JARS v45n2 - Table of Contents

R. yakushimanum x 'Medusa'
R. yakushimanum x 'Medusa'
Photo by Felice Blake



Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Spring 1991
Vol. 45 No. 2

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 1991 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.


Issue Contents

Whidbey Island in Bloom
by Felice Blake


A Day at Dawyck
by Martha Prince

The Hybrids of Oconee
by L. Clarence Towe


Rooting Rhododendron Leaves
by Richard W. Chaikin

Comparison of Formulations of Auxins As Rooting Stimulants for Three Rhododendron Cultivars
by John J. McGuire,
W. Johnson, C. Dawson


Winter-Hardy Tetraploids of R. carolinianum and R. racemosum, and their Tetraploid Hybrids
by W.L. Tolstead,
Joseph F. Glencoe

Pleiones: Orchid Companions for Rhododendrons
by Richard Cavender


Nelson Mountain: The Story of a Garden
by Clarence Barrett

Meerkerk Test Garden Rates
Hybrids

by Pat Halligan


An Amateur's Way with Rhododendron Cuttings
by Dr. I. Simson Hall

Eight Ways to Minimize Winter Injury
by Dan Barney


Chemical Pruning of Rhododendrons
by R.L. Ticknor & Mary Skinner

Survivors of Winter 1991


Befaria: A Distant Azalea Relative
by August E. Kehr

Finding Big Breeders
by Mark Konrad


Compost in Two Weeks!
by Bob Freeman

Interface: A Container Problem
by Steven Feryok


President's Column
by Austin Kennell

Olympia to Host Western Regional
by Steve Gangsei


From the Editor
by Sonja Nelson

Bronze Medal Awards


ARS Plant Registry

Genus Rhododendron Acquires New Species


In Memoriam: Everett E. Farwell, Jr.
by Parker Smith

In Memoriam: David L. Dean


In Memoriam: George Betts

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OFFICERS

President

Eastern Vice President

Western Vice President

AUSTIN C. KENNELL

A. RICHARD BROOKS

(VACANT)

Past President

Secretary-Treasurer

Executive Secretary

HAROLD E. GREER

JOE W. JONES

BARBARA R. HALL


Editor



SONJA NELSON


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
Jo Ann Foster
VANCOUVER
Richard Mossakowski
VICTORIA
Angus Boyd


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
Gary D. Roberson
JUAN DE FUCA
Dr. Frank Skerbeck
LEWIS COUNTY
James Dick
NORTH KITSAP
Douglas Denkers
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
Jan Shepherd
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
Tim Walsh
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
Eva Jackson


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
Jack Andrews
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Dr. Robert B. Greenleaf
PIEDMONT
Dr. John Williamson
SOUTHEASTERN
Dr. August E. Kehr
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 Engelsted
SCOTTISH
Edmund A.T. Wright
NON CHAPTER