90 THE AZALEAS OF THE OLD WORLD 



This species was discovered by Baron A. von Schlippenbach of the Russian 

 navy on the shores of northeast Korea in 1854, and appears to have been culti- 

 vated sparingly in Japan for many years under the name of " Kurofune-tsutsuji." 

 James H. Veitch in 1893 saw it in a garden in Japan and sent it to England and 

 this was its first appearance in the west. Since then Japanese nurserymen have 

 exported it in small quantities to Europe and America but to this time it is by 

 no means so well known as its beauty warrants. The plants in this Arboretum 

 were raised from seeds collected in Korea in 1905 by Mr. J. G. Jack; they have 

 grown slowly but have been unaffected by winter-cold and summer-drought. 

 For two to three years past they have flowered freely and their large, pure pink 

 blossoms are lovely. This species has the second largest leaves and the most 

 beautiful flowers of its group and is worthy of a place in every garden. I collected 

 a quantity of seed in Korea in the autumns of 1917 and 1918, and this has been 

 widely distributed by the Arnold Arboretum and in a few years this Azalea should 

 be a prominent feature in New England gardens. 



