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should be discarded, as it is not only against all rules of nomenclature but also 

 misleading and confusing. 



Rhododendron norbitonense var. broughtonianum Rehder, comb, 

 nov. 



Rhododendron broughtonianum Andre", PL Terr. Bruy. 166 (1864) ; in Rev. Hort. 



1893, 370. 

 Rhododendron broughtonii aureum Hort. apud W. Watson, Rhodod. & Azaleas, 



93 (1911). For further literature and remarks, see page 99. 



I have little doubt that R. broughtonianum and R. broughtonii aureum are iden- 

 tical, and though the plant is well known under the latter name, its use should be 

 discontinued, as it is, like R. Smithii aureum, both incorrect and misleading, since 

 there is already a R. broughtonii Hort. which is a hybrid between two species or 

 forms of Eurhododendron with rosy-red flowers; moreover, the name broughtonii 

 suggests the proper name of a person and not of a place. A good habit picture is 

 given by Millais in his Rhododendrons (pi. opposite page 184). 



Other forms of similar parentage were raised by Standish and Noble and later 

 by Anthony Waterer and by Mr. White of Sunningdale. The following also belongs 

 here: 



Rhododendron Williamsii Millais, Rhodod. 262 (1917). 



A hybrid raised by Williams of Holloway about 1885 between a hardy Rhodo- 

 dendron and R. sinense. 



Rhododendron japonicum x Eurhododendron " hybrids " = Rho- 

 dodendron azaleodendron Vilmorin & Bois, FruL Vilmor. 175 (1904). 



Azaleodendron Rodigas in III Hort. XXXIX. 53 (1893). (See also page 136). 

 Azaleodendron "Comte de Kerchove," De Bosschere in Rev. Hort. Beige, XIX. 

 177, t. (1893). 



Here belong the hybrids raised by G. Vander Meulen between "Azalea mollis" 

 ( = R. japonicum) and R. "Prince Camille de Rohan" and "Leopard." As the 

 type of this group of hybrids "Comte de Kerchove" may be taken; this form is 

 described in detail by Masters (in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XIII. 667 [1893]) and figured 

 in Gard. Chron. 1. c. 663 and also in Rev. Hort. Beige, I. c. (colored pi.), and in Rev. 

 Hort. 1893, 369. Besides "Comte de Kerchove" five other varieties were exhibited 

 at Ghent in 1892 by Pynaert and Van Gaert who acquired the entire stock of Van- 

 der Meulen's hybrids; their color ranges between white and rosy-red or rose-lilac 

 with conspicuous dark spots on the upper lobes. According to Andre" (in Rev. 

 Hort. 1893, 371) similar hybrids between "Rhododendron and Azalea mollis" had 

 been shown in Ghent by Ad. Rosseel in 1888. 



Rhododendron ? Kosterianum x Eurhododendron hybrids = Rhodo- 

 dendron Crouxii Rehder, comb. nov. 



Rhodazalea Crouxii Croux & fils in Jour. Soc. Hort. France, s4r. 4, IX. 328, fig. 

 (1908). G&ome in Jardin, XXIV. 279, fig. 157 (1910). 



This hybrid was obtained by Croux & fils of Val d'Aulnay at Chatenay (Seine), 

 according to their statement, by crossing a Rhododendron with a variety of Azalea 

 mollis, the exact name of neither of the parents being given. The flowers are large, 



