FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



423 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*R. Pink Pearl 



Rhododendron 

 Mangiesii 



come of crossing 



R. grifiithianum 



with the cataw- 



biense hybrid 



album elegans 



Raised by Messrs. 



J. Waterer & Sons 



of Bagshot 



FoRTUNEi Group. 

 R. Fortimei 



reddish 



brown ; 



April and 



May 



Delicate 



pink; 



May 



China 



White with 

 deep pink 

 suffusion, 

 and very 

 fragrant ; 

 May and 



early June. 



after one whose interest in 

 the race was intense — resem- 

 bles the Himalayan parent 

 when not in bloom, but the 

 influence of the American 

 parent is seen in the flowers, 

 which are about 4 inches 

 across. A peculiarity ol the 

 inflorescence is the long truss. 

 There are several forms, that 

 only differ slightly in size or 

 density of the spotting from 

 the type. 

 This beautiful Rhododendron 

 has rapidly become popular. 

 The leaves and size of flowers 

 point to the grifflthianum in- 

 fluence. The flower truss is 

 very large, well formed, and 

 the individual flowers 4 to s 

 inches across. 



No doubt new hybrids with 

 R. grifiithianum influence will 

 be constantly occurring, but 

 raisers must remember that 

 hardy growth is of the great- 

 est importance. R. grifiithi- 

 anum has been much used 

 by Mr. Mangles as a parent, 

 in whose garden there are 

 many beautiful hybrids, such 

 as Liza StiUman, Dulcie Daf- 

 fan, Mangiesii var delicatum. 

 Daphne Daffan, Mrs. Mal- 

 lard, and others. 



This species, when not in flower, 

 bears a strong likeness to R. 

 grifflthianum, but the flowers 

 are very distinct, about 3 

 inches across, and very fra- 

 grant, whilst each one has 

 seven petals. The hybrids 

 are of good habit, flower vrith 

 great freedom, are very fra- 

 grant, and each bloom fre- 

 quently has six petals, whilst 

 the stamens are often imper- 

 fect. The group displays a 

 wide range of colouring, pink 

 and deep rose predomina- 

 ting, but a few are red, and 

 many [are prettily spotted or 

 blotched with red or choco- 

 late. We hope this group 

 will be better known, as many 

 of the hybrids are very charm- 

 ing, a few having names ; 

 thus those raised at Kew 

 were named respectively Mrs. 

 Thiselton-Dyer and George 



