Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . rge obovate or oblongolanceolate shining leavesand umbellate yellow flowers, which are externally coveredwith glutinous hairy glands, and are very fragrant. It may beregarded as, like many of the other Ericem (heaths, &c.), a socialplant; and its golden flowers give great brilliancy to the landscape in many parts of the Crimea, the south-east of Poland, theCaucasus, &c. It covers many mountain slopes, but does not as-cend to great elevations, giving place to the more alpine Rhodo-dendron Ponticum. It is common in ga
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . rge obovate or oblongolanceolate shining leavesand umbellate yellow flowers, which are externally coveredwith glutinous hairy glands, and are very fragrant. It may beregarded as, like many of the other Ericem (heaths, &c.), a socialplant; and its golden flowers give great brilliancy to the landscape in many parts of the Crimea, the south-east of Poland, theCaucasus, &c. It covers many mountain slopes, but does not as-cend to great elevations, giving place to the more alpine Rhodo-dendron Ponticum. It is common in gardens and shrubberies inBritain, and varies with orange, red, and almost white whole plant is narcotic and poisonous, and the honey col-lected by bees from its flowers, which very much abound in honey,is said to cause stupefaction and delirium, as happened to Xeno-phons soldiers in their famous retreat in Asia.—North Americaabounds in azaleas as well as in rhododendrons, and some of thespecies have been long cultivated in Britain, particularly A. nudi-. flora and A. viscosa, which, with A. Pontica, have become theparents of manj hybrids. Both have nearly white flowers, verybeautiful, and of delicious fragrance. has the flowerscovered with glutiiious hah-s like A. Pontica; but the flowers ofA. nudijiora are nearly destitute of them. Both species aboundfrom Canada to the southern parts of the United States. They aretaller slirubs than A. Pontica. Upon account of its sweet smell,A. nudiflora is called in America the Upright Honeysuckle. , a native of the southern parts of the United States,is described as freijuently clothing the mountains with a robe ofliving scarlet.—Indiaand China produceseveral s|,iecies of A.,of which one of thefinest is A. Indica,well known in Britainas a greenhouse flowers exhibitgreat brilliancy ofcolors. Many hybridsexist between themore hard} speciesand this. Another ex-tremely beautifulspecies is A. ledi
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