RHODODENDRON. 349 RHODORA. 
standard Rhododendrons, (as they | evergreen. It is very ornamental, 
are called,) are exhibited every June, | and it is valuable from the early 
in the King’s Road, Chelsea, by Mr. | season at which it flowers. All the 
Waterer of the Bagshot and Kemp- | Rhododendrons are what are called 
hill nurseries, who has them removed | hair-rooted plants; and they are all 
from Bagshot to Chelsea, just as they | grown in sandy peat, or in deep 
are coming into flower. Nothing can| sandy loam. They may also be 
be more beautiful than this American | grown even in stiff clay, if it be 
grove, which consists of Rhododen- | kept moist ; but the worst soil for 
drons, Kalmias, and Azaleas of the | Rhododendrons is that of a well- 
most beautiful hues ; some of the manured garden, particularly if the 
Rhododendrons appearing almost situation be a dry one; as this kind 
transparent from the brightness, and of soil has not tenacity enough to 
yet delicacy of their tint. Of the enable it to adhere to the fine hair- 
shrubby kinds, R. ponticum, which like roots of these plants. All the 
is quite hardy, is the most common, Rhododendrons may be propagated 
and the one that has produced the by cuttings of the young shoots, 
greatest number of hybrids and va-_ taken off while they are in a grow- 
rieties. R. maximum, in America, ing state—by layers, and by seeds. 
attains the height of twelve or fifteen The latter is the most general mode, 
feet, but in England it neither grows | as the seeds, which are very small, 
nor flowers freely. ‘The leaves are and look like sawdust, are ripened 
of a pale yellowish green, and they in great abundance in the months 
generally look drooping asthoughthe of August and September; and the 
plant wanted water. It is remark- seeds of the American kinds are 
able that it was grown twenty years imported every year in large quan- 
in England before it produced a tities from America. All the Rho- 
single flower. In its native country dodendrons and Azaleas may be 
it is always found growing upon | removed at almost any season, and 
rocks near water; and it would when of almost any size, if taken 
probably thrive in a similar situation up with a ball of earth round the 
in this country. MR. catawbiénse is roots. The best seasons, however, 
a hardy American species, which for removing them are spring and 
flowers abundantly from June till) autumn. It may be observed that 
August. It seldom grows above Rhododendron seed will remain good 
four feet high, but it forms a healthy- | for several years, though, when prac- 
looking bush, perfectly covered with | ticable, it is best to sow it as soon as 
lowers. The hybrids between this it is ripe, as the plants will come up 
species and the Nepaul tree Rhodo- | much sconer. All Rhododendrons 
dendron are very handsome. The) should be grown in a shady, moist 
principal dwarf species are, R. chry-| situation, and they will all thrive 
sdnthum, with yellow flowers, R.| under the drip of trees. 
Jerrugineum, and R. hirstitum,with| Ruopo'ra.—Ericdcee.—Rhodora 
rose-coloured flowers, and R. cau-| canadénsis is a very pretty little 
cdsicum, with purple or white flow-| plant, a native of Canada, resem- 
ers. All these scarcely exceed a} bling the dwarf Rhododendrons, 
foot in height, and some of gerd excepting that the flowers are much 
are not more than six inches. smaller, and the leaves are decidu- 
datricum flowers from eandeh ous. It is quite hardy, and only re- 
till March, and the flowers of the | quires to be grown in peat earth, 
species appear before the leaves, | kept moist. It flowers in the open 
though there is a variety that is| ground, in April; but it may easily 3 
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