2022 Journal ‘The Rhododendron’ Vol 61

• Date: 31st October 2023
• author: Andrew Rouse

EDITORIAL

It has been two years since our last journal, the 2021 issue a victim of Covid, or at least that is my excuse. To make up, this year we have a bumper issue, with articles and updates from Australia and overseas.
In my last editorial, I flagged that each of the ARS branches had voted for the de-registration of ARS Incorporated, and Graham Price, the ARS Inc. Secretary provides an update on the completion of this task. Whilst some members may regret that we no longer have a national body, I’m firmly of the view, as one of the state representatives on National Council, that the cumbersome and administratively burdensome structure of ARS Inc. was no longer required, and that the levy structure, where branches were contributing a portion of each member’s funds to ARS Inc., was unwarranted and a source of frustration for the branches. ARS Inc. is being replaced with an MoU between the branches that will provide a structure for communication and coordination between the branches without the unwanted administrative burden.

CONTENTS
Editorial · Andrew Rouse
President’s Report · Jeff Jenkinson
Reports – Australian rhododendron groups

Articles
The New Zealand ex-Situ Project · Andrew Brooker
EVRG – a plant museum? You tell us · Maurice Kupsch
Rhododendron prostitum at Pukeiti, New Zealand · Graham Smith
Rhododendron kawakamii – a pseudovireya from Taiwan · Maurice Kupsch
Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens, past, present and future · Bruce Christie
From Bhutan to Vietnam · Steve Hootman
Summary of the hybridisation of Vireya rhododendrons · Andrew Rouse
Deregistration of the Australian Rhododendron Society · Graham Price
The living collection of R. viriosum and R. lochiae at Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens ·
Andrew Rouse
Bush to bananas and back – a Currumbin Valley Journey · Dale Schubert

New Registrations

2021–2022

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