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Book: Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
Chapter: Chapter 11. Garden Vegetation

Japanese Azaleas and Rhododendrons

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The following are different kinds of the Azalea and Rhododendron:�Rhododendron albrechti (Murasaki-yashio-tsutsuji), Rhododendron brachycarpum (Shiro-shaku-nage), Rhododendron dilatatum (Mitsuba-tsutsuji), Rhododendron indicum, var. macranthum (Satsuki), Rhododendron kamschaticum (Yezo-tsutsuji), Rhohodendron keiskei (Me-shakunage), Rhododendron ledifolium (Mochi-tsutsuji), Rhododendron ledifolium, var. narcissiflorum (Ye- clogawa-tsutsuji), Rhododendron ledifolium, var. lencanthum (Riukiu-tsutsuji), Rhododendron metternichii (Shaku-nage), Rhododendron quinquefolium (Goro-tsutsuji), Rhododendron schlippenbachii (Kuro-fune-tsutsuji), Rhododendron semibarbatum (Baikwan-tsutsuji), Rhododendron serpillifolum (Unzen-tsutsuji), Rhododendron sinense (Kirenge-tsutsuji), and Rhododendron chrysanthum (Kibana-shakunage). The Japanese put in the same class with the above:�Andromeda campanulata (Furin-tsutsuji), Andromeda japonica (Abura-tsutsuji), Andromeda cernua, var. rubens (Beni-dodan), Enkianthus japonicus (Dodan-tsutsuji), Mensiczia cilii-calix (Tsurigane-tsutsuji), and Menziezia purpurea (Yashio-tsutsuji).