the three others. Filaments whitish red, liairy at bottom, the 

 lower ones gradually shorter, not exceeding the tube, inserted 

 into the receptacle itself by an attenuated toothlet ; anthers 

 oblong, erect, yellow. The stamens commonly fade before the 

 corolla. Germ superior, green ; style nearly the length of the 

 stamens : stigma capitate, five-cleft. 



This little shrub differs very much in character from many 

 others of the genus. The compact evergreen bush which it 

 forms, added to the beauty and profusion of its flowers, renders 

 it truly attractive. The leaves of this shrub possess an inter- 

 esting conti'ast of colour, the upper surface being of a bright 

 and shining green opposed to the brown and ferruginous ap- 

 pearance of the under part ; it is in this peculiar property that it 

 differs from R. hirsutum, which in other respects it greatly re- 

 sembles. The dwarf habit of growth of R. femigineum per- 

 mits it to be arranged in the American bed with the Ledum 

 and Kalmia tribes, intermixed with Gaulthcria procionbcJis, 

 Epigca repens, and many of the hardy species of Erica which 

 flower about the same time, producing a pleasing assemblage. 

 These, with the greater portion of American plants, generally 

 flower during the months of May and June. That part of 

 the pleasure-ground allotted to this tribe of plants may by 

 judicious planting be rendered beautiful in the extreme: and 

 here the dwarf plants alluded to contribute in a considerable 

 degree to produce a continuation of flower, commencing at the 

 more lofty species at the back, down to those of more humble 

 growth in fi'ont. This species of Rhododendron is propagated 

 in a similar manner to the others, — by layers, which should be 

 put down early in May; it requires to be planted in peat 

 earth. This specimen was figured from Messrs. Malcolm 

 and Gray's Nurserv, Kensington. 



