KHODODEN'DRON FRA'GRANS. 
FRAGRANT RHODODENDRON. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ericacea:. 
Of hybrid 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Raised in 
^origin. 
3 feet. 
May. 
Shrub. 
1830.? 
No. 1023. 
The_^ origin of the name of the genus, Rhodo- 
dendron, has-been lately noticed, under No. 970. 
The* species, or rather variety, Fragrans, is so 
generally received from the nurseries, into collec- 
tions, under this appellation, that we adopt it in 
preference to giving it as a variety of Ponticum, 
there being so]many in cultivation, having a similar 
origin ; but very few "svith the distinguishing differ- 
ence of being fragrant. This cannot justly be said 
to be a natural character of the Rhododendron; 
the present plant is, however, prominently so. By 
its fragrance, and our figure, the true plant Avill be 
readily recognised ; and a more ornamental one 
need not be possessed ; although, in depth of colour, 
it does not vie with those hybrids which have 
been in part derived from Rhododendron arbo- 
reum ; as a compensation it possesses superior 
hardihood, for it is never injured by the severest 
frosts. 
In the Arboretum Britannicum we find it men- 
tioned that “The Rhododendron was well known 
to the Greeks both by that name, and by the name 
of Rododaphne, or the Rose Laurel. The Romans 
