JARS v41n4 - Table of Contents

R. orbiculare
R. orbiculare
Brodick Castle Garden
Photo by Martha Prince



Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 1987
Vol. 41 No. 4

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 14885 S.W. Sunrise Lane, Tigard, OR 97224. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $20 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1987 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents

A Day At Brodick
by Martha Prince

Why Grow Species?
by Felice Blake

Fall & Winter Foliage Color Of Rhododendrons & Azaleas
by Bob Badger

The Blue Ridge Parkway - Nature's Rhododendron Alley
by Bambi Teague

Is There A Relationship Of Soil And Foliar Boron Levels In Rhododendron Nurseries?
by R.L. Ticknor, Ph.D. & J.E. Long

Tolerance Of Flower Buds Of Several Rhododendron Taxa To A Severe Fall Freeze
by Harold Pellett

Shear Magic With Azaleas
by Franklin H. West, MD

Soil pH And Rhododendrons
by Weldon E. Delp

Do Metal Wires On Plant Labels Cause Dieback?
by August E. Kehr, Ph.D.

What Has ARS Research Done For You?
by August E. Kehr, Ph.D.

Landscapes With Rhododendron
by Clive Justice

Research Committee Report - 1987
by George Ring

President's Column - Let's Grow!
by Harold E. Greer

Where Now?
by Rosalie M. Nachman

Rhododendrons In Dixie
by Geoffrey Wakefield

In Memoriam: Paul E. Sleezer
by William F. Sullivan

David C. Leach Research Station

ARS Plant Registry

4th International Rhododendron Conference

Bronze Medal Awards
ARS Logo

OFFICERS

President
Eastern Vice President
Western Vice President

HAROLD E. GREER
AUSTIN KENNELL
EVERETT E. FARWELL, JR.

Past President
Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Secretary

WILLIAM TIETJEN
JOE W. JONES
PAULA L. CASH


Editor


ADELE JONES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1988

EDWARD W. COLLINS - E. PARKER SMITH - HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
DONALD W. HYATT - FRANKLIN H. WEST, M.D.

1989

BOB BADGER - HAROLD JOHNSON - PATRICIA WALTON
DONALD S. KELLAM, JR., M.D.

1990

A. RICHARD BROOKS - DONALD W. PADEN, Ph.D. - E. WHITE SMITH


Technical Reviewers

FRANK L. DOLESHY, FRED CALLE, HAROLD E. GREER, AUGUST KEHR, Ph.D.
GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, Ph.D., REGISTRAR JAY MURRAY, HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
ROBERT TICKNOR, Ph.D. TED VAN VEEN, L. KEITH WADE, Ph.D.
MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS
WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

DISTRICT 1
DISTRICT 2
DISTRICT 3

Harold A. Johnson, District Director
Ian McTaggart-Cowan, Alternate

NORTH ISLAND
Harry Wright
VANCOUVER
Les Clay
VICTORIA
W.A. Dale


Bob Badger, District Director
Mike Zimmerman, Alternate

KOMO KULSHAN
Cora Zoberst
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Jeanine Smith
WHIDBEY ISLAND
Don Milliken


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

GRAYS HARBOR
Evelyn Sandifur
JUAN DE FUCA
Betty Papierski
LEWIS COUNTY
Walter Wuerth
NORTH KITSAP
Alice Smith
OLYMPIA
Steven M. McCulloch
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
James Humphrey
SHELTON
John Duffield
TACOMA
Joe A. Davis


DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 6

Herbert A. Spady, M.D., District Director
Day Farrald, Alternate

CORVALLIS
Moira Dempsey
EUGENE
Emma Bowhan
PORTLAND
Ted Van Veen
SIUSLAW
Thurston Skei
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
John H. Bergen
TUALATIN VALLEY
Clarence Smith
WILLAMETTE
Steve Hawes


E. Parker Smith, District Director
Bill Jenkins, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Doreen Spellman
DE ANZA
Keith C. Elliott
EUREKA
Paul Anderson, M.D.
MONTEREY BAY
Patrick Lovejoy
NOYO
Doris Shaffer
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Dale Underwood
SAN MATEO
Bryant M. Smith
SO. CALIFORNIA
Bill Jenkins


A. Richard Brooks, District Director
Gustav A. L. Mehlquist, Ph.D., Alternate

CAPE COD & ISLANDS
John O'Malley
CONNECTICUT
Clifford Desch, Jr., Ph.D.
MASSACHUSETTS
Leo Blanchette


DISTRICT 7
DISTRICT 8
DISTRICT 9

Patricia Walton, District Director
Allan Anderson, Alternate

NEW JERSEY
Peter F. Leslie
NEW YORK
H.C. Gehnrich
PRINCETON
Edward T. Connors
TAPPAN ZEE
Alfred E. Hoffman


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

PHILADELPHIA
Brian T. Keim
PINE BARRENS
Raymond Rhoads
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Fred Crouse
VALLEY FORGE
Fred S. Winter, M.D.


Donald W. Hyatt, District Director
Harry Wise, Alternate

MASON DIXON
George Brubaker
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Sandra McDonald, Ph.D.
POTOMAC VALLEY
Dr. Max E. Byrkit


DISTRICT 10
DISTRICT 11
CHAPTERS AT LARGE

Donald S. Kellam, Jr., District Director
Joe Bradford, Alternate

AZALEA
Richard Clapp
BIRMINGHAM
Jack Andrews
CENTRAL GULF COAST
Harry F. Ryan, Jr.
CHATTAHOOCHEE
R. Oneal Smitherman
PIEDMONT
R. Gene Bryant
SOUTHEASTERN
David L. Dean
WILLIAM BARTRAM
John C. Kendall


Donald W. Paden, Ph.D., District Director
Lloyd C. Hahn, Alternate

GREAT LAKES
Carolyn Stroombeek
GREAT RIVERS
Stephan Schroeder
MIDWEST
Eugene Paschall, Ph.D.


Franklin H. West, M.D., Director

DANISH
Bjarne Leth Nielsen
SCOTTISH
Hamish Gunn, Esq.
NON CHAPTER