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colouring. To the Azalea section also belong R, hirsutuna and B. punetatuni, which some- 



li. Hchlippenbachii, pale soft rose, with leaves times goes by that name). I have not flowered 



somewhat like those of a Hazel; B. Vaseyi, either of them, though both are here, and I 



a more pronounced pink; B. arborescens, white have had the latter for some years; but I 



tinged with pink, a latf bloomer; and B, Qcoi- mention it because it has the peculiarity of 



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dentale, white, and one of the very last to 

 flower, end of June. 



Another section of the genus is called Azalea- 

 strum, in which two species are classed, B. 

 albiflorum, from British Columbia, and B. 

 ovatum from China (the true species of 

 Planchon, and not to be confused with a hybrid 

 of a very different appearance, a cross between 



producing its young growth of a bright purple 

 colour, Vvdiich looks like bloom at a distance. 



These notes can hardly be concluded without 

 the mention of two Bhododendrons that deserve 

 special notice, and that will be eventually 

 grouped into a new^ section by themselves called 

 Keysia. B. Keysii from Bhotan, though with 

 nothing very unusual about its foliage, is un- 



