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sive grounds of Mr. H. P. Kelsey, at Highlands. We are 
em to him for the facts concerning its history. 
w t peas. discovered by Vasey, some ten years ago, near 
ebster, in Jackson county, and not long after in Cashier’s 
valley. It belongs to a section of the genus most of whose 
Tepresentatives are Asiatic, and hence its discovery here was 
especially noteworthy. It has a bright pinkish corolla, and 
some of the lobes are spotted at the base, as in R. maximum, 
It differs markedly from our other rhododendrons in having 
deciduous leaves. : 
ackson county was believed to be the only locality for 
the species til r. S. T. Kelsey discovered it, growing in 
abundance on Grandfather Mt., Mitchell county, N. C 
_each locality it forms great beds, and when in full bloom is 
said to be magnificent. In Jackson county it grows in rather 
low grounds, and intermingles with R. maximum, Azalea 
calendulacea, and A. aborescens, while on Grandfather Mt. 
it is massed with R. Catawbiense and Kalmia latifolia mostly. 
It grows almost on top of the mountain, at an elevation of 
nearly 6,000 feet. ’ 
Growing with the Rhododendrons, and, of course, related 
to them, were the Azaleas, as we have mentioned. e 
grance along the river banks, 
highest mountains did w 
On Wayah Bald, in the Nanteholas, we at last came upon a 
thicket fairly ablaze with its brilliant flame-colored flowers. 
i species of the genus. The 
f a dozen feet or more. 
1 to be impressed with the great size 
reached by many of the Ericacex in these mountains. Be- 
I ich often 
reach the size of small trees, there are, amon others, a tree- 
like Clethra (C. acuminata) and the Sorrel-tree (Oxyden- 
drum arboreum). We several times, from a distance, mis- 
took the long, fragrant white racemes of the former for those 
of the latter, but it was a careless blunder. The Clethra bears 
its racemes singly on the tips of the branches, while the long, 
one-sided sprays of the Sorrel-tree are clustered. The flow- 
ers of the latter, examined singly, are not particularly beau- 
tiful, being only white bells about the size and shape of 
blossoms of Vaccinium, but when massed they present a 
