Handbook of Tkees of the Northi-.kn States axd Canada. 300 



The Rose Bay is familiar as a slinil) to most 

 people, who never think of it as a tree, but 

 ill tlie Alleghany -Mountains, of Tennessee ami 

 North and South Carolina, it becomes a bushy 

 round-topped tree, :;0 to 411 ft. in height, witli 

 fTOoked and more or less ineliiied trunk 111 or 

 12 in. in diameter. We see in tliese individuals 

 tlie :ip|iropnateness of one oi its names — 

 ill rut l'lii>'l(Hlriiilroii. It is rail.' and local, and 

 in shrubby form, in the northern part of its 

 range, only ocenpying certain cold swamps, but 

 to the southward it becomes abundant, occupy- 

 ing mountain-slopes and intervales alike, and 

 is commiMily scattered as an nnilergrowth 

 througli forests among other trees, or in places 

 forming almost iin]ieiietraljle thickets of con- 

 siderable cNtinit. The beauty of the Rliodo 

 dendron in llowcr is scarcely surpassed by any 

 other tree or shrub of the American forests, 

 and one's lirst xisit to its haunts in the flower- 

 ing season is sure to be long r ■iiibrred. 



The wood is linr-gi'ained ai il haid. Ii it ratlnn- 

 brittle, and useful in turnery for toi.l-handh's, 

 etc. A cubic foot uhcn alisolulely dry wei,glis 

 :!n.2S Ibs.i 



inccnlnl 



Lravrs ohf 

 4-12 in. Ion.'.', acute ;if 

 liud. fcrrnf^inniis tenicr 

 tnrltv iustreiis d;irk l,o 

 thick anrt stitr. rht,r, 

 flowered iiinhels 4-." in. 



\iscid-pui)eseent |M'd 



ilnnc'ehite rn- oiilmi','. 

 iilli rnils. rcxciliile in llir 

 CIS.' nl lirsl liul al Hel- 

 en ;lliovi'. ]i:iler li'lle:!! |i. 

 ■.s- ( .Inne-.liily ) in ]i;-lj4- 

 leriiss. wil li slender jiiiiic 



imiiii,' from the axils 



'seelli'e liuds 



iif the scales of tlH' inflol-escellee hllds ; eaI,\'X 

 lolies oblonff, roiinderl ; coi-oii;! eniiijinnnlate. i,'ili- 

 hous posteriorl.v. alKuit 1 in. Iiuej. \:i lyiiii,' fnnii 

 rose-color or [)urrilis]] to wliid'. eleli I,, ilie middie 

 Inhes ronnded, tlie ufipei' one ,\'elliiw .sjiolted in- 

 side. Fruit eapsnle olilon,ii-o\'oid, ' .!■ in. loii.i,', 

 f^landular-hisind. oiienin.i; and lilie 

 in aulnron and jii'rsistin.i^ durin; 

 winter. - 



liim iis s Is 



till' follinvinL; 



1. 



A. W., Xll. •JS4. 



I''(ir l;i'11||S see ]J. 4.~ 



