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

HARLEY ADAMSON, Montesano, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter

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

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

GEORGE W. BAKER, Norfolk, Va., President Tidewater Chapter

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

JOHN BOEGGEMAN, West Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter

DR. BEN T. BRIGGS, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

JAMES CAPERCI, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971

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

GEORGE W. CLARKE, Portland, Ore., President Portland Chapter

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

RUSSELL COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1969

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

DARRIS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

JAMES GOSSLER, Springfield, Ore., President Eugene Chapter

MRS. EMIL F. HAGER, JR., Albertson, N.Y., President New York Chapter

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

A. W. HARTMAN, Mansfield, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1971

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

LUDWIG HOFFMAN, Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter

SYLVESTER HUBBARD, Mechanicsville, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter

CHARLES KWITCHOFF, 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

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

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1970

THOMAS J. MCGUIRE, Portland, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter

BEN NELSON, Suquamish, Wash., Term expires 1970

HADLEY OSBORN, El Cerrito, Cal., President California Chapter

I. S. ROSSITER, Hopewell, N.J., President Princeton 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 1971

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

MARK SPALDING, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

SAM TATE, West Asheville, N. C., President Southeastern Chapter

L. O. TODD, JR., Stone Mountain, Ga., President Azalea Chapter

THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond, Va., Term expires 1971

KEN WINDRED, COOS Bay, Ore., President Southwestern Oregon Chapter

DONALD ZAUN, Wasco, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

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