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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

July 15, 1969
Vol. 23 No. 3

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
The ARS Annual Meeting Report by Dr. J. Harold Clarke		Companion Plants for Rhododendrons by C. Gordon Tyrrell
President's Remarks by Edward B. Dunn		Propagation of Rhododendrons by Alfred J. Fordham
Notes on Committees by Carl H. Phetteplace, M.D.		Oxford Rare Plant Gardens by Mrs. Sara D. Groves
Committee Appointments by Carl H. Phetteplace, M.D.		Glenn Dale Azaleas by Dr. Roy Magruder
Minutes of Annual Meeting by Dr. Robert L. Ticknor		Rhododendron Breeding Methods by H. R. Yates
Hybrid Rhododendron Culture in the Southeast by William Garren		Propagation of Rhododendron Species of the Subgenus Anthodendron by S. L. Solymosy
R. occidentale - One Species or Many? by Frank Mossman & Britt Smith		The Gable Azaleas by H. R. Yates
Rhododendron Diseases by Freeman A. Weiss		Dwarf Azaleas by Robert L. Pryor
Rhododendron Diseases by J. H. Tinga		Some Rhododendron Diseases by Dr. Denzell Gill
Diseases and Control for Rhododendrons, Azaleas & Companion Plants by Arthur I. Coyle		David G. Leach Receives Award
		A Catastrophe by David G. Leach
Front Cover		Portland Chapter Show
Exbury Azaleas Arrive at Wooster		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President		Vice President
CARL H. PHETTEPLACE, M.D.		ROBERT L. BADGER
Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary	Editor
DR. ROBERT L. TICKNOR	MRS. WILLIAM J. CURTIS	P. H. BRYDON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HARLEY ADAMSON, Montesano, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter

CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971

ROBERT L. BADGER, Tacoma, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

GEORGE W. BAKER, Norfolk, Va., President Tidewater Chapter

MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1972

JOHN BOEGGEMAN, West Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter

JAMES CAPERCI, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971

RON CASEBIER, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

GEORGE W. CLARKE, Portland, Ore., President Portland Chapter

DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE, Long Beach, Wash., Term expires 1972

ROBERT E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1972

ARTHUR I. COYLE, Waller, Texas, President Southern Chapter

DR. H. L. DIXON Coos Bay, Ore., President Southwestern Oregon Chapter

FRANK DOLESHY, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971

DARIUS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

W. J. DRAYDON ELLICOTT, Wayne, N.J., President New Jersey Chapter

DAN FRANKLIN, Atlanta, Ga., President Azalea 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

RAYMOND C. HUEY, Springfield, Ore., President Eugene Chapter

ALFRED S. MARTIN, Ambler, Pa., Term expires 1972

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1970

THOMAS J. MCGUIRE, Portland, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter

HARRY NASH, Waynesboro, Va., President Middle Atlantic 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 Albany-Mohawk Chapter

LLOYD SMITH, Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada, President Vancouver Chapter

MARK SPALDING, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

SAM TATE, West Asheville, N.C., President Southeastern Chapter

THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond Va., Term expires 1971

DONALD ZAUN, Wasco, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

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