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lost a flower-bud. If the flower-buds of Azalea lutea were hardier this 
would be one of the most delightful of all Azaleas as the flowers are 
charming in color and more fragrant perhaps than those of any other 
Azalea. The plants of this Azalea are growing on the lower side of 
Azalea Path below the group of Enkianthus. 
Rhododendron (Azalea) Vaseyi is the earliest of American Azaleas to 
bloom with the exception of the Rhodora, and one of the best intro- 
ductions of recent years. It is a tall shrub with slender stems and 
open irregular habit. It grows naturally only in a few isolated moun- 
tain valleys in South Carolina where it sometimes reaches a height of 
fifteen feet. The flowers appear before the leaves in small compact 
clusters and are pure pink in color, white flowers occasionally appear- 
ing. There are large clumps of this Azalea near the end of the Meadow 
Road which are just now opening their petals. The Rhodora [Rhodo- 
dendron canadense), which is also in flower, is probably the least orna- 
mental of all the North American Azaleas. The small flowers are rose- 
purple in color but when this shrub covers, as it sometimes does, hun- 
dreds of acres of swampy ground in extreme northern New England 
and eastern Canada it makes an attractive show. 
Chaenomeles. This is the generic name now given to the red-flowered 
Quince which was formerly known as Pyrus japonica. It has been in 
American gardens for many years and at one time was one of the most 
popular plants here, especially in the middle and southern states where 
it is still common. It is not rare in New England, although perhaps 
less common here than southward. Occasionally the flower-buds suffer 
here in severe winters and the plants need constant attention to protect 
them from the San Jose scale which commonly infests this Quince. 
Although first introduced into Europe from Japanese gardens it is not 
a Japanese but a Chinese plant, and the correct name for it is Chae- 
nomeles lagenaria. There is a collection of garden varieties of this 
Quince, chiefly raised in Germany, in the Shrub Collection, and it is 
several years since the plants have been so full of flowers. The vari- 
eties differ in the color of the flowers and in the size and shape of the 
plants. The most conspicuous when it is in bloom is the var. Simonii, 
gf dwarf habit and with intensely scarlet flowers. The white flowers 
of var. nivalis attract attention, as do the red flowers of the var. car- 
dinalis. These varieties are little known in the United States and 
plants are difficult to obtain. Another species of the so-called red- 
flowered Quince, which is a native of Japan and a smaller and hardier 
shrub than the Chinese species, with smaller flowers and fruits and 
often semiprostrate stems, often called in gardens Pyrus Maulei, is 
rightly named Chaenomeles japonica. There is a dwarf variety of this 
plant with smaller flowers and fruits which is an excellent subject for 
the rock garden. Chaenomeles japonica has been growing in the Ar- 
boretum since 1893 when it was raised from seeds collected by Professor 
Sargent on the mountains of Hondo. A hybrid of the Chinese and 
Japanese species raised in Switzerland several years ago has received 
the name of Chaenomeles superha. There are several named varieties 
of this hybrid in the Arboretum differing in the color of the flowers. 
Of these those named rosea, perfecta and alba are perhaps the most 
interesting. 
