EHODODENDftON 



HEATH OBDEB 



EHODODENDBON 591 



is now regarded with great favour as a 

 better stock by many growers. 



R. Przewalski. — A newly introduced 

 Chinese evergreen species with white 

 bell-shaped flowers borne in corymbose 

 racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. punctatum (B. minus). — A North 

 American species 3-6 ft. high with smooth 

 and more or less elliptic obovate leaves 

 2-3 in. or more long, the under surface of 

 which is covered with resinous dots. The 

 rosy flowers, spotted on the inner surface, 

 appear in April and May and are borne in 

 dense clusters at the ends of the shoots. 

 B. ruhiginosum from China very much 

 resembles this species, but has much 

 larger flowers. 



Culture rfc. as above. 



R. racemosum. — A dwarf compact 

 Chinese shrub, 6-12 in. or more high, with 

 almost sessile elliptic, Box-like leaves, 

 about 1 in. long, and terminal trusses of 

 pinkish-white flowers about 1 in. across, 

 produced in April at the ends of the shoots, 

 and also a few in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 may be gently forced in greenhouses in 

 spring in the same way as B. ferr u gineuw,. 



R. Rhodora [BJiodora canadensis). — 

 A deciduous N. American shrub, 2-4 ft. 

 high, with oblong leaves, whitish downy 

 beneath. Flowers in early spring, before 

 the leaves appear, rosy-purple, rarely 

 white, in umbel-like clusters. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. Roylei. — A beautiful and distinct 

 Himalayan shrub 7-10 ft. high, with 

 oblong glaucous-green leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 and somewhat rusty -coloured on the 

 under smrface. The drooping or nodding 

 tubular bell-shaped flowers, each about 

 li in. across, appear in May, 3 or 4 in a 

 truss, and have a peculiarly distinct and 

 rich shade of purple-red, flushed with 

 magenta, that at once attracts attention, 

 especially if the flowers happen to be seen 

 with the sun shining through them. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 can be regarded as hardy only in the 

 mildest parts of England and Ireland, and 

 the south-west of Scotland perhaps. 



R. Smirnowi. — A handsome Caucasian 

 shrub 3-6 ft. high, with oblong blunt 



leaves 3-5 in. long, whitish woolly and 

 often rusty-coloured beneath. The flowers 

 appear in April and May and are of a 

 distinct brilliant crimson-purple colour. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a very 

 hardy species and is likely to succeed in 

 northern localities. 



R. Thomson!. — A beautiful Sikkim 

 tree 6-15 ft. high. Leaves usually 

 broadly roundish-ovate, quite smooth, 

 rather glaucous beneath, 2-3 in. long. 

 Flowers in June, 6-8 in a corymb, deep 

 shining blood-red, 5-lobed, the upper lobe 

 spotted. Stamens 10. Very hardy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. Ungerni. — A Caucasian shrub 3-6 

 ft. high, with leathery oblong leaves 4-6 

 in. long and 2 in. or more broad, the 

 under surface being of a pure snowy white- 

 ness. The large flowers are white, but 

 often tinted with rose outside ; and the 

 filaments of the stamens are bearded about 

 the middle. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R virgatum. — A Sikkim Rhododen- 

 dron lJ-3 ft. high, with scaly young 

 branches and oblong lance-shaped acute 

 leaves. The soft rosy-pink flowers appear 

 in April, and are borne in clusters in the 

 axils of the upper leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. Windsori. — A small Bhotan shrub, 

 with leathery obovate lance - shaped 

 leaves 4-5 in. long, shining above, silvery 

 white beneath, changing to pale brown. 

 Flowers in March, deep crimson-scarlet, 

 in crowded heads. Stamens 10. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. yedoense. — A Japanese species with 

 hairy lance-shaped leaves in spring, and 

 smaller linear spoon-shaped deep green 

 ones in autumn. The rosy-pink funnel- 

 shaped flowers are produced in early sum- 

 mer, only 3 blossoms as a rule being in a 

 cluster. ' 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. yunnanense. — An erect-growing 

 Chinese shrub with dark shining green 

 leaves 2-4 in. long, covered with bristly 

 hairs above, and glaucous beneath. The 

 white or pale lilac flowers, 2 in. across, 

 spotted with blood-red near the base of 

 the upper lobes of the corolla, appear in 

 Hay, 4-6 in a cluster. 



Culture dc. as above. 



