QBARS - v29n2 Society Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington

Annual Meeting Program
Seattle, Washington, May 15 - 18, 1975

Thursday, May 15

Registration - Bellevue Holiday Inn

2:00 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting

2:30 p.m.

General Welcome

8:00 p.m.

Symposium: The 1974 Himalayan Rhododendron Exploration

8:15 p.m.

Presented by members of the expedition, including Britt Smith,


Ned Brockenbrough, Forrest Bump, Clive Justice, Pat McGrath,


C. E. Simons, Jr., and L. Keith Wade


Friday, May 16


Registration - Bellevue Holiday Inn

8:00 a.m.

Program

8:30 a.m.

"Azaleas as Refugees and Colonists on the Volcanoes"


Frank Doleshy, Seattle, WA


" R. kaempferi and Its Rich Variety"


Hideo Suzuki, Japan


"New Guinea Rhododendrons in the Wild: An Eighteen Month


Study", L. Keith Wade, Vancouver, WA


"Some Promising New Northwest Hybrids"


Ted Van Veen, Portland, Or.


"Update '75"


Rhododendron Species Foundation, P. H. Brydon


University of Washington Arboretum, Joseph A. Witt


Discovery Park, E. C. Brockenbrough


Luncheon - Bellevue Holiday Inn

12 Noon

Speaker: Hideo Suzuki, Japan


"New Discoveries of Rhododendrons in Japan"


Seattle Rhododendron Show

2:00 4:00 p.m.

Shuttle busses will provide transportation between Holiday Inn


and Bellevue Square.


Puget Sound Cruise to Kiana Lodge

4:00 p.m.

Busses will leave from the Holiday Inn for the Seattle Harbor,


where an excursion boat will depart for a scenic cruise to


Kiana Lodge.


Kiana Potlatch Salmon Barbecue

6:00 p.m.

Return cruise and arrival at Holiday Inn by 10:00 p.m.


Saturday, May 17


Registration - Bellevue Holiday Inn

8:00 a.m.

Program:


"A Prospect: Rhododendrons in the Next Twenty-five Years"


A panel discussion with Dave Bledsoe, August E, Kehr, John


Lofthouse, Franklin H, West, and Henry A. Schannen, moderator,


"Rhododendrons in Cultivation", H. H. Davidian, Edinburgh


Busses Leave Holiday Inn

11:30 a.m.

Tours of Pierce and Caperci Gardens and Garden Valley Nursery,


Box Lunch provided.


Convivial Hour

7:00 p.m.

Banquet and Annual Meeting

8:00 p.m.

Bellevue Holiday Inn