HYBRID RHODODENDRONS. 



2G9 



Second Generations. — True Hybrids Crossed by a True 



Species. 



II. — Through Princess Boyal (B. jas. x B.jav.). 



i. Pr. Koyal (pink) x B. Brookeanum, var. gracile (straw) = 

 Princess Frederica, Crown Princess of Germany, Duchess of 

 Teck (all yellow). 



Male. — Cor., colour yellow. 



Female. — Cor., colour, occasional pink tinge ; anthers , 

 orange ; form same, with slight differences in size ; leaf much 

 the same. 



ii. Pr. Royal (pink) x B. jasminiflorum (white) = Princess 

 Alexandra (white). 



Male. — Cor., colour white ; form, long tube. 

 Female. — Cor., colour, occasional pink tinge ; form nearly 

 same ; anthers orange ; leaf, form and size. 



iii. Pr. Royal (pink) x B. javanicum (orange) = Baroness 

 Schroeder, Excelsior, Thalia, No. 170. 



Male. — Cor., colour yellowish white (Thalia) ; French white 

 (Bar. Schr.) ; form, broader limb but shorter tube ; leaf 

 same (Thalia). 



Female. — Cor., colour rose (No. 170) ; leaf elliptical, with 

 truncate base of B. jasminiflorum (Bar. Schr.). 



iv. Pr. Royal (pink) x B. Lobbii (crimson) = Princess Helena 

 (pink). 



Male. — Cor., form, long curved tube and small limb; 

 anthers crimson. 



Female. — Cor., colour pink ; leaf, form nearly same. 



v. Pr. Royal (pink) x B. multicolor, var. Curtisii (crimson) = 

 Nos. 32a, 325, 325, 301 (shades of crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour crimson, form same enlarged ; leaf same, 

 but larger. 



Female. — Cor., form, large limb. 



vi. Pr. Royal (pink) x B. Teysmannii (golden yellow) = 

 Czarina, Duchess of Fife, Nos. 55, 392, 508 (pale pinky-yellow to 

 orange). 



Male. — Cor., colour, imparted shades of yellow ; form, broad 

 limb, shorter tube (Nos. 55, 508) ; leaf, large size and breadth. 



Female. — Cor., colour, pink tinge, e.g. No. 508 (in which the 

 colours are dissociated), red in orange (No. 55) ; form, slightly 

 longer tube (No. 392, Czarina) ; anthers orange. 



