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

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

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

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

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