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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Summer 2009
Vol. 63 No. 3


PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE
AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY </br>

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

The Trott Garden on Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
by Frances Burns


The Glenn Dale Azaleas: A History as Told by The Azalean, Part IV
by William C. Miller III

Wallace and the Origin of Species
by M.J. Harvey


Per Wendelbo: a Norwegian Plant Hunter
by Ole Jonny Larsen

Tips for Beginners: Azalea Stem Borers
by Cynthia Dickinson


The Word: Transpiration
by Bruce Palmer

Fertility of Neopolyploid Rhododendron and Occurrence of Unreduced Gametes in Triploid Cultivars
by Jeff R. Jones and Thomas G.
Ranney


A Reassessment of the Rhododendron verticillatum Complex with a New Species, R. atrichum and Two Subspecies, subsp. atrichum and subsp. dendrolepis
by George Argent

Rhododendrons in Penn's Woods, ARS Eastern Regional Conference
by Joan & Reid Warren


Rhododendrons Recognized on Canadian Stamps
by Dave Godfrey & Gus Cerini

From The President
by Ted Stecki



From the Executive Director
by Laura Grant

Glyphosate with Surfactants and Bark Splitting
by Marty Finkel


Robbie Robinson: ARS Founding Member
by Glen Jamieson

Gold Medal: Jens Christian Birck


Silver Medal: Harry R. Wright

Gold Medal: Mike Stewart


Silver Medal: Jean & Norman Beaudry

A.R.S. Plant Registry


Bronze Medal Awards

Regional Musings: E-I-E-I-O!
by Dave Eckerdt


Research Foundation Update
by Karel F. Bernady

In Memoriam: B. Frank Heuston
by Joanne Campbell


In Memoriam: Freda Olivia Johnson
by Joanne Campbell

In Memoriam: Roy Donald Hurlbert
by Joanne Campbell


In Memoriam: Ruth Kees
by Cascade Chapter

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OFFICERS

President

Eastern Vice President

Western Vice President

TED STECKI

BRUCE FELLER

DON SMART

Past President

Treasurer

Executive Director

FRED WHITNEY

BILL MANGELS

LAURA GRANT

Secretary

Webmaster

Editor

KATH COLLIER

BOB WEISSMAN

GLEN JAMIESON, Ph.D.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2010

RON KNIGHT - W.A. STIPE - BRUCE FELLER - KEN GOHRING

2011

DON POWELL - SALLY PERKINS - LARRY COLEMAN - ANITRA LAYCOCK

2012

BOB MACINTYRE - TIM WALSH - KAREL BERNADY - ANN MANGELS


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
David Annis
FRASER SOUTH
Harold Fearing
FRASER VALLEY
Jill Futros
MT. ARROWSMITH
John England
NANAIMO
Paul Lawry
NORTH ISLAND
Diana Scott
PEACE ARCH
Ken Parker
VANCOUVER
Joanne Ronsley
VICTORIA
Jacqueline Bradbury


Bill Stipe, District Director
Warren Timmons III, Alternate

CASCADE
Don Smart
KOMO KULSHAN
Carol Torset
PILCHUCK
Barbara Blankenship
SEATTLE
Jeanine Smith
WHIDBEY ISLAND
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

Bob MacIntyre, District Director
Dave Collier, Alternate

EUGENE
Helen Baxter
PORTLAND
Kath Collier
SIUSLAW
Mike Bones
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Liz Hultin
TUALATIN VALLEY
Erlee Pennington
WILLAMETTE
Wallace Reed


Tim Walsh, District Director
Richard Jones, 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
Frans Krot
MAINE
Gerald Tipton
MASSACHUSETTS
Susan & Douglas Harding


DISTRICT 7

DISTRICT 8

DISTRICT 9

Marvin Fisher, 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


Ann Mangels, District Director
Don Hyatt, Alternate

MASON DIXON
Ray Smith
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Jim Brant
POTOMAC VALLEY
Bob McWhorter


DISTRICT 10

DISTRICT 11

DISTRICT 12

Ken Gohring, District Director
vacant, 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
Leonard Miller


THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY OF CANADA
Anitra Laycock, District Director
Christopher Hopgood & Jennifer Sandison, Alternate

RSC ATLANTIC REGION
Ruth Jackson
RSC NIAGARA REGION
Sondra Meis
RSC TORONTO REGION
Richard Birkett


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