RHODO'RA CANADEN'SE. 
CANADIAN RHODORA. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RHODORACE.E. 
Native of I 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
1 foot. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1767. 
No. 742. 
Rhodora, like several other generic names, has 
arisen out of the Greek word rhodon, a rose. 
Rhodora Canadense originally ranked in the ge- 
nus Rhododendron, but differing as it does from that 
genus in its three* parted corolla, it was separated 
from it to form another, under the name here given. 
Lately, however, since Azalea has fallen into Rho- 
dodendron, Rhodora has, by some botanists, been 
ranked with them, and is called Rhododendron 
rhodora. 
Rhodora resembles the Azalea in its deciduous 
habit, and general appearance; and it requires 
similar treatment. As it flowers early in the spring 
its blossoms are sometimes injured by frosts and 
winds; but it deserves protection, and bears forcing 
as well as the Azaleas. 
The cultivation of these nearly-related plants is 
so much alike that we will here give Mr. G. Don’s 
directions, from his System of Gardening. He 
says, /‘Of all the genera in existence. Rhododen- 
dron comprises the most handsome, elegant, and 
showy shrubs, well fitted for adorning shrubberies, 
or to be grown singly on lawns. All the species 
