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bright red, the stalks, calyx, and corolla all being of the 

 same hue. These plants should have light peat soil, well 

 drained, and be shaded from the sun in summer. 



AZALEA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia) Corolla bell-shaped, in- 

 ferior ; stigma obtuse ; capsule five-celled. 



From the Greek for dry, in allusion to the places where 

 these plants are found. The hardy species of this beautiful 

 genus are well known in the garden, but those from India 

 require shelter in the greenhouse, and are a considerable or- 

 nament during the flowering season. A, Indica is the spe- 

 cies so much admired, and it has spread into many varieties, 

 with flowers of various colours, as scarlet, purple, yellow, 

 and pink ; in the spring fetes at the Botanic Gardens these 

 very lovely plants and their varieties make quite a show by 

 themselves. Besides the species Indica, there are Daniel- 

 siana, with red flowers ; FarrercB, with lilac ; ovata, white ; 

 obtusa, crimson, and Sinensis, yellow-flowered, the varieties 

 of which are hardy. A. crispiflora, a native of China, is a 

 remarkably handsome species, and worthy of a place in 



