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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • Wild Roses • asuckie §>S Qiieeiv 'htitei Lac WILD FLOWERS GROW TO PROFUSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA OF THIS NEW PARK Wild Flowers Enhance the Beauty of the Park CHIEF among the many attractions of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and one that has evoked enthusiastic comment from naturalists and botanists of distinction, is the profusion of wild flowers to be found throughout the entire region. Records at the University of Tennessee provide a list of 565 flowering trees, shrubs and plants in the Great Smokies, 362 of which bloom before July 1, and 203 blooming after that date. A great favorite is the rhododendron, which blooms here during the entire summer, June to September. It is found on the tops of the highest peaks, along the banks of the numerous streams, and, in fact, everywhere its rose-colored blossoms lend unending charm to the vast stretches of mountainside THE BEAUTIFUL RHODODENDRON BLOOMS FROM JUNE UNTIL SEPTEMBER and foreSt, appearing aS
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