TREES AND SHRUBS 



L. kaleudw, the first day of each month ; Gr. kalcni, to call, because 

 beginning of month was proclaimed ; name of flower {calendula) in allusion 

 to almost perpetual flowering. Common name Azalea, from Gr. azaleos, 

 dry, — aza, dryness, in allusion to habitat. 



PONTIC AZALEA, RJauhdcndron JJavum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. This is the only Azalea indigenous to Europe, 

 and is probably the commonest of the recognised species. It is of free growth 

 in good light peaty or sandy soil. 



Floivers yellow, fragrant and clammy, proterandrous, in terminal umbellate 

 chisfei'ft, pedicels clammy ; Calyx 5-lobed, glandular-viscid ; Corolla infundibuli- 

 form, tube long, narrow, hairy outside, viscid ; limb spreading, 5 segments, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; Stamens 5, very long exserted, anthers orange ; Fruit a 

 capsule. 



Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, ciliated, shining, pilose, clammy. 



A deciduous shrub, G-10 ft. 



Native of the Caucasus; introduced by J. Bell, 1793. Synonymous with 

 Azalea pontica. Honey collected by bees is said to have narcotic properties. 



PINXTER FLOWER, Rhododendron nudiflorum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April — June. 



Flowers pink, red, or white, appearing before or with tlie leaves, rather 

 naked, not clammy, \\-'2 ins. diam., in a terminal nmbel ; Calyx lobes 

 short, rather rounded ; Corolla slightly glandular, hirsute, tube scarcely 

 longer than lobes ; Stamens nuich exserted ; Fruit a capsule, linear-oblong, 

 erect, hairy. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate-oblong, acute at both ends, nearly smooth 

 and green both surfaces, entire, ciliated, midrib bristly above, downy be- 

 neath, 2-4 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub, ft. ; spreading ; Ihiuichlets hairy or glabrous. 



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