feet high,
| | |has narrow quite distinct
| | |ovate or lanceolate leaves
| | |2 inches long.
| | |
R. lepidotum |Temperate and |Colour |The individual flower does
|Alpine Himalayas|varies, |not suggest a Rhododendron,
| |usually |so unlike other species
| |purple and|is it in this respect. It
| |yellowish;|is a low-growing plant with
| |curious |small oblong leaves; it
| |flattened |succeeds outdoors at Kew.
| |form, and |
| |about 1 |
| |inch |
| |across; |
| |May and |
| |June |
| | |
R. maximum (Great |North America |Rose, or |This will grow to a height
American Laurel) | |whitish |of 35 feet, and has large,
| |spotted |thick, elliptical, oblong
| |with |leaves. It is not much
| |yellow or |grown here. In the
| |red |"Cyclopaedia of American
| | |Horticulture," it is
| | |mentioned: "This is one of
| | |the hardiest species, being
| | |hardy as far north as
| | |Quebec and Ontario....
| | |This species and the former
| | |(catawbiense) are now often
| | |extensively used in
| | |park-planting, and taken by
| | |the car-load from the
| | |woods. If properly handled
| | |and taken from a turfy soil