R. 'Mrs. Tom H. Lowinsky'
See Cover Article

The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

January 15, 1969
Vol. 23 No. 1

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 1969 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents Winter Desiccation Injury of Rhododendron by John R. Havis	undefined	undefined Clonal Variation in Rooting Cofactor Content in Rhododendron by Choong II Lee
Issue Contents To Nepal and Kashmir by Mary Greig	undefined	undefined Reflections on the A.R.S. Seed Exchange by Carl Phetteplace
Issue Contents 1969 National Convention Program Rhododendrons at Callaway Gardens by F. C. Galle	undefined	undefined Rhododendrons At Callaway Gardens 1969 ARS Convention Site by F. C. Galle
Issue Contents A Footnote to the History of Organized Rhododendronarians by Clement Gray Bowers	undefined	undefined Spring Meeting of Middle Atlantic Chapter by Thomas Wheeldon
Issue Contents Iron Deficiency on Acid Soil by Eldred Green	undefined	undefined The Selfed and Selfless Seed by Esther Berry
Issue Contents Rhododendron Koichiro Wada	undefined	undefined The Awards Program
Issue Contents Variability in Hybrid Populations by W. L. Tolstead	undefined	undefined The Publications Advisory Committee by Carl Phetteplace
Issue Contents 'Pink Pearl' by Marjorie Baird	undefined	undefined Frederic P. Lee 1893-1968 by Henry T. Skinner
Issue Contents Our Front Cover	undefined	undefined Nominating Committee Reports
Issue Contents Species Foundation Notes	undefined	undefined Slide Library
Issue Contents Propagating from Small Seedlings by John Patrick	undefined	undefined Early Season Rhododendron Competition
Issue Contents Book Review: R. H. S. Yearbook	undefined	undefined Registration
Issue Contents Letters to the Editor	undefined	undefined Picture Unrelated To Text
Issue Contents	undefined	undefined Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	undefined	undefined Vice President
EDWARD 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
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
DARIUS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter
W. J. DRAYDON ELLICOTT, Wayne, N.J., President New Jersey 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
ROBERT E. LEE, Charlottesville, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter
J. G. LOFTHOUSE, Vancouver, B. C., President Vancouver 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
JOHN SCHAMENEK, Willow Grove, Pa., President Philadelphia 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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