Plate 220 . 
RHODODENDRON, PRINCESS HELENA. 
The raisers of both hardy and greenhouse Rhododendrons 
seem to be vying with one another as to who shall produce the 
greatest novelties in their respective classes, and our pages tes¬ 
tify with what great success; Mr. Rollison’s Prince of Wales and 
Mr. Veitch’s Princess Alice amongst the more tender kinds, Mr. 
Prince’s Countess of Levon and Mr. Young’s Princess of Wales 
amongst the hardy ones which we have already figured, dis¬ 
playing great variety of colour and beauty of appearance ; while 
that now presented to our friends in the exquisite drawing of 
Mr. Andrews will show that the improvement has by no means 
reached its limit. 
Messrs. Yeitch and Son, of Chelsea, are the fortunate raisers 
of this most beautiful variety, and to them we are indebted for 
the opportunity of figuring it and also for the following notes 
concerning it:—“ Princess Helena is a seedling, reared from 
Rhododendron jasminiflorum , crossed with a scarlet species im¬ 
ported by us, but never sent out. The tubes of the flower are 
much longer than in any other variety that I know, and the 
flowers are of a more glossy colour than in any that we have 
before obtained. It is a very free bloomer, and I am confident 
will be a great acquisition. It is of course more nearly like 
Rhododendron Princess Royal than any other, but it is quite dis¬ 
tinct from that variety in shape of flower, habit, and foliage, as 
well as colour.” It will be seen that the colour both of the 
tube and lobes of the flower are of a delicate soft pink, striped 
with darker shades of the same colour and most delicately 
tinted. The foliage is of a rich dark glossy green, which throws 
up the colour of the flower with great effect, and altogether -we 
