HYBRID RHODODENDRONS. 



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thereby showing that this tendency to petalody was destroyed or 

 overcome by the natural vigour of the true species or cross with 

 which it was united. 



With reference to petalody, differences range from a very 

 slight condition in the filaments to a completely double state. In 

 one seedling raised the stem was forked, each branch ter- 

 minating in a truss ; and while the flowers on one truss had all 

 their stamens more or less petaloid, those in the other had but 

 some only. 



Fig. 40.— Khododendr.n Balsam^florum album. 



With regard to the form of the corollas, some have elongated 

 tubes with a comparatively small limb, and consequently par- 

 taking much of the shape of Princess Royal. Others have a 

 short tube, and broader limb, thereby approximating the form of 

 B. javanicum. 



With regard to colours the offspring show great variety. 

 They range from white and pink to dark red or crimson, as welJ 

 as pure yellow, to various shades of orange. 



The name of the original plant is not known, but this dis- 



