8oo RHODODENDRON. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



RHODODENDRON. 



Limbatum. 



Luciferum. 



Madame Carvalho. 



Marie Stuart. 



Marquis of Waterford. 



Martin Hope Sutton. 



Maximum. 



Maximum Wellsianum. 



Maxwell T. Masters. 



Michael Waterer. 



Minnie. 



Miss Jekyll. 



Miss Owen. 



Mont Blanc. 



Mrs. Beresford Melville. 



Mrs. Chas. Sargent. 



Mrs. E. C. Stirling. 



Mrs. F. J. Kirchner. 



Mrs. Fitzgerald. 



Mrs. Fredk. Hankey. 



Mrs. Harry Ingersoll. 



Mrs. John Glutton. 



Mrs. John Kelk. 



Mrs. John Penn. 



Mrs. John Waterer. 



Mrs. Mendel. 



Mrs. Milner. 



Mrs. R. S. Holford. 



Mrs. Russell Sturgis. 



Mrs. Thomas Agnew. 



Mrs. Tritton. 



Mrs. Walter. 



Mrs. W. Agnew. 



Mrs. William Bovill. 



Mum. 

 Nero. 

 Odoratum. 

 Old Port. 

 Perfection. 

 Pictum. 

 Pink Pearl. 



Prince Camille de Rohan. 

 Princess Christian. 

 Princess Mary of Cam- 

 bridge. 



Purpureum elegans. 

 Purpureum grandiflorum. 

 Purity. 



Ralph Sanders. 

 Rosabel. 

 Roseum elegans. 

 Sappho. 



Sherwoodianum. 

 Sigismund Rucker. 

 Silvio. 



Sir James Clark. 

 Snowflake. 

 Stella. 

 Sultana. 

 Surprise. 

 The Queen. 

 The Warrior. 

 Titian. 

 Vandyck. 

 Vauban. 



Viscount Powerscourt. 

 White Pearl. 

 William Austin. 



RHODODENDRONS GROUPED FOR 

 EFFECT OF COLOUR. Reds, rose-colours, 

 and pinks with a few whites, viz. Reds 

 James Marshall Brooks, John Waterer, 

 Atro-sanguineum, Alexander Adie, Baron 

 Schrceder. Rose and rosy-pinks Mrs. 

 Penn, Ingrami, Lady Armstrong, Mrs. 

 Charles Sargent, and Mrs. W. Agnew. 

 Whites Mrs. John Glutton, Minnie, Ma- 

 dame Carvalho, Duchess of Connaught, 

 and Sappho. Rhododendrons of salmon- 

 red colour are best kept separate from 

 others ; of these, good colourings are 

 Lady Eleanor Cathcart and Mrs. R. S. 

 Holford. Purples must be kept away 

 from reds, but group well with any whites ; 

 some of the best for colour are Eve- 

 restianum, Album elegans Fastuosum, 

 Cyaneum, Countess of Normanton, Car- 

 actacus, and Sigismund Rucker. Pretty 

 shades of pale blush are found in Lady 

 Grey Egerton. and Marie Stuart, while 

 for bold groups of -one colour, Chas. S. 

 Sargent, Edward S. Rand, and James 

 Mason are clear shades approaching 

 scarlet, and James Macintosh, Maxwell 

 T. Masters, and Warrior rich crimsons. 



DWARF KINDS. There are some dwarf 

 kinds which may be associated with alpine 

 plants in the rock-garden indeed, some 

 are but a span high. One of the prettiest 

 of these is R. Chamacistus, which has tiny 

 leaves, and in early summer exquisite 

 purple flowers, of the same size as those of 

 Kalmialatifolia. It is rarely seen in good 

 health in gardens, and is best in limestone 

 fissures, filled with peat, loam, and sand 

 mixed in about equal proportions. A 



native of calcareous rocks in the Tyrol, 

 and one of the most precious of dwarf 

 rock-shrubs. The well-known R. jerru- 

 gineum and R. hirsutuin both bear the 

 name of alpine Rose, and often terminate 

 the woody vegetation on the great 

 mountain chains of Europe. They are 

 easily obtained from nurseries, and are 

 well suited for the large rock-garden, 

 where they attain, in deep peat soil, a 

 height of about 18 in., with red flowers 

 from June to August, hirsutum having 

 hairy leaves and stems. But the best 

 of all the dwarf Rhododendrons is R. 

 arbutifolium ( Wilsoris R]iododendron\ 

 a hybrid between R. ferrugincum and 

 R. punctatum, forming a dense bushy 

 plant with small, oval, pointed, dark 

 glossy green leaves assuming bronzy 

 winter shades, and bearing many clus- 

 ters of fragrant porcelain-pink flowers 

 in July. For hardiness, freedom, and 

 fine habit, it is a choice little plant 

 when isolated, or as an edging to planta- 

 tions. R. myrtifolium is a cross between 

 punctattun and hirsutum and intermedi- 

 ate in form and habit, beating clusters of 

 deep rosy-red. Besides these, there are 

 R. caucasicum from the Caucasus Moun- 

 tains, forming a dense low shrub 2 feet 

 high, with clusters of pink to yellowish- 

 white flowers spotted with green within ; 

 the leaves oval, dark green above, and 

 velvety-brown beneath. R. Metternichii 

 from Japan, 4 feet high, with narrow 

 leaves and rosy-flowers spotted with 

 purple. Also R. brachycarpum, another 

 larger Japanese species, with lighter green 

 and more rounded foliage, and creamy- 

 white flowers spotted with green. These 

 are known to be exceedingly hardy, but 

 are as yet only to be had with difficulty. 

 R. amcenum, R. hybridum, R. dauricum- 

 atrovirens, R. Govenianum, R. odoratum, 

 and R. Torloniannm are other dwarf 

 kinds, which may be used in the rock- 

 garden the last two being sweet-scented. 

 They should not be planted near minute 

 alpine plants. 



THE HARDIEST KINDS. As providing 

 a more searching test than our own 

 climate affords, we give here a list of 

 kinds proved hardy in the New England 

 winters under very varied trial, over a 

 large range, and for a good many years 

 past : Album Elegans, light blush marked 

 with straw colour, fading to white, free, 

 with an upright habit well suited to the 

 centre of groups ; Album Grandiflora, 

 light blush fading to white, strong-grow- 

 ing, and very free ; Alexander Dancer, 

 light rose with paler centre, open and ir- 

 regular habit, with a larger truss than 



