116 Mr William (lonie on the 



plant of this peculiar tubular or large heath-like flowered 

 species was uiialTccted. 



56. B. Innahmi. — A twenty-five-year old plant which 

 has not yet flowered, measures 3 feet in height, and being 

 quite hardy, is admired for its habit of growth and the 

 peculiarity of its foliage. 



57. R. longifolium. — In habit and appearance this 

 species is allied to R. argenteum of Hooker (43), and is 

 of about similar hardiness. 



58. R. niveum, a plant 8 feet in height, was uninjured. 



59. R. setosum. — This pretty diminutive species, being 

 from altitudes of 13,000 to 16,000 feet, has never been 

 injured by either our winter or spring frosts, and produces 

 its bright reddish flowers copiously. 



60. R. Thompsoni. — A plant over 7 feet in height, and 

 about twenty-five years old, has only occasionally had 

 its buds and deep blood-red, waxy-like flowers injured by 

 spring frosts. 



61. R. virgatum. — This elegent dwarf slender grower 

 has its flowers now and then disfigured by spring frosts, 

 but is otherwise quite hardy. 



62. R. ? — An unnamed species, from altitudes of 

 about 14,000 feet, which flowers in the beginning of March, 

 generally has these destroyed by frost, but they escaped 

 last spring ; their colour is of such inimitable brilliancy, 

 that on taking a bunch to a fashionable ribbon shop for 

 the purpose of getting the proper name of its colour, none 

 were found that would nearly match it, and the nearest, 

 which was termed "brilliant cerise," gave by no means a 

 correct idea of. its beauty. My bush is about twenty-five 

 years old, 5i feet high, by 4 feet in diameter. In a cool 

 greenhouse, where its flowers would be safe from frost, no 

 Khododendron is more deserving of a place. 



For the purpose of showing the relative hardiness of the 

 preceding Rhododendrons, the following names are given of 

 such as have either been killed or irrecoverably damaged 

 by the unusually severe frost of last winter, viz., R. 

 arhoreum, R. Aucklandn, R. Edgeworthii, R. Falconeri, 

 R. Gibsoni, R. JenJcinsii, and R. Maddeni. 



63. Rodgeria, podo'pliylla. — This showy leaved Saxi- 

 fragaccous herbaceous plant was uninjured by either of the 



