arnoldia 
The Magazine of the Arnold Arboretum 
VOLUME 78 ¢ NUMBER 5-6 « 2021 
Arnoldia (ISSN 0004—2.633; USPS 866-100) 
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Jonathan Damery, Editor 
Harper Preston, Editorial Intern 
Andy Winther, Designer 
Editorial Committee 
Anthony S. Aiello 
Peter Del Tredici 
Michael S. Dosmann 
William (Ned) Friedman 
Jon Hetman 
Julie Moir Messervy 
Jonathan Shaw 
Copyright © 2021. The President and 
Fellows of Harvard College 
Th ARNOLD 
ARBORETUM 
of HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CONTENTS 
2 Arnoldia Reimagined 
Jonathan Damery 
6 The Trees of the Silent Dell 
David Barnett 
8 The Nauvoo Rose on Temple Square 
Esther Truitt Henrichsen 
10 Five Generations of Russell’s Garden Center 
Elizabeth Russell-Skehan 
13 The Resilient Trees of Flower City 
Mark Quinn 
16 The Prince Family: Pioneers of American 
Horticulture 
J. Stephen Casscles 
24 Such a Fine Assemblage: The Jesup Collection 
of North American Woods 
Kathryn Mauz 
50 Thomas Meehan: The Horticultural Popularizer 
Anthony S. Aiello 
62 The Intertwined Attractions of Plants, Moths, 
and People 
Kamaljit S. Bawa 
68 Otherworldly Wingnuts: Pterocarya 
x rehderiana 
Jared Rubinstein 
Front and back cover: The Jesup Collection of North 
American Woods was designed to capture the beauty and 
scientific diversity of forests across the United States— 
including the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests of 
northern California, shown here. Gabriel Moulin, 
Archives of the Arnold Arboretum 
Inside front cover: William Robert Prince published 
Prince’s Manual of Roses in 1846, but its popularity was 
soon eclipsed when Samual Parsons, Prince’s neighbor, 
published The Rose: Its History, Poetry, Culture, and 
Classification. An illustration from Parsons is shown. 
Archives of the Arnold Arboretum 
Inside back cover: Fruits of a Rehder wingnut (Pterocarya 
x rehderiana, accession 1191*E) droop above a quiet corner 
of the Arnold Arboretum. Photo by Jonathan Damery 
PUBLICATION NOTE: Volume 79 will begin with the first 
issue published in 2022 and will include four issues. 
