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NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
RHEUM PALMATUM TANGHUTICUM. 
A stately robust-habited perennial, which shares with 11. officinale the reputation of furnishing a 
portion of the genuine Turkish Rhubarb. Indeed tiiis is held by Dr. Regel, who has been instru- 
mental in sending seeds to this country, to be the truest of the true amongst the officinal lihubarbs. 
The radical leaves are deeply palmatifid, the lobes being acuminate and incised. The flowering stems are 
tall, terminating in a narrow panicle of pale green flowers, the branches of which are erect, and much 
less densely packed than those of R. officinale. Irrespective of the interest attaching to these plants as 
yielding officinal drugs, they are stately objects amongst the larger herbaceous perennials. 10s. 6d. 
RHODODENDRON CAUCASICUM FLAVIDUM. 
This new and interesting addition to our hardy evergreen shrubs is very distinct from the ordinary 
type of It. caucasicum with rose-coloured (lowers, and long known in cultivation. Ini’, caucasicum 
Jlavidim, the flowers are of a pale straw yellow, thickly spotted on the upper segment with deep 
green dots. It is a native of the Caucasian mountains. Small plants, 7s. 6 d. 
RHODODENDRONS, choice hybrids, of sorts, to name, 3s. 6ri, 5s. and 7s. 6 d. 
