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GREAT LAUREL OE RHODODENDRON 



One of the most beautiful of the flowering shrubs. 

 Found only in certain localities in the North but more 

 common in the South. Extensively used for decorative 

 planting. 



GREAT LAUREL 



Rhododendron maximum 



FORM 



A shrub 15'-20' tall in Pennsylvania 

 and New York but a bushy tree 

 3(X-40' high in the Southern Appala- 

 chians. May reach a diameter of 



LEAVES 



Thick and stiff, texture something 

 like a rubber plant. 4"-12" long, 

 "" 



wide. 



FLOWER 



Buds open late [June and bloom 

 during early July. Pink and white, 

 very showy. 



RANGE 



Western New England south through 

 the Appalachians to Northern 

 Georgia. Of the largest size and 

 of best dimensions in the mountains 

 of eastern Tennessee. 



