THE INDIAN AZALEA. 
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spotted ; flowers large, with broad, rounded 
segments. 
Notabilis ; colour light purple, slightly- 
spotted on the upper segment ; flowers hardly 
medium size, with long acutish segments. 
Obtnsa ; colour rich vermilion red, slightly 
spotted; flowers small, with narrow segments; 
a Chinese variety or species (?) 
Optima ; colour light rich red, clearly 
spotted on the upper part ; flowers large, with 
broad rounded segments : a very fine variety. 
Pallida ; colour very light purplish lilac, 
with a few buff spots on the upper part ; 
flowers small, with narrow segments. 
Pallida ; colour light rose ; flowers very 
large : bad. 
Palmerii; colour light rose, with a few 
spots ; flowers large, with roundish divisions, 
but not forming a circular outline. 
Phcenicea ; colour purple, furnished with 
spots on the upper part ; flowers large, with 
long narrowish segments. 
Phcenicea alba; colour white, with a 
greenish tinge in the upper part ; flowers 
large, with long acute broadish segments. 
Prcestantissima ; colour pale pinkish red, 
well spotted ; flowers large, with rounded 
broadish segments : a very free bloomer. 
Pride of Dorking ; colour pure white ; 
flowers medium sized, with broad short seg- 
ments forming a circular outline ; one of the 
best formed of the whites. 
Pulchra ; colour pale purple, with clear 
distinct spots on the upper part ; flowers 
small, with narrow but not long segments. 
Punctata ; colour light red : bad. 
Purpurea grandiflora ; colour light pur- 
ple, well spotted on the three upper divisions ; 
flowers large, with broadish segments, but not 
much rounded. 
Purpurea plena ; colour pale purplish lilac ; 
flowers small, formed of numerous narrow 
petals or segments : a very old variety. 
Purpurea superba; colour light purple, 
spotted ; flowers large. 
Rawsoni ; colour pale purple, with a few 
spots at top ; flowers small, with narrow 
segments. 
Refulgens; colour brilliant light red, 
slightly spotted ; flowers large, with broadish 
segments, but not forming a circular out- 
line. 
Retorta; colour bright rose, with few spots; 
flowers large, with rounded segments. 
Rosea delicata ; colour light rose, with few 
spots ; flowers large, with long narrowish 
and somewhat acute segments. 
Rosea elegans ; colour pale clear rose-pur- 
ple, slightly spotted; flowers large, with broad- 
ish segments. 
Rubens; colour dark vermilion red, the 
upper segments with a purple tinge, and 
slightly spotted ; flowers medium sized, with 
long narrowish segments. 
Rubescens ; colour light vermilion red ; 
flowers moderate size. 
Rubra-plena ; colour light vermilion red ; 
flowers medium size, with narrow segments 
filled up in the centre with irregular narrow 
petals. 
Semiduplex pura ; colour light rose : bad. 
Semiduplex purpurea ; colour purplish rose: 
bad. 
Semiduplex rosea ; colour light rose : bad. 
Semiduplex striata ; colour rosy pink : bad. 
Speciosissima ; colour light rosy pink, 
spotted on the upper part ; flowers large, with 
broadish segments : showy. 
Splendens ; colour rosy pink, the upper 
part with a purplish tinge, and a few faint 
spots ; flowers large, with broad rounded seg~ 
ments. 
Storeyana ; colour pure white ; flowers 
medium size : inferior to ledifolia. 
Striata fo7*mosissima; colour white, streaked 
with red ; not so- good as Gledstanesii. 
Striata purpurea ; colour white with a few 
faint streaks of purple ; flower medium size, 
with narrowish loose undulating segments. 
Triumpnans; colour light rose, the three 
upper segments with a thick cluster of deep 
coloured spots ; flower large, with broad 
rounded segments. 
Variegata; colour flesh, irregularly mar- 
gined with white, and a few faint spots on the 
upper part ; flower medium sized, with broad 
close rounded segments, forming a compact 
circular outline ; habit slender. 
Vesta ; colour pure white ; flowers mode- 
rate size, with broadish segments. 
Violacea elegans ; colour lively purple ; 
flowers medium size, with long narrow seg- 
ments. 
Vivicans"; colour bright clear rose, with a 
few spots on the upper part ; flowers large, 
with long pointed segments. 
Woodsii; colour light purple, the upper 
segment thickly spotted with dark purple ; 
flowers medium size, with broad segments, 
but not forming a circular flower. 
Six of the very best of the above would be 
found in the following, viz., Gledstanesii, Late- 
ritia, Variegata, Triumphans, Optima, and Re- 
fulgens. 
The sorts of Azalea indica recommended 
in the Garden Almanac as the best, are Pres- 
tantissima, Variegata, Murrayana, Gledstanesii, 
Splendens, Lateritia, Danielsiana. There is a 
large white one grown at Falkirk far superior 
to our ordinary Alba. We should grow Azalea 
sinensis among them, most assuredly, and do 
our best towards seeding from it after cross 
fertilization ; it would probably originate some 
handsome varieties. 
