must concur in the very high estimate which has been formed 
of it by the Messrs. Veitch. 
The cultivation of greenhouse Rhododendrons calls for little 
remark, and we should think must be pretty generally under¬ 
stood ; yet the plants which are exhibited from time to time in 
collections do not seem to manifest that skill which we might 
expect. Probably the more free-flowering character of many 
of the new varieties may lead to our seeing better plants, as they 
can thereby be exhibited in dwarfer character than the older 
ones; and if the ideas of exhibiting plants in a more natural 
form than they have been of late years are carried out, some 
of these fine showy flowers may take the place of many of the 
weedy plants, which are only tolerated because they will bear 
twisting and torturing to any extent. 
