62 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



White Mountains, where the thermometer frequent- 

 ly registers 30° below zero. Gray's description of 



Rhododendron (Great Laurel). 



the flower is sufficiently simple for any one to un- 

 derstand : " Pale rose, or nearly white corolla, one 

 inch broad, greenish in the throat, on the upper side 

 more or less spotted with yellow or else reddish." 

 But the cultivated flowers bloom (in great clusters) in 

 the Public Garden of Boston, in magenta and pinkish- 

 white tints, and attain a size of over an inch and a half 



