AZALEA 



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AZALEA, continued 



pontica(Rhododendron luteum Cy-Ar) 

 Pontic Azalea 

 poukhanensis (R. poukhanense Cy; 

 R. yedoense poukhanense Ar; R. 

 coreanum . . Korean Azalea 

 quinquefolia {R. quinquefolium Cy- 

 Ar) Cork Azalea 



rhombica {R. rhombicum Cy; R. 

 reticulatum Ar) . Rose Azalea 

 rosea {R. roseum Ar; R. canescens 

 Cy, in part) 



Downy Pinxterbloom 



This is the more northern type of Azalea 

 heretofore erroneously included under 

 A. canescens, which is a southern species. 



rosmarinifolia .... A. ledifolia 

 sanderi {R. sanderi Ar) 



Sander Azalea 



A name applied to a group of hybrids 

 between forms of A. simsi and A. obtusa. 

 The Latin name sanderi is herein dropped 

 and replaced by Sander. 



schlippenbachi (R. schlippenbachi 



Cy-Ar) .... Royal Azalea 



serpyllifolia {R. serpyllifolimn Ar) 



WiLDTHYME AzALEA 



simsi Indian A. 



See note under A. indica. 



sinensis A. mollis 



speciosa (R. speciosum Ar) 

 sublanceolata (R. sublanceolatum 

 Cy; R. scabrum Ar) 



LucHU Azalea 

 vaseyi (R. vaseyi Cy-Ar) 



Pinkshell a. 

 viscosa {R. viscosum Cy-Ar) 



Swamp A. 



— glauca {R. viscosum glaucum 



Cy-Ar; A. viscosa fioribunda) 



Blueleaf Azalea 



yodogawa {R. poukhanense yodo- 



gawa Cy; R. yedoense Ar) 



Yodogawa Azalea 



Hort var. of Azalea: 



Because of the very large number of 

 horticultural varieties in Azalea the 

 common-name list and the hort. var. 

 list have been combined in the special 

 list opposite. 



Azalea Azalea 



Abbreviations indicating the name of 

 the group to which a horticultural vari- 

 ety is reported to belong are as follows: 

 Alb. Albicans (occidentalis x mollis and 



other species). 

 Gh. Ghent (hybrids of pontica, calen- 



dulacea, and other species). * 

 Ind. Indian Azalea of commerce, appa- 

 rently not derived from A. indica, but 

 mostly from A. simsi. 

 Kur. Kurume. See note under A. ob- 

 tusa kiusiana in the Latin-name list. 

 Led. Ledifolia. 



Mix. A group of double-flowered Aza- 

 leas, hybrids between Ghent Azaleas 

 and A. mollis and A. japonica, known 

 in the trade as A. rustica flore pleno 

 and designated in the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum Monograph as R. mixtum. 

 Mol. Mollis. This group, as usually 

 and loosely classified in the trade and 

 as classified here, consists of deriva- 

 tives of A. mollis, A. japonica, and 

 hybrids of these species. R. koster- 

 ianum, given in the Arnold Arboretum 

 Monograph as the accepted name for 

 the Azalea mollis of the trade, consists 

 only of hybrids of A. mollis — the Chi- 

 nese species — and A. japonica, and 

 does not include any of the non- 

 hybrid varieties of these two species. 

 Pho. Phoenicea. 

 San. Sander (forms of simsi x obtusa ) 



Admirable. Mol. 



Admiral de Ruyter. Gh. 



Agemaki. Kur. 



Aid A, Mix. 



Aioi. Kur. 



Akadai. Kur. 



Albert. Ind. 



Alice. Ind. 



Alice Sargent. San. 



Alphonse Lavallee. Mol. 



Altaclare. Mollis X viscosa. 



Altaclarensis. 

 America. Mattapan. 

 Amethyst. Led. A. japonica alb/i; 



R. mucronatuni amethystinum Ar. 

 Amoena a. Kur. A. amoena. 

 Anthony Koster. Mol. 

 Antigone. Ind. 

 Apollo. Ind. 

 Appeles. Mix. • 



Arethusa. Gh. 

 Ariadne. Mix. 

 Asagasumi. Kur. 

 Asahi. Kur. 



MALL Capitals= approved common names. Abbreviations: (Ag) (Ar) (Cy) (t) see page 1. 



