ERICACEi^ 



Rhododendron, raccmosum . 



Rock gardens. April, May. A species of dwarf and compact habit, 

 flowering when only a few inches high ; very suitable for rockwork or the Alpine 

 garden. 



Flowers pinkish-white, edged with deeper pink, 1 in. diani., slightly fragrant, 

 in axillary and terminal clusters ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves alternate, small, oval, entire, acute, or obtuse, coriaceous, bright green, 

 tomentose beneath, 1 in. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-2 ft. ; Stems erect, brown. 



Native of Western China ; introduced by Messrs. \'eitch, 1880 ; first 

 exhibited, 1892. 



Hhododendron iju/inanense. 



Gardens, shrubberies. INIay. This makes a freely-branched, yet some- 

 what loose-growing bush. 



Floive7's white or pale lilac, in a loose cluster of 4-G ; pedicels 1 in. long ; 

 Calyx small, lobes almost obsolete ; Corolla spreading, 2 ins. diam. ; lobes deep, 

 upper petal with blood-red spots ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves lanceolate, dark glossy green, hairy above, glaucous beneath, 

 glandularly dotted, 1^-4 ins. long, 2-2| ins. wide. 



An evergreen shrub, 2^-4 ft. ; erect, shoots slender. 



Native of China. Discovered by the Abbe Delavay at Houanglipin in 

 Yunnan; introduced 1894; first flowered at Kew, 1897. 



GLOBE-FLOWERED MENZIESIA, Mcndesia globularis. 



Gardens. May, June. Moist peaty soil. Propagate by cuttings in sandy 



soil under bell-glass in summer ; layers in autumn ; division of plants in autumn. 



Flowers pink, solitary, axillary, pendulous ; Corolla globose, lobes rounded ; 



F7'uit a capsule. 



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