No. 624, 
AZALEA COCCINEA major. 
Class. , Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of North America. It has been 
in cultivation near London for a consider- 
able time, but is not so well known as its 
exquisite beauty deserves. In habit it is 
much stronger and more rigid than the 
common scarlet. It is also hardier, and in 
every respect a superior plant. The blos- 
soms are usually produced from the middle 
of May till sometimes as late as the end of 
June. 
It must be planted in a border composed 
of haif peat earth and half fresh loam, made 
about a foot deep, and may be increased 
by layers, which take from two to three 
years to become rooted sufficiently to re- 
move, the best tine for which is early in 
autumn, to allow them good time to take 
hold before the winter. 
