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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Summer 1980
Vol. 34 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 14636 S.W. Bull Mt. Rd., Tigard, OR 97223. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12.00 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1980 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume volume must be granted m wasting by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons in Western Pennsylvania by Orlando S. Pride	undefined	undefined R. zoelleri, A Widely Distributed Vireya Rhododendron in New Guinea by Arthur W. Headlam
Issue Contents How and When to Prune Rhododendrons by Robert L. Furniss	undefined	undefined Ongoing Battle of Macroflora and Macrofauna by Dr. Sandra McDonald
Issue Contents Rhododendron Propagation - Philadelphia Style by Ross B. Davis, Jr.	undefined	undefined If You Knew Esther Like I Know Esther by Marjorie W. Baird
Issue Contents President's Address by Fred C. Galle	undefined	undefined New Find of Rhododendron maximum by W. J. McClure
Issue Contents Death of a Nursery by Dr. Alexander R. Fitzburgh	undefined	undefined Chauncey Delos Beadle by Dr. Frank Mossman
Issue Contents ARS 1980 Gold and Silver Medals Awards	undefined	undefined A.R.S. Plant Registry
Issue Contents Proposed By-Laws Changes: A Member's Perspective by H. F. Cantrell	undefined	undefined Book Review: The Rhododendron Society Notes by Ed Egan
Issue Contents The First Published Vernacular Name for R. kuromeinsus by Collingwood lngram	undefined	undefined Book Review: The Dexter Estate - Its Gardens and Gardeners by Phillip Livingston & Frank West
Issue Contents Connecticut Chapter Awards Bronze Medal	undefined	undefined Princeton Chapter Awards Bronze Medal
Issue Contents William Bartram Chapter Awards Bronze Medal	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 Executive Secretary
E. C. BROCKENBROUGH, M.D.	undefined TED VAN VEEN	undefined FRAN EGAN
	undefined Editor	undefined
	undefined ED EGAN	undefined
Technical Reviewers
Robert Furniss, Pres. Fred Galle, Dr. August Kehr, Dr. Sandra McDonald, Dr. Gustav Mehlquist, Registrar Ed Parker, Dr. Robert Ticknor, Dr. L. Keith Wade

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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 1982
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS AZALEA	undefined JUAN de FUCA	undefined OLYMPIA	undefined SO. CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Joseph H. Coleman	undefined Frank Chamberlin	undefined Allen Moore	undefined Carl Deul
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS BIRMINGHAM	undefined KOMO KULSHAN	undefined OLYMPIC PENINSULA	undefined SOUTHEASTERN
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Richard Cooper	undefined Greg Haner	undefined Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	undefined C. Russell Haag
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CALIFORNIA	undefined LEWIS COUNTY	undefined PHILADELPHIA	undefined SOUTHWESTERN OR
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS E. Parker Smith	undefined Melvin Lueken	undefined Vernon Quarles	undefined Willard E. Morgan
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CONNECTICUT	undefined MASSACHUSETTS	undefined PIEDMONT	undefined TACOMA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Mrs. Philip E. Taylor	undefined A. Richard Brooks	undefined Marshall G. Stillwell	undefined Frank A. Lough
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DE ANZA	undefined MIDDLE ATLANTIC	undefined PORTLAND	undefined TAPPAN ZEE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS John Hixson	undefined Austin C. Kennell	undefined Frank D. Mossman, MD	undefined Hans E. Bussink
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DENMARK	undefined MIDWEST	undefined POTOMAC VALLEY	undefined TUALATIN VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Vagn Jorgensen	undefined William Rapshys	undefined Norton Boothe	undefined Harold T. Krug
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS EUGENE	undefined MONTEREY BAY	undefined PRINCETON	undefined VALLEY FORGE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Dr. David Williams	undefined Melvin C. Allen	undefined Patricia Pfeiffer	undefined Clarence Ziegler
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GRAYS HARBOR	undefined NEW JERSEY	undefined SAN MATEO	undefined VANCOUVER, B. C.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Lyle Lancaster	undefined David Wuebbens	undefined Ronald A. Killian	undefined Harold A. Johnson
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GREAT LAKES	undefined NEW YORK	undefined SEATTLE	undefined VICTORIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Felix A. Robinson, Jr.	undefined William Tietjen	undefined Ralph H. Nichols	undefined Norman A. Todd
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS INDIANA	undefined NORTH KITSAP	undefined SHELTON	undefined WILLIAM BARTRAM
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Roland Schroeder, Jr.	undefined T. A. Peterschmidt	undefined Dr. William E. Hanson	undefined Dr. Curtis Sidden
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined SIUSLAW	undefined WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined Michael J. Bones	undefined June Brennan

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