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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Both shading and care in watering are essential. 
This is not because they are swamp plants, (for 
the majority inhabit mountains) but because the 
seed seems to require excellent drainage, with regu- 
lar supplies of moisture and shade to germinate. I 
was many months before I stumbled upon colonies 
of seedling Nilagiricums growing naturally, and 
then found them invariably growing on the moss- 
covered north side of sienite boulders. This sup- 
ported the practice of my good old masters the 
Rollissons, who used rough sandy peat and sphag- 
num in their shallow well-drained seed pans, and 
kept them near the glass on the north side of a 
propagating house — shading when necessary. 
Then the most of our native species are either 
woodland plants or grow more or less shaded by 
HYBRID RHODODENDRON. 
other shrubs. Seed is best sown soon after the new 
year. More attention should be paid to the pro- 
longation of the Rhododendron season. 
R. maximum is native from Nova Scotia south- 
ward, and blooms later than most of the hybrids by 
a month or six weeks. It ought to be possible to 
select a number of late blooming varieties. Mr. 
Waterer of Philadelphia once told me that his father 
threw away thousands of maximum hybrids years 
ago, probably before an American demand sprung 
up, for it is certain they would be of great value in 
the states, even as stocks, for although Mr. Waterer 
says they are brittle, low working would overcome 
that objection — if it really exists. There is 
no doubt about the hardihood of the maxi- 
mums. As for the hybrids, they are largely 
worked on pureponticum, or ponticum blooded 
stocks o(_ uncertain hardihood, and mulching 
and other forms of protection is usually advisable. 
The following varieties endured the southern 
New England climates during severe winters: Al- 
bum elegans, A. grandiflorum, A. triumphans, 
Abraham Lincoln, Archimedes, Atro-sanguineum, 
RHODODENDRON LED I FOLIUM — -SYN., A. INDICIA ALBA. 
Bacchus, Bertie Parsons, Bicolor, Bluebell, Candi- 
dissima, Caractacus, Charles Bagley, Charles Dick- 
ens, Charles Sargent, Delicatissimum, E. S. Rand, 
Plverestianum, F. D. Goodman, Francis Dickson, 
Flushing, General Grant, Grandiflorum, Guido, 
Hamlet, Hannibal, H. Hunnewell, H. W. Sargent, 
Harry Ingersol, Kettledrum, King of purples, 
RHODODENDRON SINENSE .— SYN. , AZALEA MOLLIS. 
Lady Armstrong, Lady Clermont, Lady F. Crossley, 
Lady Grey Edgerton, Maculatum, maximum, Mrs. 
John Clutton, Mrs. Milner, Mrs. R. S. Ilolford, 
Neilsonii, occulutum nigrum, old port, purpureum 
