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ARISTOLOCHIA.—Bmrs-worr. 
Aristoléchia Sipho.—Pipe Vine.—Dutchman’s Pipe.— 
A singular climbing plant, with handsome, broad foliage, 
with brownish-purple, and very curious, somewhat pipe- 
shaped flowers. It grows fifteen or twenty feet high; 
blooms in June and July; propagated from layers and 
cuttings. It flourishes in any good, strong soil. 
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AZALEA,—Swamp Honeysuck.e. 
(From Greek signifying arid, a name quite inappropriate to our species, 
which grow mostly in moist places.] 
Az4lea Indica.—This is not hardy enough to endure 
our winters, but is one of the most beautiful of the hardy 
green-house shrubs in cultivation. The colors are from 
pure white to dark crimson, scarlet, and light purple, with 
intermediate shades; it continues a long time in bloom 
during the winter months; it is suitable for the sitting- 
room as well as the green-house. 
A. viscésa.—Clammy Azalea, White Swamp-Honey- 
suckle, may be found in abundance among the brush- 
wood in low grounds, and is much admired for the fra- 
grance of its flowers, which are produced in terminal, 
umbel-like corymbs; mostly pure white, but sometimes 
varying to blush or variegated; hairy and glutinous on 
the outside; stamens longer than the corolla, which in all 
the species is bell or funnel form, terminating in five un- 
equal segments. 
A. nudifléra.—This, as well as A. viscosa, is called by 
the country people Swamp Pink, probably on account of 
the odor of the flowers, which has some resemblance to 
the Garden Pink. By them they are eagerly sought after, 
and form a conspicuous part of the decoration of the 
mantel-piece, in its season, the month of June. The color 
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