Dick Brooks This is Me

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1. 1. News_2000-9

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   Published on: 11/12/2000   Last Visited: 8/4/2002

   Featured Speaker: Dick Brooks on "The Neglected Lepidotes." For many of us in the Northeast, the Lepidotes (small-leaved "with scalse") of the Genus Rhododendron are truly the back bone of our gardens. Most of the newer generation lepidotes withstand the worst of our weather and often in the full sun all year. Dick will enlighten us about the beauty, diversity, and toughness of The Neglected Lepidotes.
   
   Dick Brooks is a retired architect who has served in many capacities in the Massachusetts Chapter and in the American Rhododendron Society, including president of both. He was awarded the ARS Bronze Medal by his chapter in 1981 and received the ARS Gold Medal in May 1998 at the ARS Convention n Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Through his many years as a rhododendron enthusiast, Dick has experimented with close to 1,000 different species and hybrids, of which 800, at least, are still growing (and many still thriving) in his 1+ acre woodland garden. He is an expert in pruning rhododendrons, plant pests and diseases, is an avid propagator, and a very successful nurseryman.
   
   Dick joined the Massachusetts Chapter shortly after its founding 29 years ago, is a charter member of their Chapter's Species Study Group, a long time participant in the Rhododendron Round Table, and a regular winner at the Mass. Chapter's Annual Truss Show.
   
   As Dick reports, "Membership in the ARS has resulted in a bad case of rhododholism, but the plus side is that ARS members are the greatest bunch of people it's ever been my good fortune to know."
   
   Please join us for this very important and informative meeting.

2. 2. Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce - September 99

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   Published on: 9/1/1999   Last Visited: 1/29/2002

   The American Rhododendron Society meets at the Burns Horticultural Center at Planting Fields Arboretum on Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. for a slide show by Dick Brooks of the Massachusetts Chapter about "Lepidotes - Those Small-leaved Rhododendrons Northeasterners Love to Grow." Refreshments. Public welcome. No parking fee. Call 334-4459 or 754-2412 for information.
   
   Friday, September 17
   
   Chinese Auction
   
   St. Hyacinth R.C. Church, 319 Cedar Swamp Road, Glen Head, is holding a Chinese Auction on Sept. 17. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the auction starts at 8 p.m. Hot dogs and soda available.

3. 3. Flook & Brooks: Using Latin Names

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   Published on: 11/13/2000   Last Visited: 2/24/2001

   by Marnie Flook and Dick Brooks
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   [ This article used with permission of Co-author Dick Brooks . Dick is past president of the American Rhododendron Society and a member of Massachusetts Chapter. Marnie belongs to the Greater Philadelphia Chapter ].
   
   Notice that in the caption of the image above Rhododendron is used to indicate the genus , dauricum is used to indicate the species , and Arctic Pearl' is used to indicate the cultivar name of the plant shown. This cultivar was selected and named for its white flowers. Most R. dauricum have lavender flowers in the wild.