RHOPALA. 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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These Rhododendrons do not want so 
much root-space as many things. It will 
be well to keep the plants altogether under 
glass for two years, giving ordinary green- 
house treatment, after the grafts have got 
a good start in the warmth already advised, 
this is requisite to get them on in size. 
Afterwards they will be better out-of-doors 
in the summer. They do best in good 
turfy peat, to which add some sand. Large 
growing kinds like R. Nuttalli, as they get 
big enough to require it, must have large 
boxes or tubs to grow in, or better still, be 
planted out. 
The undermentioned are desirable sorts: 
R. Countess of Haddington. Blush white. 
R. Countess of Sefton. White and rose. 
R. Dennison. White and lemon ; very 
fragrant. 
Rh. Duchess of Edinburgh. 
scarlet. 
R. Duchess of Sutherland. White, flowers 
fringed. 
RR. Duchess of Teck. Yellow, tinted with 
scarlet and rose. 
fh. Lady Skelmersdale. Pure white. 
fh. Marden’s Blush. Blush white. 
R. Pink Beauty. White and pink. 
R. Princess Alexandra. Pure waxy 
white. 
R. Princess Alice. 
pink ; fragrant. 
R. Princess Royal. Rose colour. 
R. Prince of Wales. Orange red. 
f. Purity. Pure white ; very fragrant. 
R. Rosy Gem. White, pink, and rose. 
R. Taylor. Pink. 
R. Thomson. Scarlet. 
R. Veitchianum. Yellow and white. 
The following species are fine kinds : 
R. arborewm. Scarlet. Nepal. 
RR. argenteum. White, with black spots. 
Himalaya. 
R. Aucklandu. White. Himalaya. 
R. Dalhousianum. White. Himalaya. 
R. Falconer. Red and white. Himalaya. 
R. Fortunti. White. China. 
R. Gibson. White. Khoseea. 
R. jasminiflorum. White. Malacca. 
Rh. javanicum. Yellow. Java. 
R. Nuttalliz. White and yellow. Bootan. 
Insrcts.—Rhododendrons are not much 
subject to the attacks of insects, but grown 
under glass they frequently get affected 
with scale or mealy bug, for which syringe 
freely with water, and sponge with soap 
and water. 
Bright orange 
White, tinged with 
RHOPALA. 
In their native habitats these plants 
assume the proportions of trees, and in a 
comparatively small state they are very 
effective for the decoration of greenhouses 
or conservatories. Their foliage is distinct 
and handsome, in some of the species 
almost resembling that of Palms. 
They are increased by cuttings made 
from three parts matured shoots cut in 
lengths of a couple of joints each, discard- 
ing the soft extremities ; they should be 
put four or five together in 5 or 6 inch 
pots half filled with sand and loam, the 
remainder all sand. The cuttings may be 
put in about August, when the wood will 
usually be found in right condition ; place 
them in a temperature of 65° or 70°, where 
they will strike in two months if kept 
covered with a propagating glass, moist, 
and shaded. When well rooted move 
singly into 3 or 4 inch pots filled with 
loam to which add some sand, and keep 
them through the winter in an ordinary 
stove temperature ; here they will make 
some progress in top growth, which it is 
necessary should be kept moving. In the 
spring pots two or three sizes larger will 
be required, and soil similar to that in 
which they were previously potted should 
be used. Keep through the summer in an 
intermediate or stove temperature, stand- 
ing them where they will get plenty of 
light, with air in the day and a little 
shade in bright weather. The temperature 
the plants are kept in is not material, as 
they will grow in a greenhouse, but it is 
better this first summer to keep them as 
advised in a moderately high temperature, 
as by this means time is saved, and the 
growth will be more pleasing in appear- 
ance. All that is required is to attend to 
them with water, syringing overhead daily 
through the season until autumn, when 
discontinue it. But if the plants can be 
accommodated with warmer quarters than 
that of a greenhouse during the winter and 
through the ensuing summer much more 
progress will be made, and they should be 
given pots a couple of sizes larger in the 
spring, and treated as advised for the 
summer previous. After this they will do 
in a greenhouse or conservatory, where 
their stately erect growth—they should be 
confined to a single stem—will be effective. 
The plants will not get too tall for a mode- 
rate-sized house for three or four years, 
and will simply require more root-room 
each spring. When too large they may be 
headed down before the season’s growth 
commences, and should be stood for a time 
in heat if possible to help their breaking, 
after which they may be turned out of the 
pots, some of the old soil shaken away and 
replaced with new. ; 
The undermentioned are desirable kinds 
R. corcovadensis. A large-leaved, dis- 
