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. Britton in a few words described the rhododendrons, the 
hybrid origin of many of the forms used in horticultural work, 
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tation, extending from the north entrance of the large central 
palm house, along houses 2 and 3, to house 4. The exterior 
border of the area was made undulating, no ) attempt being made 
to follow exactly the outline of the eneral 
planting scheme was arranged to place the darker colored fori 
in the center, the lighter on either e dendrons 
were planted in irregular shaped masses, mainly a dozen o 
each, some few g in groups of si n. A selection of 
sixteen ds made, giving of one hundred a 
seventy-six plants. The following varieties comprise this se- 
the east end: Lady Armstrong, pale rose; roseum elegans, soft 
silver rose, in background; giganteum, very bright rose, in fore- 
ground; delicatissimum, white delicately tinted pink, in back- 
the foreg: ; ureum elegans, purple, in foreground; 
Charles Dickens, very brilliant crimson, in bac nd; Kettle 
drum, brill rimson, in foreground; catawbiens bum, 
gloriosum, pale lavender, in background; catawbiense 
ska aone blui: sh | lavender, in | foreg round. 
looking towar the west end of the rhododen- 
ni e group a aE s in the foreground [is catawbiense 
grandifilorum. The bed for th odendrons was prepare 
by trenching to a depth of about two feet, all poor soil 
a (op-dressing of rotted leaves was placed over the whole bed 
