AMERICAN 
MEDICAL BOTANY. 
__ RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM. 
American Rose bay. 
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PLATE LI. 
Tre scenery of the American forest is dis- 
tinguished not less by the greatness of its natural 
features, the imposing and picturesque appearance 
of its mountains, its rocky precipices, its broad 
streams and lakes; than it is by the magnificent 
clothing of wild shrubs and trees, the uncommon 
beauty of which, gives to rough and inaccessible 
spots a richness, that cultivation can hardly imi- 
tate. ‘The Kalmia, described in our first volume, 
and the Rhododendron of the present article, 
which are reared with care and difficulty as 
ornaments of European gardens and pleasure 
grounds, ean be seen in perfection no where but 
in the uncultivated recesses of our own continent. 
