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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Winter 1981
Vol. 35 No. 1

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 1981 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents A Fifteen Year Report on Vireya Rhododendrons in Southern California by Carl A. Deul	undefined	undefined Physical and Chemical Responses of Naturally Grown Rhododendron to Environmental Stresses by H. L. Gholz
Issue Contents Book Review: Studies In The Genus Rhododendrons, 1980 by Fred Galle	undefined	undefined Book Review: The Rhododendron Handbook 1980 by Ed Egan
Issue Contents 1981 Annual Convention by Fred Coe & Fred Cummings	undefined	undefined Vancouver Chapter Awards Bronze Medal
Issue Contents International Rhododendron Conference Edinburgh 1982	undefined	undefined William Bartram Chapter Awards Two Bronze Medals
Issue Contents Southeast Chapters Do It Again by Ed Egan	undefined	undefined Birmingham Chapter Awards Bronze Medal
Issue Contents Dr. Jack Evans Resigns by Fred Galle	undefined	undefined Middle Atlantic Chapter Awards Bronze Medals
Issue Contents Nominating Committee Report by August Kehr	undefined	undefined By-laws Ballot Count by Fran Egan
Issue Contents ARS Plant Registry	undefined	undefined Robert L. Furniss - In memoriam
Issue Contents Rhododendron and Azalea Newsletter	undefined	undefined Advertisements

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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 1983
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. H. FURMAN CANTRELL - ALFRED MARTIN - DR. SANDRA McDONALD DR. ROBERT TICKNOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Technical Reviewers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 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

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS AZALEA	undefined INDIANA	undefined OLYMPIA	undefined SIUSLAW
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Joseph H. Coleman	undefined Roland Schroeder, Jr.	undefined Buzz Hettinger	undefined Galen Baxter
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS BIRMINGHAM	undefined JUAN de FUCA	undefined OLYMPIC PENINSULA	undefined SO. CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Luke Austin	undefined Frank Chamberlin	undefined Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	undefined William Moynier
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CALIFORNIA	undefined KOMO KULSHAN	undefined PHILADELPHIA	undefined SOUTHEASTERN
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Fred Cummings	undefined Dick Ambrose	undefined Wil S. Smith, Jr.	undefined Dr. H. Furman Cantrell
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GULF COAST	undefined LEWIS COUNTY	undefined PIEDMONT	undefined SOUTHWESTERN ORE.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Eugene Aromi	undefined Melvin Lueken	undefined Dr. T. Lawrence Mellicham	undefined Evan Bone
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CONNECTICUT	undefined MASSACHUSETTS	undefined PINE BARRENS	undefined TACOMA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Howard W. Pfeifer	undefined Willard P. Hunnewell	undefined Edward W. Collins	undefined William A . Hicks
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CORVALLIS	undefined MIDDLE ATLANTIC	undefined PORTLAND	undefined TAPPAN ZEE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS John Burnett	undefined Austin C. Kennell	undefined Dr. Lansing Bulgin	undefined John Boeggeman
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DE ANZA	undefined MIDWEST	undefined POTOMAC VALLEY	undefined TUALATIN VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Robert E. George	undefined William Rapshys	undefined Norton Boothe	undefined Harold T. Krug
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DENMARK	undefined MONTEREY BAY	undefined PRINCETON	undefined VALLEY FORGE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Vagn Jorgensen	undefined Martin Flores	undefined Robert A. Murray	undefined Dr. Fred S. Winter
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS EUGENE	undefined NEW JERSEY	undefined SAN MATEO	undefined VANCOUVER, B. C.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Dr. David Williams	undefined David Wuebbens	undefined Dr. William E. Lofthouse	undefined Harold A. Johnson
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GRAYS HARBOR	undefined NEW YORK	undefined SEATTLE	undefined VICTORIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Jack Shrauger	undefined William Tietjen	undefined Ralph H. Nichols	undefined Norman A. Todd
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GREAT LAKES	undefined NORTH KITSAP	undefined SHELTON	undefined WILLIAM BARTRAM
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Felix A. Robinson, Jr.	undefined T. A. Peterschmidt	undefined Dr. William E. Hanson	undefined Dr. Curtis Sidden
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined	undefined WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined	undefined June Brennan

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