JARS v43n3 - Table of Contents

R. yakushimanum x R. pseudochrysanthum
R. yakushimanum x R. pseudochrysanthum
Cecil and Molly Smith Garden

Photo by Joe Jones



Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Summer 1989
Vol. 43 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 1380, Gloucester, VA 23061. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $26 a year, $25 if paid before December 1. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1989 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.


Issue Contents

Through The Seasons At Planting Fields:
Part Two

by Martha Prince


Botanical Impressions From Yulong
Shan

by Bengt Skoog

The Meerkerk Hybrid Test Garden
by Pat Halligan


Why Rhododendron nakaharae?
by Donald Voss

Factors Affecting Rooting Of Rhododendron 'Britannia' Stem Cuttings
by C.J. French and J. Alsbury


Seasonal Changes In Anther Development Of Cold Hardy Rhododendrons
by W.C. Stowe, C. Fink & David Leach

Names Of Plants: Sense and Sound -
Part Six

by Theo Smid


Rhododendron 'Ecstacy' And Her
Sisters

by Mark Konrad

The Glorious Four
by Felice Blake


A Cover-Up
by Austin Kennell

President's Column
by Austin Kennell


Member's Forum — Try, Try Again
Geoffrey Wakefield

ARS Plant Registry


Research Grant Awards - 1989

In Memoriam: Dr. Stuart Holland
by Bill Dale


Rhododendrons In And Out Of The Garden
by Michael Robert

In Memoriam: Arthur Whitehair
by Theo Smid


Bronze Medal Awards

ARS Board Meeting Highlights

ARS Logo

OFFICERS

President

Eastern Vice President

Western Vice President

AUSTIN C. KENNELL

A. RICHARD BROOKS

EVERETT E. FARWELL, JR.

Past President

Secretary-Treasurer

Executive Secretary

HAROLD E. GREER

JOE W. JONES

BARBARA HALL


Editor



ADELE JONES


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1990

J. POWELL HUIE - ERNEST L. SCHMIDT - E. WHITE SMITH

1991

GORDON WYLIE - E. PARKER SMITH - HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
FRED S. WINTERS, M.D. - HARRY WISE

1992

CLIVE L. JUSTICE - JEANINE SMITH - ALLAN ANDERSON
MARY BEASLEY


Technical Reviewers

FRANK L. DOLESHY, FRED GALLE, 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

Clive L. Justice, District Director
Leslie K.C. Clay, Alternate

COWICHAN VALLEY
Katherine Millar
FRASER SOUTH
Leslie Clay
FRASER VALLEY
Garth Wedemire
NORTH ISLAND
Harry Wright
VANCOUVER
Dr. B. J. Ogdon
VICTORIA
David Dougan


Jeanine Smith, District Director
James Ramsey, Alternate

KOMO KULSHAN
Ambrose Schultz
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Jeanine Smith
WHIDBEY ISLAND
James Ramsey


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
Ross Merker
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
James Humphrey
SHELTON
Dr. Franklin W. Herrick
TACOMA
Ben Staab


DISTRICT 4

DISTRICT 5

DISTRICT 6

Gordon Wylie, District Director
Thurston Skei, Alternate

CORVALLIS
Moira Dempsey
EUGENE
Emma Bowhan
PORTLAND
Eleanor Stubbs
SIUSLAW
Gene Cockeram
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Jean Hanna
TUALATIN VALLEY
Clarence Smith
WILLAMETTE
Steve Hawes
YAMHILL COUNTY
Sue Greenlees


E. Parker Smith, District Director
Bill Jenkins, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Ralph Love, Jr.
DE ANZA
Cheriel Jensen
EUREKA
Catherine Weeks
MONTEREY BAY
George Cunningham
NOYO
Helen Morgan
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Bettie Underwood
SO. CALIFORNIA
Mark J. Clements


J. Powell Huie, District Director
Gustav A. L. Mehlquist, Ph.D., Alternate

CAPE COD & ISLANDS
John O'Malley
CONNECTICUT
Frederick Beardsley, M.D.
MAINE
Mark Stavish
MASSACHUSETTS
Ann Reisch


DISTRICT 7

DISTRICT 8

DISTRICT 9

Allan Anderson, District Director
H.C. Gehnrich, Alternate

NEW JERSEY
Peter F. Leslie
NEW YORK
Jordon Prince
PRINCETON
Martin Borsky, M.D.
TAPPAN ZEE
Alfred E. Hoffman


Fred S. Winter, M.D., District Director
Francis H. Raughley, Jr., Alternate

GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Betts Layman
LEHIGH VALLEY
Bruce Keyser
PINE BARRENS
Raymond Rhoads
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Fred Crouse
VALLEY FORGE
Jim Gears


Harry Wise, District Director
H. Edward Reiley, Alternate

MASON DIXON
Dr. Homer Elseroad
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Sandra McDonald, Ph.D.
POTOMAC VALLEY
Donald H. Voss


DISTRICT 10

DISTRICT 11

CHAPTERS AT LARGE

Mary Beasley, District Director
Pete McNees, Alternate

AZALEA
Shirley Harry
BIRMINGHAM
Joe Donahoo
CENTRAL GULF COAST
Harry F. Ryan, Jr.
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Marcia McChesney
PIEDMONT
Dr. John Williamson
SOUTHEASTERN
David L. Dean
WILLIAM BARTRAM
John C. Kendall


Ernest L. Schmidt, District Director
Lloyd C. Hahn, Alternate

GREAT LAKES
Robert L. Blough
GREAT RIVERS
Stephan Schroeder
MIDWEST
Eugene Paschall, Ph.D.


Herbert A. Spady, M.D., Director

DANISH
Peter Borg
SCOTTISH
Hamish Gunn, Esq.
NON CHAPTER