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small slender greyish-green hairy leaves arranged in whorls on hairy shoots 

 a few inches long, which are inclined to droop over the sides of the pot. 

 The small long tube-shaped pale pink flowers are borne m great profusion 

 towards the apex of the growths. A dry sunny place on the rockery should 

 be chosen in preference to one that is continually damp and shady. 



To Rhododendron 'Duchess of Portland ' (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. 

 Fisher, Son, and Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield. A hardy early free- 

 flowering variety raised between B. barbatum and ' Handsworth Early 



Fig. 53.— Rehmannia angulata. (Journal of Horticulture.) 



White.' It is of sturdy growth and bears great trusses of pure-white 

 (lowers. (Fig. 55.) 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Tanakea radicans (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from R. H. Beamish, 

 Esq., Ashbourne, Glaunthatme, Co. Cork, Ireland (gr. Mr. H. Hume). A 

 small rock-garden plant with rather thick shining green serrated leaves 

 on long footstalks and small white flowers borne on wiry upright branching 

 spikes H inches high. 



