Plate 14. 
PRESIDENT AZALEA. 
Azalea indica , tar. 
The varieties of Indian Azalea,—one of the most brilliant 
of greenhouse spring-flowering shrubs,—are now so numerous, 
and so much improved in quality, that new forms must be 
possessed of no small degree of merit to commend themselves 
to the favour of connoisseurs. That we now figure has stood 
the severe criticism of the Horticultural Society’s Floral Com¬ 
mittee, and received from that body a first-class certificate, so 
that its high qualities have been sufficiently attested. We be¬ 
lieve it fully deserves this acknowledgment of its merit. 
Compared with the older kinds, this new variety has some 
resemblance to that called Duke of Devonshire, but it is a much 
improved form of that class of colours to which they both be¬ 
long. The habit of the plant is ail that can be desired, and 
the flowers are of large size, excellent in form, stout in sub¬ 
stance, firm in texture, with a smooth surface, and of a very 
pleasing colour. This colour is a deep salmon-red, thickly 
and conspicuously spotted towards the base of the upper seg¬ 
ments with deep crimson-red. 
This fine variety was raised by Mr. Kinghorn, of the Sheen 
Nursery, Richmond, and has been exhibited for the first time 
during the present year. 
The race of greenhouse or Indian Azaleas, as they are called, 
affords one of the most gloving and attractive series of spring 
flowers for the conservatory to be met with even in modern 
gardens. They are by no means costly, nor difficult of culture, 
Plate 14.—Azalea ineica, var. Pkesidext : leaves hairy, narrow-elliptic; 
calyx hairy and fringed ; flowers large, smooth, and finely shaped, deep salmon- 
red, elegantly spotted with deeper red at the base of the upper segment. 
