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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Winter 2009
Vol. 63 No. 1

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 2009 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Plant Hunting on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, May 2008 by Glen Jamieson		The Glenn Dale Azaleas: A History as Told by The Azalean, Part III by William C. Miller III
How Plants Get Too Many Names by Donald H. Voss		I Dare You...I Double Dare You! by Sherla Bertelmann
Tips for Beginners: Allan Murray's Notes on Fertilizer by Siegfried O. Kemmler		ARS Western Regional Conference, Hilo Hawaii by Sherla Bertelmann
Rhododendron of the Year Awards, 2009 by Ray Smith		Revisiting Polyploids by Dr. Mark Konrad
The Word: Metabolism by Bruce Palmer		One Man's Dream by Sherla Bertelmann
From The President by Fred Whitney		From the Editor by Sonja Nelson
Digital Photography of Upper Leaf Surface Hairs on Unfolding Leaves of Hymenanthes Rhododendrons by Willem Morsink		The Peaceful Spot by Bill Miller
		Photo Gallery by Bill Spohn
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Winter Season Care for Rhododendrons
Bronze Medal Awards		Announcement of ARS Research Grants
In Memoriam: William Mark Zurich, Jr. by Karel Bernady		In Memoriam: Folmer Sogaard by Joanne Campbell
In Memoriam: Dora Kreiss by Norm Todd, Kay & Robert Kreiss		In Memoriam: Francis Raughley, Jr. by Valley Forge Chapter
In Memoriam: Dr. Lawton C. Thomas		In Memoriam: William Griswold


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 - LARRY COLEMAN - ANITRA LAYCOCK

Technical Reviewers

KENNETH N.E. COX, HAROLD E. GREER, STEVE HOOTMAN, STEVE KREBS, Ph.D.
G. DAVID LEWIS, Ph.D., ERIK T. NILSEN, Ph.D., REGISTRAR JAY MURRAY,
HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D., ROBERT TICKNOR, Ph.D., KATHY VAN VEEN
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* David Annis *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* Don Smart *KOMO KULSHAN CHAPTER* Carol Torset *PILCHUCK CHAPTER* Barbara Blankenship *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* Jeff Dickinson *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* Liz Hultin *TUALATIN VALLEY* Bronson Adams *WILLAMETTE* Wallace Reed	Tim Walsh, District Director Vacant, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* Elaine Sedlack *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* Gerald Tipton *MAINE* Frans Krot *MASSACHUSETTS* Susan & Douglas Harding
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
Bruce Feller, District Director Hank Schannen, Alternate *NEW YORK* Jim Fry *PRINCETON* Peg Van Patton *TAPPAN ZEE* Gus Cerini	Karel Bernady, District Director Harold Sweetman, Alternate *GREATER PHILADELPHIA* Linda Hartnett *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* Bob McWhorter
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	Larry Coleman, District Director Marty Anderson, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Bonnie Ion *GREAT LAKES* Fred Palmer *MIDWEST* Fred Stanton *OZARK CHAPTER* Keith G. Johansson	THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY OF CANADA Anitra Laycock, District Director Christopher Hopgood & Jennifer Sandison, 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* Stefan Salomonson *NON CHAPTER*

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