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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



maximum, — grows from 6 to 20 (occasionally 40) feet high. It has pale 

 rose to nearly white flowers an inch bro.id with some greenish in the 

 throat and reddish or yellowish spots on the upper side. It blooms July 

 and August. 



The Alleghanian species, Catawba Rhododendkoit (445) — Rhodo- 

 dendron catawbifense, — grows usually from 3 to 6 (occasionally 20) feet 



high. It has lilac-purple flowers IJ 

 inches broad and blooms in June. 



The Californian Rhododen- 

 DKON — Rhododendron califdmicum 

 — grows about 8 (rarely 20) feet high. 

 It has pink or purple flowers with 

 the lobes more frilled or crisped than 

 the above. 



The species so far given are all 

 rather tall and without scurfy scales 

 on the lower sides of the leaves. A 



Fig. 445. — Catawba Rhododendron. 



small American species, Dotted- 

 LEAVED Rhododendron (447) — 

 Rhododendron punctatum, — rarely 

 grows more than 5 feet high and 

 has small leaves 2 to 5 inches long 

 with glandular hairs and scales on 

 the lower sides. The flowers are 

 in small clusters more funnel- 

 shaped, pale rose with greenish 

 spots. 



All the above have flowers in clusters from large buds and fully ever- 

 green leaves. There are species from eastern Asia where each flower is 

 from a separate bud and the leaves are only half evergreen. They 

 are the earliest to bloom, March to April. Probably the commonest 

 of these is Dahurian Rhododendron (448) — Rhododendron dahtiri- 



FiG. 440. — Great 'Laurel.' 



