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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

October 15, 1968
Vol. 22 No. 4

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
California Rhododendron Introductions by Hadley Osborn		Species Patriarch by Frank Mossman, M.D.
Studies on Glenn Dale Azaleas at the National Arboretum by Dr. Roy Magruder		Garden Purchased by Rhododendron Species Foundation by J. Harold Clarke
Some Observations on Early Rhododendrons on Eastern Long Island by Walter Maynard		Confusion of Names - Confusion of Plants by John C. Wister
Callaway Gardens by Patricia Collins		Azalea Petal Blight by R. H. Gruenhagen
The Case of the Herniated Truss by David G. Leach		Seeds, Signs, Symptoms by Esther Berry
Tentative Program for A. R. S. Annual Meeting		Winter Damage in the Chicago Area by Eldred Green
In Search of the Compact catawbiense by Gordon Emerson		Display Garden for Rhododendrons and Azaleas to be Established in Mississippi by Bill M. Basham
ARS Plant Registry
New York Chapter Garden Tours		Portland Chapter Awards Medals
American Rhododendron Society Awards		Book Review - R. H. S. Rhododendron and Camellia Yearbook
Portland Chapter Show		A. R. S. Committee Chairs: 1968-1969
Further Notes on the Seattle Show		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

RUSSEL L. 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 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

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 Mohawk-Hudson Chapter

MARK SPALDING, Lacy, 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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