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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
gardens. R. sinense (Azalea mollis) is a Japanese species, 
with downy deciduous foliage, and orange or yellow flowers. 
From this species, and by intercrossing with others, a race of 
lovely varieties, single and double, with flowers of all shades 
of yellow, orange, red and pink, have been obtained. These 
are known as the Mollis Hybrids. Then there is also another 
race of Azaleas known as the Ghent or American. These have 
small honeysuckle-like flowers in both single and double forms. 
The latter are extremely hardy and free flowering. The 
Mollis Hybrids are more tender, with much larger flowers and 
a dwarfer habit. 
As regards varieties of the pontica or Ghent type, the fol- 
lowing are good single-flowered sorts : Admiral de Ruyter, 
blood-red ; Belle Merveille, pink ; Comte de Flanders, carmine ; 
Daviesii, white ; Due de Provence, vermilion ; Fama, mauve ; 
Fust Camille von Rohan, orange; Grand Monarque, salmon- 
pink ; Julius Caesar, crimson ; Meteor, red ; Rembrandt, crimson 
and violet ; and Unique, golden-yellow. The following are 
double-flowered varieties belonging to the same class : Bartalo 
Lazaris, flesh-pink ; Dr. Streiter, carmine ; Heroine, rose-lilac ; 
Narcissiflora, yellow; Ophrie, yellow and pink; and Rosetta, 
pink. We now give a selection of the varieties of the Mollis 
type: Alphonse Lavallee, orange; Baron Edmund de Roth- 
schild, red ; Charles Lupis, rose and magenta ; Chevalier A. 
de Realli, straw yellow ; Comte de Gomer, pink ; Comte Papa- 
dopoli, rose-pink ; Consul Ceresole ; Consul Pecher, pink ; Ebe- 
nezer Pycke, salmon-pink ; Ernest Bach, salmon pink and 
orange ; M. Arthur de Warelles, light-carmine ; and W. E. 
Gumbleton, golden-yellow. The following are lovely hybrids 
between R. mollis and R. pontica : Charles Rogier, mauve ; 
Edison, pink; Frere Orban, creamy-white; Gloire de Belgique, 
lilac ; Mignon, rose-pink ; and Oswald de Kerchove, pink ; 
Anthony Koster, yellow; Alma Tadema, rose-pink; Dr. Pas- 
teur, orange red ; Madame Anthony Koster, orange-pink ; Hugo 
Koster, salmon-red ; and Marshal Blucher, orange, blotched 
with brown. For a more complete list see trade catalogues. 
With reference to culture, both the Rhododendrons proper 
and the Azaleas thrive best in good sandy peat. They will grow, 
it is true, in loam, but not so well as when in peat. This is 
particularly the case with the Azaleas. Nor can these shrubs 
be grown in soil containing traces of lime, and least of all on 
chalky soils. Where the soil is not naturally suitable it must 
be takeh ov* to the depth of 2 to 3ft., and replaced with the 
proper kind. Then again, except in the case of R. ponticum, 
the common species, all the species do best in a sheltered 
position. The choicer hybrid rhododendrons and the species 
and hybrids of azaleas do well planted together in beds, the 
