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R. 'Nifty Fifty', the azalea selection for the ARS 50th Anniversary Celebration
Photo by Joe Jones

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Winter 1995
Vol. 49 No. 1

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 1380, Gloucester, VA 23061. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $25 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1995 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Hybridizing for Superior and Unique Azaleas by Ivan & Robertha Arneson and Adele Jones		10th Anniversary of Polish Ericaceous Plants Group by Mieczyslaw Czekalski and Tomasz Anisko
The Delp Hybrids: Part I, A Passion for Rhododendron Hybridizing by Dr. Homer Salley		An ARS Retrospective: Our Third Decade, 1964 - 1974, Part IV by Franklin H. West
Rhododendron Species in the Great Garden at Crarae by George Smith		Footnotes to the ARS History, 1944-1995 by John Henny, Howard Slonecker, Alfred S. Martin
The Cecil and Molly Smith Garden by Peter Kendall		Fighting Phytophthora by Felix Robinson
Propagation of Evergreen Rhododendrons By Cuttings of Six Types by Mieczyslaw Czekalski		Tips for Beginners: Have You Entered A Show Lately? by Bruno Kaelin
Happy Birthday Holiday: A Northwestern Celebration by Bill and Kerry O'Neill		50th Celebration Convention, Portland, Oregon, May 10-14, 1995 by Adele Jones
Companion Plants: Primula japonica by Sterling Levy		From the President by Dick Brooks
ARS Plant Registry		Bronze Medal Awards
A Winter's Tale: Interest in the Bleak Time of the Year by Felice Blake		In Memoriam: Dr. Joseph Brueckner by Richard Birkett
In Memoriam: Princess Peggy Abkhazi by Bill Dale		In Memoriam: Ella J. Crabb by Dr. M. L. Trembath
		In Memoriam: Elmer Morris


OFFICERS
*President*	*Eastern Vice President*	*Western Vice President*
A. RICHARD BROOKS	FRANKLIN H. WEST, M.D.	HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
*Past President*	*Treasurer*	*Executive Director*
GORDON K. WYLIE	ROBERT A. MURRAY	BARBARA R. HALL
	*Editor*
	SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1995

LESLIE K.C. CLAY - JAMES RAMSEY - H.C. GEHNRICH - MARY BEASLEY

1996

LORI E. GANGSEI - VIRGINIA CRAIG - LLOYD C. HAHN - JOAN SCHIFF

1997

JEAN BEAUDRY - BARBARA J. CAMPBELL - RICHARD CAVENDER - HAROLD E. GREER
WILBURN S. SMITH JR.

Technical Reviewers

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

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
DISTRICT 1	DISTRICT 2	DISTRICT 3
Leslie K.C. Clay, District Director Everett Jefferson, Alternate *COWICHAN VALLEY* Allan Murray *FRASER SOUTH* Norma Senn *FRASER VALLEY* Shirley Lyster *MT. ARROWSMITH* Bob Hickman *NANAIMO* Ward Porter *NORTH ISLAND* Harry Wright *PEACE ARCH* Gifford Robb *VANCOUVER* Joan Bengough *VICTORIA* Joe Harvey	James Ramsey, District Director Greg Kesterson, Alternate *CASCADE* Bob McKinney *KOMO KULSHAN* Dalen Bayes *PILCHUCK CHAPTER* Amby Schultz *SEATTLE CHAPTER* William R. Heller *WHIDBEY ISLAND* Bill Lewis	Lori E. Gangsei, District Director Douglas Denkers, Alternate *GRAYS HARBOR* Gary D. Roberson *JUAN DE FUCA* Mary Ann Stephens *LEWIS COUNTY* William Ehret *NORTH KITSAP* Jim Canfield *OLYMPIA* Bill Canfield *OLYMPIC PENINSULA* Moulton Prussing *SHELTON* Walt Elliott *TACOMA* Frank Abbott
DISTRICT 4	DISTRICT 5	DISTRICT 6
Richard Cavender, District Director Thompson E. Drake, Alternate *CORVALLIS* Anita Hutchins *EUGENE* Jay Kelley *PORTLAND* Ray Clack *SIUSLAW* Dan Bones *SOUTHWESTERN OREGON* Thompson E. Drake *TUALATIN VALLEY* MaBelle McCornack *WILLAMETTE* Wade Waddell *YAMHILL COUNTY* Gary L. Schultz	Barbara J. Campbell, District Director Jerry L. Fickes, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* Roland Mayne *DE ANZA* Art Kluge *EUREKA* Don Wallace *MONTEREY BAY* Tom Kelly *NOYO* Bob Goodwin *REDWOOD EMPIRE* Parker Smith *SO. CALIFORNIA* Jim Jaeger	Virginia Craig, District Director Dr. Robert Fox, Alternate *CAPE COD* Joel Blair Jr. *CONNECTICUT* Andrew Brand *MAINE* William Kautzmann *MASSACHUSETTS* Joe Parks
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
H.C. Gehnrich, District Director Richard H. Gustafson, Alternate *NEW YORK* Albert J. Muller *PRINCETON* Wing Fong *TAPPAN ZEE* Al Fitzburgh	Wilburn S. Smith, Jr., District Director Robert M. Wilkinson, Jr., Alternate *GREATER PHILADELPHIA* Howard Roberts *LEHIGH VALLEY* Bruce Keyser *PINE BARRENS* Marshall "Bud" Gressman *SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY* John P. Bartlett *VALLEY FORGE* Winfield Howe	Jean Beaudry, District Director Sandra McDonald, Alternate *MASON DIXON* William Mangels *MIDDLE ATLANTIC* Terry Sheuchenko *POTOMAC VALLEY* Clifton H. Leatherbury
DISTRICT 10	DISTRICT 11	DISTRICT 12
Mary Beasley, District Director Pete McNees, Alternate *AZALEA* Ralph Bullard *BIRMINGHAM* Jack Andrews *CHATTAHOOCHEE* Gene Robinson *PIEDMONT* David C. Royster *SOUTHEASTERN* Robert E. Bowman Jr. *TENNESSEE VALLEY* Silas Williams Jr. *WILLIAM BARTRAM* Dr. R.H. Bowick	Lloyd C. Hahn, District Director Susan Boatman, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Carolyn Dana Lewis *BLUEGRASS* Homer Salley *GREAT LAKES* Jack Looye *GREAT RIVERS* Jerry Fuelling *MIDWEST* John Golab *OZARK* Leonard Miller, D.D.S.	The Rhododendron Society Of Canada Joan Schiff, District Director Jack Looye, Alternate *RSC ATLANTIC* Wendy Cornwall *RSC NIAGARA* Bob Dickhout *RSC TORONTO* David Hinton
CHAPTERS AT LARGE
Harold E. Greer, Director Leonard Miller, D.D.S., Alternate *DANISH* Preben E. Holkjaer *DUTCH* T. Huisman *J. D. HOOKER* Sri Keshab C. Pradham *SCOTTISH* Mervyn Kessell *NON CHAPTER*

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