678 RHODODENDRON. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. RHODODENDRON. 



green above. This is a plant of bushy 

 habit ; the largest I have seen is growing 

 at Tremough, near Fa] mouth a magni- 

 ficent garden for these Rhododendrons. 

 It was 12 feet high and 15 feet through. 



R. WIGHTI. A small tree, found at 

 elevations of 11,000 to 14,000 feet, 

 bearing yellow flowers 2 inches across in 

 large rounded trusses. The leaves are 

 firm and stout, 6 to 10 inches in length, 



ticum, caucasicum, and arboreum. For 

 many years raisers confined their 

 attention to these species, but of late 

 the field has been widened by the use 

 of Rs. Fortitnei, Aucklandi, Thomsoni, 

 and others, and many of the most 

 remarkable of recent gains have come 

 from this infusion of new blood. Some 

 of these hybrids are from the crossing 



Tree Rhododendron at Castlewellan, co. Down. 



and when young quite white under- 

 neath, becoming grey with age. 



R. anthopogon, flowers sulphur-yellow ; 

 R. glaucum, flowers dull rose-purple ; and 

 R. pendulum, flowers white, are small- 

 leaved dwarf shrubs, chiefly of botanical 

 interest. 



NEW HIMALAYAN HYBRIDS. By far 

 the greater number of our garden 

 Rhododendrons are the product of only 

 four species which have been closely 

 inbred, these being catawbiense, pon- 



of wild species, and others are of mixed 

 parentage crossing of a species with 

 one of the hybrid garden varieties. 

 Among the best of these plants are : - 

 Thomsoni hybrids : Ascot Brilliant, 

 Luscombei, and Luscombei splendens. 

 Fortunei hybrids : Duchess of York, 

 H. M. Ardenne, George Thiselton 

 Dyer, Mrs Thiselton Dyer, Francis 

 Thiselton Dyer, Harrisi, etc. Auck- 

 landi hybrids : Kewense, Pink Pearl, 

 White Pearl, Manglesi, Coombe Royal, 



