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

OFFICERS
President		Vice President
EDWARD 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

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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