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Azalea Nudi flora var* Co c cine a. 



Scarlet Azalea. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. campanulata. Stamina receptaculo inferta. Cap/, l-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



AZALEA nudijiora foliis ovatis, corollis pilofis, ftaminibus 



longiffimis. Linn. Syjl. Vcgctab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 



198. Ait. Hort. Kew. V. up* 202. 



CISTUS virginiana, periclymeniflore ampliori minus odorato. 



Pluck. Mant. 49. 



Whether the variety of the Azalea nudiflora here figured, 

 was originally introduced to this country by Mrs. Norman 

 of Bromley in Kent, or Mr. Bewick of Clapham in 

 Surrey (both celebrated for their colle&ions of American 

 plants] we cannot with certainty aflert ; true it is, the Azalea 

 coccinea was little known here till the fale of Mr. Bewicks 

 plants in 17*2 ; a confiderable number of thefe fhrubs formed 

 the choiceft part of that collection, and fold at high prices, 

 one of them produced twenty guineas : prior to this period, 

 Mr. Bewick had prefented one of the fame fort of fhrubs to 

 Mr. Thoburn, the fruits of whofe fkill and affiduous care 111 

 the cultivation of American plants are apparent in his late 

 nurfery at Brompton, now Mr. Whitley's, and from the 

 produce of which plant our figure was taken. 



The original fpecies, found abundantly in the more fouthern 

 parts of North-America, was introduced, according to Mr. 

 Aiton's account, by Peter Collinson, Efq. about the 

 year 1734. 



Brilliancy of colour and a happy combination of 101 m, 

 unite in rendering the variety here figured, one of the molt 

 beautiful plants in nature : yet it wants the fragrance of fome 

 of the varieties of the vifcofa. 



It flowers in June and continues in bloffom about tnree 

 weeks, requires a fheltered but not too lhady a fituation, 

 rather dry than moifl, and a foil compofed of loam and bog 

 earth, or rotten leaves. 



The ufual mode of propagating it is by layers ; care mult 

 be taken not to remove the offspring too foon from the mother 

 plant. 



