It is found naturally in the highest of the mountainous 

 parts of Northern India. Dr. Wallich received it from 

 Kamoon and Chinese Tartary, as well as from Nepal ; and 

 Mr. Royle informs us, that " in the tracts of mountains which 

 intervene between the Ganges and Sutlej rivers, it is found 

 on such lofty mountains as Tuen, Choor, and Kedarkanta, 

 from 9000 feet up to the limits of forest, or nearly 12,000 

 feet of elevation. In such situations it comes into flower 

 in the month of May, when the thermometer ranges from 

 42° to 65°, the snow is fast melting away, and species of 

 Primula, Caltha, Viburnum, and Lonicera, are in full 

 flower, with the splendid Rhododendron campanulatum. 

 The fruit of this species, as well as of P. lanata, called 

 paltoo, is eaten by the hill people." 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in June last. The tree is to be increased by 

 grafting on the Whitethorn. 



