单词 | kurume |
释义 | Kurumen. Kurume azalea n. one of a group of small, evergreen azaleas developed in Kurume 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. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1920 E. 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. 1924 E. H. M. Cox Rhododendrons for Amateurs v. 98 Kurume azaleas should be consistently fed to ensure good flowers. 1949 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 74 145 When first introduced the Kurumes were given an undeserved reputation for tenderness. 1964 ‘J. M. 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. 1970 S. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1920 |
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