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Thomas Meehan’s work on Pinkshell Azalea 
The Native Flowers and Ferns of (Rhododendron vaseyi) 
the United States serves as one of “It is one of a number of beautiful 
plants missed by the early explorers of 
the Mountains of North Carolina, and 
which have been brought to light only 
in modern times.” 
the clearest examples of his lucid 
writing style. Each of his entries 
was accompanied by chromo- 
lithograph illustrations prepared 
by Louis Prang of Boston. The i aa ONTO 
illustrations and excerpts here 
appeared in later installments of 
the project in Meehan’s Monthly. 
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 
