88 THE EHODODENDRON. 



Rhododendron Comtessb Ferdinand Visant. 



A seedling of Van Houtte's, from R. campanulch 

 tum, fertilized with It. cinnamomeum. Flowers 

 creamy white, bordered with delicate rose. 



Figured in Fl. des Serres, 9, t. 935. 



Rhododendron daphnoides. 



This is a pretty dwarf variety, of which we have 

 been unable to find the origin. The flowers are pink 

 or rose-colored, and very pretty. 



Rhododendron ovatum. 



Another dwarf variety, with rosy flowers and neat 

 foliage. Both this and the last are generally hardy, 

 although the foliage often gets browned by the winter. 



Rhododendron Countess op Haddington. 



A hybrid, between R. Dalhousice and ciliaium; 

 of neat, evergreen habit, and large, white, blush- 

 tinted flowers. Figured in Hen. Elus. Bou. pi. 82. 



Rhododendron aureum magnipicum. 



This variety, which is probably the same as that 

 figured in Sweet, and which we have before men- 

 tioned under the name of R. Smithii aureum, is one 

 of a lot of seedlings produced by crossing a Rhodo- 

 dendron with a species of yellow azalea (^A. sinensis'). 

 In habit they are robust ; the foliage is sub-ever- 

 green, partaking of the character of both parents. 



