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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Spring 1981
Vol. 35 No. 2

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 1981 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Mt. Kinabalu - A Botanist's View by Dr. L. K. Wade		Rhododendron yakushimanum by Koichiro Wada
Free Flowering Vireya Rhododendrons by Arthur W. Headlam		Malesian vs. Vireya
Propagation of Rhododendrons by Melvin C. Allen		Rhododendron Growing in California by Everett Farwell
Rhododendrons and Hot Weather by George Ring		ARS Plant Registry by Ed Parker
Review: Contributions Toward a Classification of Rhododendron by Frank Mossman, MD		Book Review: Rhododendrons 1980-81 by Ed Egan
Koichiro Wada by Frank Doleshy		Plant Awards by Dorothy Schlaikjer
David Lane Bledsoe by Ralph H. Nichols		Merle F. Saunders by Day Ferrald
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OFFICERS
President	Eastern Vice President	Western Vice President
FRED GALLE	GEORGE RING	JOHN P. EVANS
Past President	Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary
E. C. BROCKENBROUGH	TED VAN VEEN	FRAN EGAN
	Editor
	ED EGAN

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1981

HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE

1982

DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK

1983

DR. H. FURMAN CANTRELL - ALFRED MARTIN - DR. SANDRA McDONALD DR. ROBERT TICKNOR

Technical Reviewers

PRES. FRED GALLE, DR. AUGUST KEHR, DR. SANDRA MCDONALD, DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, REGISTRAR ED PARKER, DR. ROBERT TICKNOR, DR. L. KEITH WADE

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
AZALEA	INDIANA	OLYMPIA	SIUSLAW
Joseph Coleman	H. Roland Schroeder, Jr.	John Eichelser	Galen Baxter
BIRMINGHAM	JUAN de FUCA	OLYMPIC PENINSULA	SOUTHERN CA
Luke Austin	Frank Chamberlin	Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	William Moynier
CALIFORNIA	KOMO KULSHAN	PHILADELPHIA	SOUTHEASTERN
Fred Cummings	Dick Ambrose	Wil S. Smith, Jr.	H. Furman Cantrell
GULF COAST	LEWIS COUNTY	PIEDMONT	SOUTHWESTERN OR
Eugene Aromi	Melvin Lueken	Dr. T. Lawrence Mellicham	Evan Bone
CONNECTICUT	MASSACHUSETTS	PINE BARRENS	TACOMA
Howard W. Pfeifer	Willard P. Hunnewell	Edward W. Collins	William A . Hicks
CORVALLIS	MIDDLE ATLANTIC	PORTLAND	TAPPAN ZEE
John Burnett	Austin C. Kennell	Dr. Lansing Bulgin	John Boeggeman
DE ANZA	MIDWEST	POTOMAC VALLEY	TUALATIN VALLEY
Robert E. George	William Rapshys	Norton Boothe	Harold T. Krug
DENMARK	MONTEREY BAY	PRINCETON	VALLEY FORGE
Vagn Jorgensen	Martin Flores	Robert A. Murray	Dr. Fred S. Winter
EUGENE	NEW JERSEY	SAN MATEO	VANCOUVER, B. C.
Dr. David Williams	David Wuebbens	Dr. William E. Lofthouse	Harold A. Johnson
GRAYS HARBOR	NEW YORK	SEATTLE	VICTORIA
Jack Shrauger	William Tietjen	Ralph H. Nichols	Norman A. Todd
GREAT LAKES	NORTH KITSAP	SHELTON	WILLIAM BARTRAM
Felix A. Robinson, Jr.	T. A. Peterschmidt	Dr. William E. Hanson	Dr. Curtis Sidden
			WILLAMETTE
			June Brennan

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