HYBRID RHODODENDRONS 35 



plants they propose to operate on, to choose the parents, 

 whether species or hybrids, as far removed from each other 

 as is consistent with the constitution of the plants and the 

 result aimed at. We have in a tabular form appended a 

 description of eight distinct sections of hybrid Rhodo- 

 dendrons, and it will be seen that all our third crosses, 

 although all hybrids, have been selected as distinct from 

 each other as possible. The plants raised from these 

 crosses are all as healthy as we could wish, and they present 

 a very great diversity in the characters of their foliage." 



SECTION I 



Jt. 



R. arbor cum .) 



} Altaclarense. 



Altaclarense 



Blandyanum. 



Towardii. 



Meteor. 



Elegans. 



Nobleanum bicolor. 



.Pulchellum. 



SECTION II 



K. maximum) 



Hybrid maximum. H / br j d aximum . 



Altaclarense 



SECTION III 



R.ponticum album\ Caucasicum Caucasicum album 



R. caucasicum . .) album. fertlhsed ^ lts 



own pollen 



Standishii. 



Mrs. Loudon. 



Picturatum. 



Vivid. 



Captivation. 



.Raeanum. 



Bride. 



Original, and a 

 race of re- 

 markable 

 dwarf and 

 variegated 

 varieties. 



