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RHODODENDRON Aprilis. 
Garden Variety. 
A beautiful hybrid, raised by the Hon. and Very Rev. 
the Dean of Manchester from seed of Rhododendron ponti- 
cum, fertilized by the Evergreen Davurian Rhododendron. 
It flowers in April, for which reason Mr. Herbert has given 
it the name of Aprilis. 
The figure sufficiently indicates its beauty ; yet the plant 
is really handsomer, for the colours when fresh are consider- 
ably brighter in the pink part The specimen was in fact 
fading when the drawing was made. 
Of course a hardy shrub : but we believe not at present 
in the hands of “ the trade.” 
