Society; but it has never before been introduced alive. At 
present its flowers have only been produced by plants out of 
health, and therefore they have given no just idea of the 
beauty of the plant, which is one of the finest in cultivation. 
“ The beautiful spotted flowers (although not large)and the 
neat foliage, together with a dwarf habit, will render this a 
plant of considerable importance either in a greenhouse or 
shrubbery.” 
The species will probably prove hardy, for it has borne a 
temperature of 11° Fahr. without apparent damage. In a 
case, containing several plants, Mr. Fortune sent home a 
portion of the soil, brown loam, in which this species was found 
wild, and for the purpose of trying its effects one plant was 
potted in it; but it has byno means the healthy appearance 
of those potted in rough sandy peat. It strikes freely from 
cuttings of young wood under ordinary treatment; and like 
other Chinese Azaleas, is much improved by a top-dressing of 
leaf-mould, or well-rotted dung. 
