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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 2009
Vol. 63 No. 4

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
Designing with Low Growing Azaleas by Connie Leclair		Lichens or Not - A Perspective by Frances Burns
Rhododendron Hybrids of the Waterer Family Dynasty by Clive Justice		Regional Musings: Some Early Rhodo Species in a BC Garden by Harold Fearing
East x West - Intermediary Hybrids by Jim Barlup		The Word: Xylem by Bruce Palmer
Mycorrhiza, and the Gardening Benefits of Charcoal by Glen Jamieson		Nepal: Our Ultimate Rhodo Flowering Experience! by Ian Chalk
Soil Carbonization and Its Implications by Scott Bidstrup		I Love Greenhouses! by E. White Smith
Tips for Beginners: The Cornell Powdery Mildew Cure by Frances Burns		Tips for Beginners: Homemade Deer Repellents by Don Hyatt
Poet's Laurel (Danae racemosa) A Shade-loving Companion Plant for Rhododendrons by Matt Warlick		Come! See! Hear! The Eastern Challenge, ARS Annual Convention on Long Island, New York, May 14-17 by Wing Fong
From The President by Ted Stecki		From the Editor by Glen Jamieson
Regional Musings: Rhododendrons in Florida by Jim Norquest		ARS and Middle Atlantic Chapter Receive Recognition and Awards by Sandra McDonald
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: Fran Rutherford by E. White Smith		In Memoriam: W. H. (Bill) Brackman by Fred Whitney
Tips for Beginners: Coir - A Wise Choice


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 - MARVIN FISHER - 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 vacant, 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* Margaret deWeese	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* Bronson Adams *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* Wynn Palmisano *CONNECTICUT* Frans Krot *MAINE* Gerald Tipton *MASSACHUSETTS* Susan & Douglas Harding
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
Marvin Fisher, District Director vacant, 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* Celia Porter Dollarhide *POTOMAC VALLEY* Bob McWhorter
DISTRICT 10	DISTRICT 11	DISTRICT 12
Ken Gohring, District Director vacant, Alternate *AZALEA* Hugh Denny *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* Jim Browning *MIDWEST* Fred Stanton *OZARK CHAPTER* Leonard Miller	THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY OF CANADA Anitra Laycock, District Director Christopher Hopgood, 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*

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