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

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HARLEY ADAMSON, Montesano, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN BOEGGEMAN, West Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAMES CAPERCI, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RON CASEBIER, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE W. CLARKE, Portland, Ore., President Portland Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE, Long Beach, Wash., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARTHUR I. COYLE, Waller, Texas, President Southern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. H. L. DIXON, Coos Bay, Ore., President Southwestern Oregon Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRANK DOLESHY, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARTHUR P. DOME, Seattle, Wn., President, Seattle Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DARRIS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEWTON W. EDWARDS, Alexandria, Va., President, Potomac Valley Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN E. EICHELSER, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT FENTON, Pittsburgh, Pa., President, Great Lakes Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DAN FRANKLIN, Atlanta, Ga., President Azalea Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. EMIL F. HAGER, JR., Albertson, N.Y., President New York Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAUL M. HARRIS, M.D., Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE HARRISON, Seattle, Wn., President, Tacoma Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HENRY HEYERDOFF, Bloomingdale, N.J., President, New Jersey Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES HERBERT, Phoenixville, Pa., President Valley Forge Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUDWIG HOFFMAN, Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. HARVEY HOOKS, Birmingham, Ala., President, Birmingham Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAYMOND C. HUEY, Springfield, Ore., President Eugene Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OLAV JACOBSEN, Bainbridge Island, Wn., President, North Kitsap Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALFRED S. MARTIN, Ambler, Pa., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1970
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HARRY NASH, Waynesboro, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEN NELSON, Suquamish, Wash., Term expires 1970
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HADLEY OSBORN, El Cerrito, Cal., President California Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT ROSS, Portland, Ore., President, Tualatin Valley Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS I. S. ROSSITER, Hopewell, N.J., President Princeton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN SCHAMENEK, Willow Grove, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RALPH H. SMITH, Delmar, N.Y., President Albany-Mohawk Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS LLOYD SMITH, Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada, President Vancouver Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAM TATE, West Asheville, N.C., President Southeastern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond Va., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAMES A. WRIGHT, Virginia Beach, Va., President, Tidewater Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DONALD ZAUN, Wasco, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

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