R. cinnabarinum var. blandfordiaeflorum
Photo by J.P. Evans, M.D.
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

January, 1971
Vol. 25 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 1971 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents A. R. S. 1971 National Convention by Alfred S. Martin	undefined	undefined A Letter and Appeal by Mrs. Henry G. Clarke
Issue Contents A Tetraploid R. carolinianum by Dr. August E. Kehr	undefined	undefined Potting or No Potting by F. W. Schumacher
Issue Contents How to Shoot a Pistil by David G. Leach	undefined	undefined Species vs. Hybrids by Hadley Osborn
Issue Contents Leonard Franklin Frisbee by William E. Avery, M.D.	undefined	undefined Seed Exchange Notes by Mrs. Robert Berry
Issue Contents Thirty Years of Rhododendron Experience by Ruth M. Wood	undefined	undefined Survey of Hybrids & Species in the Atlanta Area by Robert L. Schwind
Issue Contents The Pacific Rhododendron Conference of 1970 by A. W. Headlam	undefined	undefined Flowers from Kurume to Yakushima, Japan 1970 by Frank Doleshy
Issue Contents Large Leaved Species in Britain by John D. Johnston	undefined	undefined Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot by Hadley Osborn
Issue Contents R. elliottii 'War Paint' by Mrs. Ray James	undefined	undefined Bronze Medal Presented to Britt Smith Mrs. Robert L. Badger
Issue Contents Our Front Cover	undefined	undefined Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	undefined Western Vice President	undefined Eastern Vice President
CARL H. PHETTEPLACE, M.D.	undefined ROBERT L. BADGER	undefined ALFRED S. MARTIN
Secretary-Treasurer	undefined	undefined Executive Secretary
DR. ROBERT L. TICKNOR	undefined	undefined MRS. W. J. CURTIS
Editor	undefined Associate Editor	undefined Contributing Editor
P. H. BRYDON	undefined FRED E. KNAPP	undefined HERBERT HECKENBLEIKNER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MELVIN C. ALLEN, Santa Cruz, Calif., President Monterey Bay Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Bellevue, Wn., Term expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEWIS BAGOLY, Phoenixville, Pa., President Valley Forge Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RICHARD J. BABA, Chicago, Ill., President Midwest Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS WARREN BERG, Kent, Wn., Term expires 1973
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wn., Terms expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE BETTS, Rochester, Wa, President Lewis County Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN E. BOEGGEMAN, West Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEN M. BOYD, Atlanta, Ga., President Azalea Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAMES CAPERCI, Seattle, Wn., Term expires 1973
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE CLARKE, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1974
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE, Long Beach, Wn., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRED COLLINS, Haney, B.C., Canada, President, Vancouver, B.C. Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARTHUR COYLE, Waller, Tex., President Southern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRANK DOLESHY, Seattle, Wa., Term Expires 1971
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARTHUR P. DOME, Seattle, Wn., President Seattle Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EDWARD B. DUNN, Seattle, Wn., Past President-A.R.S.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DARIUS ECCLES, Port Townsend, Wn., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEWTON W. EDWARDS, Alexandria, Va., President Potomac Valley Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN E. EICHELSER, Olympia, Wn., President Olympia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EVERETT FARWELL JR., Woodside, Ca., President San Mateo County Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS M. ROBERT FENTON, Pittsburgh, Pa., President Great Lakes Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRED GALLE, Pine Mountain, Ga., Term expires 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. DAVID GOHEEN, Camas, Wa., President Portland Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. JAMES HAINES, Aberdeen, Wn., President Grays Harbor Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1973
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. LEON J. HEUSER, Robbinsville, N.J., President Princeton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HENRY HEYDERHOFF, Bloomingdale, N.J., President New Jersey Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. HARVEY HOOKS, Birmingham, Ala., President Birmingham Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS R. CURT HUEY, Springfield, Ore., President Eugene Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OLAV JACOBSEN, Bainbridge Island, Wa., President North Kitsap Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRED E. KNAPP, Locust Valley, N. Y., President New York Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS R. G. MAXWELL, Biltmore, N.C., President Southeastern Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EDMUND V. MEZITT, Hopkington, Mass., President Massachusetts Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAY MICHEL, Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HARRY NASH, Waynesboro, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS A. HADLEY OSBORN, El Cerrito, Calif., President California Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEVERN W. PINNOCK, M.D., Florence, Ore, President Siuslaw Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. EMERSON A. REED, Media, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GORDON SAHNOW, JR., Hillsboro, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRITT M. SMITH, Kent, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RALPH H. SMITH, Delmar, N.Y., President Mohawk-Hudson Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS. DUANE STRONG, Coos Bay, Ore., President Southwestern Oregon Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRANK TRAVIS, JR., Shelton, Wn., President Shelton Chapter
BOARD OF DIRECTORS TED VAN VEEN, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1973
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BISHOP VON WETTBERG, Oxford, Conn., President Connecticut 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

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