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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 1990
Vol. 44 No. 4

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 1990 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents

A History of Rhododendrons
by Walter Magor

Rating Southeastern Rhododendrons
by Russell Gilkey

Rhododendrons from Seed: A Novice's Perspective
by Howard Roberts

Gardening on the San Francisco Peninsula
by Martha Brockenbrough

Influence of Light and Temperature on Seed Germination of Flame Azalea
by Asiah Malek, Frank Blazich, Stuart Warren, and James Shelton

Rhododendron metternichii variety micranthum
Introduction by Frank Doleshy
Observations by Hirokazu Maehara

A Pilgrimage to the Pacific
Northwest
by Felice Blake

A Northeastern Rhododendron Landscape
by Clive Justice

The Pradhan-Lachungpa Rhododendron Expeditions to Northeast Sikkim
by Udai Pradhan

A Sonoma Horticultural
Wonderland
by Barbara Campbell

Rooting It Out
by Mark Konrad

Rhododendron Hang-Ups
by Austin Kennell

Latin and Japanese Plant Names
by Frank Doleshy

Freeze R. yakushimanum Seed?
by John McGuire

President's Column
by Austin Kennell

Enjoy Rhododendrons
by Karen Morebeck

ARS Plant Registry

Bronze Medal Awards

Research Grant Awards - 1990

Plant Award List

Gold Medal Award: Frank L. Doleshy

Gold Medal Award: Polly Hill

Silver Medal Award: E. White Smith

In Memoriam: Gertrude L. Sullivan
by Bob & Jay Murray
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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 R. HALL


Editor


ADELE JONES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

1993

LORI E. GANGSEI - ERNEST L. SCHMIDT - VIRGINIA CRAIG


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
Stan Groves
FRASER SOUTH
Leslie Clay
FRASER VALLEY
James Connor
MT. ARROWSMITH
Everett Jefferson
NORTH ISLAND
James Cavers
VANCOUVER
Richard Mossakowski
VICTORIA
Norman Todd


Jeanine Smith, District Director
James Ramsey, Alternate

KOMO KULSHAN
Alan Suchy
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Lynn Watts
WHIDBEY ISLAND
Don Allen


Lori E. Gangsei, District Director
June Sinclair, Alternate

GRAYS HARBOR
Mark Steffens
JUAN DE FUCA
Dr. Frank Skerbeck
LEWIS COUNTY
James Dick
NORTH KITSAP
Jane C. Jacobsen
OLYMPIA
Roberta Powell
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Dwight Thomas
SHELTON
Walt Elliott
TACOMA
Steven & Lorraine Gangsei


DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 6

Gordon Wylie, District Director
Thurston Skei, Alternate

CORVALLIS
John Carnegie
EUGENE
Michael Robert
PORTLAND
Mike Stewart
SIUSLAW
Gene Cockeram
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Tom E. Drake
TUALATIN VALLEY
Ron Mapes
WILLAMETTE
Dr. Keith White
YAMHILL COUNTY
Sue Greenlees


E. Parker Smith, District Director
Bill Jenkins, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Ralph Love, Jr.
DE ANZA
William P. O'Neill
EUREKA
Catherine Weeks
MONTEREY BAY
George Cunningham
NOYO
Helen Morgan
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Michael G. Jones
SO. CALIFORNIA
Gloria Wildharber


Virginia Craig, District Director
Dr. Robert Fox, Alternate

CAPE COD
Dr. Richard Chaikin
CONNECTICUT
Richard Anton
MAINE
Barbara Weinz
MASSACHUSETTS
Henk Borsje


DISTRICT 7
DISTRICT 8
DISTRICT 9

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

NEW JERSEY
David Wuebbens
NEW YORK
Jordon Prince
PRINCETON
Jeanne Gustafson
TAPPAN ZEE
James S. Holmes


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

GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Betts Layman
LEHIGH VALLEY
Bruce Keyser
PINE BARRENS
Paul Kornman
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
William A. Hersh
VALLEY FORGE
Jim Gears


Harry Wise, District Director
H. Edward Reiley, Alternate

MASON DIXON
Dr. Homer Elseroad
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Paul S. James
POTOMAC VALLEY
Donald H. Voss


DISTRICT 10
DISTRICT 11
CHAPTERS AT LARGE

Mary Beasley, District Director
Pete McNees, Alternate

AZALEA
H. Vincent Bell, Jr.
BIRMINGHAM
Joe Donahoo
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Marcia McChesney
PIEDMONT
Dr. John Williamson
SOUTHEASTERN
David L. Dean
WILLIAM BARTRAM
Dr. John H. Paxton


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

GREAT LAKES
Robert L. Blough
GREAT RIVERS
Helen Hahn
MIDWEST
John Golab
OZARK AREA
Leonard Miller, D.D.S.


Herbert A. Spady, M.D., Director
Leonard Miller, D.D.S., Alternate

DANISH
Peter Borg
SCOTTISH
Edmund A.T. Wright
NON CHAPTER