APPENDIX A 



OF the common hybrid rhododendrons it is not necessary to 

 give a selection : everyone may choose for himself at the 

 annual shows. Many of them are marvellous productions, but 

 even the best of them are deficient in the appearance of race 

 which distinguishes the natural species. They are wanting, 

 also, in the subtle harmony between flower and foliage which 

 is such a fine feature in the wild rhododendrons. But these 

 defects are not present in the following hybrids which are 

 scarcely, if at all, inferior in these respects to the true species. 



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