252 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



of any other Azalea. The Yellow Azalea is followed 

 by R. arborescens, another inhabitant of the glades of 

 the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to 

 Georgia, which blooms about mid-June. This is a 

 tall shrub, growing from ten to fifteen feet high, with 

 large, pure white, very fragrant flowers, the beauty 

 of which is increased by the bright scarlet color of 

 the long exserted stamen-filaments and styles. The 

 leaves are pale colored and are full grown before the 

 flowers open. The last to flower is R. viscosum, the 

 Clammy Azalea or Swamp Honeysuckle, a common 

 inhabitant of swamps near the Atlantic seaboard, 

 which does not open its flowers until July. It is a 

 shrub of medium size with small, very fragrant, pure 

 white blossoms covered with sticky hairs and the 

 leaves are often pale bluish, especially on the lower 

 surface. The plant is valuable for the lateness of 

 its flowers, which continue to open for weeks when 

 those of most shrubs are past. 



These five Azaleas are all good garden plants which 

 take kindly to cultivation and thrive in ordinary soil in 

 either open or shady situations. 



Of the other American species of this section, seed- 

 lings of R. austrinum, R. candidum, and R.flammeum are 

 growing in the Arnold Arboretum, but it is too early to 

 judge of their merits as garden plants. The first has 



