ERICA, AZALEA, AND RHODODENDRON. 



Descriptive List of Azaleas. 



Name. Description. Name. Descriptior 



AZALEA INDICA. CHIXESE RED-FLOWERING AZALEA. 



175 



Copeii 



Danielsana 



elegans 



Gillinghamia 



hybrida 



ignescens 



lateritia 



white, 

 large rose, 

 clear pale red. 

 light purple, 

 large lilac. 



Powellii 



Salmo tincta 

 Cambelii 

 fimbriata alba 

 Danielsiana hy- 

 brida pale red. 

 " concessa fine. 



Phoenicea 

 superba 

 rubra pleno 



lilac,profusely spot'd speciosa 



very br. red, profuse, j 



salmon color, pro- speciosissima 

 [fuse flowering. 



salmon color, large, splendens 



Campbell' 



fringed white. 



concolor 

 neriiflora 

 macrantha 



magniflora 

 nova blanc 



beautiful, 

 oleander-flowered, 

 large white often se-i 



large rosy purple, 

 [very profuse, 

 bluish purple, 

 pale pur., dark spots, 

 d'bl. red, large flower 

 very large rosy pink, 

 [profuse. 



very large cherry red, 

 [profuse, 

 large salmon. 



Smithii coccinea Smith's scarlet 

 variegata rose and red margin- 



fed, or var. with 

 [white, superb. 

 CremerijFeasl's superb. 

 Mount blanc, 



Feast's beautiful, new,white 



Phffinicia alba 



[mi-double. Gladstenesii 

 large purple. coccinea nova 



white, with greenish ; rosea 

 [spots.) 



very large, white, 

 new white, 

 new scarlet, 

 very large, rosy, pur- 

 [ple, fine. 



ART. 3. On the Culture of the Rhododendron. 



The Rhododendron is very nearly allied to the Azalea, and 

 requires nearly the same treatment, with the difference that 

 it does not strike so readily by cuttings, and is therefore gen- 

 erally increased by layers, and sometimes the finer varieties 

 are grafted on the common kinds to a good purpose. The 

 growing of seedlings, potting, and repotting, is the same as 

 the Azalea, with the exception that the Rhododendron is a 

 larger growing plant, and consequently requires larger pots 

 to grow it to perfection. 



The plants are quite hardy in the green-house, and require 

 to be placed in a good, dry, airy place to thrive well. In the 

 summer they may be either plunged in the ground, in the 

 pots, or placed in a shady situation, as they do not bear the 

 extreme heat of the summers in this country, which retards 

 their growth and prevents their setting off buds freely in the 

 proper season. 



