R. mucronulatum Cheju Island
Photo by Warren Berg
See Cover Article

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1976
WARREN BERG - JOHN P. EVANS - THOMAS W. KOENIG - ED EGAN
1977
ESTHER BERRY - ARTHUR DOME - GEORGE W. CLARKE - HENRY A SCHANNEN
1978
SIDNEY BURNS - DR L KEITH WADE - FRANKLIN WEST, MD - ERNEST YELTON
1979
JOHN P EVANS, MD - ED EGAN - J JUDSON BROOKS - RICHARD MURCOTT

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
AZALEA	LEWIS COUNTY	OLYMPIC PENINSULA	SOUTHERN CALIF
Frank A. Smith	Antone Johson	Mrs Robert S Lockhart	Carl Deul
BIRMINGHAM	MASSACHUSETTS	PHILADELPHIA	SOUTHEASTERN
R. D. Welshmer	Jonathan Shaw	Edward Collins	Mrs Ann Richardson
CALIFORNIA	MIDDLE ATLANTIC	PIEDMONT	SOUTHWESTERN OR
Hadley Osborn	Kenneth McDonald	Tracy Lounsbury	Tom Drake
CONNECTICUT	MIDWEST	PORTLAND	TACOMA
Rudolph Berg	Tom Homer	Janet Binford	Dan Morris
DENMARK	MOHAWK-HUDSON	POTOMAC VALLEY	TAPPAN ZEE
Palle Kristensen	Mrs Helen Breeze	Dave Wagner	Emil V Bohnel
EUGENE	MONTEREY BAY	PRINCETON	TIDEWATER
Ed Siegmund	Robert George	Henry Shannen	Ian E. M. Donovan
GRAYS HARBOR	NEW JERSEY	SAN MATEO	TUALATIN VALLEY
Lyle Lancaster	M. S. Ahlen	Marge Farwell	Ralph Shumm
GREAT LAKES	NEW YORK	SEATTLE	VALLEY FORGE
Otto Prycl	Dorothy Schlaikjer	David Bledsoe	John H. Topp
INDIANAPOLIS	NORTH KITSAP	SHELTON	VANCOUVER, B. C.
Lloyd Hahn	Marshall Major	Fred Peste	Francisca Darts
JUAN de FUCA	OLYMPIA	SIUSLAW	WILLIAM BARTRAM
Robert E Wells	William Melton	Bruce Pratt	Jackson H. McCarter
EDITORIAL BOARD
P. H. BRYDON, Chairman, Portland Chapter - HADLEY OSBORN, California Chapter
DR HARRY HOITINK, Great Lakes Chapter - FRED KNAPP, New York Chapter
FRED GALLE, Middle Atlantic Chapter

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