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 |
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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 |
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"The Glenn Dale Azaleas" Roy Magruder, U. S. D. A., Wash., D.C. |
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MONDAY, APRIL 21 |
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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 |
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Dr. Jake Tinga - Horticulture Dept., Univ. of Ga. |
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Mr. Arthur Coyle - President, Southern Chapter, Waller, Texas |
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*Dr. Freeman Weiss - Annandale, Minn. |
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Coffee and Coke Break |
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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 |
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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. |
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TUESDAY, APRIL 22 |
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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 |
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*Dr. William Garren, Ashville, N.C. |
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Mr. H. R. Yates, Frostburg, Md. |
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Mr. Ted Van Veen, West Coast |
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Dr. Sigmond Solymosy, South |
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12:00 |
LUNCH |
Rhododendrons Here and There, Mr. M. Geofrey Wakefield |
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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 |
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Post convention tour of Atlanta gardens, arranged by Azalea Chapter |
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* not confirmed. |
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