R. lapponicum
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

October 15, 1959
Vol. 13 No.4

Published Quarterly by THE AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 3514 N. Russet St. Portland, Oregon. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $5.00 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1959 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
R. auriculatum - A James Barto Contribution by Carl H. Phetteplace		Two Species - R. keleticum, R. pemakoense by Rudolph Henny
Things Every Breeder Should Know by G. G. Nearing		Inverewe 1958 by J. M. Cowan
A Dwarf Form Of Rhododendron keiskei by Cecil Smith		A.R.S. Standing Committees, 1959-1960 by J. Harold Clarke
R. schlippenbachii in New Jersey by Edward O. Birch		On Juries, Judging and Awards by Edmund Amateis
The International Rhododendron Conference		Spring Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Chapter
A Visit to An Area of Native Rhododendrons - Vancouver, B.C.		Book Review: "Azaleas" by J. Harold Clarke
Eugene Chapter of the A.R.S. Show		Gray's Harbor Chapter A.R.S. Show
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Rhododendron Notes
ARS Slide Library		Dexter Lives Again
Cover Article		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President		Secretary-Treasurer
DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE		RUTH M. HANSEN
Vice President	Editor Bulletin	Editor Year Book
E. B. DUNN	RUDOLPH HENNY	J. HAROLD CLARKE, Ph.D.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOHN M. BATES, Lake Grove, Oregon

ROBERT M. BOVEE, Oswego, Oregon

CARL FAWCETT, Tacoma, Wash.

GEORGE GRACE, Portland, Oregon

C. T. HANSEN, Portland, Oregon

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Oregon

AARNE LINDGREN, M.D., Portland, Oregon

DONALD K. McCLURE, Seattle, Wash.

DR. CARL PHETTEPLACE, Eugene, Oregon

HOWARD SLONECKER, Oak Grove, Oregon

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Oregon

WALES WOOD, St. Helens, Oregon

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

JOSEPH CASADEVALL, Paterson, N.J., President of New Jersey Chapter

W. D. CHRISTIE, Abbotsford, B.C., President of Vancouver, B.C. Chapter

CHARLES EDMUNDS, Puyallup, Wash., President of Tacoma Chapter

WILLIAM GLENN, Norland, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., President Portland Chapter

RALPH JACOBSON, Seattle, Wash., President of Seattle Chapter

CHARLES JENSEN, Carmichael, California, President of California Chapter

MRS. W. A. KELIUS, Levittown, Pa, President Philadelphia Chapter

WILLIAM LA VANCE, Elma, Wash., President of Grays Harbor Chapter

DAVID G. LEACH, Brookville, Penna., President of Great Lakes Chapter

DR. MACK McCORMICK, Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter

FRED J. NISBET, Ph.D., Ashville, NC, President Southeastern Chapter

FRANK T. RITCHIE, Rumson, N.J., President of Mid-Jersey Chapter

MILTON V. WALKER, M.D., Creswell, Ore, President of Eugene Chapter

DR. ERNEST H. YELTON, Rutherford, NC, President Southeastern Chapter

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