HORTUS VEITCHII 



island of Sumatra, where first discovered by Curtis, it was through him 

 introduced. 



The type species, with bright yellow flowers, bloomed for the first time 

 in February 1884. 



EHODODENDEON MULTICOLOE, Miquel, var. CUETISII. 



Syns. R. Curtisii, Hort. 

 PI. and Pom. 1883, p. 185; id. 1884, t. 615. 



A variety of Ehododendron multicolor with dark red flowers, first 

 produced in November 1883, and sent in 1880 from the island of Sumatra, 

 where it had been detected by Curtis on mountains at an elevation of 

 some 2,000 ft. 



EHODODENDEON (AZALEA) OLDHAMII, Maximow. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. p. 524. 



Introduced from the island of Formosa through Charles Maries, but 

 previously met with by Mr. Oldham, after whom it was named by 

 Maximowicz. 



This greenhouse shrub has reddish salmon-coloured flowers, suffused 

 rosy lilac on the upper lobe, with numerous small darker blotches. 



EHODODENDEON x PEINCESS ALICE. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 262 (Report of Horticultural Society's Show); PI. Mag. 1865, 



pi. 206. 



A hybrid between the two beautiful Himalayan species, Ehododendron 

 Edgeworthii and E. ciliatum. 



In size the flowers of the hybrid nearly equal those of E. Edgeworthii, 

 and possess a delicate perfume. They are slightly tinted with rose in the 

 bud, but become pure white as they expand. 



EHODODENDEON VEITCHIANUM, Hook. 



Gard. Chron. 1857, pp. 326, 347 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4992 ; PI. des Serres, 1861, torn. iv. p. 57 ; 



id. 1862, torn. iv. p. 41. 



A beautiful species with large flowers of the purest white, and crinkled 

 margins, native of Moulmein, sent by Thomas Lobb, and the finest of the 

 genus, exhibited for the first time in flower at a meeting of the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society in London, May 6th, 1857. Succeeding admirably 

 in this country, it produces in early spring large white flowers in great 

 profusion. Eeproduction is simple, from home-saved seed. 



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