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RHODODENDRON 



R. FLAVIDUM, Franchet. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8326 ; R. primulinum, Hems/ey?) 



An evergreen shrub about 2 ft. high, of rounded, bushy habit, branches 

 densely scaly. Leaves leathery, ovate-oblong', ^ to I in. long", | to in. wide ; 

 rounded at the base, dark green above, paler beneath, scaly on both surfaces ; 

 stalk ( \ in. long. Flowers I to i^ ins. across, primrose-yellow, becoming paler 

 with age, produced during April in a terminal cluster of three to six. Corolla 



with a very short, slightly hairy 

 tube, and flat, spreading, rounded 

 lobes, wavy at the margins. Calyx 

 pale green, the five lobes oblong, 

 j- in. long, covered like the flower- 

 stalk (which is ^ in. long) with 

 transparent yellowish scales. 



Native of W. Szechuen, China; 

 introduced to cultivation by Wil- 

 son for Messrs Veitch in 1905. 

 The delightful little species is 

 very distinct through the clear 

 pale yellow of its flowers, and is 

 a most promising acquisition for 

 the rock garden or some place 

 where dainty little plants can 

 grow without danger of being 

 overrun by stronger neighbours. 

 The leaves when crushed have a 

 pleasant, aromatic odour. 



R. FLAVUM, G. Don. 



(Azalea pontica, Linnaus ; 

 Bot. Mag., t. 433.) 



A deciduous shrub of vigor- 

 ous, rather stiff habit, 8 to 10 ft. 

 high ; young shoots glandular. 

 Leaves linear-oblong, 2^- to 5 ins. 

 long, | to \\ ins. wide ; with a 

 short, abrupt tip, more tapering 

 at the base ; at maturity glaucous, 

 hairy beneath along the midrib 

 and at the margins ; stalk hairy, 

 \ in. or less long. Flowers 

 to 2 ins. across, crowded in several clusters 



at the end of the previous year's naked shoots. Corolla-tube \ in. long, 

 hairy ; calyx-lobes small, ovate, edged with glanded hairs ; stamens five, 

 hairy at the base like the style ; flower-stalk \ to f in. long, covered with 

 sticky, glandular hairs. Blossoms in May. 



Native of the Caucasian region, Asia Minor, etc. ; introduced by Mr 

 Anthony Hove in 1793. This beautiful, perfectly hardy azalea, the only 

 yellow one known until the advent of the Chinese (sinense) type, and the 

 parent or the predominant parent of all the older yellow garden varieties, is 

 still one of the most useful and generally cultivated of all shrubs. It blossoms 

 unfailingly, and with an exquisite fragrance. Coming freely from seed, it is 

 the chief stock used for grafting the choicer varieties on. This probably 



RHODODENDRON FLAVIDUM. 



fragrant, rich bright yellow, 



