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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

July 15, 1967
Vol. 21 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 254, Aurora, Oregon. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $7.50 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1967 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Chemical Pruning of Greenhouse Azaleas with Fatty Acid Esters by Dr. Neil W. Stuart		Notes on Yellow Flowered Rhododendrons by Frank P. Knight
Sixty Years of Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas in the Arnold Arboretum by Dr. Donald Wyman		Notable Rhododendrons in the United Kingdom by Frank P. Knight
Remarks by the A. R. S. President at the Annual Meeting by Edward B. Dunn		Possibly New & Interesting Items from the West Coast by Carl Phetteplace, M.D.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting by Dr. Robert L. Ticknor		Sex and the Single Rhododendron by David Leach
Hybrids of R. yakushimanum in England by Frank P. Knight		The Silver Lining by Robert G. Shanklin
Lumpers or Splitters by F. C. Galle		The Satsuki Azaleas by Thomas Wheeldon, M.D.
Some Rhododendron Experiences by Geoffrey Wakefield		Remarks by David Leach
Gold Medal Citation to Cecil Smith		Gold Medal Citation to Josiah R. Brooks
Three Annual Meetings by J. Harold Clarke		Just For Fun by Edith Phetteplace
Our Front Cover		ARS Plant Registry
New Chapters		Picture of R. 'Lady Chamberlain'
Seattle Show Trophy Winners		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President		Vice President
E. B. DUNN		CARL H. PHETTEPLACE, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary	Editor
DR. ROBERT L. TICKNOR	MRS. WILLIAM J. CURTIS	DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1969

ROBERT L. BADGER, Tacoma, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

C. C. BAHRENBURG, Belle Mead, N. J., President Princeton Chapter

MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1969

LEE BOARDMAN, Sequim, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

MERLE E. CISNEY, Camas, Wash., Term expires 1969

R. E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1969

RUSSEL L. COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1969

ARTHUR I. COYLE, Houston, Texas, President Southern Chapter

HENRY A. DUMPER. Roslyn Estates, N.Y., President New York Chapter

PAUL GEORGE, Forest Grove, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter

LOUIS GROTHAUS, Lake Oswego, Ore., Term expires 1968

PAUL N. HARRIS, M.D., Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks. Oregon, Term expires 1968

CHARLES HERBERT, Phoenixville, Pa., President Valley Forge Chapter

CHARLES K. WITCHOFF, Ramsey, N. J., President New Jersey Chapter

ROBERT E. LEE, Charlottesville, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter

J. G. LOFTHOUSE, Vancouver, B.C., President Vancouver, B.C. Chapter

L. FRANK MARANVILLE, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

ALFRED S. MARTIN, Ambler, Pa., Term expires 1969

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1968

MRS. PHILIP MCCOMBS, Berkeley, Calif., President California Chapter

RAY MICHEL, Oak Lawn, Ill., President Mid-West Chapter

DANIEL MORRIS, Eugene, Ore., President Eugene Chapter

RICHARD REDFIELD, Closter, N. J., President Tappan Zee Chapter

MERLE SAUNDERS, Eugene, Ore., Term expires 1968

A. F. SERBIN, M.D., Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter

FRANCIS J. SHOLOMSKAS, Norristown, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter

HOWARD A. SHORT, Bainbridge Island, Wash., President North Kitsap Chapter

C. E. SIMONS JR., M.D., Edmonds, Wash., President Seattle Chapter

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1968

RALPH H. SMITH, Delmar, N.Y., President Albany-Mohawk Chapter

RICHARD STERLING, Hoquiam, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter

E. M. STROMBEEK, N. Madison, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter

W. H. THORNE, Asheville, N. C., President Southeastern Chapter

ROBERT WHALLEY, Gresham, Ore., President Portland Chapter

JOE WHEAT, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond, Va., Term expires 1968

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