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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

April 15, 1970
Vol. 24 No. 2

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 1970 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted by the Society.

Issue Contents
Rhododendrons at Flowering Time: Japan, 1969 by Frank Doleshy		Fluorescent Light Bench for Growing Seedlings by Edwin C. Brockenbrough, M.D.
A Rhododendron Field Trip by Ernest H. Yelton, M.D.		Deficiency Symptoms Studied by C. R. Johnson & A. N. Roberts
Rhododendrons in Australia by A. W. Headlam		Rhododendrons in New Hampshire by Gordon Emerson
Resistance of Rhododendrons to Phytophthora Wilt by H. Hoitink & A. Schmitthenner		Hybrids between Elepidote and Lepidote by J. Heyting
David G. Leach Honored		Our Front Cover
Balanced Close Case Propagator by John G. Lofthouse		First Meeting, Potomac Valley Chapter by Mrs. R. H. Goodrich
Pacific Rhododendron Conference, 1970		Norfolk Show Eastern Regional Meeting
A.R.S. Shows in Pacific Northwest, May 1970		Book Review by P. H. Brydon
A.R.S. Slide Library by Howard A. Short		Ramblings from Valley Forge by Charles Herbert
National Convention Program, 1970		Advertisements

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

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

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

ARTHUR P. DOME, Seattle, Wn., President, Seattle Chapter

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

NEWTON W. EDWARDS, Alexandria, Va., President, Potomac Valley Chapter

JOHN E. EICHELSER, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

ROBERT FENTON, Pittsburgh, Pa., President, Great Lakes 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

GEORGE HARRISON, Seattle, Wn., President, Tacoma Chapter

HENRY HEYERDOFF, Bloomingdale, N.J., President, New Jersey Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1971

CHARLES HERBERT, Phoenixville, Pa., President Valley Forge Chapter

LUDWIG HOFFMAN, Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter

MRS. HARVEY HOOKS, Birmingham, Ala., President, Birmingham Chapter

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

OLAV JACOBSEN, Bainbridge Island, Wn., President, North Kitsap Chapter

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

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1970

HARRY NASH, Waynesboro, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter

BEN NELSON, Suquamish, Wash., Term expires 1970

HADLEY OSBORN, El Cerrito, Cal., President California Chapter

ROBERT ROSS, Portland, Ore., President, Tualatin Valley Chapter

I. S. ROSSITER, Hopewell, N.J., President Princeton Chapter

JOHN SCHAMENEK, Willow Grove, Pa., President Philadelphia 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

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

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

JAMES A. WRIGHT, Virginia Beach, Va., President, Tidewater Chapter

DONALD ZAUN, Wasco, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

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