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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

July 15, 1968
Vol. 22 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 1968 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents Further Trips to the R. occidentale Patches by Frank Mossman and Britt Smith	undefined	undefined President's Remarks at the Annual Meeting by Edward B. Dunn
Issue Contents Collecting Rhododendrons in New Guinea by Maurice H. Sumner	undefined	undefined Distribution and Ecology of Certain Japanese Rhododendrons by Frank Doleshy
Issue Contents Rhododendrons for the Small Garden by Wales Wood	undefined	undefined What's in a Name by Robert G. Shanklin
Issue Contents Rhododendron Presented to King of Norway	undefined	undefined Rhododendrons and Azaleas of Japan by K. Wada
Issue Contents Seed Exchange - 'S Wonderful by Esther Berry	undefined	undefined Minutes of the Annual Meeting by Robert L. Ticknor, Ph.D
Issue Contents Gold Medal Award Citation for Paul Jay Bowman, M.D.	undefined	undefined Rhododendrons 1968 by Edith Phetteplace
Issue Contents Gold Medal Award Citation for Carl Phetteplace, M .D.	undefined	undefined Eighteenth Annual Seattle Rhododendron Show
Issue Contents New York Chapter Show	undefined	undefined California Chapter Show
Issue Contents Great Lakes Chapter Show	undefined	undefined Princeton Cut Truss Show
Issue Contents Eugene Chapter Show	undefined	undefined Midwest Chapter Show
Issue Contents Our Front Cover	undefined	undefined Grays Harbor Chapter Show
Issue Contents Test Garden Ready for Business	undefined	undefined A.R.S. Plant Registry
Issue Contents The Rhododendron Species Foundation	undefined	undefined Pictures Unrelated to Text
Issue Contents	undefined	undefined Advertisements

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HARLEY ADAMSON, Montesano, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT L. BADGER, Tacoma, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE W. BAKER, Norfolk, Va., President Tidewater Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN BOEGGEMAN, West Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. BEN T. BRIGGS, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAMES CAPERCI, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MERLE E. CISNEY, Camas, Wash., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE W. CLARKE, Portland, Ore., President Portland Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS R. E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RUSSELL COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARTHUR I. COYLE, Waller, Texas, President Southern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DARRIS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAMES GOSSLER, Springfield, Ore., President Eugene Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. EMIL F. HAGER, JR., Albertson, N.Y., President New York Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAUL M. HARRIS, M.D., Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS A. W. HARTMAN, Mansfield, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES HERBERT, Phoenixville, Pa., President Valley Forge Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUDWIG HOFFMAN, Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SYLVESTER HUBBARD, Mechanicsville, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES KWITCHOFF, Ramsey, N. J., President New Jersey Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT E. LEE, Charlottesville, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. G. LOFTHOUSE, Vancouver, B. C., President Vancouver, B. C. Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALFRED S. MARTIN, Ambler, Pa., Term expires 1969
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1970
BOARD OF DIRECTORS THOMAS J. MCGUIRE, Portland, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEN NELSON, Suquamish, Wash., Term expires 1970
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HADLEY OSBORN, El Cerrito, Cal., President California Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS I. S. ROSSITER, Hopewell, N.J., President Princeton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOWARD A. SHORT, Bainbridge Island, Wash., President North Kitsap Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS C. E. SIMONS, JR., M.D., Edmonds, Wash., President Seattle Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RALPH H. SMITH, Delmar, N. Y., President Albany-Mohawk Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARK SPALDING, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAM TATE, West Asheville, N. C., President Southeastern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS L. O. TODD, JR., Stone Mountain, Ga., President Azalea Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond, Va., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS KEN WINDRED, COOS Bay, Ore., President Southwestern Oregon Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DONALD ZAUN, Wasco, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

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