No. 1944. 



RHODODENDRON CAMPANULATUM 



Class. Order. 



DEC A XDR1A MO NOG YNIA . 



We raised this beautiful plant in 1825, 

 from seeds. It is a native of Napal, and 

 grows, as we were informed by Dr. Wallich, 

 in elevated situations, so that he had no 

 doubt of its bearing our winters uninjured. 

 This has been confirmed by actual expe- 

 rience during the two last seasons, in 

 which several plants remained perfectly 

 well out of doors with us. The young- 

 leaves are at first purplish underneath ; 

 they then become milk white, and after- 

 wards, when quite hardened, change to a 

 kind of tan colour. It flowered with us in 

 April, kept in a cold frame. 



We have succeeded in propagating it by 

 layers, as well as by cuttings. The soil 



should be loam and peat. 



Few plants are so magnificent in flower 

 as the Rhododendrons; few also are so 

 widely diffused over the globe, though 



