Plate 39 . 
MAGNET AZALEA, 
Azalea indica , var. 
This variety of Indian Azalea is described by Mr. Barnes, of 
Camberwell, by whom it was raised, and to whom we are in¬ 
debted for the specimen figured, as a very free-blooming, hardy 
kind. The plants, he observes, were kept in a cold pit through 
last winter, and on several occasions were much frozen, but this 
did not appear to injure their blooming. A small plant, covered 
with the remarkably large and showy flowers, was exhibited 
during the past summer, and received a commendation as a fine 
variety for decorative purposes, from the Floral Committee of 
the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Judging from the examples we have seen, this appears to be 
a compact dwarf-habited variety, flowering very freely while of 
small size, and therefore well adapted for general cultivation as 
a conservatory ornament. The flow T ers are large, measuring up¬ 
wards of three inches across; they are of firm texture, and of 
good form, the segments of the limb being broad, rounded, and 
overlapping, an inch and a half broad; the colour is a deep 
rosy salmon-pink, the flowers being marked on the upper seg¬ 
ment with rosy-purple spots. The variety is something in the 
way of one called Sir C. Napier, but is considered superior to 
it in regard to its decorative capabilities. It appears to be a 
late bloomer, and is certainly very prolific of flowers, as well as 
hardy and vigorous in constitution, and altogether one of the 
most useful for general cultivation of the varieties which have 
as yet been raised. 
Flute 39. —Azalea indica, var. Magnet : habit dwarf, and very free- 
blooming ; flowers large, firm, and well-formed, deep rosy salmon-pink, spotted 
with rose-purple on the upper segments. 
