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　In this season, when the greenery of the trees becomes darker day by day and the expression changes, you can especially feel the breath of nature on your skin, and you can feel the moisture and comfort of the greenery.　　　　　The average temperature in Tokyo in March was 12.8 ° C (+4.1 ° C compared to normal), the same as the average temperature in April of last year. I can't deny it.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The flowering speed of the cherry blossoms was also record, but azaleas, which have been selected as the flower of the ward, one of the main characters in the season when the green leaves of young leaves permeate, are still attracting attention.　　　On the other side of Ishikawajima Park, behind the water bus "Kosumosu", which travels at the Echinakajima Pier on the Tokyo Mizube Line, the red color of azaleas planted on the slope of Echinakajima Park can be seen.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Azalea is a general term for (half) evergreen or deciduous plants of the azalea family azalea. It grows naturally in Japan, and counts about 50 species of shrubs to Odaka trees and wild species, and it is said that there are many cultivated species. .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　It has been an object of viewing since ancient times, and has been written in Nara period, songManyoshu.　　　　　　　　　Major horticultural varieties include Kirishimatsu azalea (including walnut azalea), Ryukyu azalea, Hirado azalea, and great purple emperor. There are many varieties of Western azaleas commonly called Azalea.　　　The etymology of azaleas is that (1) blooms one after another, (2) blooms like a cylinder, (2) Tsutsusaki (Tsutsusaki), (3) Tsutsurishi gel (Tsushimo), and (4) The appearance resembles a woman's nipple, with a tarsenchi (sticky stickiness) and a hand stick.