HORTICULTURE 370B
LECTURE EXAM I
INCLUDES GROUP I AND II
AS WELL AS HANDOUT INFORMATION
DUE: APRIL 26, 1995

Name:____________________________.

I. True or False: Circle the correct answer.

T or F 1. A pyrene is an incendiary bomb.

T or F 2. A pyrene is the "seed" of a holly.

T or F 3. A pyrene is the fruit of a holly.

T or F 4. A pyrene is closely related to a terpene.

T or F 5. All four of the above are virtually worthless and inane questions.

T or F 6. Ilex is always dioecious.

T or F 7. Holly fruits are poisonous to birds.

T or F 8. Ilex is consistently evergreen.

T or F 9. Any holly can pollinate any other as long as they flower at the same time (think about this).

T or F 10. A male holly can pollinate a female holly as long as they flower at the same time.

T or F 11. Hollies, in general, are relatively insect and disease free.

T or F 12. Hollies are easy to transplant.

T or F 13. Hollies are always opposite in leaf arrangement.

T or F 14. The only way to ascertain the sex of a particular seedling holly is to wait until it flowers.

T or F 15. Hollies are easy to root from cuttings.

T or F 16. Holly seeds germinate within two weeks of sowing.

T or F 17. Ilex x attenuata is a grex name for any hybrid between I. cassine and I. opaca.

T or F 18. Ilex cornuta and cultivars are extremely heat and cold tolerant.

T or F 19. Ilex cornuta and cultivars are extremely heat tolerant.

T or F 20. Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' is larger than 'Dwarf Burford' at maturity.

T or F 21. Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri', 'Savannah', and I. glabra produce red fruits.

T or F 22. The above are female.

T or F 23. Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' is a branch sport from 'Carissa'.

T or F 24. Ilex glabra, I. vomitoria and I. crenata are amenable to culture in wet soils.

T or F 25. The best, i.e., most popular tree type Ilex is 'Nellie Stevens'.

T or F 26. Ilex decidua and I. verticillata are magnificent for winter color, i.e., red fruits.

T or F 27. Ilex vomitoria 'Nana' is female; 'Shillings' a male.

T or F 28. Vinca major is more drought tolerant than Vinca minor.

T or F 29. Vinca species, in general, are quite invasive and can dominate the ground plane in shady environments.

T or F 30. Vinca minor produces only blue flowers.

T or F 31. Trachelospermum asiaticum is more cold hardy than T. jasminoides.

T or F 32. Nerium is more cold hardy than Vinca than Trachelospermum.

T or F 33. Fatsia, x Fatshedera, and Hedera are excellent shade tolerant groundcovers.

T or F 34. The 3 to 5-lobed leaf form of Hedera helix always flowers and fruits.

T or F 35. Hedera helix is a true clinging vine.

T or F 36. Mahonia aquifolium is better adapted to the southeast than Mahonia bealei.

T or F 37. Mahonia has spines; Berberis is thornless.

T or F 38. All (most) Berberidaceae members have yellow cambia.

T or F 39. Nandina domestica is an adaptable evergreen suited to culture in sun and shade.

T or F 40. Buxus species are amenable to hard (heavy) pruning.

T or F 41. Buxus sempervirens appears to suffer from the vagaries of climate and pests more so than Buxus microphylla var. japonica.

T or F 42. Pachysandra terminalis is more evergreen than P. procumbens.

T or F 43. Ilex cornuta, Pachysandra procumbens, and Sarcococca confusa have fragrant flowers.

T or F 44. Sarcococca, Pachysandra, and Aucuba taxa are great full sun plants.

T or F 45. The above are great shade plants.

T or F 46. Euonymus fortunei and E. japonicus always produce fruits.

T or F 47. Euonymus japonicus is not a first class shrub for general landscape use.

T or F 48. Kalmia latifolia, Pieris japonica, and Leucothoe populifolia have fragrant flowers.

T or F 49. Pieris and Kalmia thrive in heavy wet soils.

T or F 50. Elaeagnus pungens is unmatched for spring floral fragrance.

II. Rank and File: Place in order of characteristic(s) enumerated.

1. Fragrance... 1 most, 5 least

a. Trachelospermum jasminoides
b. Nandina domestica
c. Leucothoe fontanesiana
d. Mahonia bealei
e. Pieris japonica

2. Red winter foliage color... 1 most, 5 least

a. Nandina domestica
b. Nandina domestica 'Atropurpurea Nana'
c. Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
d. Mahonia bealei
e. Mahonia aquifolium

3. Suitability for hedging... 1 most, 5 least

a. Ilex verticillata
b. Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'
c. Buxus sempervirens
d. Elaeagnus pungens
e. Kalmia latifolia

4. Floral effect... 1 most, 5 least

a. Hedera helix (juvenile)
b. Hedera helix (adult)
c. Aucuba japonica
d. Nerium oleander
e. Sarcococca species

5. Variegated foliage... 1 most, 5 least

a. Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
b. Pachysandra procumbens
c. Euonymus japonicus 'Silver King'
d. Vinca major 'Variegata'
e. Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald N' Gold'

6. Ultimate size... 1 most, 5 least

a. Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
b. Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'
c. Ilex crenata 'Convexa'
d. Ilex vomitoria 'Shillings'
e. Ilex crenata 'Hetzii'

7. Heat tolerance... 1 most, 5 least

a. Ilex x meserveae
b. Nerium oleander
c. Kalmia latifolia
d. Ilex glabra
e. Pieris floribunda

8. Fruit effect... 1 explosive, 5 fizzle city

a. Ilex glabra
b. Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'
c. Ilex 'Emily Brunner'
d. Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
e. Ilex decidua 'Warren Red'

9. Performance in heavy, wet soils... 1 best, 5 worst

a. Ilex crenata
b. Pieris japonica
c. Kalmia latifolia
d. Ilex glabra
e. Ilex verticillata

10. Degree of bulletproofness, i.e., unkillable nature... 1 most, 5 least

a. Elaeagnus pungens
b. Trachelospermum jasminoides
c. Ilex 'Nellie Stevens'
d. Buxus microphylla var. japonica
e. Arbutus unedo

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