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Rhododendron Pathways
Displays as a Single Page Nature Guide.
Reads as a Thousand Page Nature Encyclopedia.
Measures as Forever in Mouse Miles.
Behaves as a Personal Web Nature Adventure.
The American Rhododendron Society Massachusetts Chapter welcomes your exploration of the genus Rhododendron. This Pathway is another step in our 40 plus year Chapter tradition of educating the public about this diverse genus and the use of Rhododendrons in the New England garden.
Let your mouse cursor scroll along our pathway represented by the left margin of this page and journey to a plant, place, person or event label that interests you. Remember to stay on the pathway when you are moving down to the next area of interest. This pathway is the only stable area in the landscape. When off the path the areas above you are more stable than those below but clicking, scrolling, tabbing, or moving the mouse can quickly change the landscape and you may find yourself lost in the wilderness.
When lost in the wilderness, first place your mouse cursor on the pathway. Hitting 'PageUp' on the keyboard usually moves you to a more stable location in the landscape closer to where you thought you were going to be.
Place your mouse cursor onto the pathway, then move the curor right and try these 4 actions on the Welcome label and Pine Tree icon to the left of the Welcome label below.
Mouse Hover Action 1: Place cursor on label.
To hover step off the pathway placing you mouse cursor on the label of interest to explore the details of your chosen area in our virtual landscape. To leave the area of interest move your mouse cursor back to the pathway.
Mouse Peek Action 2: Place cursor on icon and click and hold.
To peek into the area of interest, place your mouse cursor on the pine tree icon to the left of the label then click your mouse and remain holding down on the click until the thumbnail of the area of interest appears.
Mouse Focus Action 3: Click just below wooden label while hovering.
To focus an area of interest open click your mouse cursor while hovering inside that area. Once you click you may move the mouse cursor outside the area of interest; however, any mouse click outside this area of interest will cause the area to close.
Tab Scroll Action 4: Place mouse cursor on pathway. Hit tab key on keyboard. Repeat tabbing to move down the path.
To scroll down to the next area, hit the 'tab' key. To scroll up to the previous area, hit 'shift tab'. Remember to place your mouse cursor on the path during tabbing.
Welcome to Rhododendron Pathways Lincoln, MA, USA S and J Perkins
Welcome
Welcome to Rhododendron Pathways
Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks' (Patterson/Hibben)
George Hibben's Garden,Lincoln,MA USA
Sally and John Perkins 2006
Rhododendron 'Dick Brooks' (Patterson/Hibben)
Sally and John Perkins

Enjoy the beauty of the many tours of New England gardens while being introduced to the many people who have contributed to the successful introduction of 1000 's of rhododendron cultivars suitable for growing in New England.

While Charles Dexter, Edmund Mezitt, Gus Mehlquist have been very instrumental in the development of rhododendrons capable of growing in our harsh cold New England climates, the combined contributions of New England hybridizers and growers such as Anthony Consoloni, Jack and Evvie Cowles, Mike Medeiros, Wayne Mezitt, Richard Jaynes, Dick Brooks, Elinor Clarke, Virginia Craig, Dorothy Swift, Linc Foster, Ed Cary, Leo Blanchette, Charles and C.J. Patterson, Jonathan Shaw, Jonathan Leonard, Peggy Lawson, Mossy Hall, Louis Cook, Ed Brown, Joe Parks, Ron Rabideau, Tony Knights, Ian Donovan, Henry and Barbara Wrightington, Dean Barber, Bob Stuart, Radcliffe Pike, John and Sally Perkins, George Hibben, Fred Knippel, Joe Bruso, Fred Thurber, and many others whose gardens are features on this site are also significant.

Public garden displays featuring these introductions include Elm Bank Display Garden, Heritage Plantation, Maudsley State Park, Arnold Arboretum, Kinney Azalea Garden, Garden in the Woods, Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Moore State Park, and Polly Hill Arboretum.

Our Chapter's Andy Patton Rhododendron Display Garden at Elm Bank is open to the public. Peter Littlefield, Betty Carlhian, and Joan Ferguson design and maintain the garden.

Our Chapter Journal and News Letter contain articles on rhododendron culture and chapter events. Jonathan A. Shaw, Noreen C. Slavitz & John J. Slavitz, Max L. Resnick, Richard Brooks, Richard W. Chaikin, Ian E. M. Donovan, James B. Phillips, James E. Marchand, and Susan Clark have been editors.

You too can contribute to our rich Chapter history by introducing Rhododendrons to your garden, learning why our Chapter members have introduced several thousand difference rhododendron hybrids and species to theirs, or by taking a stroll through our Chapter Display Garden at Elm Bank. Most of our Chapter activities are open to the public so check our Chapter schedule and join us in celebrating the plants, publications, and people.

Rules of the Pathway

Stay on the Pathway when moving between Areas especially when tabbing using the 'tab key' or 'shift tab key'.

Enter and Exit an Area by Way of the Area Label. This Label is the recommended way to move between the current area of interest and the pathway.

Off Pathway Movement between Areas can lead to Disorientation caused by being in an Area you did not anticipate or becoming lost in the wilderness.

Be Careful Crossing the Ravin that is at the bottom of every open Area. Focusing an Area open creates a bridge to the unstable Areas below.

Clicking Causes the Focused Stable Landscape to become Unstable. To unfocus a focused open area, it is recommended you place you mouse cursor on the pathway next to the label of the focused area and click. To focus an area open, it is recommended you click just below the area label after hovering over the area label.

Leave Only Mouse Steps.

Enjoy the Adventure.

Thanks for Visiting and Come Back Often.

Hints on Pathway Travel

Mouse Hint Basics: Start on pathway. Move curosr right to label causing your area to open. When leaving your area move cursor left back onto the pathway causing the area of interest to close. A counter clockwise half circle mouse move as you leave just below the label of the area of interest is the recommended method for moving downward in the garden without missing any areas.

Tab Hint Basics: Start on pathway. Hit tab key or shift tab key. Tabbing always moves downward to the area immediately after the last focused area. Shift tabbing always move upward to the area immediately above the last focused area. Place mouse cursor on pathway before tabbing. Having the mouse cursor on the pathway avoids interaction caused by hovering. If you find yourself at the very bottom of this new focused area hit 'Page Up' on the keyboard to see more of the focused area.

Locking Hint Basics: Clicking just below the label of a page open due locks the hovered page but also unloads the last focused page. This can cause you current location to collapse under you. If you find yourself at the very bottom of this new focused area hit 'Page Up' on the keyboard to see more of the focused area.

Mouse Hint 0: Place mouse cursor on pathway during tabbing.

Mouse Hint 1: Once the area of interest opens you may scroll inside this area using your mouse wheel or the up and down arrows on your keyboard.

Mouse Hint 2: Once on a label moving your mouse cursor upward to the label above will open that virtual garden page. Off path upward backtracking is one of best ways to view several consecutive garden pages in a local area of interest.

Mouse Hint 3: When an area of interest is focused open, you may use you mouse to hover over another area of interest. Clicking in this new area will unlock the former area of interest and lock open this new area of interest.

Full Screen Hint 4: If you plan to explore many areas of interest consider using full screen mode. 'F11' causes full screen on many browsers. Hitting 'F11' while in full screen causes you to return to normal viewing mode.

Zoom Hint 5: To see how the hover and focus interact, use the zoom capability of your browser to sink the size of the pages. 'Ctrl -' sinks the page on many browsers. 'Ctrl 0' restores the page to normal on many browsers.

Search Hint 6: To find areas of interest to you use the find feature of your browser. On most browsers this is located under edit on the tool bar.

Home Hint 7: To return to top of page use the 'home key'

Shift Tab Hint 8: Backtracking using shift tabs provides a smoother page flow when tabbing with the mouse cursor off the pathway.

Mouse Unfocused Hint 9: When leaving a focused area which you no longer desire to be focused open, move you mouse cursor to the pathway next to the label of the focused area and click.

Blue Ridge Travels Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA Park Service
Blue Ridge Travels: Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Travels
Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA
Park Service 2007
Blue Ridge Travels
Park Service
Blue Ridge Travels

The Blue Ridge Mountains extend from just north of the Maryland/Pennsylvania border to the northern tip of Georgia. The diversity of flora in this region is among the largest of the temperate hemisphere.

This pictorial tour is based on numerous trips to the region by Sally and John Perkins over the past 20 years. It begins in the north and moves south illustrating the plants and natural beauty of the Blue Ridge.

Blue Ridge Complex Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA Park Service
Blue Ridge Complex: Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Complex
Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA
Park Service 2007
Blue Ridge Complex
Park Service
Blue Ridge Complex
Geology Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA Park Service
Geology: Blue Ridge
Geology
Blue Ridge, MD/PA/VA/TN/NC USA
Park Service 2007
Geology
Park Service
Geology
Early Spring Floodplain Catoctin Mountain, MD USA S and J Perkins
Early Spring Floodplain: Blue Ridge
Early Spring Floodplain
Catoctin Mountain, MD USA
Sally and John Perkins 2007
Early Spring Floodplain
Sally and John Perkins
Early Spring Floodplain
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