desirable plant for gardens and parks, and fortunately is now 



Rhododendron mucronulatum is about the earliest flowering 



are rose-colored with a tinge of lilac, and it blooms from the end 

 of March to April 1st. The blossoms are sometimes injured by 



It is to be regretted that the large number of new species dis- 



appear externally to be so different from Rhododendrons t 

 it is difficult fer gardeners to become accustomed to calling th 

 Rhododendrons. In an extraordinary wealth of varied r 



by any shrubby garden plants. The late George H. Ellwan 

 said of Azaleas in the "Garden's Story," "The soft tints of b 



n woods." This may appea 

 ection of the so-called Ghen 

 zaleas are assembled togethe 



