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riety, in aflemblage with other ever-green Ihrubs, and 
occasionally deciduous kinds, in clumps and other 
lhrubbery compartments ; in which they will difplay a 
very confpicuous and agreeable variety and diverlity, 
in their white, filvery-coloured leaves; generally al¬ 
lotting them Tome principal diftri&s: are both of hardy 
growth, to fucceed in any lituation, and in molt foils 
of a moderately dry temperature. 
They may be obtained at moll of the nurferies, of 
a proper fize for planting, which may be performed in 
the fpring or autumn. 
Both the forts are propagated by cuttings of the 
young fhoots, in fpring and fummer: planted in a 
lhady border, and frequently watered in dry weather, 
they will root freely the fame feafon, to admit of tranf- 
planting in autumn or fpring following, either in nur- 
fery rows, to acquire a proper growth for the ihrub- 
bery; or fome, of larger growth, may be tranfplanted 
at once into the places where they are to remain. 
As to general culture, may only give occafional 
pruning, to reduce to order any irregular branches, 
and to cut out dead wood when any occurs, and in 
common with other Ihrubs kept clean from weeds in 
fummer; and the ground digged in autumn, winter, 
or fpring. 
Azalea, AMERICAN HONEYSUCKLE. 
Clafs and Order. 
Pentandria Monogynia, 
Five Males, One Female ; 
Or Plants having Hermaphrodite Flowers, furnijhed 
each with five Stamina, or Males, and one Pifiillum, 
or Female Part. 
THE dlxaleas are deciduous flowering Ihrubs, pro¬ 
ducing very ornamental flowers; deflrable plants to 
aflemble in principal Ihrubberies, borders, &c. in the 
pleafure-ground: are of moderate and middling 
fhrubby growth, advancing mollly with feveral Hems, 
four or five, to fix or eight feet high; adorned in 
fummer with lanceolate and ovate Ample leaves; and 
at the extremity and axillas of the branches, clufters 
of white and red, long tubulous, fragrant flowers, 
five-parted at top; having five internal ftamina and 
one pilli!, fucceeded by roundilh capfules, filled with 
roundilh feeds, by which (obtained from America, 
where the plants grow naturally) they may be raifed; 
but in default of which, are propagated by fuckers 
and layers. 
Genera! Characters. —Hermaphrodite flowers; the 
calyx fmall, five-parted, acute, coloured, and perma¬ 
nent; corolla or flower, funnel-lhape, with a long 
naked tube, five-parted above,-the two upper fegments 
EGETABLE SYSTEM 
reflexed back, the two Tides bent inward, and the low. 
er fegmer.t turning downward: ftamina, five fmall, 
unequal filaments, terminated by oblong anthera; pif- 
tillum, a round germen, long, flender ftyle, crowned 
with an obtufe ftigma; and the germen grows a round¬ 
ilh capfule, containing many roundilh feeds. 
The Species of AZALEA are, 
I. Azalea vifeofa, Vifcous-flowered White Ameri¬ 
can Honeyfuckle. 
A moderate, deciduous Ihrub, growing three or 
four feet high; the leaves fpear-lhape, ( middlingfiz.e) 
with rough edges; and corolla of the flower hairy, 
glutinous or clammy; (flowers white, &c.)—Native 
of Virginia. (Moifi or any foil.) 
2. Azalea nudifiora, Naked-flowered Red Azalea. 
Middle fize deciduous Ihrub, growing fix or eight 
feet high; the leaves ovate (middle fize) and corolla 
of the flower hairy, and longeft ftamina; (the flowers 
red, on long naked foot-ftalks.)—Native of Vir¬ 
ginia. (Moifi or any foil.) 
Varieties of the two Species are. —Early White-flow¬ 
ered. 
Late White-flowered. 
Red-flowered. 
Pale-Red-flowered. 
Scarlet-flowered. 
Late Red-flowered. 
Thefe Ihrubs flower very ornamentally in July; the 
flowers long, tubulous, deeply cut at top into five 
parts, and fomeivhat refembling thofe of the common 
honeyfuckle, and impart an agreeable odour ; fo that 
the plants have great merit to arrange in principal 
Ihrubberies, and other compartments of the pleafure- 
ground ; and are hardy to grow in any Common foil 
and fituation, though they generally thrive more fuc- 
cefsfully inmoilt ground. 
They are cultivated plentifully in the nurferies, 
where they may be procured for planting, at the pro¬ 
per feafons. 
The feafons for planting them is either in autumn, 
about the decay of the leaves, in Odtober and Novem¬ 
ber, or in the fpring, before they begin to Ihoot; or 
may be planted in any of the winter months, in mild, 
open weather; difpofing them generally in Ihrubberies, 
and any ornamental plantations, in aflemblage with 
other deciduous Ihrubs, &c. placed according to their 
fizes, more or lefs forward in the deftined compart¬ 
ments, to arrange confpicuoully with Ihrubs nearly of 
fimilar growth. 
They are propagated principally by fuckers pro¬ 
duced from the bottom, which may be taken up in 
autumn 
