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R. 'Lady Chamberlain'
Photo by Bruce Duffy

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 2007
Vol. 61 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 2007 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Spruce Reach Island: The Oregon Coast's Secret Rhododendron Garden, Part I by John Hammond & Gordon Wylie		Growing Rhododendrons In Oklahoma and Texas by Keith Johansson
Evergreen Eden In the Northwoods by Michael Heim		The Word: Macrophyllum by Bruce Palmer
The Vancouver Rhododendron Society, The First 50 Years, Part II by Clive Justice		Chromolithograph Plate, 1879, Found in The Netherlands by Theo Damen
Siuslaw Chapter Celebrates the Rhododendron by Jeannie Shields		George Fraser Hybrid Blooms in Scotland by William Dale
From The President by Fred Whitney		From the Executive Director by Laura Grant
Ploidy Levels and Relative Genome Sizes of Diverse Species, Hybrids, and Cultivars of Rhododendron by Jeff R. Jones, Thomas G. Ranney, Nathan P. Lynch, and Stephen L. Krebs		Rhododendron 2008: 50 Years of Modern Day Exploration, Hybridizing & Conservation Celebrating the Silver Jubilee of the Scottish Rhododendron Society by John M. Hammond
VRS-ARS Members Remember by Clive Justice		Photo Gallery by Bruce Duffy and Ron Knight
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: Robert M. Reuter by Connie Klein		In Memoriam: Paul Frank Fabio


OFFICERS
*President*	*Eastern Vice President*	*Western Vice President*
FRED WHITNEY	TED STECKI	DON SMART
*Past President*	*Treasurer*	Executive Director
LEONARD O. MILLER, D.D.S.	BILL MANGELS	LAURA GRANT
*Secretary*	Webmaster	Editor
JUNE WALSH	BOB WEISSMAN	SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2008
DON POWELL, - BARBARA GINGRAS - JOHN HEINZE - PETER NEUBAUER
2009
ANNE GROSS - PAUL ANDERSON - KARL BERNADY - KENNETH MCDONALD, JR.
2010
RON KNIGHT - W.A. STIPE - BRUCE FELLER - DAVID ROYSTER

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., DONALD H. VOSS, MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
DISTRICT 1	DISTRICT 2	DISTRICT 3
Ron Knight, District Director Ron McMaster, Alternate *COWICHAN VALLEY CHAPTER* Ingeborg Woodsworth *FRASER SOUTH CHAPTER* Dalen Bayes *FRASER VALLEY CHAPTER* John Gardner *MT. ARROWSMITH CHAPTER* John England *NANAIMO CHAPTER* Paul Lawry *NORTH ISLAND CHAPTER* Harry Wright *PEACE ARCH CHAPTER* Ken Parker *VANCOUVER* Joanne Ronsley *VICTORIA* Bill McMillan	Bill Stipe, District Director Warren Timmons III, Alternate *CASCADE CHAPTER* Warren Timmons III *KOMO KULSHAN CHAPTER* Carol Torset *PILCHUCK CHAPTER* Jerry Rock *SEATTLE CHAPTER* Jeanine Smith *WHIDBEY ISLAND CHAPTER* Bill Stipe	Don Powell, District Director Dan Meier, Alternate *JUAN DE FUCA* Sonja Rotter *KITSAP* John Bullivant *LEWIS COUNTY* Joanne Campbell *OLYMPIA* Roy Praeger *OLYMPIC PENINSULA* Paul C. Anderson *PENINSULA* Steve Johnson *SHELTON* Joanne Campbell *TACOMA* Julie & Bill Miller
DISTRICT 4	DISTRICT 5	DISTRICT 6
Anne Gross, District Director Rich Aaring, Alternate *EUGENE* Jack Olson *PORTLAND* Irv Snyder *SIUSLAW* Mike Bones *SOUTHWESTERN OREGON* Bob MacIntyre *TUALATIN VALLEY* Larry Landauer *WILLAMETTE* Wallace Reed	Dr. Paul Anderson, District Director Tim Walsh, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* Marilynne Mellander *DE ANZA* Michael Ekberg *EUREKA* Tim Walsh *HAWAII* John Barbour *MONTEREY BAY* Tom Kelly *NOYO* Terry Giomi *SO. CALIFORNIA* John Morris	Barbara Gingras, District Director Sally Perkins, Alternate *CAPE COD* Douglas Cassell *CONNECTICUT* John Krot *MAINE* Jerry Tipton *MASSACHUSETTS* Susan & Douglas Harding
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
Bruce Feller, District Director Hank Schannen, Alternate *NEW YORK* Bruce Feller *PRINCETON* Peg Van Patton *TAPPAN ZEE* Gus Cerini	Karel Bernady, District Director Harold Sweetman, Alternate *GREATER PHILADELPHIA* Michael Mills *LEHIGH VALLEY* Mike Zaia *PINE BARRENS* Ted Stecki *SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY* Linda Brown *VALLEY FORGE* Robert Smetana	Kenneth McDonald, Jr., District Director Ann Mangels, Alternate *MASON DIXON* Helen Meyers *MIDDLE ATLANTIC* Jim Brant *POTOMAC VALLEY* Jon Wallenmeyer
DISTRICT 10	DISTRICT 11	DISTRICT 12
David Royster, District Director Ken Gohring, Alternate *AZALEA* Ken Gohring *BIRMINGHAM* George Book *CHATTAHOOCHEE* Robert Greenleaf *PIEDMONT* Don Blankenship *SOUTHEASTERN* Donald Johnson *TENNESSEE VALLEY* Hale Booth *WILLIAM BARTRAM* Glenn O'Sheal	John Heinze, District Director Marty Anderson, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Bonnie Ion *GREAT LAKES* Fred Palmer *MIDWEST* John Migas *OZARK CHAPTER* Keith G. Johansson	THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY OF CANADA Peter Neubauer, District Director Rich Birkett, Alternate *RSC ATLANTIC REGION* Sheila Stevenson *RSC NIAGARA REGION* Sondra Meis *RSC TORONTO REGION* Lynne Melnyk
CHAPTERS AT LARGE
Garth Wedemire, Director Carl Adam Lehmann, Alternate *DANISH* Gert Mossin *DUTCH* A.A.T. de Schepper *J. D. HOOKER* Sri Keshab C. Pradham *SCOTTISH* David Stark *SWEDISH* Anders Falkstig *NON CHAPTER*

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