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Fig. C.j.- EIIODODENDliON CALSAMIN.EFLOEUM ALBU:.I. 
scarlet with a dark blotch ; John Walter, a handsome crimson variety, 
nne of the best ; .Joseph Waterer, purplish crimson, very dark ; Kate 
Waterer, rosy crimson, lighter centre, beautiful ; Lady Annette dc 
TrafEord, blush with chocolate blotch : Lord John Russell, rosy mauve, 
finely spotted, free and effective ; JIadame M. Carvalho, pure white 
large compact tru.ss, free, one of the best ; Marchioness of Lansdownr>, 
j)ale rose, dark spots ; ilichael Waterer, rosy scarlet, a good variety ; 
Mrs. Holford, salmon, fine truss ; Mrs. John Glutton, pure white, an ex¬ 
cellent variety of good habit; Mrs. John Penn, rosy salmon, bright 
margin and light centre ; Mrs. Shuttleworth, scarlet, light centre ; Jlrs. 
Jom Agnew, white blotched pale yellow ; Old Port, rich deep purple, a 
fine contrast to the lighter colours ; Purity, white, yellow centre, good : 
Sappho, white with maroon markings, truss large and flowers well 
formed ; Scipio, rose with a dark spot ; Sigismund Rucker, magenta 
with a dark blotch ; Snowflake, pure white, flower large ; The Crown 
Prince, bright rose with a lighter blotch, truss and flower large ; Vivian 
Orey, rosy lilac, dark spots. Besides these the old varieties of the 
citawbiense type, Everestianum, with pretty lilac coloured fringed 
flowers; fastuosum flore-pleno, of similar colour ; and purpureum 
elegans, very dark rich purple. 
The plants are in all sizes, from those three years old, which in some 
.cases, as with Mrs. John Glutton, bear from eight to twelve fine trusses 
on compact little specimens, to substantial bushes, and standards G to 8 
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, rosy dark bright red ; Directeur Charles 
Baumann, Joseph NapoWon Baumann, and Madame J. Baumann are also 
leading varieties in this section of similar colours to those named. 
The remarkable collection of Conifers, hardy trees, and shrubs, the 
beautiful varied Japanese Maples and other plants must be reserved 
for subsequent notes, but one handsome tree, Styrax Obassia, from 
Japan, then coming into flower, well deserved the certificate since 
awardeil for it by the Royal Horticultural Society (see page 403). For 
the foliage alone this is worth a place in gardens, and it has proved 
quite hardy at Coombc Wood upon a slope in a rather exposed position.— 
Recoedee. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
June 12th. 
The meeting of this Society’s Fruit and Floral Committees on 
Tuesday last in the Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, was 
exceedingly well attended by exhibitors of plants and flowers, forming 
one of the most interesting and diversified displays provided in the new 
quarters. Four stages extending nearly the full length of the hall, and 
a fifth across at the top of these, were filled with groups of plants or col¬ 
lections of cut flowers, at least three-fourths of the space provided lieing 
occupied by the numerous and important contributions from nurserymen. 
feet high. The small plants are well furnished, and the right size for 
beds, where immediate effect is required. The standards are excep¬ 
tionally fine, with clear stems 2 to 3 feet high, and well proportioned 
heads. For cover planting and similar purposes R. ponticum is grown 
in quantity, but of many the named varieties are now so cheap that they 
are often used for woodlands and conspicuous situations. 
Azaleas .—The Azaleas comprise the old varieties of the nudiflora or 
calendulacea types, together with the newer forms of Azalea mollis, but 
in richne.ss of colours and powerful fragrance the older American 
Az.aleas are unequalled, though the mollis varieties have much larger 
flowers. Of the old forms a few may be named as specially worthy of 
general culture. Belle Merveille, reddish orange, very brilliant; Alta- 
cleiensis, one of the oldest, but still one of the best, the flowers are 
yellow with an orange tinge ; Daviesi is the best white, very free ; 
Leopold I. has long tubular flowers, rosy blush tinted yellow, suggestive 
of Honeysuckle, dvvarf and free ; coccinea speciosa, brilliant orange 
scarlet, one of the most effective ; Marie Verschaffelt, rose and yellow ; 
quently commanding a variety of positions, soils, &c., to suit the various 
occupants, besides some pretty cross-country views to render tbe nursery 
more interesting to strangers. Much could be said about the wonderful 
collection of rare or beautiful trees and shrubs which flourish at Coombc; 
but my mission was to see the Rhododendrons and Azaleas, and to them 
I must confine my notes this week. Looking down upon the slopes from 
the higher ground the brilliant patches of colour afforded by the plants 
named have a remarkably beautiful effect, the Azaleas in particular 
glowing in the sun as if illuminated by coloured fires. Some of the 
Rhododendrons are also bright, but for distant effect they are lost 
tjeside the Azaleas of the Ghent and mollis types. The rich and pure 
tints of the former are, however, very notable, and the following are 
selected as the most telling or useful of the large collection. 
Rhadodendrons .—Baron Schroder, deep purplish, yellow centre ; 
Countess of Kormanton, pale rose with dark markings ; Decorator, 
brilliant scarlet, very effective ; Frederick Waterer, rich crimson, most 
chowy ; James McIntosh, rosy scarlet; James Marshall Brooks, dark 
