120 . OTHER AMEEICAN PLANTS. 



Figures of Nancy Waterer and Bessie Holdawav 

 are given in the " Florist " for May, 1869. 



Double Haedy Azaleas. 



These are very beautiful and desirable, as they 

 are very showy and remain long in bloom. ' 



They are jjerfectly hardy, having stood the last 

 four winters with us ; grow freely and flower 

 abundantly. 



The varieties are : Maja, Van Houtte, Ophire, 

 Dr. Strciter, Heroine, Bartolo Lazaris, Narcissiflora, 

 Jjeibnitz, Graaf von Meran. 



Azalea amoena. 



This is a charming little Chinese species, usually 

 grown as a greenhouse plant, but perfectly hardy. 



The flowers are purple, produced in the " hose in 

 hose " form, in gardening parlance ; that is, with a 

 double corolla. The plant was found by Mr. For- 

 tune, near Shanghae, and, as we have it in cultiva 

 tion, is evidently a garden variety of some unknown 

 species. The flower resembles that of Rhododen- 

 dron danricum, and, like that, is produced in very 

 early spring, almost too early with us. The foliage 

 is evergreen. 



Figm-cd in Pax. Fl. G. pi. 89 ; Lem. Jar. 4, t. 329 ; 

 Bot. Mag. 79, t. 4728. 



Azalea sinensis. 



A Chinese species, with large, yellow-orange flow- 

 ers, to which we have already had occasion to refer 



