150 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Azalea—continued. 
ends. hes hairy. h. 3ft. to 4ft. North America. The 
varieties of above are several, varying in the shape of the leaves 
and the colour of the flowers. (L. B. C. 1255 
A. viscosa (clammy).* fl. white, sweet-scented, in terminal 
clusters, downy, clammy, leafy ; tube of corolla as long as the seg- 
ments. July. J. oblong-ovate, acute, smooth, and green on both 
surfaces, ciliated on the margins, having the midrib bristly. h. 2ft. 
to 4ft. North America, 1734. Like nearly all species belonging 
to this genus, the varieties are many, varying in the colour of the 
fiowers and otherwise. (T. S. M. 438.) 
A. v. nitida (shining).* fl. white, tinged with red, clammy, leafy ; 
tube of corolla a little longer than the segments. April. J. ob- 
lanceolate, rather mucronate, leathery, smooth on both surfaces, 
shining above, having the nerve bristly beneath, with revolute, 
ciliated margins. h. 2ft. to4ft. New York, 1812. Hardy ; de- 
ciduous, (B. R. 5, 414.) 
Indian or Chinese Azaleas. Thisisa section of green- 
house evergreen varieties obtained from A. indica (which 
see), blooming continuously from November to June, or 
even later, and of the greatest value for all purposes, 
whether for decoration, cutting, or exhibition. Cultiva- 
tion: Thorough drainage is essential, and a compost of 
half peat, the other half made up of fibrous loam, leaf 
soil, and sand, in equal quantities. They cannot have 
too much light and air, and may be grown to almost 
any size by shifting from one pot to a size larger. In 
repotting, the whole of the crocks should be taken away 
from the base of the ball of soil and roots, and the top 
should also be removed till the fine roots are reached. 
The plant should then be put in the new pot, and the 
additional soil rammed firm, in order to prevent the water 
running through it, and thus depriving the plant of any 
benefit therefrom. In all cases, the roots near the stem 
must be above the soil, so that the water may not sink in 
next the stem, or death will most certainly ensue. After 
potting, for a few days the plants should be kept close and 
freely syringed, and as the growth is completed, they 
may be well hardened off. The best time for potting 
is after flowering, before the new growth has been made. 
_ From October to June the plants should be in the green- 
house, and during the other months in a cold frame, or 
plunged in pots in the open; or, what is preferable in 
favoured localities, planted out in prepared beds; they will 
thus be kept cleaner, and the growth will be much 
superior. In autumn they may be lifted and repotted, 
placing in a shady position for a few days. Water in 
abundance must be given throughout the blooming and 
growing season; and the plants must, on no account, be 
allowed to become dry. At the same time, a proper amount 
of care is most essential, as an excessive amount of 
moisture is equally as fatal as drought. Cuttings should 
be placed in sand under a bell glass with moderate bottom 
heat; half-ripened ones are preferable. They must be 
cut up to a joint—the base of a leaf—the lower leaves 
a 4 an inch stripped off, and the stem stuck into the 
_ Sand, which should lay, about an inch thick, on the top of 
_ sandy peat soil; the bottom of the cuttings should reach, 
_ but not go quite into, the soil. The whole should be 
covered with a bell glass, which must be wiped dry 
amoena 
out lin. across, 
On 
` WALLE, 
| A. sinensis (Chinese). 
of science, but of botany in 
Azalea—continued. 
free, The following are most desirable : LADY MUSGRAVE, light 
carmine; Miss Buist, pure white; MRS. CARMICHAEL, rich 
magenta, shaded crimson; PRIME MINISTER, soft pink, deep 
shaded, very free ; PRINCESS BEATRICE, light mauve, very distinct 
and free ; PRINCESS MAUDE, rich magenta, rose shaded. 
Fig. 198. FLOWER OF AZALEA INDICA. 
A. indica (Indian).* fl. campanulate, terminal, solitary or twin; 
calycine teeth long-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliated, spreading. l 
cuneate-lanceolate, finely crenulated, covered with sharp, close- 
pressed = hairs, attenuated at both ends, Brane also 
covered with s , close-pressed, rigid hairs. h. 3ft. to 6ft. 
China, 1808. See Fig. 198. There are a great number of er 
seedlings of the Indian Azalea, including every shade and 
colour. A selection to any extent may made from the 
nurserymen’s catalogues, but, for the guidance of the amateur, 
we rer He made a rigid selection of the best double and single 
varieties. 
Double-Flowered: A. BORSIG, pure white ; “ALICE, rich dee 
rose, blotched with vermilion, very fine; BERNARD ANDRE, dar! 
violet-purple, large, semi-double ; CHARLES iS, dark 
good form and substance; COMTESSE EUGENIE DE KERCHOVE, 
white, fakon SHE red se a peda MINIQUE VER- 
VAENE, bright orange, very 3 Tose = 
white und sched badk very fine ; EMPEREUR DE ric 
rose, banded white, the upper petals marked red ; FRANCIS DEVOS, 
deep crimson; IMBRICATA, pure white, sometimes flaked with 
rose; MADAME IRIS LEFEBVRE, dark orange, shaded with bright 
violet, and blotched with chocolate; PRESIDENT GHELLINCK DE 
intense rose, upper petals blotched withlake, and crimson- 
rayed; SOUVENIR DE PRINCE ALBERT, rich rose peach, broadly 
margined with pure white, very free and beautiful. 
Single-Flowered : CHARMER, rich amaranth, very large ; COMTESSE 
DE BEAUFORT, rich rose, the upper petals blotched with crimson; 
CRITERION, rich salmon pink, white-margined ; DUC DE NASSAU, 
rich rosy-purple, very free and large; ECLATANTE, deep crimso} 
rose shaded; FANNY IVERY, deep salimon-scarlet, blote 
magenta, very fine; FLAMBEAU, rich glowing crimson, extremely — 
showy; JOHN GOULD VEITCH, lilac-rose, netted and bordered 
white, and blotched with saffron, very showy ; LA SUPERBE, i 
lake, bordered orange, and black spotted, a very fine variety ; La 
VICTOIRE, centre reddish, white towards the edge, 
petals spotted with maroon-crimson ; LOUIS VON BADEN, 
white, a grand variety ; MADAME CHARLES VAN ECKHA 
white, with beautifully crisped edges, of excellent form sub- 
stance; MADAME VAN HOUTTE, richly flaked with carmine 
and rose, very large and free; MARQUIS OF LoRNE, brilliant 
scarlet, of the finest form and substance ; MRS, TURNER, Dr 
ink, white-margined, and § with crimson ; 
Vaz DEN HECKE, white, st 
red, very fine. 
A. mollis (soft). Synonymous with A. sinensis. 
fl. campanulate, downy, flame coloured ; 
eal May. Lalowty deciduous, 
ther-nerved, with ciliated 
stamens equal in length to the petals. 
elliptic, acut sely pubescent, fe 
margins, greyish beneath. h. 3ft. to 4f 
ber of seedlings and hybrids from th are in 
cultivation, known under the name of Japanese A , and all 
are valuable for the decoration of the cool vatory, or for 
outdoor work. SYN. A. mollis. (L. B. O. 885.) be 
(in honour of J. N. Azara, a Spanish 
Showy evergreen, hardy and half-hardy shrubs, with alter- 
simple, stalked stipulate leaves, and fragrant ; flowers. 
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