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AZALEA 



d'orcvnge, fine orange; Ohas. Frcmgois 

 Luppis, rose, shaded magenta ; Chas. 

 Kehule, orange-salmon, orange spots ; 

 Chevalier de ReaU, straw- white ; Comte 

 de Gomer, lively rose, orange spots ; 

 Comte PapadopoU, rose, shaded orange ; 

 Comte de Quincey, bright yellow, 

 spotted ; Consul Ceresole, red, orange 

 spots ; Consul Pecher, rose, spotted dark 

 orange ; Dr. Leon Vignes, white, shaded 

 nankeen ; Ebenezer Pyhe, salmon-red, 

 orange spots ; Ernest Bache, salmon, 

 shaded orange ; Isabella Vam, Houtie, 

 nankeen, orange spots ; Mme. Caroline 

 Lagrelle d'Hanis, rose, stained salmon, 

 orange spots ; Mons. Arthur de Warelles, 

 salmon, spotted orange ; Mrs. A. E. 

 Endtz, a glorified form of Anthony 

 Koster, with equally large flowers but 

 much deeper in colour and quite distinct ; 

 W. E. Gumbleton, bright nankeen, 

 spotted olive. 



DOUBLE-FLOWEEED VARIETIES OF 



A. SINENSIS (A. molUs) 

 Aida, pale rose, upper petals bright 

 rose, blotched nankeen ; Apelles, scarlet, 

 shaded pale rose ; Ariadne, white, shaded 

 purple-rose ; Byron, pure white, fringed ; 

 Freya, lilac-white, yellow centre ; Sora, 

 yellow, shaded rose, flaked carmine ; II 

 Tasso, bright rose ; Le Titien, yellowish- 

 white, tipped pale rose, fringed ; Mecene, 

 white, edged lilac, yellow blotch ; Milton, 

 white, shaded rose ; Murillo, rose-purple, 

 shaded ; Norma, flesh-colour, shaded rose, 

 fringed ; Phebe, nankeen-yellow, shaded 

 red ; Phidias, rose-white, shaded yellow, 

 centre deep yellow, shaded purple ; 

 Praxitile, white, shaded yellow ; Pibera, 

 white, shaded light rose ; Velasquez, 

 cream-white, bordered rose ; Virgile, pale 

 yellow. 



Ghent, American, or Honeysuckle 

 Azaleas. — This is a charming group first 

 raised by the Ghent nurserymen, hence 

 the name Ghent Azaleas. The species at 

 first chiefly employed were American ones, 

 nudiflora, calendulacea, and accident- 

 alls, from which they were known as 

 American Azaleas. They differ from the 

 other Azaleas in being mostly small- 

 flowered and often somewhat two-lipped 

 like Honeysuckles (Lonicera), hence the 

 third name. Whatever they have lost 

 in size, however, they have gained in 

 fragrance and hardiness, while they 

 display a great range of colouring in their 

 flowers. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 Azaleas require similar treatment to hardy 

 Rhododendrons and other Azaleas. They 

 flourish in moist peaty soil or well-drained 

 light loam to which leaf mould has been 

 added in abundance. They are excellent for 

 growing in bold masses by themselves on 

 the grass in places where they will receive 

 shelter from cold winds by the surrounding 

 vegetation. During May and June and 

 even in the first half of July they consti- 

 tute one of the finest and most attractive 

 sights in the outdoor garden, owing to the 

 great variation of their colouring and the 

 freedom with which the trusses of blossom 

 are produced during those months. Of 

 late years hybridising has been exten- 

 sively practised between this class of 

 Azaleas and the varieties of A. sinensis, 

 and thus a new race between Old and 

 New World forms has been evolved. 



The following is a list of the best 

 varieties. 



SiNGLE-FLOWEKED GhBNT AzALEAS 



Adolphe, deep rose-pink ; Adoree, 

 cream- white ; Alba - flamescens rosea, 

 white, sulphur and rose ; Am^abilis, 

 orange-scarlet ; Amahilis ta/rdiva, rose ; 

 Andromaque, lilac; Ardens grandiflora,. 

 orange -scarlet ; Astreans, orange ; Atro- 

 sanguinea, deep red ; Aurora deBoyghem, 

 orange-red; Bouquet deyJore, salmon-rose, 

 striped white ; Bronze unique, red, ver- 

 milion spots ; Calend/tilacea flamimea, 

 flamed orange ; Calendulacea insignis, 

 golden orange ; Cardinal, rose, shaded 

 yellow ; Cardonicma, rose, orange stripes 

 Charles Baumann, cherry-red, shaded 

 orange-crimson ; Coccinea grandiflora, 

 crimson ; Cocci/nea m/inor, deep scarlet ; 

 Coccinea speciosa, dark carmine ; 

 Cruenta, deep orange-scarlet ; Cuprea 

 aurantia, salmon ; Cymodoce, red,, 

 blotched flesh ; Decus hortorum, salmon- 

 red ; Delicata, rose and carmine ; 

 Dodoneus, pink, striped white; Due de 

 Provence, vermilion, blotched with 

 yellow ; Elegantissima, flesh, striped 

 rose ; Elizabeth, yellow, shaded rose ; 

 Emile, rose-peach; Esther, pink and 

 sulphur ; Eugenie, blood-red ; Fa/ma, 

 rose-lilac, yellow blotch ; Fanny, nankeen, 

 yellow blotch ; Flameola incarnaia, clear 

 rose, shaded yellow ; Flanime de Punch, 

 salmon ; Flora, pink, orange spots ; 

 Florenti/na, rose and salmon ; FormosOr 

 pink, shaded orange ; Fritz Qtiihon, 

 blood-red ; Fulva ochroleiica, yellow,. 



