QBARS - v22n4 American Rhododendron Society Annual Meeting - Tentative Program
American Rhododendron Society Annual Meeting - Tentative Program
Callaway Gardens
April 20-23, 1969
| SUNDAY, APRIL 20 | |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 3:00 - 5:00 |
Chapel - Organ recital |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Social Hour (Host - Southern Chapter) |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Buffet Dinner (on your own) |
| 8:00 | Slide Presentations |
| "An Introduction to Callaway Gardens" Fred C. Galle | |
| "The Glenn Dale Azaleas" Roy Magruder, U. S. D. A., Wash., D.C. | |
| MONDAY, APRIL 21 | |
| 7:30 - 8:45 | Early Morning Walks |
| 9:00 -10:15 | Panel: Rhododendron Diseases |
| Dr. Denzell Gill - Plant Pathology - U. S. D. A., Tifton, Ga | |
| Dr. Jake Tinga - Horticulture Dept., Univ. of Ga. | |
| Mr. Arthur Coyle - President, Southern Chapter, Waller, Texas | |
| *Dr. Freeman Weiss - Annandale, Minn. | |
| Coffee and Coke Break | |
| 10:30 | Gable Azaleas - Mr. H. R. Yates, Frostburg, Maryland |
| 11:00 | Dwarf Azaleas - Dr. Robert Pryor - Horticulturist, |
| U. S. D. A., A.R.S. Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Maryland | |
| 11:30 | Back Acre Azaleas - Mrs. Sara Groves, Oxford, Ga. |
| 12:00 | LUNCH |
| 1:30 | Tour of Gardens and Trails - via Gardens Buses |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Social Hour |
| 7:00 | DINNER |
| 8:00 | Rhododendrons in the Landscape, Mr. Doan Ogden, Ashville, N.C. |
| Companion Plants for Rhododendrons, Gordon Tyrrell - Winterthur Gardens, Del. | |
| TUESDAY, APRIL 22 | |
| 7:30 - 8:45 | Early Morning Walk |
| 9:00 -10:00 | Rhododendron Propagation, Alfred Fordham - Arnold Arboretum, Boston. Mass. |
| 10:00 -11:45 | Panel: Rhododendron Culture |
| Dr. Tom Wheeldon | |
| *Dr. William Garren, Ashville, N.C. | |
| Mr. H. R. Yates, Frostburg, Md. | |
| Mr. Ted Van Veen, West Coast | |
| Dr. Sigmond Solymosy, South | |
| 12:00 | LUNCH |
| Rhododendrons Here and There, Mr. M. Geofrey Wakefield | |
| 3:00 - 5:00 | Tour of Blue Springs - via Gardens Buses. |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Social Hour at Blue Springs |
| 7:30 | Dinner (Informal) |
| 8:30 | Rhododendron occidentale, *Britt Smith and Frank Mossman |
| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 | |
| Post convention tour of Atlanta gardens, arranged by Azalea Chapter | |
| * not confirmed. | |
