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7. R. Rhodora, Gmelin. 
[Rhodora congesta, Moench, 1794 ; R. pulchellum, Salisb., 1796 ; 
Rhodora canadensis, Linn., 1762], 
A much branched deciduous twiggy bush, 4 to 5 feet high ; leaves oblong, 
elliptic or oval; flowers about six in a cluster, produced at end of twigs before 
the leaves, rosy-purple. 
This pretty and very hardy species is distributed from Newfoundland through 
Eastern Canada, south to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Introduced 1767. In 
its native home it is found mostly on the edges of swamps, but does not flourish 
in such a position with us. 
8. R. ALBIFLORUM, Hook., 1834. 
[A. ALBiFLORA, Kuntze, 1891]. 
This species and the foregoing species may hardl}^ be classed amongst the 
Azaleas, but present certain external characters similar to them. R. albiflorum 
is a native of the high mountains on the edge of timber line in Montana, Oregon 
and the southern Canadian Rockies. This is a poor species not worth growing 
as a garden plant, being bad and straggling in habit with loose dull white axillary' 
flowers. 
9. R. Vaseyi, Gray, 1879. 
A. Vaseyi, Rehder, 1899. [Biltia Vaseyi, Small, 1903] 
A deciduous shrub from 12 to 15 feet high, bushy ; leaves cuneate-oval 
tapering at both ends ; flowers rich pink, four to eight, appearing before the 
leaves. 
This lovely species was first discovered by G. R. Vasey, in North Carolina, 
in 1878, and introduced in 1891.* It likes a damp shaded position and warrants 
more attention than it has received from gardeners. 
Broadly speaking the foregoing species were all the so-called American 
Azaleas known to gardeners until recent years, whilst the first six were amongst 
the species generally used for the creation of “ Ghent ’’ Azaleas. It is doubtful 
if R. ARBORESCENS has been used to any extent as a breeder, whilst R. Rhodor.\, 
R. ALBIFLORUM and R. Vaseyi so far as we know have not been used at all. 
The following species have been recently described as New American Azaleas, 
and are now' included in the genus Rhododendron. For the most part they are 
only local forms of better know'n species, and up to the present have not been 
used for hybridisation. 
10. R. AUSTRINUM. A. AUSTRINA, Small, 1913. 
A deciduous shrub up to 12 feet high with irregular branches and pubescent 
and usually glandular twigs ; leaves oval, obovate or oblong ; short-petioled ; 
• c.f.p. 119 where Professor Sargent gives this date as about 1880.—C.C.E. 
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