DESCRIPTION OP THE RHODODENDRON. 57 



a tender Rhododendron house they are perfectly 

 adapted, and furnish a variety of brilliant colors 

 not to be found in other species. 



The species is figured in Bot. Reg. 11, t. 890 ; 

 Hook, Ex. PL t. 168 ; Pax. Mag. 1, p. 101, and 2, 

 p. 98 ; Sweet's, PI. G. 250. 



The following are native varieties : — 



Variety album has white flowers, with delicate 

 purple spots. Figured in Bot. Mag. 61, t. 3290; 

 and Bot. Reg. 20, t. 1684. 



Variety roseum has bright rosy flowers. In its 

 native country this variety is higher up the moun- 

 tains than the scarlet species, and is hardier. Figured 

 in Bot. Reg. 15, 1. 1240; and in Sweet's PL G. t. 339. 



Variety niveum is a charming variety, with white 

 flowers, spotted with pm-ple. Figured in Sweet's, PL 

 G. t. 148. 



Variety cinnamomeum has rosy-white flowers,, 

 spotted with brown. The foliage is rusty on the 

 under side. A very showy plant. Figured in Bot. 

 Mag. 67, t. 3825. 



The figure in Bot. Reg. 23, t. 1982, under this 

 name, is a different plant. 



Variety Paxtoni is a fine kind, with deep crimson^ 

 flowers of great substance. Figured in Pax, Mag. 

 14, p. 99. 



This variety should not be confounded, with the 

 Catawbiense hybrid of the same name. 



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