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Verbena Halei Small, Joan Macuszek, R. Higgins

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Viola Pratincola Greene, Hampton Parker

Specimens by Name

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Myrica Cerifera L., Hampton M. Parker

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Anagallis Arvensis L., Donna Hobbs

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Viola Primulifolia L., Hampton Parker

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The Prairie Naturalist Volume 9, No. 1. March 1977

The Prairie Naturalist

NESTING BY FERRUGINOUS HAWKS AND OTHER RAPTORS ON HIGH VOLTAGE POWERLINE TOWERS ▪ D. S. Gilmer and J. M. Wiebe

ARTHROPODS CONSUMED BY AN IMMATURE MARBLED GODWIT ▪ R. M. Timm and R. M. Zink

NOTES

Black-headed Grosbeak in Jamestown, North Dakota ▪ R. Lender

Summer Record of Red-breasted Nuthatch in North Dakota ▪ R. Lender

BOOK REVIEWS

Minnesota's Wild Flowers ▪ Staff

In Search of Eagles ▪ J. Lokemoen

Forest and Range Research ▪ Staff

An Economic Analysis of Recycling ▪ Staff

Notes On Saxifragaceae, Edwin B. Smith

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Over half of the Arkansas members of the Saxifragaceae are notable due to unusual morphology or distribution within the state. They range from the inconspicuous Lepuropetalon spathulatum (Muhl.) Ell. to the conspicuous Hydrangea arborescens L. Several genera (Heuchera, Parnassia, Philadephus, Ribes) include species with highly restricted ranges in Arkansas, and one includes a single species, Mitella diphylla L., known in Arkansas only from Stone County. Special attention is called to problems in Saxifraga and Heuchera, and a modified treatment of Heuchera arkansana is proposed. An annotated list and list of excluded names for the Arkansas Saxifragaceae is included.

The Distribution Of Cane, Arundinaria Gigante (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), Daniel L. Marsh

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The distribution of cane in the United States was compiled on a county basis from previous records, correspondence, and field work. Ecological correlations were considered. The range appears to be limited primarily by temperature and precipitation. Two geographic populations correlate with major drainage divisions. The broad ecologic amplitude of cane is indicated by its occurrence in many different community types.

Melaleuca Quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, Gordon C. Tucker

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Comparative Studies Of The Witch Hazels Hamamelis Virginiana And H. Vernalis, Jack L. Bradford, Daniel L. Marsh

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

An investigation of Hamamelis vernalis Sarg. and H. Virginiana L. was begun in southwestern Arkansas in the tall of 1976. An overlap of flowering periods occurred from late November through December, affording the possibility of hybridization. At one site the two taxa flowered simultaneously only 30 yards apart. Variation occurs in both taxa and there is a degree of overlap in most characters, but the composite of diagnostic features distinguishes the two species. The hybrid origin of H. vernalis suggested by Jenne (1966) does not seem likely.

Bulletin No. 22: Our Dynamic Tidal Marshes: Vegetation Changes As Revealed By Peat Analysis, William A. Niering, R. Scott Warren, Carolyn G. Weymouth

Bulletins

12 pp. 1976. Description of a method for sampling peat and identifying plant remains in order to dcoument vegetation change on tidal marshes.

The Formative Years, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Letters exchanged between Susanna Bixby Bryant, the founder of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, and several leading southern California botanists and horticulturalists (especially Ernest Braunton, Willis Linn Jepson, and Theodore Payne) in 1925–1926 document her steps toward creating a botanical garden devoted to the native California flora.

Appendix Iii, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Appendix III features horticultural introductions by John Dourley at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, in 1953–1977. The 24 introductions belong to the genera Arctostaphylos (10), Baccharis (2), Berberis (1), Ceanothus (6), Fragaria (1), Fremontodendron (2), and Heuchera (2).

In The Beginning, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

This article traces the early history of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California, starting ca. 1867 with the Portolà Expedition. The expedition was the first to record the site where the botanic garden later came to be located, in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County. Successive changes in land ownership eventually led to the Bixby family purchasing the land in 1875. Susanna Bixby Bryant, the founder of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, acquired the land in 1925.

The Botanic Garden Moves, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

In 1950, the decision was taken to relocate Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden from its original site—Mrs. Susanna Bixby Bryant's ranch in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County—to today's Claremont location in eastern Los Angeles County. The move reflected a wish to align the founder's mandate to "foster scientific research and public welfare" by seeking affiliation with the Claremont Colleges. The change enabled it to train graduate students in botany and related fields and draw more visitors to a garden devoted to native California plants. Accounts describe how the new site was adapted to its purpose, including the construction of …

Front Cover 9(1)

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Foreword 9(1), Mildred E. Mathias

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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The Botanic Garden—A Reality, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The year 1927 marks the beginning of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden at its original location in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County, California. Letters exchanged between Susanna Bixby Bryant, the botanic garden founder, and various botanists and horticulturalists trace her efforts to obtain seed and planting stock, herbarium specimens, and books and periodicals for her library. Much discussion is devoted to the question of how to fill the position of Scientific Director.

An Independent Institution, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Covering the period from approximately 1927 to 1947, this article deals with the management and running of the fledgling Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, featuring the publication of botanical and horticultural papers, the founding of the journal El Aliso, and detailed accounts of field work devoted to the collection of plants for the living collection and herbarium. This period of time also saw several challenges, notably serious damage from a wildfire in 1943, wartime constraints, and the death of the founder and managing director of the garden, Susanna Bixby Bryant.

Acknowledgments, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Botany And Origins Of Serradella, John Sylvester Gladstones, N. R. Mckeown

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A discussion on the botony and origins of serradella, a pasture plant.

Front Matter 9(1), Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Epilogue, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Factors that may have been decisive in turning Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden into a successful establishment of botanical teaching and a garden devoted to the conservation and showcasing of the native California flora are put forward. In addition to the enthusiasm and tenacity of its founder, Susanna Bixby Bryant, inspiration and advice came from several other key figures, notably Carl Brandt Wolf, Ernest Braunton, Willis Linn Jepson, and Theodore Payne.

The Years 1960–1977, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

In the years 1960–1977, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden fully embraces its role as teaching institution and as advocate and guardian of the native California flora. Expansion of the living collection, landscaping of the grounds, public education, herbarium and library activities, and publication output are detailed. To accommodate a growing number of graduate students, the faculty—consisting of Richard K. Benjamin, Sherwin Carlquist, and Lee. W. Lenz—is joined by Peter H. Raven, Ronald Scogin, John P. Simon, and Robert F. Thorne.

Notes And References, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Notes and references pertaining to the history of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in California are listed.

Back Matter 9(1)

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Index Volume 9, Issue 1 (Golden Aliso)

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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The Awakening Years, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

This article sketches the horticultural climate of southern California in ca. 1900–1930, documenting a rising interest in California native plants. Influential figures in the realm of California botany and horticulture are introduced, especially Theodore Payne. Pomona College, Claremont, expresses an interest in the establishment of a botanical garden.

Cytological Investigations Of Eremosphaera Viridis De Bary, Richard Allen Valentino

Masters Theses

Eremosphaera viridis de Bary was studied with light microscope techniques to determine the method of cytokinesis and to explain the ontogeny of the membranous ring separating the mature daughter cells in the intact sporangium.

It is proposed that cytokinesis in this organism is phylogenetically advanced and that the separation of mature daughter cells involves the sequential deposition of two cell walls. The first wall develops centripetally by the addition of membrane subunits. The resulting cleavage furrow is oriented by transverse microtubules found along the cell division plane. The newly formed walls separate the two daughter cells and give rise to …

Contents 9(1), Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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