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rnther flat, deep green above, covered with rusty-cinnamon 

 tomentum beneath, mrely pale and nearly white in tlie yi.tuny 

 folia^ie; petioles Ain. longr, stout, h. 6ft. to 14ft. Sikkini, 1851. 

 A siuiill, shrubby tree. (R. S. II. xxvii.) 



R. Wilsoni (Wilson's). A hybrid between it. ciliatutn and 

 /;. ;il(iuctnii. It has the foliage of the former without the hairs, 

 and is destitute of the glaucous hue of the hitter. The corolla is 

 longer than in li. '/laucum, but with a prevalence of the same 

 rose-colour, not verging to white, as in li. ciliattiin. (B. M. 5116.) 



R. Windsor! (Windsor's). Jl. many in a crowded head ; calyx 

 lobes elongated, tajiering ; coi'olla deep crimson-scarlet, the lobes 

 all eraarginate ; stamens ten. Spring. I. coriaceous, obovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 4in. to 5in. long, lin. to lAin. broad, strongly 



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new, 1866. Laoy Skklmehsdali:, pure white. Loun Wolsklev, 

 pale Iiutf-yellow ; flowers large, new, 1866. Maiden's Blush, 

 blush-white. Prlntess Alexandra, pure white; flowers waxy ; 

 very beautiful. Princess Alice, white, tinged pink. Prlncess 

 Frederica, pale buff. Princess Royal, pink or rose-coloured; 

 one of the oldest and best-known hybrids. Tavlori (see Fig. 

 369. for which we are indebted to Messrs. James Veitch and Sous), 

 pink, tube of corolla white. 



Hardy Rhododendrons. Hybriils of ll. ponticum. Achieve- 

 MENT, clear rosy-scarlet, white centre. Aliii'M ( i IIANDIFLORUM, 

 Itlush ; tine tru.ss :nul foliage. Ai.Kxander Dan^kk, bright rose, 

 lighter centre ; one of the finest. Atrosangcinel'M, "intense 

 blood-red; one of the hardiest. Augustus, purplish crimson or 



FiH. 369. Flowering Branchlet of Rhododendron Tavlori. 



reticulated and pinnately nerved, shining, white and silvery 

 beneath, at length pale brown. Bhotan. A small, half-hardv 

 tree. (B. M. 5008.) 



Varieties. There are almost endless varieties of 

 B. ponticuin in cultivation, and the hybrids 'which re- 

 quire greenhouse treatment are now becoming somewhat 

 numerous, as many of the species and their progeny 

 have been, from time to time, used for seed-raising. The 

 following list includes a selection of good kinds, but very 

 many others have, of necessity, to be omitted : 



Hybrid Greenhouse Rhododendrons. Countess of Had- 

 dington, pink, changing to lilusli-white. Cocntess op Sefton, 

 white, tinged rose. Di chess of Connaigmt, verniilion-red ; of 

 good substance. Dcchess of Kdinuiikmi, rich, glowing crim- 

 son. Di'CHESS OF Sutherland, wbite. Duchess of Tece, 

 buff. Favourite, delicate satiny-rose ; large, coni])act trusses ; 



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plnm-coloiir. Bakclwanum, deep rosy-crimson ; late. Ri.vndv- 

 anum, rosy-crimson ; extra tine. C'andhhssimi >i, blush, cbanging 

 to white. Caractacus, rich purplish-crinisun ; tine truss ; one 

 of the l»est. Chancellor, purplish-lilac, spotted. Charles 

 Dickens, dark scarlet; tine habit and foliage. Delicatum, 

 blush, changing to white, with a distinct brown spot ; tine habit. 

 Duchess of Bedford, deep rose, light centre. Everestianum, 

 rnsy-Iilac, spotted and fringed; free-flowering. Fair Helen, 

 pure white, niarked with rich yellow spot. Fiiederick Watkkkr, 

 crimson; very showy. George Paul, crimson, finely spotted; 

 free-flowering. Helen Waterer, centre white, edged with 

 crimson. H. W. Sargent, crimson ; very large trusses. Iago, 

 pale rose, spotted. .Tames Macint(^h, rosy-scarl- 1 ; splendid 

 habit and foliage. James Nasmvth, rosy-lilac, blotched maroon ; 

 large truss. .1. Marshall Brooks, rich scarlet, bronze spot; 

 distinct. Ladv Armstrong, pale rose, much spotted ; beautifuh 

 LU)V Eleanor Cathcart. pale rose, spotted chocolate. Luci- 

 DUM. purplish lilac, brown spots; free-flowering. Marchioness 

 OF Lansdowne, pale rose, intense black spot; ib'stinct and 



