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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

April 15, 1963
Vol. 17 No. 2

Published Quarterly by THE AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, 3514 N. Russet St., Portland, Oregon. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $5.00 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1963 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
J. F. Rock, 1884-1962, Part I by Alvin K. Chock		Those Lime-House Blues by David G. Leach
Yellow Rhododendrons for the Northeast by G. G. Nearing		The Initial Plans for the Society Seed Exchange by Ester Berry
Towards an Understanding of Taxonomy and Nomenclature by Peter S. Green		Some Pointers on the Production and Care of Rhododendron Seed by J. A. Witt
A Program of Rhododendron Hybridizing by Joseph Casadeval		About the Proposed Society Seed Exchange by Gordon G. Emerson
Cover by Rudolph Henny		More About Lime by Carl Phetteplace, M.D.
Further Thoughts on a Rating System for Rhododendrons by Edward H. Long		The Richard Blake Palmer Horticultural Trust by R. R. Forster
19th Annual Meeting of the American Rhododendron Society		American Rhododendron Society Plant Registry
Plan of the Garden Tour by S. Bethelsdorf		Program, Middle Atlantic Chapter Meeting A.R.S., May 3, 4, 5, 1963
A.R.S. Species Project Progress Report by Milton V. Walker, M.D.		Nominations for Directors of the Society
A.R.S. Chapter Show Dates		Great Lakes Chapter A.R.S. Show and Meeting Notice by Mrs. S. J. Stone
Book Reviews
		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President		Secretary-Treasurer
DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE		RUTH M. HANSEN
Vice President	Editor A. R. S. Bulletin	Editor Year Book
E. B. DUNN	RUDOLPH HENNY	Dr. J. HAROLD CLARKE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DR. BEN BRIGGS, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

SIDNEY V. BURNS, Syosset, L. I., N.Y., President New York Chapter

ROY W. CLARK, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

M. C. COLLARINO, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1963

RUSSELL COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1963

ART DOME, Medina, Wash., President Seattle Chapter

E. F. DRAKE, Port Townsend, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

JOHN EICHELSER, Olympia, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

CARL FAWCETT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1964

HENRY FLEMING, Upper Nyack, N.Y., President Tappan Zee Chapter

D. A. FREEMAN, Vancouver, B.C., President Vancouver, B.C. Chapter

PETER E. GIRARD, SR., Geneva, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter

GEORGE GRACE, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1964

C. T. HANSEN, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1964

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1964; President Portland Chapter

DR. LEON J. HEUSER, Princeton, N.J., President Princeton Chapter

MARK HOLEMAN, Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter

HOWARD HUGHES, Montesano, Wash., President Grays Harbor Chapter

ALFRED F. KELLY, Middletown, N.J., President Mid-Jersey Chapter

L. L. KLOSTERMYER, M.D., Asheville, N. Car., President Southeastern Chapter

EDWARD H. LONG, Oakland, Calif., President California Chapter

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash. Term expires 1964

DALE MCCURDY, Aurora, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

CARL H. PHETTEPLACE, M.D., Eugene, Ore., Term expires 1963

FRED REED, Wyckoff, N.J., President New Jersey Chapter

JOHN SCHAMENEK, Willow Grove, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter

HOWARD SLONECKER, Oak Grove, Ore., Term expires 1963

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1964

MILTON V. WALKER, M.D., Creswell, Ore., Term expires 1963

THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter

WALES WOOD, St. Helens, Ore., Term expires 1963

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