DESCRIPTION OP. THE RHODODENDKON. 93 



Athene White, with yellow blotch. 



AtSosanguinedji . . Deep blood-red ; flower of great 



substance, fine foliage ; hardy. 

 Attila Dark purple, shaded with crim- 

 son; hardy. 



Augustus Same as Alaric. 



AuGUSTE Van Geeet . Light rosy-purple, marked with 



brown. 



Aurora Bright rosy-lake ; free and late 



bloomer. 



AzuREUM Bluish-lilac ; hardy. 



Barclatanum . . . Deep rosy-crimson ; fine truss 



and foliage ; late bloomer ; 

 hardy. 

 Baron Cuvier . . . Lilac, chocolate blotch. 

 Baeonessb Lionel '(White, with scarlet - crimson 



EoTHSCHiLD . . .) margin. 

 Bertie Parsons . . A seedling of Parsons & Co., 



of Flushing, Long Island ; of 

 good form, and lilac-pink or 

 mauve color, with brown eye ; 

 hardy. 



BiCOLOR Rose, clear white spot on the 



upper petals ; hardy. 

 Bijou de Gand . . White, edged with rose, beauti- 

 fully spotted; tender. Fig- 

 ured in lUus. Hort. 7, t. 261. 

 Blanche superbe . . Waxy white, green eye. 

 Blandtanum .... Deep rosy - crimson ; beautiful 



flower ; fine habit and foliage ; 

 hardy. 



Blatteum Claret - crimson, shaded and 



spotted ; fine form and truss ; 

 precariously hardy. 



