JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XXIIT October, 1922 No. 274 
WILD FLOWERS NEEDING PROTECTION! 
14. Great Laurel or Rose Bay (Rhododendron maximum L.) 
(With plate 277) 
This is the tallest of our native rhododendrons, as its specific 
refers to 
a 
the mountains of Pennsylvani d Virginia. I uthern 
relative, R. Caiawbiense, is abundant on al 
e€ ame to that summit, from the deep eile pink 
color of its flowers. Both these Pel grow readily from seed 
ns. 
Still, car-loads are often shipped to dealers from the southern 
states, and their valuable wood and decorative masses of ever- 
t Illustrated by the aid of the Stokes Fund for the Preservation of Nativ 
plants. 
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