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

OFFICERS
President	Eastern Vice President	Western Vice President
GEORGE RING	WILLIAM TIETJEN	Mrs. JANET BINFORD
Past President	Secretary-Treasurer	Executive Secretary
FRED GALLE	TED VAN VEEN	FRAN EGAN
	Editor
	ED EGAN

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1981

HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE

1982

DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK

1983

DR. H. FURMAN CANTRELL - ALFRED MARTIN - DR. SANDRA McDONALD DR. ROBERT TICKNOR

Technical Reviewers

FRED GALLE, DR. AUGUST KEHR, DR. SANDRA MCDONALD, DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, REGISTRAR ED PARKER, PRES. GEORGE RING, DR. ROBERT TICKNOR, DR. L. KEITH WADE

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

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