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June 1

867M ✓ Old Pasture halfway up Spruce
Knob Mountain, about 4½ miles west of U.S. 33, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Plants ½—1½ meters. A hybrid complex involving
calendulaceum, nudiflorum & roseum. Every size &
shape imaginable. Colors as noted. 867P. = About 7 plants from among the better
hybrid color selections.
868. ✓ At about 3600 ft up Spruce Knob Mountain on
rd up E. side. Rocky slopes in rather low scrub
oak woods. Plants 2—2½ meters.
W.27. dark pink tube. Strong pink limb. No blotch. 869 ✓ ditto. W.31 " " " " " " Small darker blotch 870 ✓ " W.34 " " " " " " Red—brown blotch 871 ✓ " W.30 " " " Med pink " Faint pink blotch 872 ✓ " W.31 " " " " " " " " " 873 ✓ " W.30 " " " " " " " " "

June 2

812M listed!
E. At 3250 ft elevation on Pinnacle Mtn, Page Co,
Va. Plants 1—2½ meters. In full bloom
Roseum with a few scattered nudiflorums, chiefly along a
small stream — with intermediates.
Colors:(a) deep red tube, strong lavender pink limb, white blotch
(b) deep red tube, med pink limb, no blotch
(c) " " ", pale " "
(d) deep pink tube, "roseum" pink limb
(e) med " ", paler pink limb
no blotch where noted.
812M
D. Additional specimens from N. side of top of
Pinnacle peak, now in bloom.
Colors:— Fairly uniform "roseum" pink limb with deeper
pink tubes. Exceptions as noted.

874 ✓ June 2 1968. Peter Mazzeo. Found 17 pts
all good yellow oranges— ¼ mile southeast of Spitler Knoll Overlook in
Oak woods west of the Skyline Drive, Madison(?)
Co, Va. About 7 plants of apparent hybrids
between calendulaceum & roseum. True cal. not seen
nearby. Plants about 1 meter.
W.44. Salmon orange limb, deep yellow blotch
pink orange tube. 875 ✓ . ditto. W.43. Same Color. 876 ✓ " W.40 " " 877 ✓ " W.37. deep pink tube. Pale pink limb. Rather
faint yellow blotch.

June 3

878 ✓ M. 1½ miles northwest of Middleburg, Loudon County, Virginia.
Slopes in oak woods above stream. Plants ¾—1¼
meters. All past bloom but described as "medium
to pale pink".
879M. E side of Catoctin Mtn 4½ mi N. of
Point of Rocks, Frederick Co, Md. Moist oak woods

Plant ½—1 meter — all past bloom.

June 4 — no coll.

June 5—

880. ¼ mi E along Appalachian Trail at Dry Run
Gap (about 5 mi S. of Speedwell), Wythe Co, Va.
Slopes in Oak—Pine woods. Plants 1½ meters.
W.56. Apricot yellow, deeper yellow blotch 881. ditto. W.44 " " with salmon tints, " "
Only ✓ numbers beyond this point! 882 M. ½ mi NE of U.S. 58 on S. side of White Top
Mtn at about 3800 (?) ft elev., Grayson Co, Va.
Wooded hillsides. Plants 1—1½ meters.
Colors:(a) orange—red limb, yellow tube
(b) red—orange limb, Deep yellow blotch
(c) Apricot limb, deep yellow blotch
(d) Golden yellow limb with red stripe
(e) deep salmon yellow with golden blotch
(f) Straw yellow with deeper blotch 882P = plants same location

June 6

883M. Edges of wooded slopes on S. side & near
summit (about 3900 ft elev of High Knob, 4½ mi
S of Norton, Wise Co, Va. Plants ½—2½ meters.
Not yet generally in flower at this elevation. They will
be, however within a week. Similar to calend. seen so
far but the sorting to clear yellows & reds seems
more distinct — especially lack of the yellow blotch
in some specimens.
Colors:(a) Strong orange red (almost scarlet). Upper lobe
deeper but without yellow blotch.
(b) Limb red—orange with strong orange—yellow blotch
(c) Lighter " " " " " " "
(d) Limb salmon ‸ with yellow ‸ tints & with apricot blotch
(e) Limb salmon yellow with strong yellow blotch
(f) " yellow with salmon border & " "
(g) " golden yellow with pinkish tints, deep yellow blotch
(h) " straw " " deep yellow blotch
884 & 884P. ¼ mi on logging rd N. from highway ‸ 160 just

W. of Gap on Big Black Mtn Border of Harlan Co, Ky &
Wise Co, Va. Wooded slopes. Plants mostly 1—1½
meters. With characteristic rather small, shiny leaves &
orange red fls— also small. Limb Mandarin red
(17/1) Orange red upper petal. W.42. 885 & 885P. ditto. Limb poppy red (16/1). A little more
yellow in upper petal. W.35 886. ditto. Limb vermilion (18/1). with orange upper
petal. W.37 887 ditto. Limb poppy red with apricot shading. Deep
yellow upper petal. W.46.
888M. Down E. slope Big Black Mtn Wise, Va. to about
500 ft below the crest. Earlier bloom than the
reds on top. Plants 2—3 meters in oak—chestnut
woods.
Colors a. red orange — yellow orange blotch
(b) Deep yellow with salmon tints. Deep yellow blotch.
(c) Salmon—yellow. Deep yellow blotch
(d) Golden yellow, deeper blotch
(e) Straw yellow, deeper blotch

June 7

889M. Summit of Pine Mountain along ridge ¼
mi N. of highway gap Letcher Co, Ky . Rocky soil in chestnutoak
—pine woods. Plants ½ m & quite stoloniferous to
¾ meter & comparatively non stoloniferous. Only the
earliest in bloom & these run somewhat to the orange
side.
Colors (a) mandarin red limb, orange blotch
(b) poppy red limb, hint of yellow blotch
(c) pink—orange limb, yellow blotch. 889M(a) P = plant of rather small red. 890 P = 3 unflowered plants from same location.
891P. Top of wooded ridge ¼ N of gap on Ky 15, 5½
mi N. of Hazard, Perry Co, Ky. Plants in cut over
woods, rocky soil ¾ m high. Probably calendulaceum. 892P. ditto 893 ditto. past bloom 894 " " " 895 " " "

896M. Top of wooded ridge 14 mi W. of Jackson on
Ky 30, Breathitt Co, Ky. Plants to about 1 meter
all past bloom. calendulaceum?
897. Rocky bank above rd 3 mi N.E. of Traveller's
Rest, Owsley Co, Ky. Only 2 plants found —which may
have been in flower early due to sunny S. exposure.
distinctive small orange fls. —looks like cumberlandense
W.41 Salmon orange limb with center ridge of each petal buff yellow. Rather indistinct deeper yellow
blotch. 897P = rather poor plant of same thing 898. Same location. W. 40. Limb salmon—yellow with
orange yellow blotch. Broader petals than the other.
Both have very slender tubes.
unlike anything previously collected.

June 8

899. South facing slope in oak woods at top of hill 5
mi E. of Bush, Clay Co, Ky. Plants ½ to ¾ meters.

W.40 Limb orange red, upper lobe somewhat more orange 900. ditto. W.41. Limb tomato red. no blotch. 901 " W.45 " " " " 902 " W.43 Orange red, with deep orange upper lobe
903. Roadside bank ¼ mile north of Lily, Laurel County, Kentucky.
W.35. Limb rich scarlet red. Practically no blotch.
Plant ¾ meter high.
904M. S & SE slope of Fire Tower hill ¾ mi along
dirt rd to S of highway US. 25E at top of gap 8½ mi
E of Corbin, Knox Co, Ky. Plants ½ to 3 meters in al
shades from clear yellow to scarlet. They look like diploid
hybrids of cumberlandense.
Colors (a). Scarlet. No blotch.
(b) Cerise limb. Strong orange—yellow blotch
(c) Orange red with orange blotch
(d) Salmon orange with Orange yellow blotch
(e) Yellow orange with deep yellow blotch
(f) orange yellow " " " "

(g) Salmon yellow with deeper yellow blotch.
(h) straw yellow with deeper upper lobe 904P = 2 unflowered sdlgs same location 905 & 905P. Same loc. W.48. Straw yellow with salmon tints
Deep yellow blotch. One of the larger flower types. 906 & 906P ditto W.35. Rather pale red orange with
faint orange—yellow blotch. 907 & 907P. ditto. W.38. Similar color to 906.
908M. On logging road above coal mine ⅔ way
up Log Mountain. Off Clear Spring Creek rd at point
about 6 mi S. of U.S. 25E near Pineville, Bell Co,
Ky. Plants mostly ½ to 1 meter high in colors from yellow
through orange to red. Cumberlandense complex.
None found on summit of Mtn (about 2100 ft)
although they do reach the top of Pine Mtn nearby.
Colors:(a) limb scarlet. No blotch unless noted
(b) Limb orange red. usually no blotch
(c) lighter straw red " " "
(d) light red—salmon orange

(e) Apricot yellow with salmon tints
(f) Open fls. lost. 909P. Typical red. Same location 910 P " " " "

June 9

911. Rocky banks at top of mountain on Ky 74, NW
of Logmont & 5¾ miles northeast of Pruden, Bell County, Kentucky.
Plants about ½ meter. W.43. Salmon orange with orange
upper lobe. 912. ditto. W 37. Tomato red with orange blotch 913 " W.45. Scarlet limb. Orange blotch. 914 " W.42. Orange red limb. Yellow—orange blotch.
915. Edges of woods (Cumberland Plateau) 1½ mi N.E. of
Oneida in U.S. 27, Scott Co, Tenn. Plants (perhaps
cut back) about ½ meter. W.35, limb red orange with
orange blotch. Glaucous leaf undersides 916. ditto W.35 same color orange red with orange blotch 917 " W.28 salmon orange glaucous leaf undersides " " "

918. ditto. W.38. Uniform orange.
919M. Cumberlandense type locality, along Alum Creek
Rd near Geological Survey marker (site of old
fire tower) on Yahoo ridge, 1½ mi W. of Marsh's
Siding & just N of Whitley on U.S. 27, McCreary Co, Ky.
Edges of woods on clay banks. Plants ¼—¾ meters.
Mostly with Glaucous leaf undersides & spreading.
Colors:(a) Limb vermilion red (RHS. 18)
(b) limb mandarin red (17/1)
(c) " poppy red (16/1)
(d) " fire red (15/1) (="orange")
(e) " nasturtium red (14/2)
(f) " orange (12/2) (="salmon orange")
Blotches only as noted.
920 ✓ M. Specimens from bushes past flower. Same location.
Plants ½—1½ meters. Some quite stoloniferous. May be
nudiflorum —or something else.

921. Box huckleberry ? same location. Top of
Yahoo ridge to 8" high. 922P = plants of azaleas past flower, same location on
top & slightly below edge of Yahoo Ridge & probably nudiflorum or something 923P = plants from the red—orange complex.

June 10

924. Rocky slopes on N side of hill 3 mi N. of Robbins on
U.S. 27 Scott co, Tenn. . Plants ½—1¼ meters. Only this one collected.
Photographed in color & B&W.
W.47. Strong orange red with orange upper lobe. Fl.
clusters large & plant extra vigorous due to being cut back
about 3 yrs ago. 925. & 925P⤶
Wooded swamp just west of sand road 3 mi S.E.
of Jamestown, Fentress Co, Tenn. Plants 1—2½ meters. Quite
distinct in long flower tube, in height & non glaucous leaves
for the cumberlandense complex although they may be hybrids
with such. Look like diploids. Practically past bloom.
Flowers just hanging on. W.53. Limb straw yellow

with golden yellow blotch. Stamens yellow. Style
tinted pink. 926. ditto. W.51. Limb lemon yellow with a hint of salmon.
Golden yellow blotch. Stamens & style tinted pink. 927. ditto. W.50 limb red orange. Orange blotch. 928 " W,42 " " " " " 929 " W42 " salmon pink " "
930. From ⅛ mile further down stream —on edge of sand rd.
W.34 pink white limb — arborescens. 3½ m. 931. ditto. another plant — not open. 932 " " " " " 933P. = unflowered plants of 925—929 stand. 934. A little farther downstream from 932. Glaucous
leaf undersides. W57. Pure white Strong scent. 935. ditto. W.50 " " " " 936 " W,48 " " " " 937P. = plant same location.

June 11

938.Small ridge in cut over oak woods on the
Cumberland Plateau 5 mi S. of Jamestown & ¼ E
of Tenn 28 ‸ Fentress Co, Tenn. . Plants about ½ meter high & just coming
into flower. W.31. Red—orange limb. Orange upper lobe. 939. ditto. W.32. Same color. 940 " W.41. Bright red limb. No blotch. 941. Along small stream just below ridge. Plants to 1½
meters. May be nudiflorum. Past bloom. 942. Same loc. & desc. as 941
943M. ‸ N.W. facing Wood edges at top of road cuts in sand or
sandstone—shale near crest of hill 6 mi E of Wilder,
Fentress Co, Tenn. ‸ on Tenn 85. Plants ¼ to 1 meter & mostly in
orange to brick red shades.
Colors:(a) Strong red limb. no blotch
(b) Strong red—orange limb
(c) lighter Brick red to orange limb
(d) Salmon orange "
(e) Pale salmon orange.

(f) Salmon 148 mass to 950 yellow
(g) Straw yellow with salmon tints
Blotching only as noted. Leaf undersides non glaucescent.
944 Shady slopes to a small stream which ending in a
low waterfall on Tenn 85, S face of the Cumberland
Plateau escarpment 1½ mi E of RR. at Wilder,
Overton Co, Tenn. Small orange azalea locally very
abundant. W.48. Strong red orange — Orange blotch. 945. ditto. W.40. Bright apricot. Deep glaucous leaves yellow blotch. 946 " W.35 orange scarlet. orange blotch. glaucous leaves. 947 " W.40 limb straw yellow with salmon margins. Deep bl. yellow 948 " W.40 Salmon pink with apricot blotch. 949 " W.40 orange red, orange blotch 950. " W.35 Yellow salmon, apricot blotch.

June 12

951 ✓ M Swamp 3½ mi N.E of McMinnville a dirt rd between
highways U.S. 70 & Tenn Warren Co, Tenn. 56. Plants 1—2½ meters, all
past bloom & some with very glaucous leaf undersides

952M. Oak woods in sandy soil above small
stream 5.1*** mi along rd to Spencer from route Tenn 8
& 20.5 mi N.W. of Dunlap, Sequatchie Van Buren Co, Tenn. on the
Cumberland Plateau. Plants ½ to 1¼ meters. Mostly in
orange shades. Leaves glaucous as noted.
Colors:(a) limb bright scarlet red
(b) bright orange red
(c) deep red orange
(d) paler apricot orange
(e) strong salmon pink
(f) pale apricot
All with an orange to yellow blotch. 952P = 3 plants same location in an orange, pink
& yellow. 953M. Same location but close to the stream. Plants
2—3 meters high. Mostly not yet in flower. All
pink white with red stigma. W.43. Leaves not glaucous 954. ditto. W.43. Leaves glaucous. Faint yellow blotch. 955. ditto W.40 " nongl. 956. ditto. W.38 " " " yellow blotch.

957. ditto W.50. Leaves non gl. 958 " W.45 " glaucous. 959 " not open " " 960 " " " " non " 961 " " " " "
962. Rocky bank (S. facing) at top of first main drop
of Tenn 8 down to the ravine and the Sequatchie valley.
13½ miles northwest of Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Plants
¼ to ½ meter high. May have been cut off in past 3 yrs.
W.32 Red orange. no blotch. 963. ditto. W.40 " " " " 964 " W.43 " " " "
965M. In wood on slopes to small stream 3 mi W. of
Sequatchie—Hamilton Co line in Sequatchie Co on Tenn 8,
Signal Mtn. Plants ¼—¾ meters.
Colors:(a) Bright red. No blotch.
(b) Bright orange—red. Orange blotch.
(c) Red orange. Orange blotch
(d) Apricot with orange blotch. Lvs glaucous as noted only.

966M ✓ . Same location but along stream.
All past bloom. Bushes 1½ to 2½ meters. Leaf
undersides all green.

June 13

967M. Oak woods at summit of Fort Mtn as
by U.S. 76 travelling E from Chatsworth,
Murray Co, Ga. Quite abundant in chiefly orange shades.
Plants ½ to ¾ meters, Leaves considerably broader on
some specimens.
Colors:(a) Bright red, no blotch
(b) dull red, orange blotch
(c) Orange red, orange blotch
(d) Tangerine, orange "
(e) Strong salmon red, faint orange blotch
(f) " " pink " " "
(g) " " pink " " "
Leaf glaucescence only as noted. 967 ‸ P a & b = plants same location ( wilt specimens)