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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Summer 2008
Vol. 62 No. 3

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE
AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY

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
Northwest Yunnan: Dream to Reality by Jennifer Velinty		Saving Georgia's Native Azaleas by Ken Gohring
The Glenn Dale Azaleas: A History as Told by The Azalean introduction by William C. Miller III		Fifty Years Growing Rhododendrons in Ohio by Gordon G. Emerson
A Novel Method for Inducing Poyploidy in Rhododendron Seedlings by Jeff R. Jones, Thomas G. Ranney, Thomas A.Eaker		Raising Planting Materials of Sikkim Himalayan Rhododendron through Vegetative Propagation by K.K. Singh, S. Kumar, Shanti Rai
Cowichan Valley Chapter Helps Develop Public Garden by Ingeborg Woodsworth		Tips for Beginners: Getting Started; Basic Information 101 by Bill Stipe and Ted Stecki
Physiology of Cold-hardening in Rhododendron: Role of a Dehydrin Protein from R. catawbiense in Cryoprotection and Improving Freezing Tolerance by Rajeev Arora, Yanhui Peng, Dale Karlson, Jose L. Reyes, Alejandra A. Covarrubias		28th ARS Western Regional Conference and 4th International Vireya Seminar
		The Word: Lepidote by Bruce Palmer
		We Learn Something New Every Day by E. White Smith
Garden Fitness by Dr. Fred Winter		Photo Gallery by John Koelsch
From The President by Fred Whitney		From the Executive Director by Laura Grant
Gold Medal: "Bud" Gehnrich		Silver Medal: Dr. John Thornton
Gold Medal: Robert Weissman		Silver Medal: Tim and June Walsh
Bronze Medal Awards		Silver Medal: Marc Colombel
Summer Season Care for Rhododendrons		A.R.S. Plant Registry
ARS Board Awards Endowment Fund Grants		ARS Research Foundation Awards Three Grants
In Memoriam: H. Edward Reiley by Mason-Dixon Chapter, ARS		In Memoriam: Harold Robertson by Tadeusz Dauksza
In Memoriam: Gordon Heyduck by Don Smart		In Memoriam: Jean Furman by Peg Van Patton


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

2009

ANNE GROSS - PAUL ANDERSON - KARL BERNADY - KENNETH MCDONALD, JR.

2010

RON KNIGHT - W.A. STIPE - BRUCE FELLER - DAVID ROYSTER

2011

DON POWELL - SALLY PERKINS - DIST. 11 & 12 VACANT

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* Diana Scott *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* Helen Baxter *PORTLAND* Kath Collier *SIUSLAW* Mike Bones *SOUTHWESTERN OREGON* Bob MacIntyre *TUALATIN VALLEY* Bronson Adams *WILLAMETTE* Wallace Reed	Dr. Paul Anderson, District Director Tim Walsh, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* vacant *DE ANZA* Michael Ekberg *EUREKA* Tim Walsh *HAWAII* Ray Schimpf *MONTEREY BAY* Tom Kelly *NOYO* Rosalie Stanley *SO. CALIFORNIA* John Morris	Sally Perkins, District Director Barbara Gingras, 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	vacant, 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 vacant, 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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