GRIFFITHIANUM HYBRIDS 29 
best of them are Beauty of Tremough, Glory of Penjerrick, 
Goliath, and Gill's Triumph. Their flowers are larger than 
those of kewense ; otherwise they are not unlike them, 
though their colours are richer. Gill also raised hybrids 
between R. Griffithianum and R, arhoreum, in which the 
flower-buds are deep crimson, the expanded flower being rosy 
red, with blotches of deep crimson at the base of the tube. 
The most recent successful Grifflthianum cross was 
made by Sir E. Loder, in whose gardens at Leonardslee 
there is a rich collection of Rhododendrons, many of them 
very large specimens. He crossed R, Grijfiihiantim with 
R. Fortuneiy and obtained a grand hybrid which has been 
named R. Loderi. The flowers are very large, with six 
or seven segments, and they have a delightful fragrance. 
The plants are vigorous growers and are as hardy as R, 
Fortunei. 
About twenty years ago Mr. George Paul crossed R. 
Fortunei with a selection of garden sorts such as Blandianum, 
]as. M. Brooke, Lady Armstrong, and Lady Emily Peel. 
From these he obtained a race of seedlings with decidedly 
beautiful flowers, ranging in colour from white to rosy red 
blotched with maroon, red, yellow, or emerald green. The 
trusses are almost as compact as in Broughtonii, or loose 
after the manner of R. Fortunei ; many of them are fragrant 
and all are quite hardy. Their only defect is that of 
flowering too early to escape late spring frosts. In the 
South and West they will no doubt prove of the greatest 
value. Four of these hybrids have received First-Class 
Certificates, namely, Duke of York, Duchess of York, 
Mrs. Thiselton-Dyer, and Profusion. 
Another well-marked, superb hybrid is Luscombei, 
raised about 1875 by Mr. T. Luscombe, from R, Fortunei 
