ERICACEiE 



Native of hilly districts of Canada and U.S.A. ; introduced by Collinson, 

 1734. Specific name from L. nudus, naked; Jloriim, of floAvers. Also called 

 Naked-flowered Azalea. 



JAPANESE AZALEA, Rhododendron sinen.^e. 



Gardens, shrubberies. INIay. This is a general favourite, and of all the 

 species of Azalea it is perhaps the most showy to the eye. Its seed is pro- 

 duced freely, and is most satisfactory for raising fresh stock, but the process 

 is a long one. 



Flowers orange, suffused with red, appearing before or with leaves, almost 

 scentless, in a terminal duster, pedicels pilose ; Corolla campanulate, downy ; 

 Stamens equal in length to petals ; Frii'it a capsule. 



Lecwes clustered, elliptic, entire, acute, ciliated, pinnately nerved, pilosely 

 pubescent, greyish beneath, slowly deciduous. 



A deciduous sliritb, 4-5 ft. ; fioung branches hairy. 



Native of China and .Tapan ; introduced by Loddiges, 1823, and by 

 Fortune, 184.5. Synonymous with Azalea japonica. Better known in gardens 

 as Azalea n/oll/s. 



VASEY'S AZALEA, Rhododendron Fasei/i. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April — ^lay. This is one of the prettiest and most 

 distinct species, of robust growth, flowering freely even in the young state, 

 and well suited for the rock garden. 



Flo-ccrs pale pink, becoming white, in lax uiiibellaie clusters, appearing 

 before leaves ; Corolla lA in. diam. ; three upper petals spotted with reddish- 

 brown ; Stamens long exserted ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaxx's clustered, oblong-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base, entire, sparsely 

 hairy, thin, li-3 ins. long. 



A deciduous sJirub, 2-3 ft. 



Native of North Carolina, growing 15-18 ft. Discovered by G. R. Vasey 



near Webster, in Jackson County, 1878; introduced 1888. 



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