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R. Pink Pearl. — A beautiful variety evi- 
dently related to R. Griffithianum, ht?iV\ng clear 
pale-pink flowers, slightly spotted on the 
upper petals and 4 inches across. Small plants 
are now to be seen in many gardens of the 
south-west. 
R. Pride of Penjerrick. — A cross between 
R. Griffithianum and JR. Thompsoni, bearing pale 
Rhododendron Manglesi. 
rosy flowers lighter in the tube, with a spread- 
ing cup 3 inches in diameter. It was much 
admired at the Truro Show of 1903 and was 
raised by Mr. Gill, 
R. Shilsoni. — Raised by the late Mr. Shilson 
as a cross between R. barbatum and R. Thomp- 
soni, and sharing their character. It bears rich 
red flowers, deeper in tint than those of R. 
barbatum and about 2 inches across. The larg- 
est plant at Tremough is 1 5 feet in height and 
as much in diameter. 
While in the south of Ireland last spring I 
saw a very handsome hybrid between R. Nut- 
talli and R. Edgeworthi, with loose trusses of 
pure white flowers. 
Tender Rhododendrons, — The distinct 
class of so-called Greenhouse Rhododendrons 
— of which R. Edgeworthi is an example — 
bear wide-spread, fragrant flowers of less con- 
sistency than those of the Himalayan species 
and their hybrids, and have rough and wrinkled 
fohage. Even in the south-west they are 
generally grown against walls. In the gardens 
at Trebah, however, there 
are several fine hybrids of 
this class growing as bushes 
in the open. These include 
R. fragrantissimum^ 7 feet 
in height, R. Gibsoni and 
R. Countess of Sefton, 6 feet 
by 6 feet, R. Lady Alice 
Fitzwilliam, 5 feet, and R. 
exonensis, 3 feet high and 5 
feet through. These are 
worthy of wider trial as bu- 
shes in warm and sheltered 
nooks in the south-west. 
There are several fine col- 
lections of HimalayanRho- 
dodendrons and their hy- 
brids in this district. The 
best known are to be found 
in the gardens of Trem- 
ough, Saltram, Whiteway, 
Tregothnan, Menabilly, 
Trewidden, Killiow, Tre- 
bah, and Enys. Tremough 
dates itsbeginningasa Rho- 
dodendron garden from the 
timewhen SirJosephHook- 
er was in the Himalayas 
and sent to the late Mr. Shilson, owner of 
Tremough, seeds of the various species col- 
lected by him. Plants raised from these gave 
a start to the splendid collection now to be 
seen there. In this practically all the known 
species are represented, as well as many hybrids 
which, under careful cross-fertilisation, are con- 
stantly growing in number. There are many 
forms of R. arboreum ranging in colour from 
the deepest crimson, through rose, pink, and 
flesh tints, to the purest white, and sometimes 
beautifully spotted. In the Earl of Morley's 
gardens at Saltram, near Plymouth, the collec- 
tion includes Rhododendrons Thompsoni^ Kew- 
ense^ Pink Pearly Eordi^ Francis Thistleton Dyer, 
