JARS v51n4 - Table of Contents


Rock Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
R. fastigiatum and R. impeditum with oak in the Rock Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
Photo by Peter Kendall



Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 1997
Vol. 51 No. 4

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 11 Pinecrest Drive, Fortuna, CA 95540. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $28 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1997 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.
Issue Contents

Rhododendrons in the Superlative: Two Unique Collections
by Peter Kendall

The Rhododendron Gardens at Olinda, Australia
by Christopher Fairweather

The Gable Letters
by Richard H. Gustafson

Plant Markers With Memories
by Laura Kentala

Mapping By Computer
by Dr. Herb Spady

Planting the Seed
by Donald W. Hyatt

Meerkerk Hybrid Test Garden Results, 1996
by Pat Halligan

Rhododendron bakeri vs. R. cumberlandense
by Donald H. Voss

Watts With the Species: Rhododendron calostrotum
by Lynn Watts

Idea for a Christmas Gift or Early
Spring Sale
by Dr. Mark Konrad

Tips for Beginners: Hybridizing Notes - Crossing East to West
by Jim Barlup

RSF Receives Challenge
Grant
by Honoré Hacanson

Azaleas and Rhododendrons at Guelph University, Ontario
by Robert A. Fleming, James
Lounsbery, Nicholas Yarmoshuk

Testing Rooting Hormones
by Marc Colombel

Beginners Glossary: Cold Hardiness

Rhododendron Cutting-Grafting
by Dr. Henri Galibert

Commentary
by John M. Hammond

From the President
by H.C. "Bud" Gehnrich

From the Executive Director
by Dee Daneri

Bronze Medal Awards

ARS Plant Registry

The Rhododendron Society of Canada Awards

In Memoriam: William Raymond Philipson

In Memoriam: Harold Epstein
by Dr. Philip Waldman

In Memoriam: Jack Andrews
by Karen Andrews



In Memoriam: Raymonde Nelson
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OFFICERS

President
Eastern Vice President
Western Vice President

H.C. "BUD" GEHNRICH
H. EDWARD REILEY
LYNN WATTS

Past President
Treasurer
Executive Director

HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.
GERALD E. NUTTER
DEANNA DANERI

Secretary

Editor

JEAN BEAUDRY

SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1998

LESLIE K.C. CLAY - LAURA KENTALA - RICHARD H. GUSTAFSON - EDWARD COLLINS

1999

FRED MINCH - BARBARA L GINGRAS - LEONARD O. MILLER, D.D.S. - JOAN SCHIFF

2000

CHARLES MILLER - SANDRA MCDONALD, Ph.D. - WILBURN SMITH, JR.
MIKE STEWART - NORMAN TODD


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
Margaret deWeese
FRASER SOUTH
Bobby Ogdon
FRASER VALLEY
Yolanta Siwinski
MT. ARROWSMITH
Mary Parker
NANAIMO
Craig Clarke
NORTH ISLAND
Robin Harrison
PEACE ARCH
Gifford Robb
VANCOUVER
Carolyn Finlay
VICTORIA
Betty Kennedy


Laura Kentala, District Director
Charles H. "Chip" Muller, Alternate

CASCADE
Doug Crane
KOMO KULSHAN
Chester Haynes
PILCHUCK CHAPTER
Wayne McPherson
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Stan Hungerford
WHIDBEY ISLAND
Bill Stipe


Fred Minch, District Director
Henry R. "Hank" Helm, Alternate

GRAYS HARBOR
Audrey Holmeide
JUAN DE FUCA
Elaine Sandison
KITSAP
William O'Neill
LEWIS COUNTY
Marie Betts
OLYMPIA
Dan Meier
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Dick Savold
PENINSULA
Marlene Buffington
SHELTON
Ross Tocher
TACOMA
Stan Pugh


DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 6

Mike Stewart, District Director
Michael Robert, Alternate

CORVALLIS
Ali Sarlak
EUGENE
Bob Kintigh
PORTLAND
Dave Collier
SIUSLAW
James Smith
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Lois Strong
TUALATIN VALLEY
Jeff Cheyne
WILLAMETTE
Jason Ashford


Charles D. Miller, District Director
Jerry L. Fickes, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Fred Cummings
DE ANZA
Bob & Diane Weissman
EUREKA
Frank Bickner
MONTEREY BAY
Tom Kelly
NOYO
Frank Collins
REDWOOD EMPIRE
Parker Smith
SO. CALIFORNIA
Fred Renick


Barbara L. Gingras, District Director
Margaret (Peggy) Taylor, Alternate

CAPE COD
Phyllis Laking Hunt
CONNECTICUT
R. Steven Fratoni
MAINE
William Kautzmann
MASSACHUSETTS
Charles Patterson
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
Leo Sandmann


DISTRICT 7
DISTRICT 8
DISTRICT 9

Richard H. Gustafson, Ph.D., District Director
Dr. Alexander R. Fitzburgh, Alternate

NEW YORK
Brendan Earls
PRINCETON
Robert Warren
TAPPAN ZEE
Jean Lange


Wilburn S. Smith, Jr., District Director
Robert M. Wilkinson, Jr., Alternate

GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Tom Conover
LEHIGH VALLEY
Bruce Keyser
PINE BARRENS
Marshall "Bud" Gressman
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Joe Minahan
VALLEY FORGE
Robert Stamper


Sandra McDonald, Ph.D., District Director
William A. Mangels, Alternate

MASON DIXON
Tom Conover
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Douglas Jolley
POTOMAC VALLEY
Donald W. Hyatt


DISTRICT 10
DISTRICT 11
DISTRICT 12

Edward D. Collins, District Director
Richard F. Clapp, Alternate

AZALEA
Avis Aronovitz
BIRMINGHAM
George Book
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Helen Robinson
PIEDMONT
T.L. Mellichamp
SOUTHEASTERN
Edward W. Collins
TENNESSEE VALLEY
Rudolph A. Hoppe, M.D.
WILLIAM BARTRAM
Dr. R.H. Bowick


Leonard O. Miller, District Director
Susan Boatman, Alternate

ANN ARBOR
Robert A. Day
BLUEGRASS
Maynard Van Horn
GREAT LAKES
Chris Trautmann
GREAT RIVERS
J. Patrick Tatum
MIDWEST
Roger Dunlap
OZARK
Keith G. Johansson


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

Norman Todd, Director
John M. Hammond, Alternate

DANISH
Torben Stein
DUTCH
T. Huisman
J. D. HOOKER
Sri Keshab C. Pradham
SCOTTISH
Mervyn Kessell
NON CHAPTER