R. chlorops x R. lacteum
Photo by Cecil Smith, Photography Contest Winner
See Cover Article

The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Summer 1977
Vol. 31 No. 3

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.

Issue Contents
Breeding for Yellow and Indumented Rhododendrons by Arthur Childers		A Five Step Plan to Successful Rhododendron Propagation by Al La Porte
Reflectance Spectrophotometric Analysis of Flower Color by Bruce Bradley & A. Koran III		The Life History of the Obscure Strawberry Root Weevil by Harry T. Bell
R. wardii KW # 4170 by Carl Phetteplace MD		The Rhododendron Keiskei Affiliation by Collingwood lngram
Rhododendrons in Oklahoma by Leonard O. Miller DDS		R. 'Midnight' by Arthur Headlam
Rhododendron konori by Arthur Headlam		The Greenwood Azaleas by Bill Guttormsen
R. racemosum 59717 (Rock #11403) by Ray and Jane Goodrich		R. mucronulatum ' Pink Panther' by G. D. Lewis
Presidential Address at 33rd Annual Meeting by August E. Kehr		Will the Real Elizabeth Titcomb Please Stand Up? by Marge Farwell
A Look Into the Future by Dick Murcott		Lillian Hodgson Receives Vancouver Chapter Bronze
ARS 1977 Gold Medal Awards and Citations		Connecticut Chapter Presents Two Bronze Medals
Solving Alkaline Water Problems by Richard Lynch		Francis Mosher Awarded Bronze Medal
Robin Overstreet MD, 1906-1976 by Carl Phetteplace MD		Portland Chapter Bronze Medals S. Berthelsdorf, M.D.
Photography Contest Finalists		1977 Tappan Zee Bronze Medals
ARS Plant Registry		New Vireya Test Garden
Too Many Registrations?		Images Unrelated to Text
Plant Labels - Try This		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	Eastern Vice President	Western Vice President
E C BROCKENBROUGH, M.D.	FRED GALLE	JOHN P. EVANS, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary	Editor
TED VAN VEEN	ESTHER BERRY	MOLLY GROTHAUS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1978
SIDNEY BURNS - DR L KEITH WADE - FRANKLIN WEST, MD - ERNEST YELTON
1979
JOHN P EVANS, MD - ED EGAN - J JUDSON BROOKS - RICHARD MURCOTT
1980
P.H. BRYDON - ALFRED S. MARTIN - MARGE FARWELL - HENRY SCHANNEN

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
AZALEA	KOMO KULSHAN	OLYMPIC PENINSULA	SOUTHERN CALIF
Frank A. Smith	Richard W. Payne	Mrs Robert S Lockhart	Carl Deul
BIRMINGHAM	LEWIS COUNTY	PHILADELPHIA	SOUTHEASTERN
R. D. Welshmer	Dr. William Ehret	Edward Collins	Mrs Ann Richardson
CALIFORNIA	MASSACHUSETTS	PIEDMONT	SOUTHWESTERN OR
Marge Farwell	Jonathan Shaw	Tracy Lounsbury	Tom Drake
CONNECTICUT	MIDDLE ATLANTIC	PORTLAND	TACOMA
Clifford Desch	William Stepka	Janet Binford	Orris Thompson
DENMARK	MIDWEST	POTOMAC VALLEY	TAPPAN ZEE
Palle Kristensen	Ira Gotoff	Dave Wagner	William C. Klippel
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	Paul Seelzer	David O. Schussolin	Ralph Shumm
GREAT LAKES	NEW YORK	SEATTLE	VALLEY FORGE
D.L. Hinerman	Dorothy Schlaikjer	David Bledsoe	John H. Topp
INDIANAPOLIS	NORTH KITSAP	SHELTON	VANCOUVER, B. C.
Richard Fitzwater	Marshall Major	Mrs. Wm. E. Hanson	Francisca Darts
JUAN de FUCA	OLYMPIA	SIUSLAW	WILLIAM BARTRAM
Robert E Wells	William Melton	Eugene Cockeram	Jackson H. McCarter

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