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20ft. high, and bearing rich scarlet flowers ; hardy only in the 
South. R. catawbiense, a native of the U. States ; height 3 to 
6ft. ; flowers lilac-purple ; very hardy. R. caucasicum, a 
native of the Caucasus; height ift. ; flowers rose and white, 
August. R. ciliatum, a native of Sikkim; height 2ft. ; reddish- 
purple, May. R. cinnabarinum, a native of Sikkim ; height 
2 to 3ft. ; flowers brownish-red. R. ferrugineum (Alpine Rose), 
a native of the Alps; height ift. ; flowers scarlet. The variety 
album has white flowers. R. hirsutum, height 1 to 2ft. ; 
flowers scarlet ; native of S. Europe. R. racemosum, height 
6 to iain. ; flowers rose; native of China. R. ponticum, height 
6 to 12ft.; flowers purple-violet; native of Asia Minor; the 
common species. The special hybrids are : R. altaclerense, 
brilliant scarlet ; R. Manglesii, white, spotted with reddish- 
purple; R. nobleanum, bright crimson, flowering in January; 
R. praecox, rosy-purple, February and March ; and R. roseum 
odoratum, rose, fragrant. The general hybrids are very nume- 
rous, and include flowers with almost all shades of colour. 
Following is a selection of twenty-five of the prettiest and 
best of the hybrids for general garden cultivation : A. B. 
Freeman Mitford, crimson; Barclayanum, reddish-rose; Baro- 
ness Schroeder, white, spotted purple ; Caractacus, purplish- 
crimson ; C. S. Sargent, scarlet ; Countess of Clancarty, rose- 
crimson ; Duchess of Bedford, crimson, light centre; George 
Paul, crimson; Helen Waterer, white and crimson; John 
VVaterer, deep crimson ; Kate Waterer, rosy-crimson and yellow ; 
Lady Clementine Mitford, peach ; Lady Eleanor Cathcart, rose, 
spotted chocolate; Marchioness of Lansdowne, rose, spotted 
with black ; Maxwell T. Masters, rosy-crimson ; Mrs. John 
Clutton, white ; Mrs Holford, salmon-pink ; Old Port, purple ; 
Pink Pearl, pink ; Sappho, white, blotched crimson ; Sigismund 
Rucker, magenta-crimson ; The Queen, blush ; The Warrior, 
rosy-scarlet ; Vesuvius, crimson-scarlet ; and Princess Mary 
of Cambridge, white, edged with purple. Early Gem is a 
very pretty dwarf early flowering kind for rockeries or margins 
of rhododendron beds. 
Modern botanists now include the species familiarly known 
as Azaleas in the genus Rhododendron, and we are adopting 
the same course so as to bring all the members of the same 
family under one heading. R. amcpna (Svn. Azalea amnena) 
is a variety of Azalea indica. It grows 2 to 3ft. high, and 
bears rich crimson flowers in spring, and is evergreen. R. 
calendulaceum is a deciduous American species, growing 3 to 
6ft. high, and bearing yellow, red and orange flowers in 
May. R. pontica (Azalea pontica), yellow, orange and red- 
flowered, height 4 to 6ft., a native of the Levant, is a deciduous 
species, and the parent of a race of hardy Azaleas grown in 
