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R. 'Wakakaede'
R. 'Wakakaede'
Photo by Akihide Okamoto

Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Fall 2010
Vol. 64 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 $40 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 2010 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.


Issue Contents
Kurume Azaleas
by Akihide Okamoto 		Sugar-coated Seeds
by M. J. Harvey
True-color Images: An Elusive Goal
by Donald H. Voss 		Northwest America Vaccinium
by Dalen Bayes
Rhododendron occidentale - Western Azalea
by Don S. Wallace 		An Online Rhododendron Database: The Hirsutum Project
by Herman Van Ree
Rhododendron section Schistanthe, the Scientific Name for Vireya Rhododendrons (Ericaceae)
by Lyn A. Craven 		Report of the Symposium in Bremen to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the German Rhododendron Society
by David Millais
The World in Your Garden, Rhododendrons 2011
by Peter Kendall 		Try a Local Rhododendron Conference in Your District
by Ron Knight & Douglas Justice
An ARS Endowment in Action
by Jim Brant & George Mclellan 		The Ultimate Rhododendron Conference
by Ted Hewitt
From The President
by Ted Stecki 		From the Editor
by Glen Jamieson
Diversity and Distribution of Rhododendrons in Arunachal Himalaya, India
by A. Paul, M. L. Khan, A. K. Das, P. K. Dutta 		Freeze-proof Pots...A Good Thing
by Merilee Mulvey
Why A Program Library?
by Wing Fong
A.R.S. Plant Registry Bronze Medal Awards
In Memoriam: James O. Harris
by Ken Gohring 		In Memoriam: Elizabeth (Betty) Sheedy
by Peter Kendall
In Memoriam: Esther May Strickland
by Fred Whitney 		In Memoriam: Avril Wedemire
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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
2011
DON POWELL - SALLY PERKINS - LARRY COLEMAN - ANITRA LAYCOCK
2012
BOB MACINTYRE - TIM WALSH - KAREL BERNADY - ANN MANGELS
2013
MARY PARKER - SHIRLEY ROCK, MARVIN FISHER, KEN GOHRING
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,
KATHY VAN VEEN, DONALD H. VOSS, MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.
DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS
WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3

Mary Parker, District Director
Vacant, Alternate

COWICHAN VALLEY
David Annis
FRASER SOUTH
Bill Bischoff
FRASER VALLEY
Rose Prufer
MT. ARROWSMITH
Tony Ansdell
NANAIMO
Paul Lawry
NORTH ISLAND
Diana Scott
PEACE ARCH
Chuck Floyd
VANCOUVER
Donald Haslam
VICTORIA
Jacqueline Bradbury

Shirley Rock, District Director
Carol Torset, Alternate

CASCADE
Randy Jones
KOMO KULSHAN
Lynn Torset
PILCHUCK
Barbara Blankenship
SEATTLE
Jeff Bell
WHIDBEY ISLAND
Pat Sasson

Don Powell, District Director
Dan Meier, Alternate

JUAN DE FUCA
Sonja Rotter
KITSAP
John Bullivant
LEWIS COUNTY
Joanne Campbell
OLYMPIA
Jeff Dickinson
OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Paul C. Anderson
PENINSULA
Steve Johnson
SHELTON
Tom Noreen
TACOMA
Bill Hicks

DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6

Bob MacIntyre, District Director
Dave Collier, Alternate

EUGENE
Ted Hewitt
PORTLAND
Mik Demaschofsky
SIUSLAW
Bill Nennig
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
Ray Lee
TUALATIN VALLEY
Bronson Adams
WILLAMETTE
Wallace Reed

Tim Walsh, District Director
Richard Jones, Alternate

CALIFORNIA
Elaine Sedlack
DE ANZA
Tom Wynn
EUREKA
Tim Walsh
HAWAII
Betty Bottemiller
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
Marilyn Brinnick
MASSACHUSETTS
Susan & Douglas Harding

DISTRICT 7 DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 9

Marvin Fisher, District Director
Jim Fry, 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
Linda Young-Bandala
PINE BARRENS
Ted Stecki
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Tom Schuetz
VALLEY FORGE
Steve Henning

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
Jim Brown, Alternate

AZALEA
Hugh Denny
PIEDMONT
Rick Ellis
SOUTHEASTERN
Doley Bell
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
Fred Nelson

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

Paul Anderson, Director
Carl Adam Lehmann, Alternate

DANISH
Ole Flindt
DUTCH
A.A.T. de Schepper
J. D. HOOKER
Sri Keshab C. Pradham
SCOTTISH
John Hammond
SWEDISH
Stefan Salomonson
NON CHAPTER