The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . 2 inches across, often reach in It. Auck-landiie a breadth of I) inches. See pinkster-flmmr. Rhododendron 2. [/. c] Any one o| the many species of theabove j^(UUs,iieloiit^inj?to the section Hhoitmieu-drou: the rose-buy. The art- hiiml-some shiuhH, iimch ciiltivattM)r plan-tAtlons l» A. Catairhufuv, the (.atawha or (andina rliiHht-dendnin. h>liHdizi-<l with the more trnder exoties It. Pnn-tiium and /(. nrbitrmtm. The Catawba *i)eeie« k
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . 2 inches across, often reach in It. Auck-landiie a breadth of I) inches. See pinkster-flmmr. Rhododendron 2. [/. c] Any one o| the many species of theabove j^(UUs,iieloiit^inj?to the section Hhoitmieu-drou: the rose-buy. The art- hiiml-some shiuhH, iimch ciiltivattM)r plan-tAtlons l» A. Catairhufuv, the (.atawha or (andina rliiHht-dendnin. h>liHdizi-<l with the more trnder exoties It. Pnn-tiium and /(. nrbitrmtm. The Catawba *i)eeie« kiowh fit»M»3 to «i. rarely -Je. feet hitch, has oval or oldonc laiveH anle or (In culture) variuiislycolored lli>wrr». It is native in tlie Alletrhanies from Vir-Kiiiia southward. It Iiab nl»i heen largely cultivated InKurope, anil there are hundreds of varieties. The (jrcatrhodotlendron (or laurelX H. maximum, al>ounils in (he Al-. Flowcring Branch of the Great Laurel (/tAotiivifn^riti maxtmumt. liaghanies, and is found as far north as Maine and is commonly taller than R. Catawbirtuw, with narrowerleaves, and (lowers jiink or nearly white with a greenishthroat. It is a fine species, but much less cultivated thanthe last; it atfonls some hybrids. The Califoniian rhoiio-dendron, t{. Cali/onueum. resenibU-s the Catawba rhodo-dendron, but has more showy Ilowers. It *Ieserves haspnived hardy in ;Iand. The Pontic rht^t-dodendron. It. Pontiru]n, is the most common species ofEuropean gardens, hardy only as a low shrub in (he lutrtli-eni Initeil States. H. arfinrrtiin, the tree rhiMlodendrun,is a line Himalayan species. •; feet hiRh, with the leavessilvery-white beneath, and tho tlowfrs scarlet varyinp towhite. The Utpland rhododendron, It. lAipp*micum. is adwarf arctic and alpine species of twitb hemispheres, ^row*ing prostrate in bro:id tufts. The Siberian or Dahunanphododendron,
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