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Pink flowered azalea in hybrid swarm on Gregory Bald
Photo by Kenneth McDonald, Jr.

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Spring 1996
Vol. 50 No. 2

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
Rooting Stem Cuttings of Some Eastern Native Rhododendrons by Richard E. Bir		Pacific Northwest Rhododendron 'Improvers': Their Heritage and Progeny by Clive L. Justice
The RSF and Botanical Garden by Bill O'Neill		The Gardens of Exbury by Paul Martin
Magic on the Mountain: An Azalea Heaven on Gregory Bald by George K. McLellan, Sandra McDonald		DNA Fingerprinting of Rhododendrons: Phase II by Donald W. Paden, M. Javed Iqbal, A. Lane Rayburn
Cold Hardiness Ranking of Rhododendrons By Means of Flower Bud Damage by Russell Gilkey		An ARS Retrospective: Our Fifth Decade, Part VIII 1991-1993 by Franklin H. West
District 3 to Host Western Regional at Ocean Shores, Wash. by Robert M. Reuter		Destruction at Cecil & Molly Smith Garden, St. Paul, Oregon by Herbert A. Spady
Building a Custom Greenhouse in Oklahoma by Leonard O. Miller, D.D.S.		Tips for Beginners: Hybridizing Notes, Part I by Jim Barlup
Hand Pollinated Seeds Only? by George Ring		'Scintillation' Alert by Jay W. Murray
Commentary by Austin C. Kennell		From the President by Herbert A. Spady, M.D.
ARS Plant Registry		Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: Alice Smith		In Memoriam: Palmer F. Saunders
In Memoriam: Fred R. Hamilton, Sr.		In Memoriam: Jesse Sims, Sr.


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* Yolanta Siwinski *MT. ARROWSMITH* Mary Parker *NANAIMO* Gord Galloway *NORTH ISLAND* Harry Wright *PEACE ARCH* Peter Knoepfel *VANCOUVER* Carolyn Finlay *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* Don Lee	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* Robert B. Greenleaf *PIEDMONT* Dr. Robert Means *SOUTHEASTERN* Edward D. Collins *TENNESSEE VALLEY* Rudolph A. Hoppe, M.D. *WILLIAM BARTRAM* Dr. R.H. Bowick	Lloyd C. Hahn, District Director Susan Boatman, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Robert A. Day *BLUEGRASS* Maynard Van Horn *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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