94 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



Peeblesshire, and Smithii aureum, raised by Mr. Smith, 

 Norbiton Nursery, near Kingston. Their parents are said 

 to have been a yellow Azalea and a seedling evergreen 

 Rhododendron. The two were at first supposed to be iden- 

 tical, but there are differences, Smith's plant having the 

 leaves glaucous on the under side, which in the other hybrid 

 is green. The flowers of Broughtonii 1 are a clearer yellow 

 and less spotted. These two belong to what are known as 

 Azaleodendrons. They possess the qualities that constitute 

 a good garden plant, and are therefore an indication of what 

 might be obtained by the breeder, working with Ghent or 

 Mollis Azaleas and the evergreen Rhododendrons. Although 

 quite hardy, they are easily grown in pots, and may be taken 

 into a greenhouse to flower in spring. 



1 There is also a large pink flowered true Rhododendron known as Broughtonii. 



