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Princess Helena (hybrid), a singularly beautiful variety, with long tube 

 flowers in clusters ; colour delicate pink, streaked with a darker shade. Blooms 

 freely. 



Princess-Royal (hybrid), resembling the last, but sufficiently distinct, the 

 flowers being of a richly-shaded rose colour, 



Virgatum (Bhotan), a species of an extremely dwarf bushy habit ; flowers 

 prof usely when only a few inches high ; creamy white shaded with rose at first, 

 afterwards pure white. 



Veitchianum laevigatum (hybrid), a very handsome variety, with large white 

 flowers, yellow blotch in the centre. 



2d. Conservatory Sorts. 



Arboreum (Sikkim), the grandest of all the Rhododendrons. Flowers bright 

 crimson or scarlet; its robust treelike habit, however, renders its admission 

 into glass structures of ordinary dimensions impossible ; but where it can be 

 accommodated, it is unexcelled. 



Arboreimi album, a variety of the last species, mth white flowers. 



Argenteum (Sikkim), a tall-growing species, with large heads of white 

 flowers, somewhat shy in flowering, but much admired for its maguificent 

 foliage ; the leaves being from 6 inches to a foot long, and from 4 to 5 inches 

 broad, silvery on under side. 



Aucklandii (Sikkim), one of the finest of the Indian species ; flowers snowy 

 white, of a waxy texture, beU-shaped ; the leaves from 6 inches to a foot long, 

 and from 2 to 3 inches broad, 



Blumeii (Java), a beautiful species, with delicate lemon-coloured flowers; 

 blooms freely in a young state. 



DalhousicG (Sikkim), a well-known and splendid species ; flowers freely when 

 of a moderate size ; the flowers are white, 3 to 4 inches long, as much across 

 the mouth, and fragrant. 



Fortuneii (China), flowers of a delicate pinky- white colour, vrith a bright - 

 yellow throat, cup-shaped, from 3 to 3^ inches in diameter; very sweet- 

 scented. 



Falconerii (Sikkim), a noble species, shy in blooming whde young, but 

 much appreciated for its noble foliage ; the leaves measuring from 1 foot to 18 

 inches long and 7 inches broad, and beautifully ferruginous beneath, 



Longifolium (Bhotan), like the preceding, a fine-foliaged species ; leaves from 

 1 foot to 18 inches long, and from 3 to 5 inches wide ; flowers at first a deli- 

 cate primrose colour, changing to a purer white. 



Hookeri (Bhotan), allied to Thomsonii, to which it bears a strong resem- 

 blance ; flowers dark crimson, bell-shaped ; a fine and distinct species. 



Thibaudense (Bhotan), a remarkable and handsome species, different in gen- 

 eral appearance, as well as in flowers, from any other known sx)ecies, except 

 Keysii, to which it is allied ; the flowers are of a bright-red colour, edged with 

 yellowish green, 



Maddeni (Sikkim) resembles Edgeworthii in its large finely - scented white 

 flowers, but in foliage quite distinct ; an admirable pot plant. 



Nutalli (Bhotan). This noble species, whether as regards foliage or flowers, 

 is unsurpassed among conservatory plants ; leaves 6 to 10 inches long by 3^ to 

 6 inches broad, beautifully reticulated ; flowers trumpet-shaped, 4 to 5 inches 

 long; colour white, with tint of rose red, and yellow at the base ; delightfully 

 fragrant. Hugh Fraser. 



