GRIFFITHIANUM HYBRIDS 29 



best of them are Beauty of Tremough, Glory of Penjerrick, 

 Goliath, and Gill's Triumph. Their flowers are larger than 

 those of kewense ; otherwise they are not unlike them, 

 though their colours are richer. Gill also raised hybrids 

 between R. Griffithianum and R. arboreum, in which the 

 flower-buds are deep crimson, the expanded flower being rosy 

 red, with blotches of deep crimson at the base of the tube. 



The most recent successful Griffithianum cross was 

 made by Sir E. Loder, in whose gardens at Leonardslee 

 there is a rich collection of Rhododendrons, many of them 

 very large specimens. He crossed R. Griffithianum with 

 R. Fortunei, and obtained a grand hybrid which has been 

 named R. Loderi. The flowers are very large, with six 

 or seven segments, and they have a delightful fragrance. 

 The plants are vigorous growers and are as hardy as R. 

 Fortunei. 



About twenty years ago Mr. George Paul crossed R. 

 Fortunei with a selection of garden sorts such as Blandianum, 

 Jas. M. Brooke, Lady Armstrong, and Lady Emily Peel. 

 From these he obtained a race of seedlings with decidedly 

 beautiful flowers, ranging in colour from white to rosy red 

 blotched with maroon, red, yellow, or emerald green. The 

 trusses are almost as compact as in Broughtonii, or loose 

 after the manner of R. Fortunei ; many of them are fragrant 

 and all are quite hardy. Their only defect is that of 

 flowering too early to escape late spring frosts. In the 

 South and West they will no doubt prove of the greatest 

 value. Four of these hybrids have received First-Class 

 Certificates, namely, Duke of York, Duchess of York, 

 Mrs. Thiselton-Dyer, and Profusion. 



Another well-marked, superb hybrid is Luscombei, 

 raised about 1875 by Mr. T. Luscombe, from R. Fortunei 



