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that country was then called Pontus, it acquired the 

 name of Pontic Rhododendron. If planted on a lawn 

 by itself in favourable situations, it forms a dense 

 hemispherical bush, and produces its large heads of 

 purple flowers in abundance. The numerous hardy 

 hybrids, with much superior flowers, have now super- 

 seded this species in the flower garden ; but it may be 

 planted in any situation where dense evergreen growths 

 are desired, at least wherever soil and situation are 

 favourable to it. 



It is also a most valuable plant for undergrowths in 

 woods, as it succeeds very well in the shade and beneath 

 the drip of other trees, if proper precautions are taken 

 in planting it. Nor is it attacked by rabbits and 

 hares, as many other plants are, which makes it 

 valuable for covers where they abound. 



HARDY HYBRID RHODODENDRONS ARRANGED UNDER 

 THEIR RESPECTIVE COLOURS. 



BLUSH. 

 Album elegans. Delicatissimum. 



Portia. 

 Norma. 



Madame Sontag. 



LILAC. 

 Everestianum. Catawbiense. 



LILAC WITH JET BLACK SPOTS. 

 Nigricans. 



