nkPlastic  Samoan Fluff Katie Moragne pure Gold Jean Moragne  Nebel's Rainbow Candy Stripe  Lei Rainbow INTRODUCTION   ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FLOWERS   The study of plants and flowers is twofold; a gradual and progressive inner awakening to their spiritual nature and their messages, and the day to day physical work that teaches us through beauty, the discipline of understanding their needs and a

APPENDIX A Page- 98 Page - 99   Mary Helen standing by a mature 'Dwarf Deciduous', against a dramatic backdrop of an approaching storm in the mountains.     Petite Pink — The car  in the background shows the scale of this mature, exceptionally dwarf plumeria grown for many years in good soil.   Page - 100   These two unnamed hybrids of considerable beauty were photographed in Hawaii. New plumeria cultivars are discovered every year in all parts of the world from seedlings of unknown parentage.     Page - 101  

  A mature plumeria tree growing in Hawaii. Height approximately 10-12 feet with twice that in spread. Note the tall Araucarias (Norfolk Island Pines) in the background.     One  of many dense compact shrub-type plumerias in a natural habitat .with a carpet of ferns beneath and the blooms of the Octopus tree (Brassaia actinophylla) in the background.     Page - 24 DESCRIPTION   PLANT TYPES AND STRUCTURE   Plumerias range in size from dwarf shrubs that even in the most ideal climates rarely grow more than 3 to 4 feet in height after many years, to large trees that may attain hei

 RESEARCH ON PLUMERIAS   Studies on Branching A study on branching has been conducted under the direction of Dr. Richard Criley at the University of ^^^ i>. Criley has written us recently that the project will not be completed for several months more but so far it has been found that "... lanolin paste applications of N-6-benzyladenine (rates from 0.5 to 4 mg BA per gram of lanolin) to cut stumps/branches produced an increased number of breaks over the controls, but there were insufficient replications for good statistics." In 1973 Dr.Criley published some valuable research in the Horticulture Digest, a publication of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Hawaii, e

  INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS     Abigail 108 Adenium obesum Desert Rose 62 Allamanda cathartica "Cherries Jubilee' 63 Allamanda.cathartica var. Hendersonii 62 Allamanda Williamsii 'Stansill's Double' 62 Angus Selection 23 Aztec Gold 48 Badianus Manuscript 6 Bali Palace 109 Bali Whirl 102 Black Tip Fungus 50 Bud Development 6 Candy Stripe xii Carissa grandiflora. 'Compacta' 63 Carmen 84 Caroline B. 103 Catharanthus roseus Periwinkle 63 Celadine 22 Cerise 30 Cindy Moragne 30 Coleosporium Dominguense 50 Courtade 14 Daisy Wilcox 48 Dean Conklin 48 Donald Angus 22 Dwarf Deciduous 48 Dwarf

  ORGANIZATIONS AND SOURCES   Undoubtedly the finest plumeria research station is the University of Hawaii's Waimanolo Research Station on Oahu, under the direction of Dr. Richard A. Criley. Some of the major collections of the world may be found at the Matrimandir Gardens, Auroville, South India; the Singapore Botanic Gardens; Koko Head Crater near Diamond Head on Oahu (devoted exclusively to plumerias); the Calcutta Botanic Gardens; Foster Botanical Gardens in Honolulu; the Botanic Gardens on the island of St. Vincent; and the Waimea Arboretum in Haleiwa, on Oahu's North Shore.   THE HISTORY OF THE PLUMERIA SOCIETY   The Plumeria Society of Americ

Ellen#15 - One of the many spectacular under trial at various testing grounds in Hawaii  Page - 44 THE MORAGNE HYBRIDS   A significant breakthrough in plumeria hybridizing was made by the late Bill Moragne former plantation manager for Grove Farms Sugar Company on Kauai. Gardening was' a lifelong hobby for the Moragnes, and Bill and his wife, Jean, grew numerous anthuriums, hibiscus, heliconias and plumerias. Bill Moragne's daughter, Mary, has kindly shared with us all the publications she could gather on her father's work in controlled hybridization. We quote her own words from an article published in the Garden Club of America Bulletin, Vol. 63,

Larva of the long-horned beetle, Lagocheirus obsole- tus Thorns, in the stem of a plumeria. Long-horned beetle, Lagocheirus obsoletus Thoms. Long-horned beetle on a plumeria branch — note area that has been chewed         Rust pustules of Coleos- porium dominguense appearing on the under- side of a plumeria leaf Black tip fungus that has killed new growth and completely inhibited fur- ther development A fascinating anomaly — the appearance of new leaf growth from a prior inflorescence  

  Martha Hanna Hensley 4   It’s funny how you could see something all of your life, And then one day really see it. Dr. Barry Comeaux   Description Plant Types and Structure   The most natural form of an oleander is globular, or upright and rounded, whether it be a dwarf or tall-growing plant. The foliage is normally full and dense, skirting the ground. With many new oleander hybrids appearing each year, a criteria for grouping by size as well as color seemed useful to determine var

8   What a joy life is when you have made a close working partnership with Nature. Luther Burbank   Oleander Culture   To begin this rather lengthy chapter which attempts to detail all aspects of oleander culture, we would like to offer a thought from Kewpie Gaido about her beloved oleanders. "They are so beautiful," she said, "and with just a little care they do well and show their appreciation by doing better than they had originally been known t   All the flowers of all the tomorrows All in the seeds of today and yesterday.   Chinese proverb   Propagation   Seeds   Seed pods should be collected in the United Stat