THE RHODODENDRON 



"AMEEICAN PLAIS^TS." 



A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND 

 SPECIES OF THE RHODODENDRON; 



OULTUEAL KOTES UPON OTHEK PLANTS WHICH THRIVE UHBEB 



LIKE TREATMENT, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES AND 



varieties; with a chapter upon HERBACEOUS 



PLANTS REQUIRING SIMILAR CULTURE. 



EDWARD SPRAGUE RAND, JR., 



AUTHOR OF "flOWEKS FOK THE PAnLOIt AND GARDEN;" " GARDE M FLOWHBS;' 

 "BULBS;" *' SEVENTY-nVB FLOWEKS." 



BOSTON: 



LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 



1871. 



