AZA'LEA CALENDULA'CEA. 
MARYGOLD-LIKE AZALEA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDBIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RHODORACE® . 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N America. 
4 feet. 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1806 
No. 313. 
Azalea, from the Greek azaleos, dry, a term 
chosen as descriptive of the indigenous situation of 
the plant to which it was first applied. Calendu- 
lacea was probably adopted merely in allusion to the 
the yellow colour of the variety first introduced. 
The varieties of Azalea which have been lately 
raised from seed, and the hybrids between Azalea 
and Rhododendron, have not only greatly increased 
these splendid shrubs, but also have tended to unite 
the two genera, as noticed under No. 261. 
The cultivation of them is by no means unimpor- 
tant, and should never be attempted within the in- 
fluence of a contaminated town atmosphere. Shade, 
a rather moist subsoil, or aqueous atmosphere; with 
a soil, principally peat; or a compost, partly of de- 
cayed vegetables, as leaves, straw, or the refuse from 
beneath a wood-pile, which is often attainable in 
the country, are amongst the requisites to constitute 
a good bed for American shrubs. Where they can 
be planted near to the edges of ponds, or in low 
moist situations, the aspect is less important, other- 
wise a northern exposure should be chosen. These 
general principles should gidde the cultivator. 
79 Loudon’s Ency. of Plants, 144. 
