170 Ornamental Shrubs. 



times springing from the seams of rocky ledges fully ex- 

 posed to the scorching rays of the southern sun, and in 

 neither case suffering harm. As already indicated it is 

 this quality of endurance that gives the plant its chief 

 value as affording a substantial basis for the more tender 

 and more showy sorts. 



The following named sorts are reported reliably hardy 

 in New England when grown on catawbiense roots, and 

 may be planted with full assurance of success : Album 

 grandiflorum, which has been longer known than almost 

 any other sort as competent to withstand our severest 

 winters without protection, is still one of the very best, 

 producing large trusses of pink flowers, later on changing 

 to white ; Charles Bagley, flowers, cherry-red ; Lady Grey 

 Egerton, silvery-blush with grayish-brown spots ; Lady 

 Crosley, pink-salmon ; Charles Dickens, red, and one of 

 the best of that color ; Lady Armstrong, noted for its 

 foliage as well as blossoms ; Kettledrum, rose-colored ; 

 Sefton, deep maroon ; Alexander Dancer, beautiful red ; 

 Old Port, plum-color ; John Waterer, dark crimson ; deli- 

 catessimum, blush changing to white, one of the very best, 

 being a late bloomer ; Mrs. Miller, rich crimson ; everes- 

 tianum, rosy-lilac, and reliable everywhere ; Abraham 

 Lincoln, fine rosy-crimson ; General Grant, rosy-scarlet ; 

 roseum elegans, fine rose ; giganteum, crimson-rose, very 

 large ; Minnie, white with saffron or yellow centre ; pur- 

 pureum, in several varieties, all purple. 



To the above, Mr. H. H. Hunnewell, whose gardens 

 at Wellesley, Mass., are famous for their rhododendrons, 

 and who has experimented on a large scale, writes to me 



