Použití rodu Rhododendron L. v zahradní a krajinářské architektuře za první republiky

Abstract

This thesis is based on literary resources, and original and current catalogues. First part of this thesis pays attention to description of main characteristics of garden and landscape architecture in the period between first and second world war in Czechoslovakia. This part also describes the use of Rhododendron L. genus, its history, its breeding in Europe and Czechoslovakia, and its breeding process in Průhonice. Main objective of this thesis is to complete and specify informations about available Rhododendron L. genus product range in Czechoslovakia in the period between first and second world war, to describe possibilities of use of the genus, and to describe and evaluate recent product range of the genus available on the market. Final part of this thesis is a summary of well known species produced until 1938 according to original resources. This summary is then compared with the recent product range of Rhododendron L. genus available on the market. As a result of this thesis we get the summary of well known Rhododendron L. species used in the chosen period, and comparison of those with the recent product range