No. 51. 
AZALEA NUDIFLORA Rubra. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This plant adorns our gardens with its 
elegant flowers during the month of May. 
It på 1 à M 11 1 1 1d LE. y 4 
a native of North America, and has been 
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introduced a considerable time: we received 
plants of it from Philadelphia before the 
American war. It is never ere y our 
winters; but was formerly supposed to be 
incapable of bearing the full sun in summer: 
experience, however, proves that it stands 
perfectly well in almost any situation. The 
soil should be prepared for it by removing 
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at least, and replacing it with a mixture of 
peat and fresh loam, in equal quantities, in 
which it should be planted, and in dry wea- 
ther moderately supplied with water. It is 
propagated by layers, which take two years 
to acquire sufficient root. 
