UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA

NEWSLETTERVolume 15, Number 3 Published by the FRIENDS of the BOTANICAL GARDEN • Berkeley, California Summer 1990

The Green Thumb of Propagation

Staff Propagator John Domzalski at the hub of new life at the Garden.

S ix years ago, the propagation area of the BotanicalGarden was a jumble of special collections andsaleplants, with incomplete or no records for the

many plants propagated. Thousands of seeds passedthrough this nursery, but virtually nothing had beenwritten down about how they had been treated. Themain office kept careful records of collection data, butlittle was known about propagation. The mysteries ofgreen thumb magic were a well-kept secret.

Most species in the U.C. Garden are unknown incultivation, so success in propagating them is a matter ofintuition and intelligent guesswork. There is a highatrition rate: many seeds simply don't germinate, manydo not survive the tender seedling stage, and onceplanted out, some do not make it through our summersor occasional heavy frosts.

The propagation area is one of the main hubs of theGarden, with seeds and people moving in and outconstantly. Six years ago, John Domzalski took on thetask of setting the place in order and establishing someguidelines for tracking seedlings. The propagation worknow makes sense, both in the card file and the green-houses. And as the Garden has grown and expanded,this has become essential.

Journey of a SeedSo what exactly happens behind the scenes in the

propagation area? From seed to sprout and planting out,what is the journey of one of the thousands of seeds andcuttings that come through the Garden? To tell this story,we begin with the Index Seminum and the insatiablycurious gardeners.

Almost all of the seeds for the Garden come eitherthrough private collectors' lists or from the seed lists ofvarious Botanical Gardens. The Index Seminum ("seedlist") represents a remarkable international cooperativeconvention between gardens through which a widediversity of seed is available free of charge to participat-ing gardens and arboreta. Most gardens publish a list ofseeds and distribute an annual or biennial seed list.Many seeds are collected from the gardens and lack data,are incorrectly identified, or are hybrids, making themless than prime candidates for our collections.

The U.C. Garden list focuses on California nativeplants; ours is unusual in that with rare exceptions, theseed is collected in the wild. Over 400 seed lists passthrough the main office, where assistant curator HollyForbes processes orders from the gardeners. At ourgarden, the gardeners have considerable responsibility inchoosing plants for their sections, so they are most oftenthe ones choosing new plants to grow. They consider beddesign, educational value, and quality of collection datain making their choices.

Once the seed packets arrive from Yugoslavia,U.S.S.R., Missouri, or Boston, the paper trails begin.Some material comes in the form of cuttings or bulbs.Holly enters the preliminary data in the computer, givingeach species an accession number, i.e. the number that

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eventually appears on the plant label (for example,68.115). The seeds or cuttings move on to John, who fillsout one propagation file card per species and prepareslabels for a number of propagation pots. Every treat-ment and trial run is recorded on the file card for futurereference.

Green Thumb IntelligenceThe fine art of propagation is having some idea of

the range of techniques available for imitating a seed'snatural conditions for germination and then making anintelligent guess as to what will work best for eachspecies. Species from cold winter climates or high alpineareas generally receive stratification or refrigeration(called stratification because of the earlier practice ofstoring the seed in between layers of sand). Species withhard seed coats require some form of scarification, orbreaking of the seed coat to allow water to penetrate.Hot water is good for melting the coat of many legumes;sulfuric acid is necessary to etch through the thick seedcoats of manzanitas.

Choice of soil or potting mix is a critical part of theprocess. John generally uses a mix of sand and peat,with variations on that theme for bulbs, palms, eri-caceous plants, and others. There is a big peak of seedsowing in the spring when the seeds come in, followedby another flurry of sowing in the summer to preparematerial for fall biology classes on campus.Throughoutthe year, recordkeeping alone takes almost a quarter ofJohn's time.

Potted seeds and seedlings are kept in the firstgreenhouse, where watering conditions are controlledby a computerized mist system. Some tables receivedfive seconds of spray every five minutes, others tenseconds every ten minutes. The first propagationgreenhouse now has new rollaway tables that conservespace use, and a number of them are equipped withheating cables under the gravel surface. All seed potsstay in this greenhouse until the seeds sprout or for oneyear, whichever comes first. Dormancy periods canvary, and John is reluctant to give up too quickly onunusual species.

Once established, the seedlings are moved into thesecond greenhouse to mature under protected conditions.Here there is a set of grow-lights which can be used toimitate different day lengths. When too many seedlingsneed to be moved into this greenhouse, the more matureplants move out to the shade or lath house for hardeningoff. Here they face the dangers of marauding birds andoccasional infestations of aphids or white flies. Rabbitsand raccoons are kept out by a wire barrier at the bottomof the wall, so by and large, plants remain fairly un-nibbled. The lath house is divided by geographic area,and gardeners frequently check in to see if anything intheir area is ready for planting out. Each change oflocation is marked in the computer database, so curatorsand gardeners know where to find each species. Thismakes it possible to use potted plants for display, classes,and research material as needed.

The Thread of ExistenceOver the last few years there have been a few chal-

lenges to keep John on his toes. For example, through theGarden's work with the Center for Plant Conservation, hegrows cuttings from the one remaining plant of PresidioManzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. ravenii). The goal isto establish the plant sufficiently to introduce somegenetic diversity through seed production. He also iswatching a number of cuttings from Magnolia sharpii, anendangered species planted in the Mesoamerican area.

The record system is now operating effectively,permitting the garden to take on these types of conserva-tion challenges. The greenhouses are connected by roofand wall cover; the outside area is organized, and saleplants are separated out to minimize confusion. With thecontinued growth and expansion of the Garden, thepropagation area will never be a slow place. Perhaps oneof the best uses of John's green thumb and of amateurpropagators as well will be on behalf of species whosegenetic links to this world are tenuous and threatened bythe pace of change.

—Stephanie Kaza

The Friends of the BotanicalGarden will offer a series of fourpropagation workshops thissummer and fall. See Calendarof Events for details.

The freezer serves to imitatecold weather climate zones.(photo by Richard Anderson)

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Centennial Birthday Celebration

Despite the drizzle, the Garden drew over 800 people to its One Hundredthbirthday party. (photo by Gladys Eaton)

Thanks to a large force of enthusiastic volunteersand staff, the Centennial Birthday/Earth Day partyon April 22 was a success. The garden was a

showcase of color in spite of occasional drizzling rain,and everyone appeared to have a great time.

The clouds held off just long enough for guestspeakers Warren Roberts and Assemblyman Tom Batesto commend the garden on reaching its importantcentennial milestone. Assemblyman Bates presented ajoint resolution from the state legislature, recognizing therelationship between the garden's outstanding collectionof plants and the role it plays in educating the publicabout the value of environmental protection. Dr. RobertOrnduff read a letter of congratulations from GovernorDeukmejian, and Robert Riddell hosted the ceremony onbehalf of the Friends. Each onespoke optimistically of thechallenges facing the garden asit looks to its second hundredyears.

Following the speakers,almost 250 people sharedbirthday cake and conversationon the lawn. Spirited youngvisitors had their faces paintedin the Asian section, and werethen entertained with stories onthe Oak Knoll and MatherGrove. In between stories,guests enjoyed swing musicand a special performance bycampus madrigals. The ideawas to encourage people toventure into every section and

discover the Garden's diverse collections. Many gueststook the opportunity to sample the self-guided audiotape tour, which made its successful debut at the party.

Good parties are only possible through efforts andenthusiasm from dedicated volunteers and staff. LindaCook designed an enchanting brochure for the event, andNancy Swearengen mobilized the team of volunteers.Jim Van Sicklen, Kurt Zadnik, and David Gartlandhandled traffic and parking with ease. It is probably themost critical job (certainly the most grueling) duringmajor public events 'in the Garden, and their experiencewas much appreciated.

In the spirit of Earth Day, Elly Bade compiled aconservation-oriented book display and posted a sam-pling of entries from the Children's Art Contest. ThePropagators set up shop to help out with questions andsales in the Visitor Center. The Docents led toursthrough the Garden and monitored Rainforest Rap,which brought folks of all ages into the Meeting Room tolearn about tropical ecosystems and conservation issues.Gladys Eaton and Janice Vargo greeted people from amembership table at the gate and, as a result, we have anumber of new Friends. We even had volunteer helpfrom six Chevron employees who supported the event byinflating balloons, passing out free California nativeseeds, and selling T-shirts!

Such an enjoyable public event was an encouragingstart for a new era of public awareness, and for theBotanical Garden's continuing role of leadership inunderstanding the natural environment. Thanks to allinvolved!

—Bobbie Ohs

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Crow medicine bundle

Tracking the Crow Tobacco Ceremony

Crow Indians planting the sacred tobacco seed, 1908. (photo by R. Throssel)

When Peter Nabokov arrived at the Botanical Gar-den, tobacco seeds in hand, he had no idea ifthey would germinate. These were sacred seeds,

key to the Crow Indian Tobacco Society ceremony. Andthey were possibly 50 or 60 years old. They had beenkept in Crow medicine bundles since the time of culturalsuppression in the 1920s. Nabokov wanted to know whatthis plant looked like, Nicotiana multivalvis — the "na-tional" plant of the Crow Indians.

Nabokov, a consultant and lecturer in Native Ameri-can studies, had been drawn to the Tobacco Societyceremony while teaching at the University of Montana inMissoula. The only previous academic description of theceremony described it as an unimpressive conglomerateof elements from other Crow rituals. Through field work,interviews with Crow Indians, and ethnohistory archivework, Nabokov learned all he could about the TobaccoSociety ceremony. He determined that not only was itsadoption portion still alive , butfurther, he postulated that it was thekey ritual for this culture.

The Sacred PowerAs the story goes, a powerful

leader of the precursor culture of theCrow, the Hidatsa, had a medicinevision. In his vision, he "saw" aspecific tobacco plant, Nicotianamultivalvis, as his medicine. In NativeAmerican tradition under thesevisionary conditions, it is said that theplant adopts the person who "saw" it.The plant becomes a supernatural

parent. The leader headedwestward with a group of hispeople on a vision quest andestablished what becameknown as the Crow Indiantribe. It was understood thatthe success of the peopledepended on the success of

4the plant.Because the plant was

considered sacred, there wasa tribal injunction against its consumption. The Crowsmoked tobacco, but not this species. Instead theysmoked the non-sacred species, N. quadrivalvis. Thesacred N. multivalvis was reserved for the importantTobacco Society planting and adoption ceremonies.These were the only times when the Mountain Crow andthe River Crow people would leave their separate parts ofMontana to come together to plant tobacco.

Today, the adoption ceremony is infrequently per-formed as it requires a year of preparation and $2000 ormore of goods for exchange. It is initiated by a couple ofmembers of the Society choosing to formally adoptanother couple into the Society. As a rite of initiation, theceremony reenacts the planting of the sacred tobacco.Through it, the members of the Society retell the story oftheir culture and how it came to be.

Botanical CluesNabokov came to the Garden in 1988 as a graduate

student in Anthropology working under Dr. WilliamSimmons, then department chair. He brought the seeds toJohn Domzalski, Garden propagator, so he could see forhimself the difference between the sacred and non-sacredtobaccos. To his disappointment, propagation of the oldmedicine bundle seed was not successful after all. Theseed most likely had been kept under poor conditionsand had a short viability period. However, Nabokov wasable to obtain some seed from an overseas source, andthis proved more successful. The differences between the

two species were subtle — primarilythe valves of the seedpods and the sizeof the two plants.

In his research, Nabokov foundthat successful regeneration of seedwas originally necessary for successfulregeneration of Crow culture throughthe Tobacco Society ceremony. Duringthe time of general cultural suppres-sion, the United States governmentbanned the ceremony. For over 30years the ceremony was performedonly intermittently. When many CrowIndians acculturated by adoptingChristian faiths, they were urged to

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Tobacco Society Adoption Procession, 1900. (Photo by Rinehardt)

throw away old ceremonial items. Medicine bundleswith sacred tobacco seeds became a rare commodity.

Now the ceremony is carried out without the ritualplanting, but Nabokov suggests that it is still vital inpreserving Crow culture. It is the sacred tobacco visionthat led the Crows to Big Horn Valley. And here in one ofthe most abundant Indian reservations on the continent,the tribe has flourished. Can the ceremony be sustainedover time without the sacred seed? Or can the sacredtobacco be propagated to generate enough seed to renewthe Crow's sacred relationship to the land?

Nabokov's research gives a glimpse of a nativeAmerican way of life, one that includes the role of sacredplants as well as sacred animals. He is one of a number ofinsightful researchers drawing on botanical knowledgeto piece together cultural stories. It is possible thatimportant societal functions can be restored by restoringseed sources of sacred plants. Some botanical gardenssuch as the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizonahave already played an important role in recoveringimportant native agricultural species. Perhaps as botani-cal gardens come to serve as resource centers for ecologi-cal restoration, they will come to be of use for culturalrestoration as well.

— Stephanie Kaza,based on aninterview withPeter Nabokov

Cultural anthropologistPeter Nabokov, withNicotiana multivalvis.(photo by RichardAnderson)

FROM THE DIRECTOR

This spring I was fortunate to be able to makefrequent visits to the Garden, sometimes showingvisitors around, sometimes on garden business,

and sometimes on my own. If you visited during thespring, you will agree that the Garden put on one of itsfinest shows ever. The Rhododendron Dell was ablazewith color, luminescent even during the frequent gloomyBerkeley spring days. The penstemons in the renovatedAlpine Fell-field told us, with flowers, how much theyare enjoying their new home.

The Vernal Pool looked like the real thing, withmeadow-foam, goldfields, and tarweeds forming theirusual "bathtub" rings around the pool's slopes and sky-blue downingias flowering last in the pool bed. I missedthe tadpoles that wriggled around in the pool for the pastseveral years. But perhaps it is just as well they weremissing, since the pool usually dried long before thetadpoles transformed into terrestrial froglets and the"crop" was lost.

I took particular delight in seeing two species ofPuya flower for the first time. Puya chilensis producedchartreuse flowers and P. berteroniana, teal-coloredflowers and contrasting orange anthers. The flowers ofboth species are borne in branched inflorescences thatlooked like sky rockets frozen in motion. I collected theseed that gave rise to these plants in Chile inFebruary, 1983, from somewhat wizenedparents that had flowered months previ-ously. A little over seven years later, thenext generation produced a marvellousdisplay of flowers many thousands of milesaway from home. These Puyas are not sospectacular as the infamous Puya raimondiithat flowered here a few years ago. Thepress got ahold of that event, and wewere overwhelmed with visitors whocame only to view that spectacle and,having seen it, went back to their carsand drove home. Puya chilensis andP. berteroniana are more modestcousins, and we didn't call the pressthis time.

However, we have had quitegenerous media publicity for theGarden's Centennial Year, andthis has generated quite anincrease in visitation rates. Ifyou want to visit when theGarden is not crowded, comeearly on weekday or weekendmornings, or after 5pm on sum-mer Wednesdays. Bring a picnicdinner to share with Steller's Jayswho will insist on joining your party.

— Robert OrnduffPuya raimondii(Drawing by Judith Finn)

American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana

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GARDEN SPOTLIGHT

The East Coast Connection

When prospective garden visitors ask what is thebest time of year to visit, the usual answer isspring, when the Asian, California, and African

Hill areas are at their showiest. One of the garden's bestkept secrets, however, is the North American area acrossthe road from the Western Herb Garden. Derelict foryears, this small hillside area has literally blossomedunder the guidance of gardener Roger Raiche. Plants inthis area hail from eastern North America for the mostpart, with some specimens from as far west as Kansasand Alberta. Known mostly for its brilliant display latein the year, this area also puts on a show in spring andsummer. At this time an enormous mass of creepingMoss-Pink (Phlox subulata) covers several square feet ofhillside, complemented by other spring beauties such aswhite and blue species of Viola, and the brilliant orangeflowers of Puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense) thatenlivens the remnant prairies of the midwest.

Spice BushCalycanthus floridus

The red- and yellow-flowered columbine Aquilegiacanadensis, resembling our own A. formosa, is followed bythe yellow A. chrysantha. There are spring-floweringshrubs such as the low, wide, deciduous Beach Plum(Prunus maritima), whose slim branches burst alive withmasses of tiny white flowers, and the eastern Spice Bush(Calycanthus floridus). In my mind this species has a sub-stantial edge as an ornamental over our own C. occiden-talis, which has larger but fewer flowers and somewhatcoarse leaves.

Cacti and other plants normally considered character-istic of arid habitats also thrive on this well-wateredhillside. There are yuccas from Kansas and New Jerseyand an Opuntia from Kansas. One early inhabitant of thishillside, planted before the character of the collection had

been defined, is a magnificent specimen of California'sendemic Santa Lucia Fir (Abies bracteata), too large tomove and too handsome to cut down.

A Tapestry of CompositesThe plants that provide the colorful summer and

early fall displays are largely members of theCompositae, or sunflower family. These are mostlyyellow-flowered, but subtleties of hue, texture, andheight lead to greater visual complexities than a meremass of yellow. Some eastern North American generaalso occur in the west, such as Aster, Helenium, Erigeron,and the goldenrods, Solidago. I find it interesting thatBritish horticulturists have made so much of our natives.There are several handsome named forms of NorthAmerican goldenrods available in British nurseries,whereas at home these plants are scarcely noticed. Lessfamiliar eastern composites are Rudbeckia, Silphium, andthe tall, purple-flowered Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatoriummaculatum).

Other typical eastern plants in the hillside collectioninclude the stately deciduous Royal Fern (Osmundaregalis), the shrubby Potentilla fruticosa (available com-mercially in several color forms and habits), and thesummer-flowering Rhododendron bakeri with its orange-red flowers. Our two species of cranberry (Vacciniumoxycoccum and V. macrocarpon) which are both inhabitantsof cold bogs in nature, grow happily as dense groundcovers on the Garden's well drained slope. We also havea fledgling Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), one of the fewtemperate representatives of a mostly tropical family, theCustard-Apple family (Annonaceae) and an AmericanPersimmon (Diospyros virginiana). I have never tasted themelting flesh of a Pawpaw, but I can vouch for the excel-lence of our native eastern persimmon once its smallorange fruits have been robbed of their astringency byheavy frost.

Torreya taxifolia

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Climate Change Affects ForestsOne interesting feature of the flora of North America

is that it has asssumed its present distributon fairlyrecently, at least geologically speaking. About 15-20million years ago, in Tertiary times, much of northernNorth America was forested with a rich mixture ofhardwoods and conifers. We know that many genera ofhardwood trees now unknown in the west except asplanted ornamentals once grew here naturally. Inaddition, Coast Redwood fossils from Alaska, Greenland,Europe, and Asia indicate that this narrowly restrictedwestern species once occurred elsewhere not only on thiscontinent, but in the Old World as well.

As the climate changed toward the end of the Terti-ary, there was a substantial sorting out of the trees on thiscontinent. In the west, overall anuual rainfall decreasedmarkedly, and the summers became warmer and drier.In response to the degradation of the western climate,many hardwood trees disappeared from this area. Buton the eastern seaboard, rainfall totals remained highwith ample rain in the summer months, so these specieswere able to survive there and continue to co-exist with afew conifer species.

Conifers were able to persist in the drier west be-cause most can tolerate moderate drought and arecapable of storing water in their wood. During the mild,wet winters when leafless hardwoods photosynthesizescarcely at all, the mostly evergreen conifers continue toproduce sugars, proving to be competitively superiorunder these conditions to the disappearing hardwoods.

The North American area slope, rich in texture and color. (Photo by RichardAnderson)

Though the explanation for this sorting out may be amatter of speculation, the fossil record leaves no doubtthat a few million years ago our western forests con-tained hornbeams, persimmons, beeches, hollies, sweetgum, sassafras, elms, and other groups of trees. Thesespecies are now restricted on this continent to the decidu-ous forests of the east and a few occurrences in thesummer rainfall areas of central and southern Mexico.

Cross-Country ConnectionsThus it is no great surprise to learn that some of our

western natives have close relatives in the east. Thesegroups appear to have persisted on both edges of thecontinent, but have been separated long enough that ineach area, different though closely related species occur.For example, there are only two torreyas in NorthAmerica: Torreya californica, a tree of widespread distri-bution in California, and T. taxifolia, from along the bluffsof the Appalachicola River in northern Florida. TheFlorida disease-ridden population seems doomed toextinction, but fortunately the Garden's T. taxifolia isdisease-free and prospering.

The eastern Rhododendron catawbiense bears a strikingresemblance to the western R. macrophyllum, common innorthern Coast Redwood forests and up into the PacificNorthwest. The eastern Christmas Fern, Polystichumacrostichoides, is puny compared with its grand westerncousin P. munitum, the Western Sword Fern. The easternredbud, Cercis canadensis, bears a striking resemblance tothe western redbud, C. occidentalis. Lizard Tail (Saururuscernuus), normally found in standing water in easternmarshes, grows happily on a sloping hillside. It and ourown western Yerba Mansa, Anemopsis californica, are theonly North American representatives of their family.

A number of young eastern deciduous hardwoodtrees dot the hillside, and as they grow, the visual impactof this small landscape will change as well. But even as itchanges, the area will continue to offer visitors horticul-tural delights that provide a welcome show of colorwhen much of the rest of the botanical garden appears tobe taking a breather.

—Robert Ornduff

CURATORIAL, CLERICAL, EDUCATION,AND GARDEN HELPERSGrace AbikoRichard AndersonLinda CookJack DarnellRamona DavisGladys Eaton

Janet EdwardsJune FalknerNoreen FordEvelyn GivantPeggy GrierMargriet Hecht

Diane KotheLeonard MaudensLinda PriceMary RicksenMyrtle Wolf

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Kudos to the coordinators for the first children's art contest: (left to right)CNR staff Margaret Race, Marietta Ison, Susan Bushnell, Laura Gregory,Alan Werner, Uki Mathias, docents Elly Bade and Florence Yaffe.

Garden Volunteers the Key to Success!

0 n Tuesday, June 19th, the Friends held the ThirdAnnual Volunteer Appreciation Party to honor theimportant role of volunteers in the Garden. This

year's report on volunteer contributions was an impres-sive array of statistics. Nancy Swearengen, Volunteer Co-ordinator reported on the extensive volunteer efforts thatkeep the Garden running.

In 1989-90, 40 weekday docents hosted 208 tours,contributing 1362 tour hours. They served 2000 adults,900 college students, and 3000 children on 133 tours.Twelve weekend docents put in 900 hours for a totalvolunteer effort of 2262 hours, an increase of 66% overlast year. In the Visitor Center, 30 volunteers kept theGarden's main link to the public open seven hours a daythroughout the year, contributing 2500 hours. Trainingand administrative support for the Visitor Center,including book buying, stocking, accounting, andcleaning, added another 750 hours for a total of 3300hours, the equivalent of 19 person-months.

The 20 volunteer propagators who grow plants forthree plant sales each year, worked an average of twodays per week, spending 750 hours each potting andrepotting their thousands of young seedlings. This totalsto an astounding 16,000 hours, or 17 person-months.Curatorial and clerical volunteers put in many hours tohelp with computer input (20 hours), seed cleaning (200hours), seed exchange (130 hours), poster contest (100hours), other clerical (240 hours), and plant sales (600hours). The 18 volunteer board members each spent atleast 10 hours per month in meetings, phone calls, andbehind-the-scenes work. The grand total of all thesevolunteer hours for 1988-89 rounds out to approximately25,500 hours or the equivalent of 13 full-time employees!

The efforts of all these volunteers has produced sub-stantial income for the Garden — $1900 from docenttours, $15,000 from Visitor Center sales, and $34,000 fromplant sales, as well as the generous gifts made possible byFriends' efforts. Board President Robert Riddell andGarden Director Robert Ornduff offered their deepthanks and appreciation for the hard work and dedica-tion of so many volunteers.

Volunteers who have made this year's activitiespossible are:DOCENTSDonna Andrews Ruth Hendrix Anne PoleyCarol Bacigalupi

Myra Holstein

Jean PortelloElly Bade Susan Kahn

Susan Rhoades

Doris Beatty Peggy Klenz

Sarah RipleyNorma Berger Diane Kothe Thelma RussellAnne Boardman Marilyn LaBrash

Pete Shell

Marge Brostrom Jo Larson

Nat ShoehalterJoey Clark

Bob Lichtenstein Hal SimkoverSuzanne Clausen Britt Lofgren

Leonard Skinner

Addie Collins Nancy Markell

Tomiye SumnerEd Dankworth

Joan Minton

Mark SuttonKitty Dankworth

Margaret Mitchell

Nancy SwearengenRamona Davis Paul Mucci

Katie Szaky

Soozi deMille Peggy Newell

Leland UnsellBarbara Donald

Jane Orsini

Jim Van SicklenEdna Ellern Esther Oswalt

Janice Vargo

Chris Elms Liz Ozselcuk

Jackie VittoriPerry French

Andre Pancheco Brenda WongIris Gaddis Lois Paul

Jacqueline Woodfill

Mitchell Harvey Mary Pierpont

Betty WrenFrancine Henderson Chris Pires

Florence Yaffe

PROPAGATORSBill Brobisky

Iris Gaddis

Chuck PagePan Canales

Kate Heckman

Dorothy PitelkaAddie Collins

Jim Jones Jean PortelloKlaus Dehlinger

Diane Kothe

Mary SchroterBarney Dietz

Jo Larson

Sarah WikanderEdna Ellern Lizzie Lee Myrtle Wolf

Dick Emory

Jim Lewis Jacqueline WoodfillJune Falkner

Joan Mirov

VISITOR CENTERAntonio Albuquerque Jerry Hashimoto Isabel McKayPatricia Allison Francine Henderson

Peggy Newell

Elly Bade Elizabeth Hunt

Jean NunnallyCheryl Blomquist

Liz Jewell

Kay RiddellLa Nelle Clack

Evelina Just

Daphne RobinsonBetty Coggins Susan Kahn

Jim Van Sicklen

Jeanne Dunn Jean Kanstien

Nancy SwearengenBeth Fernandez Dorothy King

Joan Szaboky

David Gartland

Peggy Klenz

Leland UnsellEvelyn Givant

Nancy Markell

Michael WestMitch Harvey Barb Martien Nancy Wilson

Rosa carolina

Plant Sale Success

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Fall Plant SaleSaturday, September 23, 10am to 3pm

The Fall Plant Sale features a wide variety of plants,many of which are best planted out in the fallbefore the rainy season. Species listed below are a

sample of what will be available. To encourage thegreening of the campus, students with identification willreceive a 10% discount on all sales.

A special feature of this sale are a collection of speciesroses. These wild roses are found throughout the north-ern hemisphere from the Arctic as far south as SouthIndia and Thailand, but are unknown in the Southernhemisphere. They usually grow in somewhat disturbedhabitats on the banks of streams, on cliffs, and on hill-sides where forest has been cleared. Species roses tend tobe vigorous and disease resistant, making them goodchoices for naturalizing.

Vines: Bomarea, Chorizema cordatum, Clematis, Clinathus puniceus,Dipogon lignosus, Discorea, Hardenbergia, Hibbertia, Jasminum,Kennedia, Lapageria rosea, Lophospermum, Mandevilla, Passiflora,Solanum, Thunbergia

California Natives: Arctostaphylos, Brodiaea, Camassia leichtlinii,Delphinium, Heuchera, Iris, Romneya coulteri, Smilacina, Vancou-veria hexandra, Zauschneria, ferns and annuals.Perennials: Over 110 species and cultivars including Achillea,Aconitum, Adenophora, Agapanthus inapertus, Anemone, Aster,Calceolaria aff. hypericina, Campanula, Digitalis, Echinacea,Eryngium, Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea', Hemerocallis, Incarvillea,Iris (bearded and non-bearded), Kniphofia, Liatris elegans, Lilies,Potentilla, Salvia, Sisyrinchium striatum 'Aunt May', Stokesia,Tricyrtis, Xeronema.

Others: Ferns and fern allies, rhododendrons, grasses andgrass-like plants, bromeliads, terrestrial and epiphytic orchids,trees and shrubs, herbs, cacti and succulents, rock garden/alpines.

The Spring Plant Sale and Preview Party for memberswas a tremendous success if measured by the income gen-erated for the Garden. The Preview raised over $10,000and public sales the next day brought the total to $22,296.

This sale was the last of the plant sales for fiscal year1989-90. Other sales were equally successful, with the FallSale raising $11,212 and the Holiday Sale in Decembergrossing $4,725. The grand total for the year is $38,234 —a major contribution towards Garden programs andoperations.

The Friends' Board would like to thank the 20 active,hardworking volunteer propagators who labor so dili-gently growing the healthy, attractive, and sometimesunusual plants. They also thank the volunteers who staffthe sales, the Garden staff who are so helpful, and espe-cially the members who are the source of much of oursupport. The Garden is a richer place for all of their efforts.

— Gladys Eaton

Roses

Rosa bella — Northwest China, upright shrub with single,bright pink flowers.

Rosa corymbifera — Eastern Europe and Asia, creamy whiteflowers with hints of blush pink.

Rosa gentiliana — China, vigorous climbing plant with densefoliage and single to semi-double creamy white flowers.

Rosa 'highdownensis' — United Kingdom, arching brancheson dense, tall shrub with single, light crimson flowers.

Rosa koreana — Korea, single white to blush-pink flowersfollowed by pendulous oval orange hips.

Rosa laevigata 'Cherokee Rose' — China,robust, evergreen climber with single,

large white flowers with goldenstamens.

Rosa luciae — East Asia, densespreading shrub with plentiful

dark green leaves and medium-sized white flowers.

Rosa obtusifolia (R. inodora) — Southern Europe, vigorousthorny shrub, ideal for naturalizing, with single flowers, softpink to blush white.

Rosa orientalis — Southern Europe/Middle East, short shrubbyplant with slender, hairy branches and papery soft pinkflowers.

Rosa palustris 'Swamp Rose' — North America, vigorousupright rose with single, deep pink flowers.

Rosa sherardii (R. omissa) — North Central Europe, mediumshrub with bluish-green foliage and deep pink flowers.

Rosa villosa 'Apple Rose' — Europe/Asia, medium shrub withsingle, clear pink flowers and large apple-shaped fruit.

Rosa webbiana — Western Himalayas, medium shrub withsingle pink or sometimes white flowers and bottle-shapedhips.

Rosa wichuraiana — China, almost evergreen species with darkgreen glossy foliage, good as a climber, single white flowersand small dark red hips.

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GARDEN NOTES

A Rewarding Spring SeasonGrant Successes: The Garden was awarded $75,000 fromthe Institute of Museum Services, a federal agency thatoffers general operating support to the nation's muse-ums. This will provide substantial assistance for opera-tions, curation, and education projects. The Garden hasrecently purchased and installed computer equipmentsupported by the IMS 1989 Conservation Support grantfor mapping specimen locations in the garden beds.

We also received $13,000 from the Elvenia J. SlossonEndowment Fund to fund a horticultural and educa-tional exhibit design for the new Mesoamerican area. TheStrawberry Creek Restoration Project will benefit from a$18,000 grant from the Department of Water Resourcesurban streams program. This grant will assist witherosion control, checkdam replacement, and the use ofCalifornia natives for bank stabilization. All of thesegrants were written by outgoing Curator Jim Affolter —a nice legacy for the Garden!

Education and Public Relations: Nine hundred Biology1B students completed a second field trip with a focus onCalifornia ecology, pollination biology, and ethnobotany.In addition, the Garden's docents led 77 tours for a totalof 1785 people from mid-March to mid-June, the peakspring season of the year, including participants in theGarden Club of America's western regional meeting.

Two copies of the Bay Area Backroads video tape arenow available through the Development office. This filmis a good overview of Garden programs and can beshown for club events. The Garden also has a new slideprogram for its Speakers Service outreach, put togetherwith Richard Anderson's beautiful photographs.

The new self-guided audio tour provides visitors with a firsthand look at thefeatures of the Garden. (photo by Eric Coopersmith )

The Garden's exhibit for this year's San Francisco Landscape Garden Show-Maybeck portal by Gerald Ford, photo display by Linda Cook, flowers by JerryParsons. (photo by Linda Cook)

Conservation: Assistant Curator Holly Forbes attended aCalifornia regional priorities task force meeting atRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden April 26-27. TheCenter for Plant Conservation meeting drew participat-ing garden staff, state and federal agency botanists, andbotanical experts who discussed protection priorities.

Children's Poster Contest: Over 800 children from EastBay schools entered the Centennial contest with thetheme: "Plants and Us: the Green Connection". Theartwork was a fabulously diverse collection of topics andmedia, ranging from rainforest preservation to thebeauty of plants and their role in our ecosystem. A panelof 20 judges selected the 78 winners, and nearly 300people attended the awards program on May 19th.Grand Prize winners were: Stacey Dunker, ValleyChristian School (grades 4-6), Michael Cheng, Christ theKing School (grades 2-3), and Kate Berthko, HillcrestSchool (grase K-1).

More Good-byes: Education Coordinator Stephanie Kazawill be leaving the Garden this summer after two and ahalf years serving the Education Program. She leaves tocomplete the last year of a Master of Divinity program atthe Graduate Theological Union in preparation for auniversity teaching position in the field of EnvironmentalEthics. Stephanie's commitment to conservation, educa-tion, and people-centered learning has set a valuablestandard for future education activities at the Garden.

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Margaret Race, Assistant Dean of Planning at theCollege of Natural Resources and liaison between theCollege and the Garden, will also be leaving this summerfor the East Coast, where her husband has accepted anew position. Her assistance in the Garden's transitionfrom the College of Letters and Sciences has been invalu-able, and her devoted efforts on behalf of the Children'sPoster Contest brought many new faces to the Garden.We wish both Margaret and Stephanie well in their newdirections and work.

Art teachers and other community and campus volunteers judge over 800poster entries for the children's art contest.

Sister Garden: U.C. staff Jerry Parsons and MartinGrantham spent four weeks in May-June at the WilsonBotanical Garden in Costa Rica collecting seeds andcuttings for exchange. They offered horticultural assis-tance in redoing the orchid walk display and in develop-ing a new Begonia display. The bromeliad display, self-guided palm tour and natural history tours designed byU.C. Berkeley summer session students in 1989 werecompleted this spring by interns from Longwood Botani-cal Garden. Two new ponds have been dug in thenorthwest corner of the cultivated grounds to attractwater birds, and plantings have been initiated to attractseasonal as well as common resident butterflies.

— Stephanie Kaza

Grand prize winning poster grades4-6 by Stacey Dunker (left),Kate Berthko and Michael Chengreceive awards from FriendsPresident Bob Riddell andDirector Robert Ornduff (middle).

Volunteer OpportunitiesThe Garden is always looking for volunteers to help withits many activities. If you enjoy coming to the Garden, youmight like to be part of these programs:

Docent Training — A new group of future docentswill begin training in early Septmber. Apply now for thisoutstanding chance to interact with all kinds of people ofall ages and to develop your knowledge of the Garden andits collections.

Visitor Center — Visitor Center volunteers work assales people and hosts half days once a week . If you likemeeting people and are not intimidated by a cash registerthat does everything, this job is for you.

Plant Sales — We will need cashiers and securityhelpers for the Fall Plant Sale on September 23. Mark yourcalendar and plan to help!

For more information on these and other volunteeropportunities, please call Nancy Swearengen, VolunteerCoordinator, 642-3352, Mon-Wed-Fri mornings.

Errata: With apologies to Jim Jones, we offer the follow-ing correction to last issue's article on orchid nomencla-ture. Single quotation marks are used only for cultivarepithets, not grex names. For example, Cymbidium SanFrancisco and its offspring 'Angelica', 'Florence'.

UNIVERSITY of f ALIFORNIA

ARD7NliERKEI I 1 • Il ORNIA 04720

The Newsletter is published by the Friends of the Botanical Garden,a non-profit organization that provides support for the U.G. BotanicalGarden. Articles May be reprinted with credit to the authors and theU.C. Botanical Garden.

Friends' Board of Directors:Robert Riddell, President

Gladys Eaton, Vice PresidentRamona Davis, TreasurerThomas Shaw, Secretary

James [attic Robert Ratclitt

Erroll Mauchlan Leonard Skinner

Elmo R. Morgan June Smith

Dr. Robert Orndutt

Nancy SwearengenJames Van Sicklen

Eleanor BadeFred CoeBernard DietzHarland HandJames Jones

Staff:Dr. Robert Orndutf, Director

Dr. Robert Raabe, Associate DirectorDaniel Campbell, MallagC1

Judith Finn, Assistant ManagerDr. James A ffolter, Curator

Holly Forbes, Assistant CuratorDr. Stephanie Kaza, EducationCindy Rasicot, Dctylopniclit

Toni Katton,Administrati pe AssistantBobbie Ohs, Development Assistant

Nancy Swearengen, Education AssistantDeborah Darnell, Friends' Assistant

Scott Chance, Security

Gardeners and Maintenance:Louis Caizza Peter Klement

John Domzalski

Jerry ParsonsGerald Ford

Roger RaicheMartin Grantham Elaine Sedlack

Sean HoganNewsletter: Kurt Zadnik

Stephanie Kaza, EditorLinda Cook, Production Printed by CC Printing Services

(415)642-3343 Visitor Center • 642-0849 Administration643-8040 Curation • 642-3352 Education643-7265 Friends • 642-3004 Development

New MembersThe Friends of the Botanical Garden welcome the follow-ing new members:Tim AaronsonFan AlbrittonRoy & Judith AlperNorma J. AyresDr. Joseph BarbacciaEllen BarthJudith S. BowmanGretchen BoyerRobert BrentanoSteve Bridge

Janice BriggsDoris & John BrownGina BuccellatoKaren C. BustilloMelba A. CaisseDorothy J. CampbellRoss CarltonJohn Chemsak & Hatsue

KatsuraVincent K. Chen

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Kola minutitolia

Mae ClarkPriscilla CoffinJill ColeColetteNeil & Judy CollierTim R. CookeB. Lea CoxBarbara CoxThomas Batcheller CoxRobert CunnanLoren CrossPatricia CurtanKim CypherTon) Dalzell & Joan ZolothBarbara D'AnneoChuck Darrah & Janice KovevichRobert DeringBarbara DeutschHazel & Henry DicumDonna Driggs DillonCharles Dithrich & Andrea WaltDr. Robert A. DoyleJeanne DunnJanet EnrightRussell Erblarriet J. Evans

Janet C. EverettHarvey FeldCindy Felton & I erry PiersonMr. & Mrs. lames A. FieldBrian FlanneryKatharine & Donald FoleyKate FrankelJane & William FrazerLauren Galaty & David GowenMrs. Peter R. GallagherDoris GarnickSherry L. GeePeter GoldbergMary GordonFrances II. GrateWalter GrazeSorrelle GreenAnn Gregory.Pamela Grove & Jerry NelsonI leather D. HafleighAnn HainanCharles A. I larles,,Gene HassanNancy HawleySadv & Amy I loyashidaNlilonne HecathornSean A. I ligginsWanda HillDon & Helen HolmLisa HomesleyBob I fornbackLinda B. InghamHelen VI. JohnsonStephanie JohnstonAnne JolleyJustice & Mrs. Marcus KaufmanMargaret KavanaghMary KayePatrick C. KennedyShwan KimPatricia KirkbridgeEbba KrarupElizabeth KroeberR.E. LankfordCarolyn LarabellLinda LarsonShirley LarsonRosemary LeenBetsy Lewis

Chris LewisMelanie I'. LewisRobert M. LloydEugene & Joanne LoopAstrid LorieScott A. LucasSteve LustigMr. & Mrs. Henry MayKathleen D. MayerTim McDermottCallie McRoskevLinda Cohen McSwyainBryan MerrittBarbara MoranJenne MowryNative Sons Wholesale NurseryManua NelsonNancy NewmanEugenia V. NomikosI lelen NoorthoekSally ParkerLana R. PaulhomusMrs. l'eter PedersenJacqueline PereiraCatherine PetersonDr. Glen N. PetersonKate PiserCecilia M. PlaczekNalhalie NI. PostHeather A. PriceSandra PriceSally RandelEl .eanor RasmussenLaurie ReidElaine Richards & Andy BealeSteve Riesenlames 1 Ringland & Karen E. fyvBarbara RobinsonNancy D. RobinsonTom & Bett y RolandCarole & David RudyLaura SchiffToni SchuesslorRobert SchwabBert SchwarichildRay SebastianRuth A. ShawJoan & Stanle y SiddleJacob SiggLeona SoaresSonoma Horticultural NurseryAnn SorensonWilliam SpadingRobert StandelEben StornquistBarbara SwensonGeorge A. TuckerChris VivonaJackie VoigtSharon WardJohn WawrzvnekBill WinerIngrid WernerDonald W'hortonMaggi Fey WilliamsonCarol I. WilsonAndrew Wood

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In MemoriamThe Friends offer appreciation and thanks for gifts fromthese donors in memory of:Henry Evans, honorary trustee, from Dr. Baki KasapligilHaruko Obata, for the Japanese Stroll Garden, from

Lloyd & Cynthia Malmstrom, Golden Calkins Torgesen,Kosaku Isihara

And for donations given in honor of:June Falkner, from Shirley CraigElizabeth Hammond, from John & Josephine ShumanHarland Hand, from The Garden Guild, Happy Valley Carden

Club, and Linda B. InghamJacqueline Woodfill, from Charles Harless,

and Marlene Jam & Bing JapFriends' Annual Meeting& Picnic

On Sunday at noon, October 14th, the Friends willhold their Annual Meeting and Picnic in the Garden.The day has been named Myrtle Wolf Day in honor of along-time supporter of the Garden. Myrtle Wolf, adocent long before the Garden had a docent program,led groups of youngsters on garden tours for manyyears starting in the sixties.

A student of Lincoln Constance (Emeritus Professorof Botany at U.C. Berkeley) Mrs. Wolf co-authored abook with Herbert Mason called Botany in Berkeley. Ithas long been used in Berkeley schools and is still in usein San Jose schools. Myrtle Wolf has been instrumentalin securing funding and support for development ofseveral areas of the garden and is an active VolunteerPropagator.

Myrtle Wolf's friends are invited to join the Friendsat the Annual Meeting on October 14 at noon for acelebration, picnic and short business meeting.

Grateful ThanksThe Friends wish to thank these donors who have madea substantial gift over and above membership:Janet Alderton Kosaku IshiharaP.K. Anderson Tonle JonesProfessor Alan Bearden Justice & Mrs. Marcus KaufmanJerome Carlin Lizzie & Dick LeeMr. & Mrs. Hugh Carpenter David & Evelyne LennetteDr. John Car, Lloyd & Cynthia MalmstromDr. & Mrs. Estol Carte Mrs. Phillip McCombsJudy & Mike Ciraolo Robert & Beverly MiddlekauffMichael Concannon Mrs. K. Ralph MorrisRamona Daivd

Letea H. NelsonKen & Paul Doty Kevin NiermanGladys Eaton Orinda Garden ClubJane & William Frazer Mary & John RicksenWallace Gorell

Wayne RoderickHappy Valley Garden Club

Jon & Jo Shuman

Charles A. Harless Golden Calkins TorgesenElizabeth Helmholz Ruth TownsendEleanor & Jack Higson Leland UnsellLinda B. Ingham

MEMBERSHIPThe Friends of the Botanical Garden offers publiceducation programs and provides independentfunding to support the many needs of the Garden.You can enjoy and support the Botanical Gardenyear-round by becoming a member of the Friendsof the Botanical Garden.

Annual Membership benefits include:•Newsletter

• Workshops, lectures, and tours• Discount on Visitor Center purchases

• Discount on educational classes• Admission to Spring Plant Sale Preview

•Volunteer opportunities

Friends of the Botanical Garden Membership ApplicationYes, I would like to support the LI:C. Berkeley Botanical Garden as a member:

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Calendar of Events

CENTENNIAL TOURS Sats, JULY-AUGUSTDocent-led tours of the Garden's historical collections withstories of the past 100 years as a University and communityresource. 1:30pm, Visitor Center.

GREEN STUFF DAY CAMP JULY 16-AUG 17Week-long programs for children with instructor Chris Pires onthe wide world of plants, how people use plants, plant stories,art, and games. Sessions I & III for 8-11 years, 9am-3pm Mon-Fri; Sessions II & IV for 5-7 years, 9am-2pm. $90 per session.Call 642-3352 to register.

INTRO TO PLANT PROPAGATION Sat, JULY 28Learn propagation techniques for seeds and cuttings from OttoQuast of West Marin, a former UC graduate in ornamentalhorticulture. Includes a tour of the Garden's propagation areaand greenhouses. Meeting Room, 1-4pm. Limit 20. $20 mem-bers, $30 non-members, includes materials.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, AUG 4Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease and pest problems.9am-12noon, Meeting Room.

PRUNING TREES AND SHRUBS Sat, AUG 11Ted Kipping, Tree Shaper, will show slides and discuss correctand incorrect pruning techniques. The group will spend timein the Garden to learn more about this fine art. Meeting Room,1-4pm. $15 members, $25 non-members.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, SEPT 1Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease and pest problems.9am-12noon, Meeting Room.

STRAWBERRY CREEK SYMPOSIUM Sat, SEPT 8A day of talks, tours, and celebration of the natural history andrestoration of Strawberry Creek, landmark of city and campus.Guest lectures and panel discussions, 9am-12noon, MeetingRoom. Garden Creek tours 1-3pm. Free.

WATERCOLOR PAINTING Sats, SEPT 15-Nov 3Introduction to the basics of watercolor techniques, with JudithCorning, who will discuss materials, composition, color, andstrokes during the eight class sessions. Beginners and all levelswelcome. Meeting Room, 9:30am-12noon. $45 members, $55non-members.

PROPAGATION & SEED TREATMENTS Sun, SEPT 16Martin Grantham, U.C. Botanical Garden staff, will give anoverview of propagation techniques with special focus on seedselection and treatment. Meeting Room, 1-4pm. Limit 20. $20members, $30 non-members, includes materials.

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FALL PLANT SALE Sun, SEPT 23Vines, perennials, trees, California natives, roses, ferns, andmany other species. 10% discount for students with ID. 10am-3pm, at the Garden.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, OCT 6Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease and pest problems.9am-12noon, Meeting Room.

PROPAGATION OF NATIVES Sun, OCT 7Wayne Roderick, former Director of East Bay Regional ParksBotanic Garden, will demonstrate methods of making cuttingsof native California plants. Meeting Room, 1-4pm. Limit 20.$20 members, $30 non-members, includes materials.

PHOTOGRAPHING TREES Sat, OCT 13A slide lecture on trees as seen through the eyes of masterphotographers, and afternoon workshop exploring composi-tional and expressive possibilities of trees in the Garden.Instructor Richard Anderson, Garden photographer, will shareconventional and experimental techniques from his work withthe ancient bristlecone pines. Limit 20. 10am-6pm, MeetingRoom. Members $30, non-members, $40.

FRIENDS' ANNUAL MEETING& PICNIC Sun, OCT 14Members are invited to bring friends and family to picnic andtake behind-the-scenes tours. Dessert will be provided. Thisday has been designated Myrtle Wolf Day. Noon, Garden lawn.

PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS Sat, OCT 27Martin Grantham, U.C. Botanical Garden staff, returns todemonstrate propagation methods of making root, heel, andstem cuttings. Meeting Room, 1-4pm. Limit 20. $20 members,$30 non-members, includes materials.

CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS Sat, NOV 3Principles of Chinese medicine including yin-yang and the fiveelement theory. Herbalist and licensed acupuncturist BarbaraWilt will offer sample medicinal teas and simple remedies foreveryday health ailments using commonly available herbs.Meeting R000m, 1:30-4:30pm. $12 members, $15 non-members.

For further information on classes and events, call theVisitor Center, 642-3343. To register for classes, send checksto UC Botanical Garden. No refunds the week before theclass date unless class is cancelled.The Garden is open every day of the year except Christmasfrom 9:00am to 4:45pm, Wednesdays until 7pm. Free publictours led by docents are given on Saturdays and Sundays at1:30pm. Admission to the Garden is free.

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