HORTUS VEITCHII 



one of the fourth generation, and a combination of five distinct species. Its 

 genealogy is as follows : 



R. jasminiflorum x R. javanicum 



(white) 



(orange) 



R. Lobbii x R. Brookeanum R. jasminiflorum x Princess Royal 



(red) 



gracile (yellow) (white) 



(pink) 



Duchess of Edinburgh Princess Alexandra 



(white) 



Princess Beatrice x R. multicolor 

 (pink) (yellow) 



(crimson) 



Mrs. Heal (white) 



The flowers produced by Mrs. Heal are of a delicate pure white, funnel-shaped, 

 and nearly 2 in. in diameter, and other distinct varieties belonging to the multi- 

 color series are Ruby (R. jasminiflorum carminatumx R. multicolor Curtisii), dark 

 coral red; *Rosy Morn, soft rose-pink, Latona, cream-yellow, Neptune, brilliant 

 scarlet, *Hippolyta, crimson, and * Virgil, yellow. 



The Malaysian species, with small cerise-crimson flowers, Rhododendron malay- 

 anum, has also been used as a parent, the result a charming variety t Little 

 Beauty, which, apart from its interesting pedigree, has many excellent qualities, 

 not the least the compact habit of growth ; a fit subject for a small structure 

 where the larger-growing varieties cannot be used. 



Little Beauty is the product of a cross between the javanico-jasminiflorum 

 hybrid known as Monarch and the Sumatran species Rhododendron malayanum, 

 containing a combination of five species, and consequently a hybrid of the fourth 

 generation. Its pedigree is as follows : 



R. jasminiflorum x R. javanicum 



R. javanicum x Princess Royal R. Lobbii x R. Brookeanum 



| | gracile 



Princess Alexandra x Duchess of Edinburgh 



Monarch x R. malayanum 

 Little Beauty 



The flowers are of a uniform-growing carmine-scarlet tint, the tube being some- 

 what less than 1 in. long, the segments of the limb spreading to little more than 

 the length of the tube. It is one of the most brilliant of all Rhododendrons, and 

 has the further advantage of a dwarf and compact habit. 



Difficulty was found in crossing the East Indian section with the Sikkim and 

 American species. Success, however, after many attempts was ultimately 

 obtained by crossing R. Aucklandii, a Sikkim species with white flowers, with 

 Princess Royal (R. jasminiflorum x R. javanicum), a pink-flowered hybrid, the 

 former being the pollen parent. The result was a small white-flowered cross 

 called Pearl, as the male parent had eliminated the pink colour from Princess 

 Royal, scarcely affecting the shape or size of the flower, and leaving a hybrid 

 closely resembling Princess Alexandra. 



* The Garden, 1892, vol. x. lii. pi. 871. t The Garden, 1889, vol. Ivi. pi. 1241. 



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