RHODODEN DRON CAMPANULA'TUM. 
CAMPANULATE RHODODENDRON. 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RHODORACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Nepal. 
5 feet. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1817. 
No. 899. 
The derivation of the name has been explained. 
The species of this favourite genus which is now 
figured, is a native of Nepal, and has been regard- 
ed as a frame plant, but the severe winter of 
1837-8 proved, as observed by Dr. Lindley, that 
“the magnificent Rhododendron Campanulatum 
was added to our own list of common shrubbery 
plants.” The late David Don remarks that it was 
first raised here from seeds received from Dr. Wal- 
lich. The flowers are of a milk white, shaded 
with lilac, and surpass all others of the genus, with 
the exception of one discovered in Java, by Dr. 
Horsfield, the dimensions of whose corolla are still 
greater. 
Our drawing was made from a fine plant, six feet 
high, in the garden of George Barker, Esq., of 
Springfield, near Birmingham, who possesses a 
rich collection of Rhododendrons, in a fine and 
vigorous growth. 
Rhododendron campanulatum may be planted in 
the peat borders, where it will bloom freely, when 
the plant has attained a good size. It may be 
increased by layering, by seeds, and by grafting. 
