210 GBEENHOUSE PLANTS. 



The propagation of Azaleas is effected by cuttings and by 

 grafting, both operations being very easy ; in fact, the scions 

 of these plants are amongst the easiest and quickest to form 

 a union with the stock of anything that we know. 



A. amcena. — This very handsome and free - flowering 

 Azalea is one of the most beautiful things for early flower- 

 ing which we possess. The foliage is very small, and the 

 habit of the plant is dense and shrubby. The flowers also 

 are small, but produced in the greatest profusion, of a 

 rich rosy crimson colour, with a duplicate corolla (i.e., 

 having what are called hose-in-hose flowers), and con- 

 sequently stand longer after cutting, making it useful for 

 bouquets. It is one of Sir. Fortune's introductions from 

 China, and was met with by him in a nursery at 

 Shanghae. 



A. A. Borsig. — A very fine double variety, pure white, 

 good form and substance ; one of the best. 



A. Alice. — A fine deep rose, with large vermilion blotch ; 

 a magnificent double variety. 



A. Apollon. — A very large -flowered variety, pure white, 

 lined with bright red. 



A. Baron Edouard Osy. — A semi-double variety, bright 

 orange with amaranth blotch. 



A. Belle Gantoise. — A very free-flowering variety, rosy 

 salmon and white. 



A. Beifiard Andre. — A very showy variety, dark violet 

 purple, semi-double. 



A. Bernard Andre alba. — A very fine double white form 

 of the preceding variety. 



A, Bijou de Paris. — A profuse bloomer, with fine large 

 well-formed flowers, which are pure white, streaked with rose 

 and stained with light yellow. 



A . Ceres. — Very free-blooming ; white blotched with rose. 



