plant exploration for longwood gardens

PLANT EXPLORATION FOR PLANT EXPLORATION FOR TOMASZ ANI ´ SKO TOMASZ ANI ´ SKO $69.95 L ONGWOOD G ARDENS of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, enjoys a long and distinguished tradi- tion of plant exploration, dating back to the founda- tion of its arboretum in 1798. The arboretum was a home for plants gathered by a number of the earli- est botanical explorers of America, including John and William Bartram, Humphry and Moses Marshall, and André Michaux. When Longwood Gardens was opened to the public in the 1950s, this tradition of plant exploration was rekindled by the inauguration of a continuing series of expeditions around the world in search of plants worthy of introduction into cultivation. By the time of the gar- den’s centennial in 2006, fifty such plant-hunting expeditions had taken place on six continents and in some fifty countries. These quests for plants are the subject of Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens, which tells the stories of the people who participat- ed in these often arduous but always stimulating adventures and the plants they brought back. Illustrated with 500 photographs, more than 475 in color, and with 25 color maps, Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens provides a complete account of expeditions to the Himalaya, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, China, Australia and the Pacific, Africa, Siberia and the Caucasus, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and South America. Not only were plants brought back to grow at Longwood Gardens, where a number of them can be seen and enjoyed today, they were also included in a program of experiment and study, to determine how they could best be propagated and introduced into the horti- cultural trade and thus into gardens throughout the world. £50.00 Tomasz Ani´sko received his master’s degree in hor- ticulture from the August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Pozna´n, Poland, and his doctorate in horticulture from the University of Georgia in Athens. He studied at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley in England during a sab- batical, and held an internship at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia. In his role as curator of plants at Longwood Gardens, Dr. Ani´sko partici- pated in seven of the expeditions described in this book. Jacket front: The Love Temple resides in Peirce’s Woods, a 7-acre woodland at Longwood Gardens. Photo by Larry Albee. Jacket back: A view towards Doshong La, Tibet. Photo by Tomasz Ani´sko. Author photograph by Anna Ani´sko. For details on other Timber Press books or to receive our catalog, please visit our Web site, www.timberpress.com. In the United States and Canada you may also reach us at 1-800-327-5680, and in the United Kingdom at uk@timberpress.com Timber Press ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-738-2 ISBN-10: 0-88192-738-4 EAN Plant Exploration for LONGWOOD GARDENS [...]... Director of Longwood Gardens Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens describes a tradition of plant introduction as part of Longwood history for more than two centuries In 1798 Samuel and Joshua Peirce, great grandsons of George Peirce, the first European owner of Longwood property, started an arboretum later to be known as Peirce’s Park By 1830 they had one of the finest collections of woody plants of... dition of Longwood Gardens As Pierre S du Pont developed Longwood Gardens as a private estate, he made a great effort to collect plants that he personally liked and thought would contribute to the quality of his garden His trips to California inspired him to plant a grove featuring many of the magnificent West Coast conifers, none grander than giant sequoias Du Pont frequently toured Europe’s finest gardens, ... sedges exchange of ornamental plant materials between this country and the countries of exploration. ” In 1962, when contemplating areas to be targeted under the USDA -Longwood plant exploration program, Seibert wrote to Dr Howard L Hyland of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, “I do feel that exploration for ornamental plant materials in Nepal would be highly desirable for American ornamental horticulture... accession numbers assigned to plants grown at Longwood Gardens The first two digits of the accession number refer to the year in which a plant was received The subsequent digits are for the numerical order in which plants were received during that year Thus Dendrobium chrysotoxum (5751) was the fifty-first plant received in 1957, while Buxus sempervirens (02647) was the 647th plant received in 2002 11... been earlier The fact that no Burma for Sri Lanka, where they stayed for a couple of iris flowers had been noticed only three days before, he attributed to “the evanescence of their fragile blooms, and months before returning to London In the meantime, a to some distaste for the weather, which held them back; shipment of orchids arrived at Longwood Gardens after a for there was none on the following... Sarah Lovinger, for their help in researching the archives and for proofreading the manuscript Note on Plant Nomenclature Because of the historical character of this book, the scientific names of plants have been retained as used at the time of the expeditions despite taxonomical changes that might have affected them since Therefore, for example, Datura of the 1950s is retained for plants classified... fails later Plant explorers before me had to carry metal tins to store the scions in I had a new solution that revolutionized plant collecting—polyethyl21 Himalaya and Adjacent Regions tent where I could sleep on a large flat crate After a quiet night, I discovered that the crate contained dynamite for the roadwork But the finest lodging was in the forest resthouses These were built for the forest managers... of finding and introducing new ornamental plants, an effort unprecedented in the history of horticulture in America Plants to a gardener are like oils to a painter New plants offer new creative possibilities and aesthetic experiences The great plant- collecting expeditions documented in this book exemplify how the introduction of new plants provides inspiration for the gardening community and thus allows... to be an essential winter fodder as grass hay was very scarce Villagers even planted new trees for this purpose A farmer, who had planted a peach, an apricot, and an elm next to his house, explained: ‘The fruits are for the man, the elm is for the cow.’ In the areas where Ulmus wallichiana occurred, it was the species favored for fodder, because of its high nutritional value, although certain other species... thousand species of plants grow in Myanmar The country is covered with forests of various types Evergreen oaks and pines dominate above the frost line at 1000 m, with forests of rhododendrons above 2000 m Evergreen tropical forests are found in areas with more than 2000 mm of rain Monsoon forests, which are deciduous during the hot season, grow in regions receiving 1000 to 2000 mm of rain Forest gradually . 0-88192-738-4 EAN Plant Exploration for LONGWOOD GARDENS