1869.] RHODODENDRON MRS. JOHN GLUTTON. ROSES IN POTS. 193 



RHODODENDRON MRS. JOHN GLUTTON. 



WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 



JAEDY in constitution, evergreen in habit, and producing a gorgeous inflor- 

 escence, there are none among the evergreen shrubs introduced to our 

 gardens which occupy so important a position, regarded from a decorative 

 point of view, as the Ehododendron, of which we now give a choice 

 illustration. It has won both name and fame in the annals of horticulture, 

 and no more splendid floral picture can be found than that presented in early 

 summer by the American garden — Ehododendrons being its leading feature. 



The variety we now figure is considered by competent judges to be the best 

 hardy white at present in cultivation. It has all the symmetry of truss, and 

 smoothness of form and outline, that the most fastidious could desire ; it is a 

 remarkably free-bloomer ; its flowers, from their thick and waxy texture, are, 

 moreover, most enduring ; and it comes in late, so that it is not often frost-bitten. 

 The colour is white, just at first showing the slightest tint of blush, which passes 

 off as the flowers become matured, when it stands out conspicuous by its purity 

 — indeed, Purity itself, another excellent white variety, is quite surpassed by it 

 in all essential points of merit, — truss, form, colour, and season. The pyramidal 

 outline of the truss, with the flowers regularly disposed, each supporting its 

 neighbour, is as near perfection as need be desired, while the smooth outline of the 

 blossoms adds very greatly to its charms in the eyes of connoisseurs. 



Ehododendron Mrs. John Clutton was raised from the variety named Album 

 elegans, in the marvellous collection at the Knaphill Nursery, Woking, and we 

 have to thank Mr. Anthony Waterer for the opportunity of recommending it to 

 our readers. M. 



ROSES IN POTS : 



HOW TO PRODUCE THEM IN LONDON AND OTHER LARGE TOWNS. 



AM not fond of climbing high mountains, or cracking hard nuts, but the 



ujt3 former, even when they seem inaccessible in the distance, are often found 



Ps to yield most pleasurable exercise to the hardy pedestrian ; and there are 



'<j> mechanical appliances for dealing with the latter, which at once save 



appearances, and leave us free from the risk of dental injury. Now, the art of 



growing Eoses in large towns is to the many who only look on from the distance, as 



an "inaccessible mountain," which they would rather not attempt; and to those 



who know little of mechanical appliances, it appears as a '•' hard nut " which a 



too sensitive appreciation of the dental organs teaches them to reject. 



Will my readers bear with me while I endeavour to show what I steadfastly 

 believe, that Eoses, however difficult of cultivation in London and other sooty 

 towns, out-of-doors, may be grown with perfect success there under glass. 



Our town friends may remonstrate, " Well, but we have tried them, and 

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