Contents 



Foreword vii 



Acknowledgments vii 



Introduction 1 



Symbols and abbreviations 11 



Catalog of plants and their collection sites 12 



Appendix A: Authors cited 218 



Appendix B: Plant collection sites, cited by 



acronym 237 



Appendix C: Glenn Dale azalea cultivars 



documented in the U.S. National 

 Arboretum Herbarium 248 



Appendix D: Plants listed by botanical names 



and cultivar names 249 



Appendix E: Vernacular names 313 



Genera 313 



Species and cultivars 314 



Selected bibliography 326 



Illustrations 



IDESIA polycarpa cover 



PRUNUS mume 'Peggy Clarke' frontispiece 



ACTINIDIA arguta 22 



AKEBIA quinata 24 



BIGNONIA capreolata 31 



BRUNFELSIA australis 33 



CALYCANTHUSJloridus 38 



CHIMONANTHUS praecox 50 



DAVIDIA involucratavsiT. vilmoriniana 63 



DISANTHUS cercidifolius 66 



FOTHERGILLA major 74 



HALESIA Carolina 77 



HAMAMELIS mollis 79 



HOVENIA dulcis 88 



HYDRANGEA anomala ssp . petiolaris 89 



ILLICIUMjloridanum 110 



ILLICIUM parviflorum 11 1 



JASMINUM nudijlorum 113 



JUGLANSregia 114 



KOELREUTERIA bipinnata 120 



LAURUS nobilis 123 



MAGNOLIA ashei (fruit) 129 



MAGNOLIA macrophylla (fruit) 129 



MAGNOLIA tripetala 133 



MICHELIA fxgo 138 



PARROTIOPSISjacquemontiana 1 43 



PSEUDOLARIX amabilis 161 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA hydrangeoides 191 



STYRAXjaponicus 197 



SYCOPSIS sinensis 198 



TOONA sinensis 206 



ULMUS parvifolia 209 



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