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HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK BOTANI- 
CAL GARDEN 
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Rhododendron giganteum. TALL RHODODENDRON. 
Location: North side of Conservatory Range I. 
Horticultural origin. 
Rhododendron maximum. GREAT LAUREL. 
Location: East bank of west lake. West end of Stone Bridge. 
Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 
Rhododendron praecox. EARLY RHODODENDRON. 
Location: Fruticetum. 
Hybrid. . 
Rhododendron purpureum var. elegans. SHowy PURPLE 
RHODODENDRON. 
Location: North side of Conservatory mane i 
Horticultural origin. 
Rhododendron roseum var. elegans. SHOwy ROSE RHODODEN- 
DRON 
Location: North side of Conservatory Range I. 
Horticultural origin. 
In addition to the above the following, of horticultural origin. 
are in the collections: Abraham Lincoln, Boule de Neige, Carac- 
tacus, Charles Bagley, Charles Dickens, Edward S. Rand, 
Gen. Grant, H. H. Hunnewell, H. W. Sargent, James Bateman, 
Kettledrum, Lady Armstrong, Milton, Mrs. C. H. Sargent, Mrs. 
H. Ingersoll, Mrs. Milner, Parson’s gloriosa, Parson’s grandiflora, 
R. 5S. Field, Sefton. 
Biltia. BILTIA 
Biltia Vaseyi. Vasry’s AZALEA. 
Location: Fruticetum. 
Natural distribution: North Carolina. 
Azalea. AZALEA 
Azalea amoena. PLEASING AZALEA. 
Location: Fruticetum. Flower beds. north of Conservatory 
Range I. 
Horticultural origin. 
