Azalea Garden at Biltmore Estate
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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

April 15, 1967
Vol. 21 No. 2

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 254, Aurora, Oregon. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $7.50 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1967 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
"Out-of-Season" Flowering of Quality Azaleas by Roy Larson and Martin McIntyre		Notes on the Dr. Joseph Rock 1948 Plant Expedition to the Yunnan-Tibet Border by Dr. Carl Phetteplace M.D.
The Flowering Forest of Joseph B. Gable by Henry R. Yates		Rhododendrons in the Sierras by Francis W. Mosher Jr.
New Bylaws Approved by Edward B. Dunn		Early Season Rhododendron Competition by Marjorie Baird and Renee Hill
Malaysian Rhododendrons by Dr. Frederick W. Coe		Middle Atlantic Chapter Program by Thomas Wheeldon M.D.
Rhododendron 'Elizabeth Jenny' by Alleyne Cook		A Small Miracle by Gordon Emerson
Cut Truss Show Considerations by G. A. Arrington		An Active Season for the Vancouver B.C. Chapter by Clive Justice
Nominations
Heritage Plantation Formed		Rhododendrons on Stamps
Our Cover Picture		Visitors from New Zealand
American Rhododendron Society Plant Registry		Duffer's Dilemma by Howard Browning
Promotional Displays		Princeton Chapter Plant Sale
Membership Contest		Chapter Shows
Azaleas Bring a Fresh Glow to Dallas		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

ROBERT L. BADGER, Tacoma, Wash., President Tacoma Chapter

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

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

LEE BOARDMAN, Sequim, Wash., President Olympic Peninsula 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

ARTHUR M. COYLE, Houston, Texas, President Southern Chapter

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

PAUL GEORGE, Forest Grove, Ore., President Tualatin Valley Chapter

LOUIS GROTHAUS, Lake Oswego, Ore., Term expires 1968

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

JOHN HENNY, Brooks, Oregon, Term expires 1968

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

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

J. G. LOFTHOUSE, Vancouver, B.C., President Vancouver. B.C. Chapter

L. FRANK MARANVILLE, Shelton, Wash., President Shelton Chapter

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

DONALD MCCLURE, Seattle, Wash., Term expires 1968

MRS. PHILIP McCOMBS, 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, Wn., President North Kitsap Chapter

C. E. SIMONS JR., M.D., Edmonds, Wash., President Seattle Chapter

CECIL SMITH, Aurora, Ore., Term expires 1968

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

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

W. H. THORNE, Asheville, N. C., President Southeastern Chapter

ROBERT WHALLEY, Gresham, Ore., President Portland Chapter

JOE WHEAT, Olympia, Wash., President Olympia Chapter

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

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