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DOUBLE RED AZALEA INDIA. 



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The beauty of the Azaleas, which, although Chinese, are 

 called Indian, is too well known to the Garden-lovers of Eng- 

 land to require explanation. Their endless variety, their 

 brilliant colours, delicate texture, and profuse blooming, 

 place them at the head of all the races of cultivated plants. 

 Most of them are however single, and in our opinion th/tt is 

 no small merit ; for a double flower is rarely handsome unless 

 when the additional parts are arranged with the most perfect 

 symmetry. 



Such is not the case with this double red, the flowers of 

 which are large and splendidly coloured, but very deficient in 

 beauty of form. It is however rare, and quite a distinct kind ; 

 two circumstances that give it value in the eyes of a collector. 



It is of Chinese origin : but is not enumerated 

 Kaempfer. Our figure was taken from a fine plant in the 

 possession of William Wells, Esq., of Redleaf. 



Like other kinds it strikes readily from cuttings, or it 

 may be worked upon the more common varieties. When 

 rooted the young plants ought to be potted off in rich peat 

 soil, having mixed with it a considerable portion of sand. It 

 requires the protection of a greenhouse during winter, and 

 should then be placed in the lightest situation, but if it is 

 kept there in summer it ought to be partially shaded; it will 

 however do very well then out of doors. When it is growing 

 freely manure water will be found very beneficial. 



