Bellenden Kei% the editor of the Botanical Register, 
in which work it was published under No. 195; 
where it is observed that the plant takes after the 
Rhododendron in its coreaceous evergreen foliage, 
the number of its stamens, the redness and expan- 
sion of the limb of the corolla; after the Azalea in 
the blueness of the leaves, the tapering of these 
towards each end, in the cylindrical elongation and 
whiteness of the tube of the corolla ; and inter- 
changeably after both parents, in various points of 
smaller note. It forms a compact plant, three feet 
high, flowering profusely, and is easily recognised. 
The work of the very Rev. the Dean of Man- 
chester, on the Amaryllidacese, should be read by 
every person who feels the least interest in these 
pursuits; and we shall conclude by quoting some 
of his own words therefrom on the subject of hybrids. 
^^To the cultivators of ornamental plants the faci- 
lity of raising hybrid varieties affords an endless 
source of interest and amusement. He sees in the 
several species of each genus that he possesses, the 
materials with which he must work ; and he consi- 
ders in what manner he can blend them to the best 
advantage, looking to the several gifts in which 
each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our 
seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in 
its markings, of fragrance, or stature, or profusion 
of blossom, and he may anticipate with tolerable 
accuracy the probable aspect of the intermediate 
plants which he is permitted to create, for that term 
may be figuratively applied to the introduction into 
the world of a natural object which has, probably, 
never before existed in it.” 
