120 OTHER AMERICAN PLANTS. 



Figures of Nancy Waterer and Bessie Holdavay 

 are given in the " Florist " for May, 1869. 



Double Hardy Azaleas. 



These are very beautiful and desirable, as they 

 are very showy and remain long in bloom. 



They are perfectly hardy, having stood the last 

 four winters with us ; grow freely and flower 

 abundantly. 



The varieties are: Maja, Van Houtte, Ophire, 

 Dr. Streiter, Heroine, Bartolo Lazaris, Narcissiflora, 

 Leibnitz, Graaf von Meran. 



Azalea amcena. 



This is a charming little Chinese species, usually 

 grown as a greenhouse plant, but perfectly hardy. 



The flowers are purple, produced in the " hose in 

 hose " form, in gardening parlance ; that is, with a 

 double corolla. The plant was found by Mr. For- 

 tune, near Shanghae, and, as we have it in cultiva- 

 tion, is evidently a garden variety of some unknown 

 species. The flower resembles that of Rhododen- 

 dron dauricum, and, like that, is produced in very 

 early spring, almost too early with us. The foliage 

 is evergreen. 



Figured in Pax. Fl. G. pi. 89 ; Lem. Jar. 4, t. 329 ; 

 Bot. Mag. 79, t. 4728. 



Azalea sinensis. 



A Chinese species, with large, yellow-orange flow- 

 ers, to which we have already had occasion to refer 



