Planting Fields Azalea Pathway
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

January 15, 1965
Vol. 19 No. 1

Published Quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 208, Portland, Ore. 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 1965 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Rhododendron tashiroi and Its Hybrids by K. Wada		Species Rhododendrons by Mrs. E. J. Greig
Some Notes On Rhododendron Breeding In The Eastern United States by Dr. John Wister		Amateur Rhododendron Propagation Techniques: Part 3 by John C. Lofthouse
Guidelines for Regulating Flowering of Rhododendrons - Light and Growth Retardants by Henry Cathey and R. L. Taylor		Some Notes on R. maximum As A Parent by R. L. Ticknor
		The Front Cover
American Rhododendron Society Annual Meeting		Assam Botanical Expedition 1965 by P. C. Hutchison
Planting Fields Arboretum by Gordon E. Jones		Cold Injury on Hardy Rhododendron by J. R. Havis
Garden Tours Planned For Annual Meeting by Dorothy Schlaikjer		Seed Exchange 1965 by Mrs. Robert Berry
		Nominating Committee
The Garden of William R. Coe, Jr.		The Preliminary Award
Current Bud Damage by Carl Phetteplace, M.D.		Undergraduate Scholarship Presented to Michigan State University
American Rhododendron Society Membership		Another Early Rhododendron Show by Ben Lancaster
Chapter Membership Contest		Williamsburg Program
The Rhododendron Species Foundation - Development Of The Idea		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President		Vice President
E.B. DUNN		CARL H. PHETTEPLACE, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer		Executive Secretary and Editor
DR. ROBERT L. TICKNOR		DR. J. HAROLD CLARKE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1965

MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1965

JAMES P. BERRY, Jr., Margate, N.J., President Philadelphia Chapter

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

MERLE E. CISNEY, Camas, Wash., Term expires 1965

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

R. E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1965

RUSSELL L. COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1965

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

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

DAVID FREEMAN, Vancouver, B.C., President Vancouver B.C. Chapter

WILLIAM R. GARREN, Traveler's Rest, S. C., President Southeastern Chapter

GEORGE GRACE, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1966

LOUIS C. GROTHAUS, Portland, Ore., President Portland Chapter

ROY HACANSON, Puyallup Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

PAUL N. HARRIS, M.D., Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Ore., Term expires 1966

DR. F. W. HERRICK, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

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

CHRIS JOHNSON, Mercer Island, Wash., President Seattle Chapter

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

KENNETH MARSHALL, Aberdeen. Wash., President Grays Harbor Chapter

LOUIS G. MARTIN, M.D., Toledo, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1966

DALE MCCURDY, Aurora, Ill., President Midwest Chapter

DONALD PATRICK, Longview, Wash., Term expires 1966

MERLE SAUNDERS, Eugene, Ore., Term expires 1966

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1966

CHARLES TROMMER, Oakland, N.J., President New Jersey Chapter

MERVIN B. VATER, Eugene, Ore., President Eugene Chapter

MILTON V. WALKER, M.D., Creswell, Ore., Term expires 1965

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

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