JARS v59n4 - Table of Contents


R. celebicum
R. celebicum at Lore Lindu National Park
Photo by Gillian Brown


Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 2005
Vol. 59 No. 4

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 525, Niagara Falls, NY 14304-0525. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $35 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 2005 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.


Issue Contents

A Chapter Field Trip to Roan Mountain and Gregory Bald
by Donald W. Hyatt


A Vireya Display Garden, Lakeside Park, Oakland, California
by William Moyles

Long Island Hybridizers' Garden
by Bruce Feller


A Trip to Mount Fan Si Pan, Vietnam
by Garratt Richardson

What's the Difference Between F1 and F2?
by Donald W. Hyatt



Let's Talk Hybridizing: Will It Grow in a Pot?
by George Woodard

Companion Plants: Vaccinium - Family: Ericaceae
by Colleen Forster


An Error in the Glossary of the New Rhododendron Register
by Donald H. Voss

From The President
by Len Miller


From the Executive Director
by Laura Grant

Collection of Rhododendron Section Vireya in Sulawesi, Indonesia for Studies into their Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography
by Lyn A. Craven


A New Way to Root Blueberries - And Applies to Rhododendrons Too
by Dr. Mark G. Konrad

What Is Going On Out There?
by Britt Smith

Hawaii Chapter to Host Vireya
Seminar

by Sherla D. Bertelmann


A Color Glossary: Funnel-campanulate Flower Shape
by Eleanor Philp

Bronze Medal Awards


A.R.S. Plant Registry

ARS Speakers Bureau
by Bill Stipe


In Memoriam: Lawrence J. Pierce
by Gwen Bell

In Memoriam: Margaret Fawcett
by Reid Warren


In Memoriam: Alec McCarter
by James Fuller

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OFFICERS

President

Eastern Vice President

Western Vice President

LEONARD O. MILLER, D.D.S.

TED STECKI

FRED WHITNEY

Past President

Treasurer

Executive Director

MIKE STEWART

BILL MANGELS

LAURA GRANT

Secretary

Webmaster

Editor

JUNE WALSH

BOB WEISSMAN

SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2006

FRANK FUJIOKA - MIKE BONES - PAUL ANDERSON - THOMAS SCHUETZ
DONALD VOSS

2007

HARRY WRIGHT - BRUCE FELLER - DON SMART - HUBERT JONES

2008

JOANNE CAMPBELL - WILLIAM SWEENEY - JOHN HEINZE - PETER NEUBAUER


Technical Reviewers

KENNETH N.E. COX, HAROLD E. GREER, STEVE HOOTMAN,
G. DAVID LEWIS, Ph.D., ERIK T. NILSEN, Ph.D., REGISTRAR JAY MURRAY,
HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D., ROBERT TICKNOR, Ph.D., TED VAN VEEN,
DONALD H. VOSS, MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS
WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

DISTRICT 1

DISTRICT 2

DISTRICT 3

Harry Wright, District Director
Ron Knight, Alternate

COWICHAN VALLEY CHAPTER
Alan Campbell
FRASER SOUTH CHAPTER
Bobby Ogdon
FRASER VALLEY CHAPTER
Garth Wedemire
MT. ARROWSMITH CHAPTER
Ron McMaster
NANAIMO CHAPTER
Allen McRae
NORTH ISLAND CHAPTER
Paul Wurz
PEACE ARCH CHAPTER
Sandra Bryson
VANCOUVER
Louis Peterson
VICTORIA
Dean S. Goard


Don Smart, District Director
Bill Stipe, Alternate

CASCADE CHAPTER
Robert McKinney
KOMO KULSHAN CHAPTER
Dave Hammond
PILCHUCK CHAPTER
Greg Winters
SEATTLE CHAPTER
Chip Muller
WHIDBEY ISLAND CHAPTER
Bette Kohlenberger


Joanne Campbell, District Director
Don Powell, Alternate

JUAN DE FUCA
Sonia Zachman
KITSAP
John Bullivant
LEWIS COUNTY
Joanne Campbell
OLYMPIA
Jennifer Stevens
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Jean Eichman
PENINSULA
Mark Ritchey
SHELTON
Jeanne Kinney
TACOMA
Julie & Bill Miller


DISTRICT 4

DISTRICT 5

DISTRICT 6

Mike Bones, District Director
Steve Hopkins, Alternate

EUGENE
Jack Olson
PORTLAND
Kathy Van Veen
SIUSLAW
Everett Hall
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Bob MacIntyre
TUALATIN VALLEY
Ginny Mapes
WILLAMETTE
Wallace Reed


Dr. Paul Anderson, District Director
Eleanor Philp, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Barbara Campbell
DE ANZA
Erika Enos
EUREKA
Paula Trinoskey
HAWAII
Sherla Bertelmann
MONTEREY BAY
Tom Kelly
NOYO
Philip & Lucy Johnson
SO. CALIFORNIA
George Klump


vacant, District Director
Barbara Gingras, Alternate

CAPE COD
Connie LeClair
CONNECTICUT
Elliot Jessen
MAINE
Jerry Goodall
MASSACHUSETTS
George Silverman


DISTRICT 7

DISTRICT 8

DISTRICT 9

Bruce Feller, District Director
Hank Schannen, Alternate

NEW YORK
Bruce Feller
PRINCETON
Jerry Sowa
TAPPAN ZEE
Gus Cerini


Thomas Schuetz, District Director
Winfield Howe, Alternate

GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Karel Bernady
LEHIGH VALLEY
Dale Howe
PINE BARRENS
Ted Stecki
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Bill Hersh
VALLEY FORGE
Robert Smetana


Donald Voss, District Director
Kenneth McDonald, Jr., Alternate

MASON DIXON
Bill Meyers
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Sybil Przupek
POTOMAC VALLEY
Jon Wallenmeyer


DISTRICT 10

DISTRICT 11

DISTRICT 12

Hubert Jones, District Director
Bob Stelloh, Alternate

AZALEA
Matt Kinzer
BIRMINGHAM
George Book
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Betsy Jordan
PIEDMONT
Mike Stilwell
SOUTHEASTERN
William Klippel
TENNESSEE VALLEY
Hale Booth
WILLIAM BARTRAM
Glenn O'Sheal


John Heinze, District Director
Marty Anderson, Alternate

ANN ARBOR
Sandy Hansen
GREAT LAKES
Dr. Mark Konrad
MIDWEST
John Migas
OZARK CHAPTER
Keith G. Johansson


THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY OF CANADA
Peter Neubauer, District Director
Peter Phelps, Alternate

RSC ATLANTIC REGION
Penny Gael
RSC NIAGARA REGION
Sondra Meis
RSC TORONTO REGION
Lynne Melnyk


CHAPTERS AT LARGE


Frank Fujioka, Director
John M. Hammond, Alternate

DANISH
Jesper Grube
DUTCH
Dr. L. Traas
J. D. HOOKER
Sri Keshab C. Pradham
SCOTTISH
David Stark
SWEDISH
Inger Borg
NON CHAPTER