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appearance of its blossoms, which are in compact 

 globular heads. The flowers of Dalliousia are remark- 

 able for their thick leathery texture, and for the 

 length of time they remain in perfection, as well as 

 for their delightful fragrance. 



For the often-desired combination of yellow flowers 

 with good evergreen foliage in Rhododendrons, Wiglitii, 

 lanatum, and campylocarpum may be mentioned as 

 examples. Then, in rose-colour, there is Wallicliii 

 and glaucum, with an infinite diversity of tint in other 

 species. 



The size of these flowers, too, is as remarkable and 

 diversified as their colour. The individual blossoms 

 of DalJiousicB and EdgewortJiii are four or five inches 

 across, while those of the very interesting little 

 pumilum and eleagnoides are not more than one inch : 

 and while all are beautiful, each possesses some 

 attractive feature peculiar to itself. Doubts have 

 often been expressed whether the flowers, when pro- 

 duced from plants grown in this country, will equal in 

 size those represented in the published drawing taken 

 from others in their native habitats. We think there 

 is no doubt but that they will exceed rather than fall 

 short of the sizes there shown. The first species 

 ciliatum flowered by us, exceeded in the size of its 

 blossoms fully one-third those in the drawing. And 

 there is abundant evidence to show that plants under 

 a good system of cultivation often greatly exceed, 

 both in luxuriance and in the size of their blossoms, 

 others of the same kinds in their native habitats ; and 

 when such are brought from mountainous districts 



