1407 



AZALEA* calendulacea ; var. Stapletoniiina. 

 Ladi/ Harriot Stapleton's H'iglidere Azalea. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Erice^ Jussicu. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, -p. 182.) 



AZALEA.— Supr^i, vol. 2. fol. 120. 



Garden Variety. 



This, the fourth of the Highclere Azaleas, of which the 

 Earl of Caernarvon permitted us to take drawings in 1830, 

 is ])erha|)s the most beautiful that has been raised among 

 those hybrids in whicli the characters of A. calendulacea 

 preponderate. In muny of them the red or rosy tint is 

 more dashed with yellow or orange than in this, in which 

 the prevailing colour is a rich deep rose, with no more 

 yellow than is just sufficient to soften the general tint. It 

 has been named in compliment to the Lady Harriot Staple- 

 ton, daughter of the Earl of Caernarvon. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1366. 



