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The argest group of non-
tropical shrubs in the world |
grows inthe Lower
Mainland in profusion. From :
creeping plants to forty foot”
trees, five thousand varieties.

_ of these plants are to be

found’ in this area alone.
Their: brilliant colours have
made. these ‘flowers a
. favourite . of ‘homeowners

and-.a mainstay of the_

nursery business. ;
They are rhododendrons,

“and a man who knows. a
great deal ~ about
rhododendrons is Dr. L.-
Keith Wade of the-Biology
Department at Capilano
.College who . has just
published a study on them
thati is the first of its kind.-

A leading authority in his
field, Dr. Wade has been
studying: the flowering’ times
of- close to 900- varieties of
plants in six different
_ locations around the Lower
_ Mainland.

The _ resulting | study,

entitled “Phenology of
Cultivated Rhododendrons.
in the Lower Mainland of
British Columbia,” is ex-
pected to be an ‘excellent
reference source for land-
scape planners, and gar-
deners who are becoming
more, and more concerned |
with accuracy in garden
planning.

Rhododendrons may grow

"profusely here but the vast

majority of them originally
came from Asia, China and
the Himalayas where they
grow wild. The three major
areas of their cultivation in
the world, however, are the

West coast of North

America from here to
Oregon, Western Britain and
the North Island of New
- Zealand.

Fifteen hundred copies of
Dr. Wade’s study, jointly
sponsored by the UBC
Botanical Garden and the
Vancouver Chapter of the
American Rhododendron
Society have been printed by
Evergreen Press and are
currently available at the
UBC library for $8.25.

Music
masters
degree

-Gordon Waters, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Waters of
West Vancouver, a graduate
of Delbrook Senior
Secondary School and the
University of Victoria has
recently successfully
completed his Masters
Degree in Music at the
University of Southern
Illinois.

He is a member of the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa
Lambda and aie former
member of the North
Vancouver Schools Band
undér the direction of the
Jate Arthur Smith.

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