R. mucronulatum Cheju Island
Photo by Warren Berg
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Winter 1977
Vol. 31 No. 1

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 600, Aurora, Oregon. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1977 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

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Issue Contents
Issue Contents Cheju, Another Yakushima by Warren Berg	undefined	undefined Wilson's Fifty Reassembled by Kay Davis and Angus Heeps
Issue Contents The Rare R. albiflorum by Harold Greer	undefined	undefined R. 'Guardian Fir' by Founta Butler
Issue Contents George Forrest, Plant Hunter by Gwen Bell	undefined	undefined Down the Sawdust Trail by Esther Avery
Issue Contents Halfdan Lem, Hybridizer by Gwen Bell	undefined	undefined Lem Favorites by Don McClure
Issue Contents Lem Hybrids by James A. Elliott	undefined	undefined Ferns for your Rhododendron Garden by Joann Knapp
Issue Contents Experience with the Genus Rhododendron in Indiana by H. Roland and Stephen Schroeder	undefined	undefined Hardiness in Rhododendrons is Simply a Matter of Breeding by Basil C. Potter
Issue Contents The ARS 1976 Medal Awards and Citations	undefined	undefined Book Review by Fred Galle
Issue Contents ARS 1977 Annual Meeting by Arlene F. Haugen	undefined	undefined R. 'Hotei' by Phillip Nelson
Issue Contents Growing Rhododendrons from Seed	undefined	undefined Nominating Committee Report
Issue Contents ARS Plant Awards	undefined	undefined ARS Plant Registry
Issue Contents National Flower Show by Pat Pfeiffer	undefined	undefined Rae Selling Berry, 1880-1976 by Molly Grothaus
Issue Contents Massachusetts Chapter Bronze Medal	undefined	undefined In Memory of Ralph W. Pennington by Frank A Smith
Issue Contents	undefined	undefined Advertisements

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