R. vaseyi 'White Find'
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Fall 1981
Vol. 35 No. 4

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 must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents Native Azaleas by Martha Prince	undefined	undefined The Madenii Series and Subseries by Arthur Headlam
Issue Contents Groping for Grouping by Herbert Spady	undefined	undefined Needed, A More Useful Rating System by Newton Edwards
Issue Contents Two Dexter Hybrids Confused by Their Names by Gordon Jones & Ed Parker	undefined	undefined Growing Ericaceous Plants in Soiless Mediums by Stephen and Charles Feryok
Issue Contents Sintered Clay in Vireya Mixes by John Swisher	undefined	undefined Plant Registry by Ed Parker
Issue Contents Some Thoughts on Breeding Rhododendrons for Cold Climates by William Fetterhoff	undefined	undefined Book Review by Ralph Shumm
		Issue Contents A Capital Convention
Issue Contents Recording the Blues by W. George Waters	undefined	undefined Great Lakes Chapter Awards Bronze Medals
Issue Contents Slide Loan Program	undefined	undefined Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	undefined Eastern Vice President	undefined Western Vice President
GEORGE RING	undefined WILLIAM TIETJEN	undefined Mrs. JANET BINFORD
Past President	undefined Secretary-Treasurer	undefined Executive Secretary
FRED GALLE	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 FRED GALLE, DR. AUGUST KEHR, DR. SANDRA MCDONALD, DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, REGISTRAR ED PARKER, PRES. GEORGE RING, DR. ROBERT TICKNOR, DR. L. KEITH WADE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS AZALEA	undefined INDIANA	undefined OLYMPIC PENINSULA	undefined SOUTHEASTERN
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Dr. Joseph H. Coleman	undefined Patrick Tatum	undefined Gerhard Stavney	undefined Wallace C. Marley
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS BIRMINGHAM	undefined JUAN de FUCA	undefined PHILADELPHIA	undefined SOUTHWESTERN OR
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Luke Austin	undefined Frank Chamberlin	undefined Will S. Smith, Jr.	undefined Evan Bone
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CALIFORNIA	undefined KOMO KULSHAN	undefined PIEDMONT	undefined SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Art Whitehair	undefined Harry Ellingsen	undefined Dr. Robert Means	undefined Dr. Lewis H. Brown
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CENTRAL GULF COAST	undefined LEWIS COUNTY	undefined PINE BARRENS	undefined TACOMA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Eugene Aromi	undefined Melvin Lueken	undefined Edward W. Collins	undefined William A . Hicks
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CONNECTICUT	undefined MASSACHUSETTS	undefined PORTLAND	undefined TAPPAN ZEE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Howard W. Pfeifer	undefined Willard P. Hunnewell	undefined Dr. Lansing Bulgin	undefined Mrs. James R. Walton
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CORVALLIS	undefined MIDDLE ATLANTIC	undefined POTOMAC VALLEY	undefined TUALATIN VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Barry S. Kast	undefined Harry Wise	undefined Bruno A. Kaelin, Jr.	undefined Larry Landauer
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DE ANZA	undefined MIDWEST	undefined PRINCETON	undefined VALLEY FORGE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Tom M. Wynn	undefined Gerald R. Firak	undefined Robert A. Murray	undefined Dr. Fred S. Winter
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DENMARK	undefined MONTEREY BAY	undefined SAN MATEO	undefined VANCOUVER, B. C.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Vagn Jorgensen	undefined John Scurfield	undefined Irv Schynert	undefined Harold A. Johnson
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS EUGENE	undefined NEW JERSEY	undefined SEATTLE	undefined VICTORIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Stanley Hall	undefined David Wuebbens	undefined Bob Badger	undefined Norman A. Todd
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GRAYS HARBOR	undefined NEW YORK	undefined SHELTON	undefined WILLIAM BARTRAM
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Jack Shrauger	undefined Miss Rosemary Kern	undefined Eleanor Sather	undefined Walter G. Beasley
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GREAT LAKES	undefined NORTH KITSAP	undefined SIUSLAW	undefined WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Howard C. Ruppender	undefined M. Chandler Redman	undefined Galen Baxter	undefined William Glendinning
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined OLYMPIA	undefined SO. CALIFORNIA	undefined
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined John Eichelser	undefined William Paylen	undefined

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