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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

July 15, 1966
Vol. 20 No. 3

Published Quarterly by THE AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 254, Aurora, 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 1966 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Breeding For a Purpose by Dr. August E. Kehr		Two Tourists in Japan: Part III by Frank Doleshy
Raising Seedlings With Help From Mother Nature by Henry R. Yates		The pH Requirements of Rhododendron lapponicum by L. K. Wade
Breeding Azaleas For Minnesota by A. G. Johnson and L. C. Snyder		Display and Test Garden of the Great Lakes Chapter
The 1966 Annual Meeting		A New Executive Secretary
The Annual Meeting Garden Tours		Election Results
The Annual Meeting Show		Our Front Cover
Gold Medal Award Citations: Ted & Mary Greig, John Henny, Ben Nelson		Typical Buyers by Francis W. Mosher Jr.
Welcome New Chapters		Great Lakes Chapter Show
A Note on Holding Cuttings by Reid M. Denis		New York Chapter Rhododendron Show
American Rhododendron Society Plant Registry		California Chapter 1966 Rhododendron Show
Philadelphia-Middle Atlantic Chapters Conjoined Meeting by Thomas Wheeldon, M.D.		Advertisements

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHARLES H. ANDERSON, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1967

C. C. BAHRENBURG, Belle Mead, N.J., President Princeton Chapter

MRS. ROBERT BERRY, Aberdeen, Wash., Term expires 1967

GEORGE BETTS, Rochester, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

DR. G. BLIGH, North Vancouver, B.C., President Vancouver B.C. Chapter

LEE BOARDMAN, Sequim, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula Chapter

FORREST E. Bump, M.D., Forest Grove, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter

MERLE E. CISNEY, Camas, Wash., Term expires 1967

R. E. COMERFORD, Marion, Ore., Term expires 1967

RUSSELL L. COOVERT, Tacoma, Wash., Term expires 1967

HENRY A. DUMPER, Roslyn Estates, N.Y., President New York Chapter

WALT ELLIOTT, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

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

GEORGE GRACE, Portland, Ore., Term expires 1968

ROY HACANSON, Puyallup, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Oregon, Term expires 1968

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

CHARLES KWITCHOFF, Ramsey, N. J., President New Jersey Chapter

ROBERT E. LEE, Charlottesville, Va., President Middle Atlantic Chapter

ALFRED S. MARTIN, Ambler, Pa., Term expires 1967

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1968

MRS. PHILIP McComas, Berkeley, Calif., President California Chapter

RAY MICHEL, Oak Lawn, Ill., President Mid-West Chapter

DANIEL MORRIS, Eugene, Ore., President Eugene Chapter

RICHARD REDFIELD, Closter, N.J., President Tappan Zee Chapter

MERLE SAUNDERS, Eugene, Ore., Term expires 1968

A. F. SERBIN, M.D., Bloomfield, Conn., President Connecticut Chapter

FRANCIS J. SHOLOMSKAS, Norristown, Pa., President Philadelphia Chapter

HOWARD A. SHORT, Bainbridge Island, Wash., President North Kitsap Chapter

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1968

GEORGE D. SMITH, JR., Indianapolis, Ind., President Indianapolis Chapter

RICHARD STERLING, Hoquiam, Wash., President Gray's Harbor Chapter

E. M. STROMBEEK, N. Madison, Ohio, President Great Lakes Chapter

ROBERT WHALLEY, Gresham, Ore., President Portland Chapter

THOMAS WHEELDON, M.D., Richmond. Va., Term expires 1968

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