Archive image from page 149 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 175. Azalea Indica (X J',). 176. Double-flowered Azalea Indica (X K). colored or carmine ; calyx-lobes lanceolate ; stamens 10, with purple anthers. May, June. China. B.M. 1480. L.B.C. 3:275. (2) Lvs. obova
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Archive image from page 149 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 175. Azalea Indica (X J', ). 176. Double-flowered Azalea Indica (X K). colored or carmine ; calyx-lobes lanceolate ; stamens 10, with purple anthers. May, June. China. B.M. 1480. L.B.C. 3:275. (2) Lvs. obovate or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rarely acute ; y-2 in. long, less strigose, and usually shining above : low, much-branched shrubs. Var. macrdntha, Reichb. {A. macrdntha, Bunge. A. Danielsidna, Fast.). Lvs. coriaceous, dark green, shining, obovate or oval : fls. usually single, 2-3 in. broad, pink or purplish pink ; stamens 5-10, usuallv enclosed. May, June. China. P.M.I: 129. S.B.F.G. II. 3:261. —From this variety nearly all of the beautiful garden forms of the Indian Azaleas have originated by cross-breeding with other varieties and forms of A . /?idica introduced from Japanese and Chinese gardens, and by hybridizing, especially with j1. rosmarinifdlia. To this variety may be referred the following re- markable forms : Var. crispiflora. Van Houtte. Pis. large, rose-colored, with distinctly crisped segments. F.S. 9:887. B.M. 4726. Var. lateritia, Lindl. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate : fls. salmon or brick-red. B.R. 1700. Var. rosiJldra, Rehder {A. rosifldra, Flor. Mag. A. balsaminwflbra, Carr. A. Bdllissoni, Hort.).Lvs. ob- long-lanceolate: fls. salmon-red, very double, with im- bricated, oblong segments, resembling the blooms of a camellia-Bd. balsam. P.M. 19:418. Gn. 18:249. R.H. 1882:432. Var. obtiisa, Rebder {A. obtiisa, Lindl.). Lvs. obo- vate or ovate, obtuse : fls. 1-3, pink or orange-red ; corolla 1-lKin. broad, lobes oval-oblong ; stamens 5, exserted, anthers vellow. May.