260 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



or nearly so, May, June, stamens thickened near the middle; 

 shrub 4-10 feet. Flame Azalea (440) — Rhododfindron 

 calendulS,ceum (Azalea calendul^oea). 

 D. Yellow and very fragrant, 2-2^ inches broad. May; branch- 

 lets hairy ; shrub 2-6 feet. Rare in cultivation but hybrids 

 have been given the name. Pontic Azalea (441) — Azalea 

 p6ntica. 

 B. Flowers white, yellow, orange, pink, red, lilac, etc., blooming 

 May-Julyi Hybrid or Ghent Azaleas — Azalea ganda- 

 v^nsis. 

 A. Corolla with a broader tube which is pubescent but not glandular 

 outside, stamens (5) shorter than the spreading portion, flowers 

 yellow, orange, or pink llooming at time of leaf expansion, 

 April, May ; branches hairy. Shrub 3-8 feet. Chinese Aza- 

 lea — Azalea sinensis (Rhododendron sin^nse). 

 A. Corolla vrith a short tube and broadly spreading border, rose- 

 purple without spots, smooth outside, stamens 10, blooming 

 before the leaves, April, May. (E.) 

 E. Shrub 1-3 feet ; leaves glaucous beneath. Riiodoka — Rhodo- 

 dendron canad^nse (Azalea canad&sis). 



E. Shrub 3-8 feet; leaves yellowish beneath. Riiombic-leaved 

 Azalea — Azalea rh(5mbica (Rhododendron rhombfcum). 



A. Corolla with a short tube, broadly spreading border and upper 

 lobes spotted. (F.) 



F. Stamens usually 7 (rarely 5) ; bloom before leaves ; shrub 5-15 

 feet. Vaset's Azalea (442) — Azalea V^seyi (Rhododendron 

 VSseyi). 



F. Stamens 10 ; blooming with the leaves ; shrub 2-5 feet ; branches 

 glandular-hairy. (G.) 

 G. Flowers purple. Azalea (Rhododendron) Albr^chtii. 

 G. Flowers pale rose color with brownish spots. Azalea Schlip- 

 p^nbachil. 

 * Leaves and flowers from the same terminal bud ; leaves thick and gen- 

 erally evergreen; stamens 5-10. Shrab 1-8 feet. Evergreen 

 Azalea — Azalea indioa (Rhododendron indicum) — and its many 

 named varieties and hybrids. 



Rhododendron. The Rhododendrons are among the most beautiful 

 of flowering evergreens. In spring and early summer, when in bloom, 

 the bushes, entirely covered with great heads of the large bright colored 

 flowers and, through the year, the large thick glossy foliage render the 

 Rhododendrons objects of great beauty. There- are three or four species 

 from wliich the endless hybrids have been obtained. One of these is from 



