H PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
The number of species now known is about 300, their 
distribution being as follows : — 
China and Japan . . . , , .162 
Bridsh India 46 
Malaya 62 
North America . , . , , .16 
Orient . , 6 
Europe 4 
Siberia . 3 
Arctic Regions ...... 2 
One is reported as being wild in Australia on Bellenden 
Ker Mountain at an elevation of 5000 feet, where it is said 
to form a tree 20 feet high. 
CHINESE 
The following interesting note on the Rhododendrons 
of China is by Mr. E. H. Wilson, who has during his 
several botanical expeditions to that country discovered 
many new species and sent home fresh seeds of them from 
which plants have been raised : — 
In China, the genus Rhododendron extends from sea- 
level to the limits of ligneous vegetation. It is the largest 
genus recorded from China, no fewer than 150 species 
being known. I myself have collected 80 species, and 
about 20 of these are new to science. Seedlings of these 
are now at Kew and in other collections, and we may 
therefore hope soon to become acquainted with them as 
garden plants. There is no heather (Calluna or Erica) in 
China, and its place on the alpine moorlands is taken by 
dwarf, small-leaved Rhododendrons such as R. fastigiatum, 
R. nigro-punctatum, R, intricatum^ and R, hlepharocalyx. 
