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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Winter 1979
Vol. 33 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 1979 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 Research Reveals Successful Method of Rhododendron Bud Production by Harry Fries and James W. Paterson	undefined	undefined Winter Foliage of Rhododendrons by Bob Badger
		Issue Contents The Vuykiana Azaleas by Mathew A. Nosal
Issue Contents Rhododendron Garden, University of Victoria, B.C. by Rex Murfitt and Alleyne Cook	undefined	undefined Hand Pollination Versus Controlled Pollination by Tue Jorgensen
Issue Contents Kalmia latifolia, Selections and their Propagation by Alfred J. Fordham	undefined	undefined A Potential Insect Pest of Azaleas by A. G. Wheeler, Jr. and Jon L. Herring
Issue Contents R. speciosum Hybrid by John H. Henry	undefined	undefined Information on Insects Needed by Robert L. Furniss
Issue Contents What's New from the Board Meetings by Esther Berry	undefined	undefined Fred C. Galle Receives Award for Horticultural Research
Issue Contents International Rhododendron Conference by Christopher D. Brickell	undefined	undefined Rhododendron maximum var. leachii Harkness by Bryan Vernimb
Issue Contents Bronze Medal Award - Olympia Chapter	undefined	undefined Bronze Medal Award - Valley Forge Chapter
Issue Contents Nominating Committee Report by Alfred S. Martin	undefined	undefined Bronze Medal Awards - Portland Chapter
Issue Contents Report of A.R.S. Research Foundation by Alfred S. Martin	undefined	undefined Dr. Harold R. Fletcher by Molly Grothaus
Issue Contents Book Review: Japanese Maples by Molly Grothaus	undefined	undefined A.R.S. Plant Registry
Issue Contents A.R.S. Plant Awards	undefined	undefined Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	undefined Secretary-Treasurer	undefined Western Vice President
E C BROCKENBROUGH, MD	undefined TED VAN VEEN	undefined JOHN P. EVANS, MD
Past President	undefined Eastern Vice President	undefined Editor
DR. AUGUST E. KEHR	undefined FRED GALLE	undefined ED EGAN
	undefined Executive Secretary	undefined
	undefined ESTHER BERRY	undefined

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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 - MRS. MARGE FARWELL - HENRY A. SCHANNEN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1981
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER AZALEA	undefined JUAN de FUCA	undefined OLYMPIA	undefined SIUSLAW
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Mrs. Robert T. Brown	undefined James LaRue	undefined Dan Macomber	undefined Michael J. Bones
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER BIRMINGHAM	undefined KOMO KULSHAN	undefined OLYMPIC PENINSULA	undefined SOUTHERN CA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Richard Cooper	undefined Richard W. Payne	undefined Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	undefined Carl Deul
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER CALIFORNIA	undefined LEWIS COUNTY	undefined PHILADELPHIA	undefined SOUTHEASTERN
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Marge Farwell	undefined Dr. William Ehert	undefined Vernon Quarles	undefined C. Russell Haag
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER CONNECTICUT	undefined MASSACHUSETTS	undefined PIEDMONT	undefined SOUTHWESTERN OR
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Margaret Taylor	undefined A. Richard Brooks	undefined Marshall G. Stillwell	undefined Roger Russell
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER DE ANZA	undefined MIDDLE ATLANTIC	undefined PORTLAND	undefined TACOMA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Tom Wynn	undefined William Stepka	undefined Frank D. Mossman, MD	undefined Francis Rutherford
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER DANISH	undefined MIDWEST	undefined POTOMAC VALLEY	undefined TAPPAN ZEE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Palle Kristensen	undefined Ira Goroff	undefined Donald W. Hyatt	undefined Hans E. Bussink
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER EUGENE	undefined MONTEREY BAY	undefined PRINCETON	undefined TUALATIN VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Harold Greer	undefined T. C. Thornton	undefined Patricia Pfeiffer	undefined Mrs. Margaret Sahnow
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER GRAY'S HARBOR	undefined NEW JERSEY	undefined SAN MATEO	undefined VALLEY FORGE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Lyle Lancaster	undefined Jerry Goodman	undefined Ron Killian	undefined Clarence Ziegler
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER GREAT LAKES	undefined NEW YORK	undefined SEATTLE	undefined VANCOUVER, B. C.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER D. L. Hinerman, M.D.	undefined Mr. William Tietjen	undefined David Bledsoe	undefined Dr. L. Keith Wade
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER INDIANA	undefined NORTH KITSAP	undefined SHELTON	undefined WILLIAM BARTRAM
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER Richard Fitzwater	undefined Mrs. Bert Houston	undefined Mrs. Gilbert Johnston	undefined Jackson H McCarter
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER	undefined	undefined	undefined WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER	undefined	undefined	undefined June Brennan

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