE BEST OF LUCK.

GROUNDS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM HAS JUST PAST THROUGH ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL YEAR --- A YEAR MARKED BY CONSIDERABLE ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS BRING-
ING INTO LIVING REALITY, MORE AND MORE OF THE MASTER PLAN,

A BRIEF SURVEY COVERING THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND SPECIAL SECTIONS OF
THE ARBORETUM WILL INDICATE THAT OUR HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN CARRIED
ON TO THE FULLEST PRACTICAL EXTENT WITH THE EXISTING FACILITIES,

BALDWIN AVENUE ESPLANAD

THE FORTY FOOT WIDE STRIP ON THE EAST SIDE OF BALDWIN AVENUE, FROM COLORADO
BOULEVARD SOUTH TO THE RACE TRACK FENCE, BELONGS TO THE ARBORETUM, TWO YEARS
AGO, WE PLANTED A HEDGE OF CEANOTHUS AND ACACIAS BETWEEN THIS AREA AND THE
ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, THIS HEDGE IS APPROXIMATELY SIX
FEET HIGH NOW, AND GIVES PROMISE OF EXCELLENT BLOOM NEXT SPRING, WE'VE RE-
CEIVED NUMEROUS COMMENTS OF APPROVAL AND REAL PLEASURE FROM THE RESIDENTS
WHOSE PROPERTY BORDERS THIS PLANTING.

ON THE WEST SIDE OF BALDWIN AVENUE, FROM COLORADO BOULEVARD SOUTH TO THE
MAIN ENTRANCE, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DECORATIVE AND VALUABLE HORTICULTURAL
DISPLAY PLANTINGS.

FIRST, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER (COLORADO & BALDWIN) IS A COLLECTION OF SPECI-

MEN ACACIAS, THE STRIKING GLOW OF COLOR PRODUCED BY THE MYRIADS OF YELLOW

BALLS OF FLOWERS THIS SPRING, RESULTED IN MANY INQUIRIES BY THE PUBLIC FOR

_ INFORMATION CONCERNING THE KIND OF PLANTS AND METHODS FOR THEIR CULTURE.
ALTHO, THIS PLANTING IS BUT TWO YEARS OLD, IT HAS NEEDED THINNING, AND WILL

AGAIN BE A BEAUTY SPOT NEXT YEAR,

SECOND, THE DIVIDING STRIP, BETWEEN PARKING LOT AND BALDWIN AVENUE, AND THE
FENCE LINE AREA JUST WEST OF THE PARKING LOT, HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY LOW MAIN-
TENANCE PLANTINGS. THE DIVERSIFICATION IN PLANT SPECIES OF WIDE RANGE GIVES
COLOR HERE AND THERE ALONG THE ESPLANADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

WE'RE JUSTLY PROUD OF THE GARDENER WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THIS PARTICULAR

AREA FOR THE PRIDE HE OBVIOUSLY TAKES IN MAINTAINING THE ATTRACTIVE "FRONT
YARD" OF THE ARBORETUM.

AUSTRALIAN SECTION

MORE THAN 200 EUCALYPTUS (IN SOME 30 SPECIES AND VARIETIES) WERE ADDED TO
THIS BIT OF AUSTRALIA IN ARCADIA, MEASUREMENTS OF SOME OF THE ESTABLISHED

GROUNDS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - continued

TREES, INDICATED THAT CERTAIN SPECIMENS GREW MORE THAN SIX FEET IN A SINGLE
YEAR. WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE SHY OF ADEQUATE WATER LINES IN THIS AREA —-- 500
FEET OF HOSE WERE NEEDED TO REACH CERTAIN NEW PLANTINGS --—- HOWEVER, THIS
DID NOT DETER OUR PROGRESS. NEXT YEAR WE FEEL CERTAIN SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
BE CORRECTED.

LAST YEAR, THE COLORFUL BOTTLEBRUSH GROUP WAS ALMOST UNNOTICED. THIS YEAR,
NO ONE CaULD MISS THE LACY, NEEDLE-LIKE FOLIAGE OR THE VIVID REDS, SOFT PINKS,
THE MAGENTAS, OR WHITE "BRUSHES" (THE FLOWERS) OF THIS COLLECTION. WE HAVE
LEARNED SOMETHING OF THE WATER REQUIREMENTS OF THESE PLANTS WHILE ENJOYING
THEIR BLOOMS,

ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN NATIVE -- ANIGOZANTHUS -- WAS TRANSPLANTED FROM A FIELD
NURSERY TO ITS PERMANENT HOME IN THIS SECTION, RE-ESTABLISHMENT WAS RAPID
AND EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

THERE IS AN ACACIA COLLECTION INSIDE THE GROUNDS, AS WELL AS, OUTSIDE. SOME

OF THE MORE RARE SPECIES OF THIS GROUP BLOOMED FOR THE FIRST TIME. RESULTING
SEED WILL BE COLLECTED FOR OUR OWN USE AND FOR EXCHANGE PURPOSES.

SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION

SOUTH AFRICA IS THE HOME OF MANY BRIGHTLY FLOWERING PLANTS BELONGING TO THE
COMPOSITE FAMILY. A VIGOROUS BEGINNING HAS BEEN MADE IN BRINGING THIS SECTION
UP TO SUCH COLOR. BOTH WATERING PROBLEMS AND SOIL STUBBORNNESS HAVE PLAGUED
THIS AREA FROM THE BEGINNING. THE YOUNG ARBORETUM GARDENER IN CHARGE OF THIS
SECTION HAS DONE VERY COMMENDABLE WORK IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING
"SOUTH AFRICA",

MEDITERRANEAN SECTION

THIS SECTION IS THE LEAST DEVELOPED AND MOST OBVIOUSLY SO. BUT THERE'S

AN EXCELLENT REASON, THROUGH A GREATER PORTION OF THIS AREA, THE ARCADIA
WASH FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, DURING 1956. WE HAVE TRIED
TO ADD SOME INTEREST HERE, NEVERTHELESS, BY PLANTING NATIVE CISTUS OR ROCK
ROSE SPECIES IN SMALL BAYS ALONG THE ROAD EDGE,

JUNGLE SECTION

THE SCREECHING OF MONKEYS, THE HOOTING OF OWLS, THE ROAR OF A LION AND
POSSIBLY A HYENA'S LAUGH ARE SOUNDS OFTEN HEARD FROM THE JUNGLE. TRUELY,
THESE NOISES ARE EXPRESSIONS OF IMAGINATION BY THE CHILDREN TOURING THE

GROUNDS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - continued

JUNGLE. IT'S A FASCINATING, UNIQUE, AND EVER POPULAR SPOT. IT'S THE ONLY
REAL JUNGLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. EACH YEAR, WE ADD SPECIMEN PLANTS OF

A TROPICAL NATURE -- COFFEE TREES, GINGER, SWAMP IRIS, BIRDS-OF-PARADISE,
BEGONIAS, EPIPHYLLUMS -- TO HIGH LIGHT WITH COLOR (ALSO TO TEST FOR HARDINESS)
THIS AREA LIGHTED IN SHADES OF GREEN,

APPROACHES TO THE EAST AND WEST ENDS OF THE JUNGLE HAVE BEEN PLANTED WITH
ADDITIONAL TROPICAL SPECIES THIS YEAR, AND IN TIME THESE PLANTS WILL BECOME
THE "LOW" JUNGLE.

A SPECIMEN COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES -- PAPYRUS, PAMPUS, LEMON --
LEAD AWAY FROM THE WEST END OF THE JUNGLE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE LAGOON.

BAMBOO & PALM SECTION

SOUTH ALONG BALDWIN AVENUE FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE ARBORETUM AND CON-
TINUING WEST ALONG THE SOUTH FENCE TO THE FOOT OF TALLAC KNOLL, SINOCALAMUS
OLDHAMI, ONE OF THE TALLER BAMBOOS, WAS PLANTED THREE YEARS ACO TO FORM A
HEDGE. THIS PLANTING IS RAPIDLY FILLING IN, SCREENING FROM THE ARBORETUM
VISITOR BOTH HIGHWAY NOISE AND THE WORKING END OF A LOCAL RACE TRACK.

ADDITIONAL SPECIES OF BAMBOOS AND PALMS (SEE ARBOR WEEK) HAVE BEEN PLANTED
IN THIS SECTION, INCREASING THE VALUE AND INTEREST OF THESE TWO PLANT TYPES
WHICH ARE NOT OF THE SHOWY FLOWER VARIETY.

DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE SECTION

THIS AREA, PLANTED EARLY IN THE ARBORETUM'S DEVELOPMENT IS BEGINNING TO
TAKE ON THE LOOK OF MATURITY. PLANTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WHICH
GIVE PROMISE OF LANDSCAPE VALUE ARE BEING PLANTED TOGETHER. SOME OF THEM
WILL BE FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THEIR PROPER GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS.

theca ogc IS A LESSON IN GENETICS COMBINED IN ONE PLANTING. ONE
PACKET OF D PRODUCED BOTH LOW AND HIGH GROWING SHRUBS. A FORM OF ICE
PLANT, THE FLOWERS OF WHICH BLAZE WHEN TOUCHED BY THE BRIGHT SUN. REDS,
YELLOWS, ORANGE, MAGENTA, LAVANDER, AND PINK FAIRLY BLIND THE OBSERVER Ar
NOON. THE MANY ” PETALLED ” FLOWERS SEEM COATED WITH A WAXY SUBSTANCE WHICH
ACCOUNTS FOR THE GLITTER AND SPARKLE. CUTTINGS FROM THESE PLANTS HAVE BEEN
PLANTED TO FORM LOW BORDERS ALONG THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND SPOTS IN THE NORTH
BALDWIN PARKING STRIP.

OLD FASHIONED ROSE GARDEN

A COMPANION OF THE HERB GARDEN, BUT AS YET VERY EMBRYONIC. THIS GARDEN
WILL FEATURE ROSES INTRODUCED Poe TO 1905.

HERB GARDEN

IT MAY WELL BE THAT THE HERB GAR-
DEN IS THE "STAR" OF THE ARBOR-
ETUM THIS YEAR,

BASIC GRADING WAS COMPLETED IN
APRIL AND AS WE REACH THE END OF
JUNE, THE GENERAL PATTERN IS
CLEARLY EVIDENT. THE OUTLINE OF
THE KNOT GARDEN HAS EMERGED AND
THE KITCHEN GARDEN IS WELL ALONG,
PRELIMINARY SKETCHES FOR A DIPPING
WELL IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN HAVE
BEZN DRAWN AND THE OUTLINE FOR THE
MEDIEVAL WALLED GARDEN HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED. THE HEADERS FOR THE
PATHS THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN HAVE
BEEN PUT IN AND THE MAJOR PATHS COVERED WITH CRUSHED ROCK, THE PATTERN AND
PLAN OF SUCH A DIFFERENT GARDEN WILL, IN ITSELF, STRIKE THE MODERN VISITOR AS
UNIQUE AND PLEASURABLE: BUT MORE THAN THIS --- HERE'S A USEFUL BIT OF HORTI-
CULTURE WHICH REACHES BACK TO THE VERY EARLIEST OF BOTANY AND PLANT LORE,
THIS GARDEN IS A LIVING SYMBOL OF MAN'S PROGRESS (HORTICULTURALLY AT LEAST)
THROUGH THE AGES.

WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL TO MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIT OF THE HERB
SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS AND ACTUAL ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING
THIS GARDEN, THEY NOT ONLY SHOULDERED THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THE BOXWOOD
PLANTS, THE REDWOOD HEADERS, AND THE CRUSHED ROCK; BUT IN ADDITION, FURNISHED
DATA ON THE CULTURE OF HERBS, MISS EDNA NEUGABAUER GAVE US AN OUTSTANDING
COLLECTION OF LAVANDER SPECIES AND VARIETIES. MRS. A. D. RICHARDSON, 1954-55
PRESIDENT, HAS DIRECTED THE SOCIETY'S WORK, GIVING CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT

TO THE ARBORETUM COMMITTEE ABLY HEADED BY MISS RUTH RANDALL. WE EXTEND OUR
SINCERE THANKS TO ALL THE MEMBERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER FINE YEAR OF
COOPERATION WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIT UNDER THEIR NEW PRESIDENT, MRS.
CECELIA WILLARD WILCOX,

TROPICAL GARDEN

HERE, WE REALLY ARE EXPERIMENTING! IN THIS ABANDONED EARTH RESERVOIR, ATOP
TALLAC KNOLL, THE CYMBIDIUMS PLANTED ON THE SLOPING INNER WALL BLOOMED PRO-
FUSELY THIS YEAR, FURTHER, AROUND THE SIDE, THE SPECIES BEGONIAS IMPART YEAR
AROUND COLOR, WIRED TO TRUNK AND LIMB, IARDY CRCHIDS AND BROMELIADS ARE
BEING TESTED FOR A LIFE OUT-OF-DOORS, UNDER SOME PROTECTION. SOME OF THESE

GROUNDS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - continued

ALSO BLOOMED THIS YEAR. IN VARIOUS SPOTS ARE PLANTED TREE SPECIMENS OF THE
FICUS GROUP --- A DONATION OF DR, CONDIT -—.

THE REALLY OUTSTANDING EVENT IN THIS AREA WAS THE LEAFING OUT AND BLOOMING
OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN TABEBUIAS (SEE ARBORETUM PUBLICATIONS, DR. SEIBERT).
IF THESE TREES CAN BE GROWN TO MATURITY, THE ARBORETUM WILL HAVE BROUGHT
A SPECTACULAR SPLASH OF COLOR AND GRACEFUL BEAUTY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

MUCH INFORMATION WILL BE GLEANED FROM THIS SPECIAL SECTION, VALUABLE TO THE
HOME OWNER WHO WISHES COLOR AND INTERESTING FOLIAGE WITH HARDINESS,

THE BUILDINGS

THIS FISCAL YEAR SAW THE COMPLETION OF THREE PERMANENT BUILDINGS. 1) THE
HEADHOUSE, CONTAINING A POTTING ROOM, SHOWER AND LOCKER ROOM, PLANT RECORDS
OFFICE AND UTILITY ROOM WHICH HOUSES THE STEAM GENERATING PLANT USED FOR
STERILIZING SOIL, POTS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. 2) THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS. 3)
THE FIRST WING OF OUR SERVICE UNIT. THIS UNIT CONTAINS DOUBLE GARAGES, A
TOOL ROOM, RESTROOM, AND AN ELECTRICAL VAULT. ALL ELECTRICAL AND TELEPHONE
WIRES ON THE ARBORETUM GROUNDS WILL ENTER FROM THIS VAULT. THESE NEW BUILD-
INGS HAVE ENABLED US TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION AND THE PLANTS
WILL MOVE INTO THE PERMANENT PLANTINGS AT AN EVER INCREASING PACE.

AS WITH ANY VIGOROUSLY GROWING ORGANIZATION, BUILDING FACILITIES ALWAYS SEEM
TO LAG BEHIND THE IDEAS AND AMBITIONS OF THE PERSONNEL. ADDITIONAL GREEN-
HOUSE AND SERVICE SPACE AND EQUIPMENT ARE URGENTLY NEEDED IN SPITE OF THE
NEWNESS OF THE ABOVE CONSTRUCTIONS.

WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT A FORWARD LOOKING COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND INCREAS-
ING PUBLIC USE AND INTEREST PRESAGES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE ARBORETUM.

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BUILDING

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GREENHOUSE

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HORTICULTURAL

THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF MUCH OF THE REAL WORK GOING ON IN THE ARBORETUM.
INCREASE OF OUR PLANT COLLECTIONS IS CARRIED OUT AT A STEADY DAY BY DAY
PACE, MUCH AS A PLANT ITSELF GROWS, THE FOLLOWING DATA ILLUSTRATES THE
EFFORTS OF THE PROPAGATION, PLANT RECORDS, AND SECTION GARDEN DIVISIONS
OF THE ARBORETUM:

1. ACCESSIONS

ACCESSIONS OF 2,276 SEED AND PLANT MATERIALS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE FISCAL
YEAR 1954-1955, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THIS FIGURE
BRINGS THE TOTAL OF 12,836 ACCESSIONS HANDLED SINCE THE ARBORETUM'S INCEPTION
IN 1948.

2. PROPAGATION, SEED AND PLANT CONTROL

1ST QTR. 2ND QTR. 3RD QTR. 4TH QTR. TOTALS

ACCESSIONS 432 402 725 717 2276
SEED PLANTED 391 277 281 334 1483
CUTTINGS INSERTED 2586 152 673 1083 4494
INTO 1 GALLON CANS 2666 3067 1305 1425 8463
INTO 5 GALLON CANS 65 89 18 200 372
PERMANENT FIELD PLANTING 2402 3937 4223 5523 16185
EXPERIMENTAL & TEST PLANTING 99 i a 484 vepeiag. 583

3. SEED AND PLANT EXCHANGE

AS DURING PREVIOUS YEARS, SURPLUS SEED AND PLANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS
BOTANICAL GARDENS, ARBORETA , UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ON AN
EXCHANGE BASIS, MANY OF OUR LOS ANGELES COUNTY INSTITUTIONS WERE GIVEN PLANTS
FOR LANDSCAPING PURPOSES.

THE FOLLOWING QUANTITIES WERE DISTRIBUTED OR EXCHANGED:

SEED PLANTS
RECEIVED SENT RECEIVED SENT
FOREIGN 483 Tit 4 NONE
DOMESTIC 364 239 1379 3148

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4. CONDITION AND SURVIVAL REPORTS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUESTS, REPORTS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THOSE INSTITU-
TIONS ASKING FOR INFORMATION. IN MOST CASES, THESE REPORTS APPLIED TO
MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PLANT
INTRODUCTION GARDENS, WE DID, HOWEVER, FORWARD REPORTS TO OTHER INSTITU-
TIONS BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC,

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ALWAYS, THE IMPORTANCE OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION TO ITS COMMUNITY IS MEASURED,
IN PART, BY THE GIFTS IT RECEIVES, EACH YEAR, THE ARBORETUM HAS PROSPERED
THROUGH GIFTS FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC, THEIR DONATIONS
INCLUDED: ROSES, BEGONIAS, AZALEA HYBRIDS, ORCHIDS, SEEDS, AND VARIOUS
SPECIMEN PLANTS.

WEATHER

DAILY READINGS OF TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL AND EVAPORATION HAVE BEEN RENDERED
MONTHLY TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OFFICE FROM THE
ARBORETUM WEATHER STATION NO. 1037-E, IN ADDITION, WEATHER INFORMATION IS
GIVEN TO THE CITY OF ARCADIA WATER DEPARTMENT AND ARCADIA CITY HALL. DAILY
WEATHER REPORTS ARE OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO THE SUCCESS OF PLANT MANAGE-
MENT. ONE OF THE MANY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS
EMBODIED IN THIS TYPE OF REPORT:

LASCA WEATHER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1954-1955

—_________L EMPERATURES . RAINFALL — EVAPORATION
AVERAGE PEAKS INCHES INCHES
MONTH ___MIN, _MAX, _MIN,__ MAX, _ MEAN _ MONTH _ MONTH _
v4 O1.3 - 9745 ot... 106. . 194 w=: 6, 515
AUGUST $8.0... 90.4 50, .. 106. 74.2, -—-——— 5.780
S ok PY gee Ais. t0h, 73.7. ee 5260
OCTOBER Mince. Been eee 9 Bond. ae lee
NOVEMBER 44.9 82.6 35. a OM 2.07 20a
DECEMBER Rhode. yn God r 4a 84. She4 “> paige ie
JANUARY leads: = Oe ae 80. 49.6 5.82 885
FEBRUARY 860. Dom 30. Bie a aed 5 a blige
CH 43.9 73.8 35. oo. 58.8 4,06 = 3,570
APRIL 43.9. 75.6 36. 88. 59.7 +090 °° See
MAY AS Sie aay ag 39. O72, Ok 2 9, I a8
JUNE 53-4. 81.7 45. ie Ge -03 5.440
TOTAL INCHES ---- 13.91 46.165

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

EXPERIMENTAL

FIRE RESISTANT PLANTS

THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM, STARTED A YEAR AGO, HAS BEEN CONTINUED. THE CISTUS
OR ROCK ROSE PLANT WAS STILL THE PRIMARY RESEARCH SUBJECT. TWO PHASES OF WORK
WERE CONSIDERED.

FIRST, GERMINATION AND SURVIVAL OF FIELD SOWN SEED.

IN JANUARY, 1954, TEN CISTUS SPECIES WERE SEEDED ON A FIRE BREAK IN THE MOUN-
TAINS ABOVE MONROVIA, CALIF. THE FIRST SEEDLING COUNT WAS MADE IN MAY, 1954.

A SECOND AND THIRD COUNT WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER, 1954 AND MARCH 1955, RESPECTIVE-
LY. SEEDLINGS WERE IN EVIDENCE AT EACH COUNT. GROWTH OF THE SEEDLINGS IN-
DICATED THAT a) SOME HAD SURVIVED FROM THE MAY COUNT: WHILE b) OTHERS HAD
DIED, BUT WERE REPLACED BY A NEW CROP BETWEEN THE SEPTEMBER AND MARCH COUNT.

FROM THESE OBSERVATIONS, THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS SEEM JUSTIFIABLE: 1) CISTUS
SEEDS WILL GERMINATE UNDER CONDITIONS OF POOR SOIL AND MINIMUM RAINFALL;

2) FROM A LARGE ENOUGH SEEDING, SOME SEEDLINGS WILL SURVIVE THE RIGORS OF
FIELD LIFE; AND 3) THE LENGTH "OF TIME THAT THE SEED IS VIABLE PERMITS ONE
SEEDING TO. PRODUCE PLANTS FOR MORE THAN ONE SEASON,

IN ADDITION TO DIRECT SEEDING, THE FLOOD CONTROL DIVISION OF THE U. S. FOREST
SERVICE IS TESTING TRANSPLANTED SEEDLINGS (SUPPLIED BY THE ARBORETUM

VARIOUS MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE ARE THE PLANTINGS ON THE
LANNON CANYON EARTH DAM, ARCADIA, CALIF. THESE PLANTS ESTABLISHED A YEAR
AGO, HAVE THIS YEAR FLOWERED AND PRODUCED SEED. THE RE-SEEDING POTENTIALS
OF THESE PLANTS WILL BE WATCHED WITH GREAT INTEREST BY BOTH FEDERAL AND
COUNTY INVESTIGATORS.

SECOND, A FLUCTUATION IN THE NUMBER OF SEEDS GERMINATING WAS NOTICED DURING
GREENHOUSE TRIALS WITH CISTUS. IN THE SAME POT OR FLAT OF SEEDS, PERIODS OF
MUCH GERMINATION FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF LITTLE GERMINATION. THUS THE TIME OF
GERMINATION OF A GIVEN LOT OF SEED WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE. AN UNDERSTANDING

OF THIS PHENOMENA COULD BE USEFUL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CISTUS IN THE FIELD.
A SERIES OF GERMINATION EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED. VARIOUS PRE-TREATMENTS
WERE GIVEN THE SEED. TESTS WERE ALSO ARRANGED AT THE EARHART LABORATORY,

CAL TECH, PASADENA. TO DATE NO CLEAR CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN FROM THESE
VARIOUS TESTS WHICH WOULD SHED LIGHT ON THIS PECULIAR GERMINATION ACTION, THE
ONE FACT DEMONSTRATED TO DATE IS THAT CISTUS IS CAPABLE OF GERMINATION UNDER
EXTREMELY VARIED CONDITIONS.

FURTHER WORK IS IN PROGRESS.

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SPECIAL PROJECTS - continued
HERBICIDE TRIALS

THREE CHEMICALS SEEM PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR FURTHER TESTING, FOLLOWING
SMALL PLOT TESTS,

ALNAP-1 (NAUGATUCK CHEMICAL CO.) EFFECTIVE AGAINST SUCH WEEDS AS RAGWEED ,
CKICKWEED, ETC., WITHOUT APPARENT DAMAGE TO ZOYSIA MATRELLA, A STOLO-
NIFEROUS GRASS,

DALAPON (DOW CHEMICAL CO.) EFFECTIVE ON WEEDS AND GRASSES. KILLED BER-
MUDA GRASS AT ALL CONCENTRATIONS: SOME BERMUDA REGROWTH AT LOWEST CON-
CENTRATION OF CHEMICAL, IF CAREFULLY APPLIED THIS CHEMICAL MAY BE USE-
FUL FOR EDGING BERMUDA GRASS PLOTS, LAWNS, OR GRASS BREAKING THROUGH AS-
PHALT PAVING,

PREMERGE (DOW CHEMICAL CO.) A GENERAL WEED KILLER, APPLIED BEFORE EMER-
GENCE OF CROP PLANT, CAREFUL APPLICATICNS TO PLANT CONTAINERS CHOKED
WITH YOUNG WEEDS WAS PARTLY SUCCESSFUL REDUCING WEEDING BY HAND, APPLIED
AS A POST-EMERGENT SPRAY, WEEDS ARE KILLED, BUT REGROWTH IS SOON AP-
PARENT.

HERBICIDE AND SOIL STERILANT

VAPAN (STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO.) IS A NEW SOIL STERILANT AND HERBICIDE,
APPLIED TO PLOTS OF PURE RAGWEED OR PURE BINDWEED, 100% KILL WAS ACHIEVED,
NO REGROWIH IN THESE PLOTS WAS APPARENT TWO MONTHS AFTER TREATMENT.

TESTS OF SOIL STERILIZATION FOR BOTH POTTING AND CANNING SOIL ARE UNDER
OBSERVATION,

A MAJOR DISADVANTAGE OF ALL THE PRESENT WEED KILLERS AND SOIL STERILANTS
WHICH DIRECTLY CONCERN THE ARBORETUM, IS THAT FEW CAN BE USED AROUND ESTAB-
LISHED PLANTINGS FOR WEED CONTROL WITHOUT THE FEAR OF DAMAGE TO THE PLANT
SPECIMEN,

ALL THE ABOVE CHEMICALS WERE SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS EXPERIMENTAL
SAMPLES FREE OF CHARGE, THE MANUFACTURER'S NAMES ARE INCLUDED FOR CLARITY
AND DCES NOT INDICATE ENDORSEMENT OF PRODUCT.

TURFGRASS

STUDIES CONCERNED WITH TURFGRASSES FOR THE HOME WERE CONTINUED. THE FOLLOW-
ING GRASSES ARE GROWING AS PURE PLOTS AT THE ARBORETUM:

ZOYSIA MATRELLA 445 BERMUDA, EVERGLADES #3
ZOYSIA MATRELLA 1304 BERMUDA, HALL'S U-3

ZOYSIA MATRELLA #73 BERMUDA, "MAGENNISII"
ZOYSIA MATRELLA "FLAWN" {ICROLAENA STIPOIDES
ZOYSIA JAPONICA AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA
ZOYSIA JAPONICA VAR. "MEYER" VAR, STOLONIFERA
ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA "LUCKY" BALDWIN BLUE GRASS
BERMUDA, EVERGLADES #2 TA FESCUE

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MEADOW FESCUE

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SPECIAL PROJECTS - continued

CUITING HEIGHT CHANGE FROM 3" TO 3/4" IMPROVED QUALITY OF ROTH THE BERMUDA
AND ZOYSIA TURFS. IN ADDITION, CLOSE MOWING REDUCED MAT BUILD-UP, THUS
ELIMINATING FALL SCALPING OF THESE LAWNS.

A QUICK METHOD OF PLANTING ZOYSIA MATRELLA PROVED SUCCESSFUL. NO SEED SOURCE
OF THIS GRASS IS AVAILABLE, VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION IS MANDATORY, SMALL
SPRIGS OF THIS GRASS TAKE YEARS TO COVER AN AREA, TRIALS HERE SHOWED THAT BY
SCATTERING QUANTITIES OF SMALL CLUMPS OF STOLONS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE PRO-
POSED LAWN AREAS, COVERING WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SAWDUST, AND KEEPING
THE WHOLE AREA WELL WATERED THAT ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A LAWN IS POSSIBLE,
GRASS COVERAGE PRODUCED BY SUCH A PROCEDURE IS VERY MUCH ACCELERATED,

COMPATABILITY TRIALS OF EVERGLADES BERMUDA #2 AND #3 AND HALL'S U-3 BERMUDA
PLUGGED INTO ESTABLISHED MERION BLUE GRASS TURF, RESULTED IN A COMPLETE RUN-
OUT OF THE BLUE GRASS IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR'S TIDE,

THE NEW ZEALAND GRASS, MICROLAENA STIPOIDES » MAINTAINED ITS GREEN COLOR
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT APPEARS TO BE MORE GREEN DURING THE COOLER SEASONS :
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR'S MAINTENANCE OF THE LAWN AT A 13" CUT APPEARED SUCCESS-
FUL, CLOSER CUTTING WILL BE ATTEMPTED THIS NEXT YEAR, SEED WAS COLLECTED
FOR FURTHER TRIALS, BOTH AT THE ARBORETUM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WEST.

INFORMATION WAS AGAIN COLLECTED AS TO THE TIME OF YEAR THAT THE VARIOUS
BERMUDAS AND ZOYSIA TURNED BROWN AND WHEN REGROWTH APPEARED. THESE DATA
ARE USEFUL WHEN CONSIDERING BREEDING AND SELECTION FOR BETTER GRASS STRAINS,

MEASUREMENTS

THE ANNUAL MEASUREMENT OF THE RATE OF GROWTH OF SELECTED TREES AND SHRUBS
WAS REPEATED, IN MANY CASES, THE INCREASE IN GROWTH WAS CONSIDERABLE OVER
THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S MEASUREMENTS, THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT THE PLANTS WERE
SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED IN THE FIELD POSITIONS, THESE AND SIMILAR DATA ARE
ADDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL PLANT RECORD CARDS WHICH BEAR PROPAGATION AND GROW-
ING INFORMATION AS WELL. SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS VALUABLE TO BOTH THE HOME OWNER
AND PROFESSIONAL PLANTSMAN WHEN CONSIDERING LANDSCAPING PROBLEMS USING NEW
OR UNTRIED PLANT MATERIAL, .

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LIBRARY

AMONG THE 71 VOLUMES PURCHASED FOR THE LIBRARY, THREE WERE PARTICULARLY
OUTSTANDING IN THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE.

THE FIRST, CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, 51 BOUND VO
PUBLICATION, MR. CURTIS BEGAN HIS SERIES IN 1793:
THE YEARS FROM 1793-1331. THESE ORIG

SECOND (ONE OF THE 10 REMAINING COPIES OF J. J. OCHSE'S FRUIT AND FRUIT-

f 5 : WORLD WAR II
AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE OCHSE FAMILY, ALL HOPES FOR HIS BOOK WERE LOST.
AFTER THR WAR, A SEARCH FOR COPIES WAS MADE; FINALLY IN AN OBSCURE BOOK
STORER IN THE ORIENT, 10 VOLUMES WERE DISCOVERED. THE-VALUE OF THE PLANT
MAT DESCRIBED AND THE HAND COLORED PLATES A ESTIMABLE TO THE
FIELD\OF HORTICULTURE. \

LAST, FROM SPAIN CAME TH
BOTANICA DEI 5VO_ REINO
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MUTIS. SH OVER SRTAKING THE

PUBLICATION © £ NOTES 0 NG THE FLORA OF NEW SPAIN, NOTES
END OF THE EXPEDITION. \

\
OF THE GIFTS TO THR LIBRARY, THE 17 BOUND VOLUMES OF THE U,S,D.A, PLANT
INTRODUCTION INVENTORIES, 1-126 SHOULD BE NOTED. WE THANK THE U\ S. DEPART-
MENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.

STATISTICALLY, THE LIBRARY GREW AS FOLLOWS:

CURRENT PERIODICALS
EXCHANGE 66 \
SUBSCRIPTIONS 33 \
GIFTS 9

BINDINGS
BOOKS
PERIODICALS val

THE IMPORTANCE QF THE BRARY, INDICA INCREASING REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
BY STAFF AND THE FERAL PUBL] AS” THE ARBORETUM CCNTINUES TO GROW, RESULTED
IN THE APPOINTMENT Of A-PULL TIME LIBRARIAN,

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Supervisor John Anson Ford
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Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
The Board of Governors of the
Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens
he Board of Trustees of
California Arboretum Foundation, Inc.

Cordially invite your attendance
at the

Formal Opening and Tour
of the

LOS ANGELES STATE and COUNTY ARBORETUM
301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia Calif.

Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 2:00 p.m. °

NO INVITATION HAS EVER BEEN SENT OFF WITH AS JOYOUS A FEELING AND PRIDE AS
THIS, ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE LOS ANGELES STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM
TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OF THE WORLD.

DIGNITARIES, BOTH OF THE BOTANICAL WORLD, AS WELL AS, IN PUBLIC SERVICE FROM
ALL AREAS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ATTENDED THE FORMAL OPENING,

THE INVOCATION BY DR. J. DAVIS BARNARD, PASTOR OF THE ARCADIA PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, OPENED THE SPECIAL CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THIS EVENT. DR. FRITS W.
WENT OF CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CALI-
FORNIA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, INC,, ACTED AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

DR. SAMUEL AYRES, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF ARBORETA AND BOTANIC GARDENS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, GAVE THE WELCOMING
ADDRESS.

DR. WENT THEN INTRODUCED SUPERVISOR JOHN ANSON FORD, CHAIRMAN OF THE ARBORETA
AND BOTANIC GARDENS BOARD: SUPERVISORS ROGER JESSUP, BURTON W. CHACE, AND
KENNETH HAHN; NEWTON DRURY AND AUBREY NESHAM, CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE STATE
DIVISION OF BEACHES AND PARKS,

MR. JOSEPH KNOWLAND, CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE PARK COMMISSION AND PRESIDENT OF
THE CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, GAVE AN ADDRESS IN DEDICATION OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARBORETUM

A FEELING OF JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE PREVAILED OVER THE WHOLE OF THE ASSEMBLED
GROUP FOR THE PART EACH CONTRIBUTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS FUTURE
WORLD CENTER OF BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE,

MR. JOSEPH KNOWLAND SPEAKING AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY
OF THE INVITATIONAL PUBLIC OPENING OF THE LOS ANGELES
STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM, JANUARY 8, 1955.

SUNDAY TOURS

BEGINNING SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1955, AND EACH SUNDAY THEREAFTER, THE GROUNDS OF
THE ARBORETUM HAVE BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE TOURS WITHOUT APPOINTMENTS.

THE CONDUCTED TOUR, AT PRESENT THE ONLY WAY ANYONE SEES THE ARBORETUM, IS
ACCOMPLISHED BY JEEP DRAWN, SIGHT-SEEING TRAMS WHICH LEAVE THE BALDWIN AVENUE
GATE APPROXIMATELY EVERY HALF HOUR BETWEEN 10:30 A.M. AND 4:00 P.M. WHILE
RIDING, THE VISITOR PASSES THROUGH ALL SECTIONS OF THE ARBORETUM (SOUTH AFRICA,
AUSTRALIA , SOUTH AMERICA, ETC.). A SHORT WALKING-LECTURE TAKES ONE THROUGH
THE COACH "BARN, THE RESTORED AND FURNISHED "QUEEN ANNE" COTTAGE, THE REID ADOBE
HOUSE, AND THE JUNGLE. THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE JOURNEY COMPETENT ARBOR-
ETUM NATURALISTS EXPLAIN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARBORETUM, AS WELL
AS, INFORM THEIR LISTENERS ABOUT THE PLANTS GROWING IN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS.
AS OUR VISITORS LEAVE, EACH IS ASKED TO FILL OUT A REGISTRATION CARD. AFTER
REVIEWING THE "REMARKS" COLUMN OF THOUSANDS OF THESE CARDS, WE KNOW THAT OUR
VISITORS HAVE SPENT AN ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL HOUR WITH US, THAT MANY HAVE
MADE THE TOUR AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND THAT THE PURPOSE AND PROGRAM OF THE ARBOR-
ETUM IS UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SUPPORT OUR
ENDEAVORS.

THE DIRECTOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, AND THE ARBORETUM STAFF ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE RESPONSE TO OUR EFFORTS IN OUR YOUNG ARBORETUM,

THESE FIGURES ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
TOTAL SUNDAY ATTENDANCE ------- 22,612 (CFFICIAL COUNTER)

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— CALIFORNIA 715

3,469 LOS ANGELES COUNTY OUT OF STATE 989

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11,387 SAN GABRIEL VALLEY —— FOREIGN $1

THE "OUT OF STATE" GROUP REPRESENTED EVERY STATE IN THE UNION, WITH THE EX-
CEPTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ARKANSAS, VIRGINIA AND DELAWARE. (MAP DATA FROM
VISITOR CARD).

DAILY TOURS

THE "FOREWORD" TO THIS SECTION, IN THE HANDWRITING OF AN EIGHTH GRADER, EX-
PRESSES POINTEDLY THE VALUE OF THE ARBORETUM TO ONE GROUP OF VISITORS, THIS
GROUP REPRESENTS THE SECOND LARGEST OF THE DAILY TOUR ATTENDANCE,

TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SCOUTS, BROWNIES, BLUE BIRDS, ETC., THE ARBORETUM
MEANS NATURE EXPERIENCES, OUT-OF-DOOR LORE, AND HISTORICAL CALIFORNIA.

OUR COLLEGE LEVEL VISITORS COME GENERALLY TO BROADEN THEIR BOTANICAL KNOW-
LEDGE OF PLANT MATERIAL AND THE MANAGEMENT OF NURSERY, LATHHOUSE, AND GREEN-
HOUSE,

RELIGIOUS GROUPS FIND INSPIRATION IN OBSERVING THE MANY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES
OF GOD'S HANDIWORK IN NATURE,

GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS WANT TO SEE WHAT IS "NEW" AND USEFUL IN THE WORLD OF
HORTICULTURE AND GARDENING.

THE TOURS, AS THEY ARE NOW CONDUCTED, SUPPLY THE GREATEST SERVICE IN THE
FORM OF HORTICULTURAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO THE MOST NUMBER OF
VISITORS.

ARE DAILY TOURS DIFFERENT FROM THE SUNDAY TOURS?

ONLY WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT APPOINTMENTS IN
ADVANCE MUST BE MADE THROUGH OUR ARBORETUM OFFICE.
COMPETENT LEADERSHIP PREVAILS FOR BOTH SUNDAY AND
DAILY TOUR SCHEDULES.

FOR
TOUR
STATISTICS,
PLEASE
TURN

PAGE.

DAILY ARBORETUM TOURS

ATTENDANCE FOR JULY 1954 TO JUNE 1955

TOWNS REPRESENTED

ALHAMBRA MONTEBELLO
ALTADENA MONTEREY PARK
ARCADIA MONROVIA
ARTESIA NEWPORT BEACH
BALDWIN PARK ONTARIO
NUMBERS IN THE BURBANK PASADENA
MAJOR INTEREST GROUPS CLAREMONT SO, PASADENA
COVINA POMONA
2500 WEST COVINA PUENTE
gee DOWNEY ROSEMEAD
DUARTE SAN GABRIEL
EAGLE ROCK SAN MARINO
EL MONTE SANTA MONICA
EL SERENO
2000 HOLLYWOOD TEMPLE CITY
LA CANADA VAN NUYS
LA VERNE WESTMINSTER
oe LOS ANGELES WESTWOOD HILLS
WHITTIER
1500
TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 7180
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500
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SCOUTS SCHOOLS COLLEGE RELIGIOUS GARDEN ALL ADULTS
CUBS GROUPS CLUBS OTHER
BROWNIES YOUTH
BLUEBIRDS GROUPS
CAMPFIRE

SPECIAL GROUNDS PERMITS

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EXCHANGE OF PLANT MATERIAL
PLANT IDENTIFICATION
GREENHOUSE OR LATHHOUSE CONSTRUCTION
ORNITHOLOGY
DISTINGUISHED BOTANISTS, ETC.
PUBLICITY FOR THE ARBORETUM
ARBORETUM FOUNDATION MEMBERS

IF ONE QUALIFIES UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE OR SIMILAR TYPES OF SPECIALIZED TRAIN-
ING OR INTERESTS, OUR RECEPTIONIST GLADLY ISSUES A SPECIAL GROUNDS PERMIT.
THIS PERMIT ALLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL TO USE THE ARBORETUM FACILITIES WITHOUT THE
ASSISTANCE OF A GUIDE.

SINCE THESE PERMITS ARE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE AT THE CONCLUSION OF ONE'S
BUSINESS, WE HAVE A PERMANENT RECORD OF SUCH PUBLIC SERVICE RENDERED.
TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH VISITORS WAS -

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A PARTY

THE STAFF ENTERTAINS DR. AND MRS. SEIBERT AT A FAREWELL PARTY IN THE MALL
AND WISHES SUCCESS TO DR. SEIBERT IN HIS NEW POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF
LONGWOOD GARDENS.

ARBOR WEEK

WHILE DR. R. J. SEIBERT WATCHES WITH SMILING APPROVAL, MRS. WALDO HANDY,
PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES GARDEN CLUB ASSISTED BY SUPERVISOR JOHN ANSON
FORD PLANTS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR PALM COLLECTION, THROUGH THE GENEROSITY
OF THE LOS ANGELES GARDEN CLUB IN COMMEMORATION OF ARBOR WEEK, FIVE PALM
SPECIES WERE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTION. THESE PALMS WERE: LIVISTONA MARIAE,
A BRONZE LEAVED PALM; ERYTHEA ELEGANS, A DWARF PALM; BUTIA CAPITATA, THE
"PINDO" PALM OF BRAZIL; 3 PARAJUBEA BEA COCOIDES, OF ECUADOR AND LIVISTONA
AUSTRALIS.

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A PLANTING

ARBORETUM LECTURE PROGRAMS

1 TO THE SUNDAY AND DAILY TOURS OF THE ARBORETUM, THERE HAS ALWAYS
oo ILLUSTRATED LECTURES, TITLED "THE ARBORETUM STORY". THESE

G. H. SPALDING
L, B. MARTIN

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH LECTURES PRESENTED WAS ------- — 44
THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS ARE OF THE TYPE MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTING THESE
LECTURES:

SERVICE CLUBS
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
CHURCHES
GARDEN CLUBS
WOMENS CLUBS
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS

AND THESE WERE THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOWNS MOST FREQUENTLY VISITED:

ARCADIA
AZUSA
DUARTE
EL SERENA
GLENDALE
LOS ANGELES
MONROVIA
NORTHRIDGE
PASAD
SAN MARINO
SOUTH LAGUNA

STAFF ARTICLES

ARBORETUM PUBLICITY

IN LINE WITH THE POLICY OF THE ARBORETUM TO REPORT TO THE PUBLIC THE RESULTS
OF PLANT INTRODUCTION AND PLANT MANAGEMENT AS OBSERVED HERE, THE FOLLOWING
ARTICLES BY THE STAFF WERE PUBLISHED:

BENSON, H. H. THE LASCA LAGOON
L. A. COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1954

BUCK, W. QUINN PROGRESS OF THE DAYLILY TEST GARDEN AT LOS ANGELES
STATE AND COUNTY ARBORETUM
LASCA LEAVES, VOL. IV, NO. 3, 1954

MARTIN, L. B. A TURFGRASS FROM "DOWN UNDER"
LASCA LEAVES, VOL. V, NO. 1, 1955

MARTIN, L. B. DEW RESEARCH AT THE ARBORETUM
LASCA LEAVES, VOL. V, NO. 2, 1955

MARTIN, L. B, & SRE STIPOIDES (R,BR,)
SEIBERT, Resale UTHERN CALIFORNIA TURFGRASS CULTURE, VOL. 5, NO. 2,
Tee. 1955

NELSON, DEWEY E, LUCKY BALDWIN'S "QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE"
L. A. COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAGAZINE, MARCH 1955

SEIBERT, R. J. TABEBUIA UMBELLATA
LASCA LEAVES, VOL. V, NO. 1, 1955

SEIBERT, R. J. ARBORETUM MILESTONE
LASCA LEAVES, VOL. V, NO. 1, 1955

SEIBERT, R. J. SOME BAMBOO FOR WESTERN GARDENS
SUNSET MAGAZINE, 1954

SEIBERT, R. J. THE LOS ANGELES STATE & COUNTY ARBORETUM
GOLDEN GARDENS, VOL. 19, NO. 8, JUNE-JULY 1955

SPALDING, G. H. GROWING NOTES
eer LEAVES VOL. IV, NO. 3, 1954
" VOL. IV, NO. 4, 1954
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THE ARBORETUM STORY' AND STAFF MEMBERS WERE GUESTS OF THESE TV AND RADIO

PROGRAMS;
KCOP - TV "CONGLAMORAMA" (15 MIN.) - MR. SPALDING, DR. MARTIN
KRCA - NBC TV NORVELL GILLESPIE SHOW - DR. SEIBERT, SUPERVISOR FORD
NBC = RADIO NORVELL GILLESPIE SHOW - DR. MARTIN
KWKW - RADIO VALLEY PARTY LINE - MR. SPALDING

NEWS PAPERS

COMMUNITY AND METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPERS DEVOTED MANY INCHES OF SPACE, BOTH

TEXT AND PICTURES, CONCERNING THE ARBORETUM OR ARBORETUM SPONSORED ACTIVITIES,
IN ALL, AS INDICATED BY OUR CLIPPING SERVICE, SOME 73 DIFFERENT PAPERS CARRIED
OUR NEWS. THE NUMBER AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH NEWS APPEARED AS

FOLLOWS:
JULY 1954 29 JANUARY 1955 78
AUGUST ' 34 FEBRUARY 3 38
SEPTEMBER ” 20 MARCH " 50
OCTOBER " 23 APRIL . 49
,OVEMBER . 25 MAY d 56
DECEMBER , 55 JUNE " 37

TOTAL ITEMS - 494
SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES:

DR. LOUIS B. MARTIN HAS BEEN WRITING A WEEKLY FEATURE ARTICLE FOR THE ARBOR-
FTUM. THESE ARTICLES ARE PLANNED TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE ARBOR-
FTUM. ALL SECTIONS OF THE ARBORETUM AND PARTICULARLY THOSE PLANTS IN FLOWER
ARE BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY
LESSONS CONCERNING BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, BIRD LIFE, ’FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE
LAGOON, ETC., ARE INCLUDED.

SINCE THE OPENING, SUNDAY, dae 9, 1955, APPROXIMATELY 22 OF THESE ARTICLES
HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN THE P SADENA STAR NEWS AND THE ARCADIA TRIBUNE.

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_ "TO-DAY MOST OF US ARE BANISHED TO THE CITIES,

NOT WITHOUT DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON IMAGINATION,
INSPIRATION AND CREATIVE POWER. BUT SOME STILL
LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, AND SOME STILL COME OUT ON
HOLIDAYS TO THE COUNTRY AND DRINK IN WITH ZEST
OF A THIRSTY MAN THE DELIGHTS OF BEAUTY AND RE-
TURN TO TOWN RE-INVIGORATED IN SOUL."

IN PRAISE OF NATURE

DR. G. M. TREVELYAN, 0. M.

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