Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012 - (Page 236)

Viola volcanica. Paso Cordoba, Neuquén, Argentina. 29 December 2002. (Anita Flores) W.J. Hooker's type drawing of V. volcanica which enabled Kim to discover and rectify near-universal historic and current confusion with V. congesta Viola volcanica foliage. Note the diagnostic lack of glands at leaf margin. Paso Cordoba, Neuquén, Argentina. 29 December 2002. (John Watson) resulting from her meticulous studies. She found that two of the most important species in our group of violas,Viola volcanica and V. congesta, had been confused with one another historically for over 150 years, since not long after their original publication early in the 19th Century. Correcting this has been among our more significant contributions to the understanding of these plants, with Kim duly acknowledged as the source, naturally. 236 Rock Garden Quarterly Vol. 70 (3)

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012

Digital Quarterly
Expanding Panayoti's Axioms
Photo Contest 2012
Photographing Alpine Plants: A Landscape Point of View
NARGS 2013 Election Timetable
Rock Gardening from Scratch - Seeds
Kim Blaxland and the Violets of North America
Viola pedata
Violas, Kim, and Us - A Celebration
Cooking Native Japanese Plants
Carl Gehenio Memorial Trough Show
Fire in the Hole: Phlox across Colorado
Rebuilding a Rock Garden in Pittsburgh
A Remarkable Garden: David Douglas and the Shrub-steppe of the Columbia Plateau
Bookshelf - Reviews
Swedish Dreams
Treasurer's Report
Bulletin Board
2012 - Eastern Study Weekend: October, Pittsburgh

Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012