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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Winter 1985
Vol. 39 No. 1

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 14635 SW Bull Mountain Rd., Tigard, OR 97223. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $20 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1985 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Rhododendrons for Foliage Effect
by Felice Blake 		Designing Shady Gardens
by Rosalie Nachman
Breeding Azaleodendrons for Commercial Growing
by Robert L. Ticknor, Ph.D. 		Rhododendron Adventure in North Germany
by Professor Carl S. Hoveland
The Allure of Species
by Herbert A. Spady, M.D. 		The Cecil and Molly Smith Garden
by Molly M. Grothaus
Hybridizing Rhododendrons in the Midwest Climate
by H. Roland Schroeder, M.D. 		ARS Seed Exchange Plants in Bloom in Japan
by Kentaro Tanii
Seattle in 1985
by Bob and Marge Badger 		Display Garden in Denmark
by Carl Adam Lehmann
Are You Interested In Growing Rhododendrons And Azaleas from Seed? Welcome to the International Rhododendron Species Symposium, April 29-30, 1985
Rhododendron Emigrants
by W.R. Philipson, Ph.D. and
M.N. Philipson, Ph.D. 		My Experience Using Alfalfa as a Growth Stimulant for Rhododendron Seedlings
by Joe Davis
Bronze Medal Awards
Putting Research to Work for You
by August E. Kehr, Ph.D. 		Barking up the Right Tree
by Forrest E. Bump, M.D.
ARS Plant Awards for 1984 A.R.S. Plant Registry
Book Review: "A Brocade Pillow"
by Helga Andrews 		In Memoriam: Dr. Henry T. Skinner
by August E. Kehr, Ph.D.
New ARS Chapters
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OFFICERS
President Eastern Vice President Western Vice President
MRS. JANET BINFORD WILLIAM TIETJEN HAROLD E. GREER
Past President Secretary-Treasurer Executive Secretary
GEORGE RING TED VAN VEEN FRAN EGAN
Editor
ED EGAN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1985
EDWARD W. COLLINS - EVERETT E. FARWELL, JR. - DAVID W. GOHEEN, Ph.D.
AUSTIN KENNELL - FRANKLIN H. WEST, M.D.
1986
BOB BADGER - HAROLD JOHNSON - ROBERT A. MURRAY
JOSEPH H. COLEMAN, D.M.D
1987
A. RICHARD BROOKS - DONALD W. PADEN, Ph.D. - E. WHITE SMITH
Technical Reviewers
DR. LANSING W. BULGIN, FRED GALLE, HAROLD E. GREER, DR. AUGUST KEHR,
DR. SANDRA MCDONALD, DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, REGISTRAR ED PARKER,
GEORGE RING, DR. HERBERT A. SPADY, DR. ROBERT TICKNOR,
TED VAN VEEN, DR. L. KEITH WADE
DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS
WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3

Harold A. Johnson, District Director
Dr. Robert Rhodes, Alternate

KOMO KULSHAN
Lawrence Allbaugh
VANCOUVER
Horace West
VICTORIA
David J. Ballantyne

Bob Badger, District Director
Mike Zimmerman, Alternate

SEATTLE CHAPTER
Bob Badger

E. White Smith, District Director
William H. Lindeman, Alternate

GRAYS HARBOR
David Barrett
JUAN DE FUCA
Dr. Frank Skerbeck
LEWIS COUNTY
Ken Betts
NORTH KITSAP
Robert G. Zimmerman
OLYMPIA
Dave Jewell
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Mrs. J. Allan Willis
SHELTON
Don F. Dixon
TACOMA
Robert S. Minnich

DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6

Dr. David W. Goheen, District Director
Herbert A. Spady, M.D., Alternate

CORVALLIS
Douglas P. Wilbur
EUGENE
Day Farrald
PORTLAND
Linda Rumgay
SIUSLAW
Helen Baxter
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Jay O'Leary, M.D.
TUALATIN VALLEY
Paul Taylor
WILLAMETTE
Donald Lauritsen

Everett E. Farwell, Jr., District Director
Keith Elliott, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Marvin A. Larsen
DE ANZA
Robert George
EUREKA
Marion Coit
MONTEREY BAY
John D. Hixson
NOYO
Dan Charvet
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Gary Farwell
SAN MATEO
Rudy Fecteau
SO. CALIFORNIA
William Paylen

A. Richard Brooks, District Director
Willard Hunnewell, Alternate

CONNECTICUT
Frans Krot
MASSACHUSETTS
Dr. Dorothy G. Swift

DISTRICT 7 DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 9

Robert A. Murray, District Director
Sydney V. Burns, Alternate

NEW JERSEY
Allan Anderson
NEW YORK
Jane McKay
PRINCETON
Richard H. Gustafson
TAPPAN ZEE
Paul Fabio

Edward W. Collins, District Director
Fred Winter, M.D., Alternate

PHILADELPHIA
Norman E. Sumner
PINE BARRENS
Edward W. Collins
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Thos. J. Schuetz
VALLEY FORGE
Francis H. Raughley, Jr.

Austin Kennell, District Director
Donald W. Hyatt, Alternate

MASON DIXON
George Bohn
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
William Bedwell
POTOMAC VALLEY
Norman Beaudry

DISTRICT 10 DISTRICT 11 CHAPTERS AT LARGE

Joseph H. Coleman, District Director
Donald S. Kellam. Jr., M.D., Alternate

AZALEA
Ralph D. Griffin
BIRMINGHAM
Gordon Faulkner
CENTRAL GULF COAST
John M. Giordano, Jr., M.D.
COOSA
Joseph R. Creitz
PIEDMONT
Charles A. Dewey, Jr.
SOUTHEASTERN
Nollie Robinson, Jr.
WILLIAM BARTRAM
Paul Gilbert, D.M.D.

Donald W. Paden, Ph.D., District Director
Judson Brooks, Alternate

GREAT LAKES
Thomas L. Ring, M.D.
INDIANA
Richard E. Fitzwater
MIDWEST
Kay Moats

Franklin H. West, M.D., Director

DANISH
Ole Rolf Jacobsen
SCOTTISH
Hamish Gunn, Esq.
NON CHAPTER