TREES AND SHRUBS 



FORTUNE'S RHODODENDRON, Rhododendron Fortunei. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. 



Floivers pale rose, fragrant, 3-5i ins. diam., in a loose, pendulous duster' 

 of 8-10 flowers ; Calyx discoid, small ; Corolla shortly canipanulate, lobes 

 7, rounded ; Stamens 14 ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leavca oblong or linear-oblong, entire, acute, rounded or cordate at 

 base, bright green above, glaucous below, .5-7 ins. long ; petioles red-brown, 

 ^-1 in. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 10-12 ft. ; Branches very stout, terete. 



Introduced from China, 18.50. 



PONTIC RHODODENDRON, Rhododendron ponticum. 



Woods, gardens, shrubberies. May, June. This is the most largely grown 

 and most popular of Rhododendrons. It is the hardiest and least exacting of 

 the large-flowered species, and is used as a stock for the less hardy. 



Flowers purple, proterandrous, in a sliort terminal corymb ; Calyx lobes 5, 

 sub-acute, very short; Corolla campanulate-rotate, 2 ins. diam., 5 lobed, lobes 

 lanceolate and acute or obtuse, upper lobe often spotted ; Stamens 10, filamentous, 

 pink, anthers red ; Ovary cylindroid, 5-celIed ; style filamentous, red ; stigma 

 capitate, pink ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves clustered, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, entire, attenuated both 

 ends, glabrous, pale or slightly ferruginous beneath, coriaceous ; petiole short, 

 thick ; dying leaves yellow. 



An evergreen shrub, 6-20 ft. ; spreading ; Shoots rigid, brittle ; Buds 

 ovoid-conic, pointed, viscid, ferruginous ; scales spirally imbricate, triangular- 

 ovate, acuminate. 



Native of Spain, Portugal, and Asia Minor; introduced 1703. Known as 

 Rose Bay. 



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