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since ; but the crowded state of our pages has prevented. 

 They have attracted great attention among the Englisli culti- 

 vators, and are considered the greatest acquisition to this 

 splendid tribe. They were found in Bootan, by Mr. Booth, 

 and sent home to Rainhill, the residence of Thos. Nuttall, 

 Esq., the eminent Botanist formerly of the Cambridge Botan- 

 ic Garden, Mass., who has a fine collection of plants. The 

 whole stock of young- plants has been purchased by Messrs. 

 Henderson and Son, who offer them for sale, and who exhib- 

 ited specimens of the several species in bloom last season. 

 Undoubtedly some of them will be as hardy as our Cataw- 

 biense, as they were found growing where the snow was two 

 feet deep. The size of their flowers, and the magnitude and 

 verdure of their foliage, render them conspicuous among all 

 that have yet been added to our collections. They are describ- 

 ed in Turner's Florist as follows : — 



R. Niittalli. — This is the largest-flowered Rhododendron 

 known ; has foliage handsomer than described in books on 

 living plants now in this country ; the flowers resembling 

 those of the lily, are much larger than the Sikkim Rhodo- 

 dendron Dalhous/^. Color, white with tint of rose-red, and 

 yellow at the base within, and delightfully fragrant. It has 

 been named in compliment to the veteran botanist and trav- 

 eller, T. Nuttall, Esq. 



R. Windsori. — This splendid colored garden Rhododen- 

 dron, of a color even surpassing the iShododendron arboreum, 

 will be found invaluable, from its dwarf close-growing habit 

 and large truss. 



R. Camelliafidriim.. — A very curious species, discovered in 

 the valley of Lablung, also on the Bootan Alps ; at the latter 

 place growing at an elevation of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. In 

 foliage it resembles R. Maddem* ; three to five inches long. 

 Corolla, sparingly scaly, one and a half inch across ; of a very 

 thick texture ; pure white, with a faint rosy tinge ; all the 

 segments obtuse and entire ; the flower strongly resembling 

 that of a single Camellia, from which its name is derived ; a 

 very distinct flower from any other Rhododendron. 



