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Photo by Walter Schmalscheidt

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Spring 2008
Vol. 62 No. 2

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 2008 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
More Variegated Rhododendrons by Walter Schmalscheidt		Why Is it Pink, Daddy? by Paul Rogers
Spruce Reach Island: The Oregon Coast's Secret Rhododendron Garden, Part III by John Hammond & Gordon Wylie		The Wild Rhododendrons of Mount Elphinstone by Ron Knight
Mealybugs: A Threat to Azaleas by Eleanor Gural		The Word: Truss by Bruce Palmer
Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens Turn Dreams into Reality by Kristi O'Donnell		Let's Talk Hybridizing: Four and A Half Seconds of Fame by Chris Trautmann
Rhododendron colemanii: A New Species of Deciduous Azalea from the Coastal Plain of Alabama and Georgia by Wenyu Zhou, Taylor Gibbons, Loretta Goetsch and Benjamin Hall		Rhododendron colemanii: A Detective Story by Ron Miller and Steve Yeatts
		Photo Gallery by John Doppel
Mapping Rhododendron Planting Zones Across North America - You Can Help by Willem Morsink & D. McKenney		Sudden Oak Death Website: A Resource for Updates on a Deadly Disease by Sonja Nelson
From The President by Fred Whitney		From the Executive Director by Laura Grant
ARS Gold and Silver Medal Awards: 1952 - 2007		Organic Rhododendrons Fertilizers by Terry Richmond
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: Britt Smith by Fred Whitney, etal		In Memoriam: Howard H. Roberts by Karel Bernady
In Memoriam: Roland B. Mayne		In Memoriam: Robert J. Riddell, Jr.


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* Harold Fearing *FRASER VALLEY CHAPTER* Jill Futros *MT. ARROWSMITH CHAPTER* John England *NANAIMO CHAPTER* Paul Lawry *NORTH ISLAND CHAPTER* Harry Wright *PEACE ARCH CHAPTER* Ken Parker *VANCOUVER* Joanne Ronsley *VICTORIA* Margaret deWeese	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* Kathleen Bradford *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* Bronson Adams *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* Frans Krot *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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