JARS v48n2 - Table of Contents


R. 'Burnaby Centennial'
R. 'Burnaby Centennial' ('Leona' x 'Etta Burrows')
A cross by Vern and Gordon Finley.
Photo by Norbert Wuensche



Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Spring 1994
Vol. 48 No. 2

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 1380, Gloucester, VA 23061. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $25 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1994 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents

The Younger Botanic Garden at Benmore in Scotland
by George Smith


An ARS Retrospective: Our First Decade, 1944-1954, Part I
by Franklin H. West

Breeding of Winter Hardy Deciduous Azaleas in Finland
by Anu Väinölä


The Genus Trillium: A Neglected Companion
by Gordon Collier

Shortcuts to Short Azaleas
by L. Clarence Towe


Rhododendron 'Burnaby Centennial'
by Jeanne Mitchell

Subsection Taliensia
by Warren Berg


Hardiness Redefined
by Herbert A. Spady

Adaptability of Evergreen Rhododendrons to the Great Plains as Influenced by Landscape Exposure
by John C. Pair


Tips for Beginners:
Top Cause of Death in
Rhododendrons

by Jan D. Kelley

Propagation of Deciduous Azaleas
by Esther Berry


What's New on the Blue Ridge?
by Barbara Leypoldt

Western Regional Conference,
Oct. 7-9

by Nadine Shanti


Watts with the Species:
Rhododendron schlippenbachii

by Lynn Watts

From the President
by Dick Brooks


Botanical Watercolour
by Elizabeth Cameron

Petal Blight in the Pacific Northwest
by E. White Smith


Grafting: A Surgical Cure
by Bob Bondira

Deer: Beauties...or Beasts?
by Robert T. Stelloh


Letter to the Editor
by John Basford

Bronze Medal Awards


ARS Plant Registry

In Memoriam: George W. Muller
by Chip Muller, Sue M. Hacking


In Memoriam: Dr. Max Resnick
by Dr. Robert Fox

In Memoriam: John H. Bowman
by Jean Hanna


In Memoriam: Bruce Leber
by Lynn Watts

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OFFICERS

President

Eastern Vice President

Western Vice President

A. RICHARD BROOKS

FRANKLIN H. WEST, M.D.

HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.

Past President

Secretary-Treasurer

Executive Secretary

GORDON K. WYLIE

ROBERT A. MURRAY

BARBARA R. HALL


Editor



SONJA NELSON


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1994

BARBARA J. CAMPBELL - RICHARD CAVENDER - HAROLD E. GREER
H. EDWARD REILEY - FRED S. WINTER, M.D.

1995

LESLIE K.C. CLAY - JAMES RAMSEY - H.C. GEHNRICH - MARY BEASLEY

1996

LORI E. GANGSEI - VIRGINIA CRAIG - LLOYD C. HAHN - SOPHIA MAITLAND


Technical Reviewers

FRANK L. DOLESHY, FRED GALLE, HAROLD E. GREER,
AUGUST KEHR, Ph.D., C. DAVID LEWIS, Ph.D.
GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, Ph.D., REGISTRAR JAY MURRAY,
HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
ROBERT TICKNOR, Ph.D., TED VAN VEEN, MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS
WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

DISTRICT 1

DISTRICT 2

DISTRICT 3

Leslie K.C. Clay, District Director
Everett Jefferson, Alternate

COWICHAN VALLEY
Allan Murray
FRASER SOUTH
Norma Senn
FRASER VALLEY
Shirley Lyster
MT. ARROWSMITH
Bob Hickman
NANAIMO
Ward Porter
NORTH ISLAND
Harry Wright
PEACE ARCH
Gifford Robb
VANCOUVER
Diane Kehoe
VICTORIA
Joe Harvey


James Ramsey, District Director
Greg Kesterson, Alternate

CASCADE
Robert E. George
KOMO KULSHAN
Dennis Schrank
PILCHUCK CHAPTER
Amby Schultz
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Donald E. King
WHIDBEY ISLAND
Lew Naddy


Lori E. Gangsei, District Director
Douglas Denkers, Alternate

GRAYS HARBOR
Gary D. Roberson
JUAN DE FUCA
Mary Ann Stephens
LEWIS COUNTY
William Ehret
NORTH KITSAP
Ralph Eells
OLYMPIA
Joanne Campbell
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Moulton Prussing
SHELTON
Walt Elliott
TACOMA
Frank Abbott


DISTRICT 4

DISTRICT 5

DISTRICT 6

Richard Cavender, District Director
Thompson E. Drake, Alternate

CORVALLIS
Anita Hutchins
EUGENE
Jay Kelley
PORTLAND
Paula L. Cash
SIUSLAW
Dan Bones
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Thompson E. Drake
TUALATIN VALLEY
MaBelle McCornack
WILLAMETTE
Wade Waddell
YAMHILL COUNTY
Gary L. Schultz


Barbara J. Campbell, District Director
William P. O'Neill, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Roland Mayne
DE ANZA
Robert Hass
EUREKA
Marty Reed
MONTEREY BAY
John Harris
NOYO
Eleanor Philp
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Donald Dulac
SO. CALIFORNIA
Fred Renick


Virginia Craig, District Director
Dr. Robert Fox, Alternate

CAPE COD
Joel Blair
CONNECTICUT
Andrew Brand
MAINE
Bradley Ronco
MASSACHUSETTS
Marcia Mitchell


DISTRICT 7

DISTRICT 8

DISTRICT 9

H.C. Gehnrich, District Director
Richard H. Gustafson, Alternate

NEW YORK
Werner Brack
PRINCETON
Roger Cook
TAPPAN ZEE
Al Fitzburgh


Fred S. Winter, M.D., District Director
Francis H. Raughley, Jr., Alternate

GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Howard Roberts
LEHIGH VALLEY
Louis Seeds
PINE BARRENS
Marshall "Bud" Gressman
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
John P. Bartlett
VALLEY FORGE
Eva Jackson


H. Edward Reiley, District Director
Jean Beaudry, Alternate

MASON DIXON
William Mangels
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Terry Sheuchenko
POTOMAC VALLEY
Clifton H. Leatherbury


DISTRICT 10

DISTRICT 11

DISTRICT 12

Mary Beasley, District Director
Pete McNees, Alternate

AZALEA
Willis Harden
BIRMINGHAM
Jack Andrews
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Gene Robinson
PIEDMONT
David C. Royster
SOUTHEASTERN
Robert E. Bowman Jr.
TENNESSEE VALLEY
Silas Williams Jr.
WILLIAM BARTRAM
Glenn O'Sheal


Lloyd C. Hahn, District Director
Susan Boatman, Alternate

ANN ARBOR
Carolyn Dana Lewis
GREAT LAKES
Jack Looye
GREAT RIVERS
J. Patrick Tatum
MIDWEST
John Golab
OZARK
Leonard Miller, D.D.S.


The Rhododendron Society Of Canada
Sophia Maitland, District Director
(Vacant), Alternate

RSC ATLANTIC
Wendy Cornwall
RSC NIAGARA
Bob Dickhout
RSC TORONTO
David Hinton


CHAPTERS AT LARGE


Harold E. Greer, Director
Leonard Miller, D.D.S., Alternate

DANISH
Preben E. Holkjaer
DUTCH
T. Huisman
J. D. HOOKER
Sri Keshab C. Pradham
SCOTTISH
Mervyn Kessell
NON CHAPTER