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R. 'Janet Blair' with snow coat
"Snow Coat": from Northeast Regional Conference
photo contest.
Photo by Richard H. Gustafson

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Winter 1996
Vol. 50 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 1996 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
History of Rhododendron Introductions from China During the 19th Century by H.H. Davidian		The Live Sphagnum Method for Germinating Rhododendrons by Bryan Johnson
Northeasterners Pick Their Favorite 'Gems' by Pat Halligan		Tips for Beginners: Mechanics of Basic Hybridizing by Albert J. Muller
Notes From A Plant Hunter's Diary by Keith Adams		Hybridizing for Fun! by Felice Blake
From the President by Herbert A. Spady, M.D.		Winter That Was, Part II by Max Byrkit
Correlation Between Weather Conditions and Rhododendron Flower Bud Formation by Russell Gilkey		Do Chemical Growth Regulators Stimulate New Shoot Growth And Improve Overwintering of Deciduous Azalea Cuttings? by Thomas J. Banko & Marcia Stefani
ARS Plant Registry
How To Make Engraved Garden Labels On Photo-Sensitive Aluminum by Dorothy M. Dunstan		Unusual Court Case Leads to Unusual Plant by Charles Hunter
An ARS Retrospective: Our Fifth Decade, Part VII, 1988-1990 by Franklin H. West		51st ARS Annual Convention, Oban, Scotland: An Update by John M. Hammond
Vireya Culture Roundtable, Southern California Chapter		Oh, To Be in Scotland! by Bill and Kerry O'Neill
ARS Plant Awards - 1995 by Elsie Watson		Announcement of Research Grants by Dr. Robert L. Ticknor
In Memoriam: James A. Elliott		Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: Margaret Thompson by Emma Bowhan		In Memoriam: Jim Cross by Dr. Phil Waldman
		In Memoriam: Grant Chase


OFFICERS
*President*	*Eastern Vice President*	*Western Vice President*
HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.	H.C. "BUD" GEHNRICH	JEANINE SMITH
*Past President*	*Treasurer*	*Executive Director*
A. RICHARD BROOKS	GERALD E. NUTTER	BARBARA R. HALL
	*Editor*
	SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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.
1998
LESLIE K.C. CLAY - LAURA KENTALA - RICHARD H. GUSTAFSON - EDWARD COLLINS

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* Charlie Raymond *FRASER SOUTH* Norma Senn *FRASER VALLEY* Shirley Lyster *MT. ARROWSMITH* Mary Parker *NANAIMO* Gord Galloway *NORTH ISLAND* Harry Wright *PEACE ARCH* Peter Knoepfel *VANCOUVER* Joan Bengough *VICTORIA* Joe Harvey	Laura Kentala, District Director Charles H. "Chip" Muller, Alternate *CASCADE* Bob McKinney *KOMO KULSHAN* Dalen Bayes *PILCHUCK CHAPTER* Amby Schultz *SEATTLE CHAPTER* Lynden Watts *WHIDBEY ISLAND* Bill Lewis	Lori E. Gangsei, District Director Douglas Denkers, Alternate *GRAYS HARBOR* Audrey Holmeide *JUAN DE FUCA* Dorothy Skerbeck *LEWIS COUNTY* Ann Hoffman *NORTH KITSAP* William O'Neill *OLYMPIA* Don Clark *OLYMPIC PENINSULA* James Middleton *SHELTON* Barbara Nimrick *TACOMA* E. White Smith
DISTRICT 4	DISTRICT 5	DISTRICT 6
Richard Cavender, District Director Thompson E. Drake, Alternate *CORVALLIS* Anita Hutchins *EUGENE* Mike Hopewell *PORTLAND* Ray Clack *SIUSLAW* Mike Bones *SOUTHWESTERN OREGON* Jay O'Leary *TUALATIN VALLEY* MaBelle McCornack *WILLAMETTE* Jason Ashford *YAMHILL COUNTY* Gary L. Schultz	Barbara J. Campbell, District Director Jerry L. Fickes, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* Paul Anderson *DE ANZA* Bee Brown *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* Phyllis Laking Hunt *CONNECTICUT* William Jordan *MAINE* William Kautzmann *MASSACHUSETTS* Joe Parks
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
Richard H. Gustafson, Ph.D., District Director Dr. Alexander R. Fitzburgh, Alternate *NEW YORK* Albert J. Muller *PRINCETON* Wing Fong *TAPPAN ZEE* Allan Anderson	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* J. Russell Parsons *MIDDLE ATLANTIC* C. Ray Doggett *POTOMAC VALLEY* Donald W. Hyatt
DISTRICT 10	DISTRICT 11	DISTRICT 12
Edward D. Collins, District Director Richard F. Clapp, Alternate *AZALEA* Ralph Bullard *BIRMINGHAM* Jack Andrews *CHATTAHOOCHEE* Caroline R. Dean *PIEDMONT* Dr. Robert Means *SOUTHEASTERN* Edward D. Collins *TENNESSEE VALLEY* Silas Williams Jr. *WILLIAM BARTRAM* Dr. R.H. Bowick	Lloyd C. Hahn, District Director Susan Boatman, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Robert A. Day *BLUEGRASS* Homer Salley *GREAT LAKES* Harry Johnson *GREAT RIVERS* Jerry Fuelling *MIDWEST* Roger Dunlap *OZARK* Leonard Miller, D.D.S.	The Rhododendron Society Of Canada Joan Schiff, District Director Jack Looye, Alternate *RSC ATLANTIC* Owen Holland *RSC NIAGARA* Jackie Looye *RSC TORONTO* Joan Schiff
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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