HARDY VARIETIES 



Lee's Purple, Old Port, Purpureum, Purpureum Grandi- 

 florum, and Roseum Elegans. To these may be added 

 Mrs. C. S. Sargent, F. L. Ames, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. R. S. 

 Holford, Sappho, Martin H. Sutton, H. W. Sargent, and 

 Lady Gray Egerton. 



In the selection of varieties able to withstand severe 

 winters the experiments conducted for many years by 

 Messrs. Seidel, Dresden, are of value. Their Rhododendron 

 nursery is in and around a pine forest where the conditions 

 with regard to frost are often severe. The effect of the 

 pine trees is to protect the plants from excess of sunshine 

 in summer, and from cutting winds in winter. The varieties 

 recommended as hardy in most parts of Germany are, 

 according to Messrs. Seidel, the following : 



Boule de Neige. 

 Caractacus. 

 Catawbiense. 

 Charles Vuylsteke. 

 Cunningham's White. 

 Everestianum. 



Hardy in Germany 



Frau Rosalie Seidel. 



Frieda von Soden. 



Gloria Gandavensis. 



Hercules. 



James M. Brooks. 



Jay Gould. 



Kate Waterer. 

 Mad. Carvalho. 

 Michael Waterer 

 Mont Blanc. 

 Smirnowii. 

 Viola. 



Late-flowering Varieties 



