88 THE EHODODENDEON. 



Rhododendron Comtesse Ferdinand Visant. 



A seedling of Van Houtte's, from R. campanula- 

 turn, fertilized with R. cinnamomeum. Flowers 

 CJ'eamy white, bordered with delicate rose. 



Figured in Fl. des Serres, 9, t. 935. 



Rhododendron daphnoides. 



This is a pretty dwarf variety, of which we have 

 been unable to find the origin. The flowers are pink 

 .or rose-colored, and very pretty. 



Rhododendron gyatum. 



Another dwarf variety, with rosy flowers and neat 

 foliage. Both this and the last are generally hardy, 

 although the foliage often gets browned by the winter. 



Rhododendron Countess op Haddington. 



A hybrid, between R. Dalhousice and ciliatum; 

 of neat, evergreen habit, and large, white, blush- 

 tinted flowers. Fig-ured in Hen. Illus. Bou. pi. 82. 



Rhododendron aureum magnificuji. 



This variety, which is probably the same as that 

 ligTired in Sweet, and which we have before nien- 

 tionoil under the name of R. Smithii aureum, is one 

 of a lot of seedlings produced by crossing a Rhodo- 

 dendron with a species of yellow azalea QA. sinensis). 

 In hal:)it they are robust ; the foliage is sub-ever- 

 green, partaking of the character of both parents. 



