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Whitfield, and proves a fine addition to stove collections. 

 {Bot. Mag., June.) 



211. Rhodode'ndron Dalhousije jffoo/i:. Lady Dalhouse's 

 Rhododendron, [Ericaceoi.) Sikkim-Himalaya, 



A hairiiardy shrub ; growing six or eight feet lii,'h ; with white flowers ; appeuriiig in spring ; 

 crown in pent ; increased by seeds, inarching, and gratting. Bot. Ma». 1853, pi. 4718. 



This is one of the magnificent Sikkim Rhododendrons which 

 has now flowered for the first time in England ; and it is the 

 one which has excited the greatest interest from the splendid 

 drawing and account of it in Dr. Hooker's illustrated volume 

 of the Sikkim Rhododendrons, " partly from the great size 

 and beauty of the fragrant flowers, almost resembling those 

 of the Bourbon Lily (common white), and partly from the 

 peculiar place of growth, generally in its native localities, like 

 tropical orchidecB, among moss, with ferns and aroidecB, upon 

 the limbs of large trees." Doubts were, therefore, expressed 

 in regard to its cultivation. Hundreds of plants have been 

 raised from seeds in England, and the plants grow very well, 

 but no one expected to see its blossoms in so short a time, 

 only three years from the reception of the seed. •' Mr. John 

 Lang, gardener at Dysart Home (Earl of Rosslyn's) Kirkaldy, 

 North Britain, has the honor of having been the first to flower 

 this noble plant," and in March, 1853, he sent Dr. Hooker a 

 specimen with a drawing, together with a full account of his 

 management of the plant. As it may interest our nursery- 

 men and amateurs, who may be anxious to possess it, we copy 

 Mr. Lang's communication : — 



'• In January, 1852, I selected from our woods a vigorous 

 plant of Rhododendrus ponticimi, with a clear straight stem, 

 about six feet high, removing all the lateral branches, and 

 potting in an eight inch pot. About the end of January it 

 was placed in the stove, where it was soon after inarched 

 with R. Dalhousia3. As the young shoot of the latter began 

 to harden, it was gradually cut through till separated, and the 

 plant was removed to a cool greenhouse to rest. It very soon 

 showed symptoms of making another growth, when it Avas 

 transferred to the stove, to ripen its wood, preparatory to its 



