52 THE DWARF CRIMSON CHINESE AZALEA. 
distinet species, and probably comes from a country further north than any of its race in China, 
or, at all events, from a higher elevation on the mountains. As a greenhouse plant in this country 
` it willbe greatly prized. The striking form and novel colour of its flowers, its small leaves and neat 
habit, will render it most desirable for bouquets and for decorative purposes. But it is not unlikely 
that it may prove perfectly hardy in our climate; indeed it stood out in the Bagshot Nursery last 
winter, without the slightest protection, and lowered most profusely last spring. We may, therefore, 
hope to have in time a race of'Chinese Azaleas growing and blooming in our borders, and vieing 
in beauty with the well-known Rhododendrons of North America.” 
Although the plant is in a monstrous state, and is clearly a garden production, yet as it seems to 
belong to some wild form of the genus not before described, we have felt justified in treating it as 
a distinct species. 
