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ша В. Rirei, 7-9 flov in a loose truss, pale seedlings of R. ves zynum (5,868 F. and glaucum, 9 ni in a truss, 5-lobed, campanu- 
$ heliotrope. Co ie “5 lobed, 23 x 3 inches. 5,871 F.).. 10-12 flowe a truss, pale lilac late, 1 1 2-5 1 3-10 E С with a thick 
ҮШ Filaments and stigma agn at "base, paler at rose, darker outside, with. а pm Pd of spotting aye crimson on the upper segments Fila- 
any apex, stamens rich A "rà arge flower of cri spo the three upper segments. ments white, stamens pink, stigma greenish- 
ig a beautiful and uncommon со. olou 1 Corolla 7-lobed, 23 x 4 inches, openly cam- white. 
à anulate. ilaments whit light hird week in May: A plant labelled 
Te th : ee rea, i-o о Шы шо bow rown, stigma greenish-white. n aves 13 x 4! 1,539 W. Taliense, flowered, bat I am not sure 
$ denm iolet-rose, paler within, сна. жна 4 * opine : : 
: 1 at the name is right. Eight flowers in russ 
E Co arolia "тое, 2 by 25 inches. Filaments Thi B shod  brosdly 1 
Я dark brown, stigma greenish- 118 plant seems roe to prove one of the obed, broadly campanulate, 1 9- 
nds, nen 3 best Chinese spec for it is a rapid-spreading inches, blush-white, with a shading of rose out- 
i white grower of сва eim habit, very hardy, d side the middle of the lobes, and a thick spotting 
R. NOU var. d 6-9 flowers in a loose тр an exceptionally fine flower. of crimson at the base. Filaments white, stamens 
nein truss, viole kt not quite so pale as above, Two of my friends, to whom I sent a truss, dark brown, stigma greenish-white 
mi unspotted, b t with Tri blotch of crimson at expressed the opinion that, since there was `, dichroanthum, 6 in a 
ping, the base. Corolla lobed, 1$ x 2 inches. nothing like it among Forrest's dried flowers, it loose trv Corolla 5-lobed, rather pir 
вре End of Ree: R. polylepis x lutesc must be a Fortunei hybrid raised here else- bell- “shaped, opening at the ‘mouth, 1 
remi sent me by M. Mottet rare M. de Vilm wes where. But I kno ow that in the first place it ap 5 inch, orange-red. Filaments pale с 
dys garden at Verrières. А very pleasing little peared among t dlings stamens dark brown, stigma yellowish-green. 
yi flower of pale flesh-colour merging into creamy- ^ been grown here ever since, and, in the second, A compact dw arf-growi ng plant with a 
ele yellow, short in the tube and wide open. The that I have never raise ny Fortunei crosses. whitish tomentum асс the leaves and оп 
а. | flowe in twos in the axils of the leaves, ^ Also ja is utterly unlike that series both in leaf эч young shoots, and flowers of a remarkable 
vee апа are lj x 24 inches, 5-lobed, filaments and and flower-bud. 
tigma creamy-white, stamens pale brown, the R. prostigiatum oo iene : e qam Saeni from R. Mrs. Butler. Apparently 
фт upper segments of thè corolla being spotted with Beverat plants o of this cross flowered in April is is a natural hybrid x ponticum, being 
eim  bistre-gree The leaves are midway between and again in August. So far, Mo: "boc of them much of the colour м the latter, but larger, and 
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ingi account for the pleasing colour being derive 
ntil TO poor purple of lylepis 
» I pne е - one of my seedlings from 
вш Wilson's seed (4,278 W.) produced flowers of a 
ай lovely shade of Sink without a trace of purple 
nat in it. 
ve si First week in March: In the greenhouse 
sedi another plant of M. ilmorin's, R. 7,710, 
flowered ; 4 in a truss, white, with a large blotch 
of yellow shading into rich brow the upper 
segment. Corolla 5-lobed, 3 x 33 inches. Sweet 
à 5-lob x nch, 
almost salver-shaped, divisions deeplý cleft. 
Filaments same colour as corolla, stamens pale 
ite. 
23 F., ravum, 4 flowers in a truss, violet- 
Tose, darker than above, with a few crim- 
son spots. Corolla 5-lobed, 1 x 24 inches, almost 4 
salver-sha aped, divisions deeply y cleft. Ика» Gardefran. 
ce ы ieget oy UR m s Fic. 5.—TECOPHILAEA CYANOCROCUS. 
(See p. 16.) 
End of March: R. 5,848 F., hylothreptum, 10 icem 
сеси Кш ME shade of rose: Agree was almost 2 inches across, 2 in a truss, bright эйе 6 lobes to the corolla. One of ns pon 
pats deep blotch of black crimson at the violet-purp s е, HEA and stigma the same, un- vas better than the others, and quite an acqui 
ae x Tel he a ш: Filaments rather spotted, salver-shaped, and very floriferous. chit 
r Ilo ү a corolla; rown, sti В; 1,5%; Wa упа, 12-16 flowers ір а Last v week in May : R. 9,055 F., раа 
наа "white. I had only ‘one flower on a truss, violet-rose, unspotted. Corolla campanu- 6-7 flowers in a truss. Corolla 5-lobed, 
7$ late, 5-lobed, 14 x 14 inch. Filaments paler diee and rather resembling R. Souliei, but 
eod а in April: A most remarkable than corolla, stamens dark brown, stigma smaller, and not opening so widel Colour 
fower appeared on a plant raised under the yellowish-white. each-blossom, 11-5 x 1 р inch, with a blotch 
number 9,049 F. habrotrichum), and almost Fourth week in April: R. Faberii, 6 6-8 flow OF са inside at the ase. Filamenta paler 
Lm resembling that species in leaf, though in a truss, white, with two patches of Бе туйш than corolla, в fe "owas stigma ting 
flow lada ie 12 pots from the base to about half-way up the t with pale yellowish ex; A very neat and pretty 
bh ee etn wae a dark upper segments, and a tinge of light crimson little plan 
otch at the base, and two broad lines of red inside and out of the centre of each segment First uk in June : R. 6,762 F., phot 
Co de the junction of the topmost 3 segments from the middle to the gene een an 6 flowers in a truss, reddish-violet. rolla 
Fila d oe vec z X inches. unusual appearance. Corolla 5-lo 5-lob 11-10 x 17-10 inch ere is a 
bes йи Very paie ри мален 8 zaleucum I co spotting of brownish-crimson on the three upper 
jud. from this, a first bloom, the flowers are lobes.  Filaments and s w 5 ns 
Te feature of the flower, however, was the in ode in the axils of the leaves at the end of light brown. .A distinct and pleasing colou 
ойу size of the calyx, which was quite the shoots. Individually, they аге whit une 6: Whilst weeding in one of the 
Sate d up the corolla on а upper side, of the flushed violet-rose, with two broad groups о ling beds, I bec aware of a small Rhod 
with red dendron in flower, which would otherwise have 
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sion giving the appearance of a hose-in-hose ^ Corolla 5-lobed, 2 ы 23 inches, openly campanu- tai esc = ] 
er. Professor Balfour has named this — Filaments white, stamens bright chestnut- R. 7,85 = Tschonoskii. Four flowers in а 
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A Third in April: А Rhododendron which opened ner the "xni were violet-rose. ^ white, campanulate, w with a narrow tu эм 
Owered, which had appeared as a rogue among First week in May 1,885, W., = hypo- very deeply cleft segments. The outside of the 
