loo PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
R, Griffithianum, Leaves 9 inches long. Flowers fragrant. 
So far not a success under cultivation. 
R, Delavayi, — China. 1894. A bush or small tree, 
very like R, arhoreum. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, 
leathery, dark-green, brown-felted beneath, 6 inches long. 
Flowers in compact heads, bell-shaped, with spreading 
lobes, 2 inches across, bright crimson. Tender. 
R, Edgeworthii, — Himalaya, 9000 feet. 1851. A strag- 
gling shrub 6 feet. Evergreen. Branchlets woolly. Some- 
times epiphytic. Leaves elliptic with strongly marked veins, 
rust-hairy on both sides, woolly beneath, 2-4 inches. 
Flowers in loose heads, broad bell-shaped, five-lobed, 3 
inches across, white, fragrant. Tender. 
R, Fa/cowm.— Himalaya, 9000-13,000 feet. 1850. A 
sturdy shrub or tree up to 30 feet. Evergreen. Leaves 
elliptic, 9x4 inches or larger, rugose, clothed beneath with 
rust-coloured felt. Flowers in crowded heads, bracts large, 
hairy, corolla bell-shaped, 2 inches long, 7-10 lobed, creamy 
white. Tender. 
R. ferrugineiim. — ^Alpine Rose. European Alps. 1752. 
A dwarf shrub, i foot high. Evergreen, with Box-like 
foliage, shining green above, red-scaly beneath, hairy 
when young. Flowers in small, compact umbels, tubular, 
with spreading lobes, i inch across, rose red, with small 
yellowish punctures. Hardy. The var. albifloriini has 
white flowers. 
R, flavidiim {Y>nmn\inum). — China. 1910. A compact 
shrub 1-2 feet high, branches twiggy and scaly. Evergreen. 
Leaves Myrtle-like, ovate, less than i inch long, green 
and scaly on both surfaces. Flowers in clusters of 3-5, 
shallow, bell-shaped, about i inch long, divided into five 
wavy lobes, pale-yellow, stamens spreading. Hardy. 
