R. 'Gretsel'
Photo by Harold Greer
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Summer 1979
Vol. 33 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 600, Aurora, Oregon 97002. 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 The North Tisbury Azaleas by Polly Hill	undefined	undefined The Ghents - Where are They? by Frank Arsen
Issue Contents Rhododendron lacteum by Dave Goheen	undefined	undefined More on Azaleodendrons by Walter Schmalscheidt
Issue Contents President's Address by E. C. Brockenbrough, M. D.	undefined	undefined R. yakushimanum x R. 'Gwilt King' by Arthur W. Headlam
Issue Contents R. 'Albion Ridge' - A Double Winner by Francis W. Mosher, Jr.	undefined	undefined Dwarf Azaleas from Germany by Matt Nosal
Issue Contents The Influence of Container Media and Transplanting Technique and the Establishment of Container Grown Rhododendron cv. Hershey Red in Landscape Plantings by R. D. Wright and D. Milbocker	undefined	undefined A Bibliography on Vireya Rhododendrons by Richard B. Martin
		Issue Contents Additional Numbers, J. F. Rock 1928-29 Expedition by Col. and Mrs. R. H. Goodrich
Issue Contents R. openshawianum by Jim & Betty Caperci	undefined	undefined Controlled Pollination by Basil C. Potter
Issue Contents R. 'Mount Siga' and R. 'Kulu' by Ray and Jane Goodrich	undefined	undefined R. 'Gretsel' by Harold Greer
Issue Contents Rhododendrons of the Tropical Seacoasts and Plains by John E. Swisher	undefined	undefined What's Happened to Peat Over the Past Few Years? by Wilbur L. Bluhm
Issue Contents Applying Fertilizers on a Small Scale by R. L. Ticknor	undefined	undefined Rhododendron Culture in a Terrarium by Mark G. Konrad, M. D.
Issue Contents Rhododendron Society of Connecticut Bronze Medal Award	undefined	undefined Vancouver, B. C., Awards Two Bronze Medals
Issue Contents Bronze Medal Presentations By New York Chapter	undefined	undefined Douglas Dell Withers by Austin C. Kennell
Issue Contents American Horticultural Society Honors Edmund V. Mezitt	undefined	undefined James M. Blackford, III by W. A. Letcher
Issue Contents 1979 Gold and Silver Medal Awards	undefined	undefined Francis James Sholomskas by Franklin West
Issue Contents A.R.S. Plant Registry	undefined	undefined Advertisements

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1981
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE
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PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Roland Schroeder, Jr.	undefined Bett Houston	undefined Helen Agoa	undefined Jackson H. McCarter
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PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined	undefined June Brennan

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