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RHODODENDRON Aprilis. 



Garden Variety. 



A beautiful hybrid, raised by the Hon. and Very Rev. 

 the Dean of Manchester from seed of Rhododendron ponti- 

 cum, fertilized by the Evergreen Davurian Rhododendron. 

 It flowers in April, for which reason Mr. Herbert has given 

 it the name of Aprilis. 



The figure sufficiently indicates its beauty ; yet the plant 

 is really handsomer, for the colours when fresh are consider- 

 ably brighter in the pink part. The specimen was in fact 

 fading when the drawing was made. 



Of course a hardy shrub : but we believe not at present 

 in the hands of " the trade." 



