California garden societies and horticultural publications, 1947-1990
By: F. Owen Pearce ; with an introduction by W. George Waters ; interviews conducted by Adele and Lewis Lawyer in 1989 ; edited by Suzanne B. Riess.
Contributors: Lawyer, Adele, 1918-; Lawyer, Lewis, 1907-; Riess, Suzanne B.; Waters, W. George.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1990
Subjects: Horticulturists -- California -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: California horticulture oral history series.
Description: Pearce discusses his Colorado background; architecture studies, UC Berkeley, and Bay Area building construction work, 1920-1964; founding member, California chapter of American Rhododendron Society and western chapter of American Rock Garden Society, Strybing Arboretum Society, California Horticultural Society, San Francisco Business Men's Garden Club; Victor Reiter and other plantsmen; editing the California Horticultural Society Journal; photography and mountaineering.