94 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
Peeblesshire, and Smithii aureum, raised by Mr. Smith, 
Nor biton Nursery, near Kingston. Their parents are said 
to have been a yellow Azalea and a seedling evergreen 
Rhododendron. The two were at first supposed to be iden- 
tical, but there are differences. Smith's plant having the 
leaves glaucous on the under side, which in the other hybrid 
is green. The flowers of Broughtonii ^ are a clearer yellow 
and less spotted. These two belong to what are known as 
Azaleodendrons. They possess the qualities that constitute 
a good garden plant, and are therefore an indication of what 
might be obtained by the breeder, working with Ghent or 
Mollis Azaleas and the evergreen Rhododendrons. Although 
quite hardy, they are easily grown in pots, and may be taken 
into a greenhouse to flower in spring. 
^ There is also a large pink flowered true Rhododendron known as Broughtonii, 
