in common with Heaths, except liking a peaty soil. If we 
could show them this plant in dower, no other answer would 
be needed. No great heat is required in its cultivation; it 
was in a cool greenhouse covered with a Vine that the plant 
which Sir Wm. Hooker described was grown. Mr. Bull’s treat¬ 
ment of his plant was also what is called cool treatment—pro¬ 
tection from frost or cold, but very moderate heat.” 
Rhododendron Thihaudiense is a native of Bhootan, from 
whence so many forms of the genus have been introduced. 
