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DESCRIPTION 



Altaclarense . . 

 Arboreum . . 



„ album 

 Album elej;.ins . 

 Blandvanum . . 

 Bride". . . . 

 Campanulatum . 

 Catavvbiense . 

 Caucasicum . . 



„ album , 



Coriaceum . . 

 Captivation . , 

 Deception . . 

 Dalhousieanum . 

 Eiegans . . . , 

 Hylirid Maximum 

 Hybrid Campanulatum 

 Maximum . . , 

 Meteor .... 

 ]\Iultimaculatum 

 Mrs. Loudon 



Nobleanum bicolor 

 Original . . . , 

 Pontic um 



„ album 

 Picturatum . . . 

 Pictum . . . . 

 Purpureum . . . 

 PulchcUum . . . 

 Queen Victoria . . 

 Russellianum . . 

 Raeanum .... 

 Standishii . . . 

 Towardii . . . . 

 Vivid 



OF RHODODENDRONS IN ANNEXED TABLE. 



hyl)rid deep crimson. 



deep crimson, sometimes nearly scarlet. 



nearly white, and very much spotted. 



pinkish white, fine form. 



rosy crimson. 



flowers pure white, foliage much variegated. 



white tinged with lilac, much spotted. 



rosy lilac in many shades. 



pinkish white. 



whiter than the last, and shaded with pink. 



white with green spots fine foliage. 



rosy crimson, l)lack spots 



pink spotted, very fine foliage. 



large white, tinged with pink. 



deep rose, fine truss. 



rosy white. 



shaded white, much spotted. 



white tinged with rose, spotted. 



fine rosy crimson. 



pinkish white, much spotted. 



pale l)right rose, and, unlike any other Rho- 

 dodendron, the whole of the petals are 

 spotted. 



deep rose, white throat. 



pinkish white, foliage very much variegated. 



lilac. 



white tinged with lilac. 



bright rose, very much spotted witli crimson. 



pinkish w^hite, spotted. 



purple. 



rosy pink, white throat. 



deep claret. 



rosy crimson. 



deep crimson, black spots. 



violet crimson, black spots, free bloomer. 



rosy lilac, immense Hower and truss. 



bright purplish rose. 



species 

 hybrid 



S]>ecie3 



hybrid 



species 

 hybrid 



species 

 hybrid 



S2)ecies 

 hybrid 



species 

 hybrid 



NOTES fro:m the log-book of an erratic man. 



No. VII. 

 THE PINE-TREE TOP AT SEA. 



Few persons are aware of the very heavy work attendant upon the 

 loading a ship with lumber* at a port like Quebec, particularly when 

 she lies at a distance from the timber-ponds. The rafting and towing 

 it alongside, the heaving it in, the stowing it in the hold, and the 

 broken rest at nights, make it a joyful moment when the last stick is 

 hove into its berth. A glass of grog all round to the crew is fol- 

 lowed by hoisting the ensign, jumping into the rigging, and giving 

 three cheers, always answered by the ships around, and the imrae- 



Then taking Catawbiense as the female again, and fertilising it with the pollen 

 of the hybrid Altaclarense, a race of excellent flowers, such as Blandvanum, 

 Towardii, &;c., were produced. 



* " Lumber" is a term used for all wood cargoes. 



