R. 'Gretsel'
Photo by Harold Greer
See Cover Article

The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Summer 1979
Vol. 33 No. 3

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 600, Aurora, Oregon 97002. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1979 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
The North Tisbury Azaleas by Polly Hill		The Ghents - Where are They? by Frank Arsen
Rhododendron lacteum by Dave Goheen		More on Azaleodendrons by Walter Schmalscheidt
President's Address by E. C. Brockenbrough, M. D.		R. yakushimanum x R. 'Gwilt King' by Arthur W. Headlam
R. 'Albion Ridge' - A Double Winner by Francis W. Mosher, Jr.		Dwarf Azaleas from Germany by Matt Nosal
The Influence of Container Media and Transplanting Technique and the Establishment of Container Grown Rhododendron cv. Hershey Red in Landscape Plantings by R. D. Wright and D. Milbocker		A Bibliography on Vireya Rhododendrons by Richard B. Martin
		Additional Numbers, J. F. Rock 1928-29 Expedition by Col. and Mrs. R. H. Goodrich
R. openshawianum by Jim & Betty Caperci		Controlled Pollination by Basil C. Potter
R. 'Mount Siga' and R. 'Kulu' by Ray and Jane Goodrich		R. 'Gretsel' by Harold Greer
Rhododendrons of the Tropical Seacoasts and Plains by John E. Swisher		What's Happened to Peat Over the Past Few Years? by Wilbur L. Bluhm
Applying Fertilizers on a Small Scale by R. L. Ticknor		Rhododendron Culture in a Terrarium by Mark G. Konrad, M. D.
Rhododendron Society of Connecticut Bronze Medal Award		Vancouver, B. C., Awards Two Bronze Medals
Bronze Medal Presentations By New York Chapter		Douglas Dell Withers by Austin C. Kennell
American Horticultural Society Honors Edmund V. Mezitt		James M. Blackford, III by W. A. Letcher
1979 Gold and Silver Medal Awards		Francis James Sholomskas by Franklin West
A.R.S. Plant Registry		Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	Eastern Vice President	Western Vice President
FRED GALLE	GEORGE RING	JOHN P. EVANS, M. D.
Past President	Secretary-Treasurer	Editor
E C BROCKENBROUGH, M. D.	TED VAN VEEN	ED EGAN
	Executive Secretary
	ESTHER BERRY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1980
P. H. BRYDON - ALFRED S. MARTIN - MRS. MARGE FARWELL - HENRY A. SCHANNEN
1981
HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE
1982
DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
AZALEA	JUAN de FUCA	OLYMPIA	SIUSLAW
Mrs. Robert T. Brown	James LaRue	Dan Macomber	Michael J. Bones
BIRMINGHAM	KOMO KULSHAN	OLYMPIC PENINSULA	SO. CALIFORNIA
Richard Cooper	Greg Haner	Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	Carl Deul
CALIFORNIA	LEWIS COUNTY	PHILADELPHIA	SOUTHEASTERN
Lawrence V. Brooks	Dr. William Ehert	Vernon Quarles	C. Russell Haag
CONNECTICUT	MASSACHUSETTS	PIEDMONT	SOUTHWESTERN OR.
Mrs. Philip E. Taylor	A. Richard Brooks	Marshall G. Stillwell	Roger Russell
DE ANZA	MIDDLE ATLANTIC	PORTLAND	TACOMA
Tom Wynn	Austin Kennell	Frank D. Mossman, MD	Francis Rutherford
DENMARK	MIDWEST	POTOMAC VALLEY	TAPPAN ZEE
Tue Jorgensen	Ira Goroff	Donald W. Hyatt	Hans E. Bussink
EUGENE	MONTEREY BAY	PRINCETON	TUALATIN VALLEY
Harold Greer	T. C. Thornton	Patricia Pfeiffer	Harold T. Krug
GRAYS HARBOR	NEW JERSEY	SAN MATEO	VALLEY FORGE
Lyle Lancaster	David Wuebbens	Ronald A. Killian	Clarence Ziegler
GREAT LAKES	NEW YORK	SEATTLE	VANCOUVER, B. C.
D.L. Hinerman	William Tietjen	David Bledsoe	Dr. L. Keith Wade
INDIANA	NORTH KITSAP	SHELTON	WILLIAM BARTRAM
Roland Schroeder, Jr.	Bett Houston	Helen Agoa	Jackson H. McCarter
			WILLAMETTE
			June Brennan

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