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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Summer 1980
Vol. 34 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 14636 S.W. Bull Mt. Rd., Tigard, OR 97223. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12.00 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 volume must be granted m wasting by the Society.

Issue Contents
A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons in Western Pennsylvania by Orlando S. Pride		R. zoelleri, A Widely Distributed Vireya Rhododendron in New Guinea by Arthur W. Headlam
How and When to Prune Rhododendrons by Robert L. Furniss		Ongoing Battle of Macroflora and Macrofauna by Dr. Sandra McDonald
Rhododendron Propagation - Philadelphia Style by Ross B. Davis, Jr.		If You Knew Esther Like I Know Esther by Marjorie W. Baird
President's Address by Fred C. Galle		New Find of Rhododendron maximum by W. J. McClure
Death of a Nursery by Dr. Alexander R. Fitzburgh		Chauncey Delos Beadle by Dr. Frank Mossman
ARS 1980 Gold and Silver Medals Awards		A.R.S. Plant Registry
Proposed By-Laws Changes: A Member's Perspective by H. F. Cantrell		Book Review: The Rhododendron Society Notes by Ed Egan
The First Published Vernacular Name for R. kuromeinsus by Collingwood lngram		Book Review: The Dexter Estate - Its Gardens and Gardeners by Phillip Livingston & Frank West
Connecticut Chapter Awards Bronze Medal		Princeton Chapter Awards Bronze Medal
William Bartram Chapter Awards Bronze Medal		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	Eastern Vice President	Western Vice President
FRED GALLE	GEORGE RING	JOHN P. EVANS, M.D.
Past President	Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary
E. C. BROCKENBROUGH, M.D.	TED VAN VEEN	FRAN EGAN
	Editor
	ED EGAN
Technical Reviewers
Robert Furniss, Pres. Fred Galle, Dr. August Kehr, Dr. Sandra McDonald, Dr. Gustav Mehlquist, Registrar Ed Parker, Dr. Robert Ticknor, Dr. L. Keith Wade

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

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