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Kurume|kuˈrume|
The name of a Japanese town on the island of Kyushu, used absol., or attrib. in Kurume azalea, to designate one of a group of small, evergreen azaleas developed there from a variety of Rhododendron obtusum early in the nineteenth century and introduced to America and Europe by Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) in 1919.
1920E. H. Wilson in Garden Mag. Mar. 38/1 It was during the Arnold Arboretum expedition to Japan in 1914 that I first became acquainted with these Kurume Azaleas. 1924E. H. M. Cox Rhododendrons for Amat. v. 98 Kurume azaleas should be consistently fed to ensure good flowers. 1949Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. LXXIV. 145 When first introduced the Kurumes were given an undeserved reputation for tenderness. 1964J. Berrisford Rhododendrons & Azaleas iii. 41 In the eighteen-twenties a cult arose among the feudal gentlemen of Japan and the dwarf evergreen azaleas were bred privately... Thus arose the two-hundred-and-fifty-odd varieties of Kurume azaleas, so called from the town of Kurume where they were later discovered. 1965‘M. Neville’ Ladies in Dark x. 101 I'd taken up two Kurumes that she'd ordered. 1970S. B. Sutton Charles Sprague Sargent & Arnold Arboretum x. 258 The pilgrimage to the Kurume Azaleas came at the latter part of an expedition which was, as one expected from Wilson, a success both botanically and horticulturally. |