AMERICAN ROSE BAY, - 408 
on the borders. of Sebago lake near Portland. 
It does not bear transplantation well, but is apt 
to dwindle after the first or second year. It 
succeeds best when remoyed to a damp springy 
soil, and to a situation opleahatnd to afford it 
shelterfrom the sun. 
» The Rhododendron, of the. ientheoie: states, 
is. alii straggling shrub, very. irregular in: its: 
very much cracked and broken, The leaves ‘are. 
in tufts at the ends of the branches: They are 
evergreen, coriaceous,-on round fleshy petioles, 
oblong-oyal, entire, revolute at the edges, and pale. 
underneath... Both leaves ‘and petioles, .when 
young, are coyered with a light woolly. substance. 
immediately above the leayes, the stalks and 
calyces of which are covered with a glutinous 
pubescence. Previous to its expansion, the whole 
bunch forms a large compound bud, resembling 
a strobilus; or cone, each individual flower-bud . 
being covered by a rhomboidal bracte, which. 
falls off when the flower expands.. Calyx small, 
ofytive, unequal. obtuse. segments, Corolla mo-_ 
opetalou ; funnel-sh: ed, with a short. tube, ‘the. 
border, divided into five large, unequal segments, 
whieh are white, shaded with lake, the upper and _ 
