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RHODODENDRON CHAMGECISTUS. 
Thou art my life, the light by which I move ; 
In thee alone dwells all that I can love ; 
All darkness flies when thou art pleased to appear, 
A sudden spring renews the fading year ; 
Where'er I turn I see thy power and grace, 
The watchful guardians of our heedless race ; 
Thy various creatures in one strain agree, 
All in all times and places speak of thee; 
Ev'n I, with trembling heart and stammering tongue, 
Attempt the praise and join the general song." * 
This pretty and interesting; production seldom exceeds a few inches in growth ; 
the branches are short, nearly prostrate, and thickly set with leaves ; it was col- 
lected on the mountains of Carniola by Baron von Zois, who transmitted seeds in 
1786j to the Messrs. Loddiges, and was figured in the^o^. Cah., vol. 15, page 1491 ; 
also the Bot, Mag.., 488. At Chatsworth it takes up its station among the rest 
of the family in the Arboretum, and appears to bear with the out-door climate 
very well, but we are unable to say whether it will flower freely thus exposed ; a 
good method of flowering it we believe is to keep the plants in pots exposed to the 
frost in the winter, and introduced to the greenhouse in the spring, when, if the 
plants are middling strong and well-established, it will produce its charming blos- 
soms about May or June. Messrs. Loddiges direct a shaded situation for it in 
summer, with a moderate supply of water, and to be kept under a cold frame or 
hand-glass during the winter. The soil in which it will thrive very well is peat 
that has a portion of sand intermixed with it, or very sandy loam is not objectionable 
for it. Cuttings of the young wood, planted in sand and placed under a bell-glass, 
will strike roots tolerably free. 
The sample of our drawing was kindly furnished by our esteemed contributor, 
Mr. Bows, with whom the plant grows and flowers well. 
The generic name is taken from Rhodor, a rose, and dendron, a tree, in refer- 
ence to the large clusters of flowers, which are frequently red. 
« Bot. Cab. 149 J. 
