R. 'Gartendirekter Rieger'
Photo by J. C. Birck

The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Spring 1980
Vol. 34 No. 2

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 600, Aurora, Oregon 97002. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1980 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Robin Hill Azaleas by Mathew A. Nosal		Dietrich Hobbie Turns 80 by Carl Lehmann
My Decade at the Heritage Plantation of Sandwich by Heman A. Howard		Rhododendron weyrichii forma albilflora, Sugimoto by Dr. John L. Creech
R. kyawii by Arthur W. Headlam		R. chapmanii by J. Patrick Tatum
Rhododendron pachysanthum, Hayata by John Patrick		Companion Plants by Robert Furniss
The Use of Frozen Pollen for Controlled Pollination by Jens Birck		What About Evergreen Azalea Hardiness by Capt. R. M. Steele
Report of A.R.S. Research Foundation by Alfred Martin		Stalking the Wild Azaleas by Norman Pellett
1980 Annual Meeting Schedule		A.R.S. Plant Registry
Speakers at 1980 Annual Meeting by Richard Brooks		Responsibilities of the Rhododendron Breeder by R. L. Ticknor
There is An Old Chinese Proverb That Says:		Eugene Chapter Awards Two Bronze Medals
Book Review: Rhododendrons 1978 by Ed Egan		Potomac Valley Chapter Awards Bronze Medals
Cecil Smith Awarded Bronze Medal by Portland Chapter		Southeastern Chapter Awards Bronze Medal
Bronze Medals - Princeton Chapter		Valley Forge Awards Bronze Medal
A.R.S. Show Dates		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	Secretary-Treasurer	Western Vice President
FRED GALLE	TED VAN VEEN	JOHN P. EVANS, M. D.
Past President	Eastern Vice President	Editor
E C BROCKENBROUGH, M. D.	GEORGE RING	ED EGAN
	Executive Secretary
	ESTHER BERRY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1980
P. H. BRYDON - ALFRED S. MARTIN - MRS. MARGE FARWELL - HENRY A. SCHANNEN
1981
HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE
1982
DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
AZALEA	JUAN de FUCA	OLYMPIA	SIUSLAW
Mrs. Robert T. Brown	Frank Chamberlin	Buzz Hettinger	Michael J. Bones
BIRMINGHAM	KOMO KULSHAN	OLYMPIC PENINSULA	SO. CALIFORNIA
Richard Cooper	Greg Haner	Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	Carl Deul
CALIFORNIA	LEWIS COUNTY	PHILADELPHIA	SOUTHEASTERN
E. Parker Smith	Melvin Lueken	Vernon Quarles	Dr. H. F. Cantrell
CONNECTICUT	MASSACHUSETTS	PIEDMONT	SOUTHWESTERN OR
Mrs. Philip E. Taylor	A. Richard Brooks	Marshall G. Stillwell	Willard E. Morgan
DE ANZA	MIDDLE ATLANTIC	PORTLAND	TACOMA
John Hixson	Austin C. Kennell	Frank D. Mossman, MD	Frank A. Lough
DENMARK	MIDWEST	POTOMAC VALLEY	TAPPAN ZEE
Vagn Jorgensen	William Rapshys	Norton Boothe	Hans E. Bussink
EUGENE	MONTEREY BAY	PRINCETON	TUALATIN VALLEY
Harold Greer	Melvin C. Allen	Patricia Pfeiffer	Harold T. Krug
GRAYS HARBOR	NEW JERSEY	SAN MATEO	VALLEY FORGE
Lyle Lancaster	David Wuebbens	Bill Lofthouse	Clarence Ziegler
GREAT LAKES	NEW YORK	SEATTLE	VANCOUVER, B. C.
Felix A. Robinson, Jr.	William Tietjen	Ralph H. Nichols	Harold A. Johnson
INDIANA	NORTH KITSAP	SHELTON	WILLIAM BARTRAM
Roland Schroeder, Jr.	T. A. Peterschmidt	Helen Agoa	Dr. Curtis Sidden
			WILLAMETTE
			June Brennan

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