XX. 9. THE RHODORA. 389 
logue for 1836, more than one hundred hybrid varieties are 
enumerated, most of them beautiful. 
Sp. 2. Tse Upricur Honeysucnre. R. nudifiorum. Torrey. 
Azdlea nudiflora. LL. 
Figured in Abbott’s Insects of Georgia, I, Plate 27. 
A low, spreading shrub, distinguished from the last by its 
broader and fuller leaves and more highly colored flowers. 
These are in bunches of six or more, radiating from one or two 
points. ‘The flower-stems are longer than the tube, deeply col- 
ored and set with short hairs. Calyx of five, oblong, short se- 
pals, unequal, with a row of hairs on the edge. Tube of the 
corolla dark red, border shorter and of a fainter color. The 
very prominent stamens are of a dark maroon color, as is the 
still longer style. Stigma rounded, dark purple. 
This is found in the southern part of the State, towards the 
borders of Rhode Island, and in several parts of Worcester 
County, but far less abundantly than the last. It, however, 
grows as freely in the open air, and shows the same tendency 
to produce varieties and the same facility in hybridizing. Nine 
distinct varieties, native or occurring in cultivation, are de- 
scribed by Don, and forty-three additional ones are enumerated 
in Loddige’s Catalogue. 
The rhododendrons grow in almost any soil, if in a situa- 
tion protected from the cold winds of winter and the burning 
sun of summer; and I have seen the maziwnum flourishing 
where exposed to both. But they do best in a somewhat close 
and tenacious soil, rather moist. They may be propagated by 
cuttings, by layers or by seeds. ‘The latter mode is considered 
best; the seeds to be sown in peat soil or in fine, sandy loam, 
in a shady border. When transplanted, they should have a 
ball of earth left adhering to the roots. 
THE RHODORA. RHODORA. L. 
From rhodon, a rose. 
Calyx five-toothed; corolla two-lipped; stameus ten; cap- 
sule five-celled, five-valved: leaves deciduous. 
