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Low thickets and swamps. Rare or occasional in north- 

 western Connecticut ; frequent elsewhere. June — July. 



The var. glaucum (Michx.) Gray (glaucous) is occa- 

 sional growing with the typical form. The var. nitidum 

 (Pursh) Gray (shining) is rare: Groton and Water ford 

 (Graves), Huntington (Eames), Oxford (Harger). 



Rarely occurs with pink flowers. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum (L.) Torr. (naked-flowered). 

 Azalea nudiflora L. 

 Purple, Pink or Wild Azalea. Pinxter Flower. May Apple. 



Wild Honeysuckle. 



Frequent or common. Woods and thickets. May — June. 



This and the following species are desirable shrubs for 

 cultivation. 



Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) G. Don (hoary). 

 Azalea canescens Michx. 

 Purple Azalea. 



Rare. Woods and thickets : Colchester and Voluntown 

 (Graves), Norfolk and Salisbury (Bissell). May — June. 



Rhododendron canadense (L.) BSP. 

 Rhododendron Rhodora Don. 

 Rhodora canadensis L. 

 Rhodora. 



Swamps and low woods and thickets. Rare in most dis- 

 tricts : Voluntown (Graves), East Hartford (A. W. Driggs), 

 Enfield (Mrs. G. S. Phelps), BurHngton (J. N. Bishop), 

 Southington (J. Shepard), North Haven (A. W. Evans), 

 Middlebury (Harger). Occasional or local in northeastern 

 Connecticut. May. 



Noteworthy as the subject of one of Emerson's best known 

 poems. 



Rhododendron maximum L. (greatest). 

 Great Laurel. Rhododendron. Rose Bay. 



Rare or local. Swampy woods or rarely on dry wooded 

 hillsides : Litchfield, New London and Tolland Counties. July. 



One of the most striking of the broad-leaved evergreens, 

 and extensively planted for ornament. The leaves contain 

 a poisonous principle and are sometimes used in medicine. 



