we have ourselves found that the drying easterly winds near 
the sea are a much greater obstacle to their growth than any¬ 
thing in the soil. When grown in such situations, they must 
be carefully protected from the wind by other trees or by arti¬ 
ficial protection. 
Rhododendron Princess of Wales is well described by its 
raiser as quite a novelty: the ground-colour is a pure white; 
the centre of the upper petals has a buff tint, on which are a 
number of small light-brown spots; the edge of the petals is 
a beautiful dark mauve, shading off towards the inner edge to a 
reddish tint of the same colour; the truss is compact, and the 
individual flowers of good substance, while the foliage is dark 
glaucous green, and the whole character of the plant very 
effective. Prince of Wales , the other variety sent out at the 
same time, is a brilliant rose shaded with purple, with black 
marking on the upper petals. Both are late-dowering, the 
latter being in full bloom at the end of June. They thus pos¬ 
sess the necessary requisites of a first-class Rhododendron, and 
are unquestionably desirable additions to this noble class of 
hardy evergreen shrubs. 
