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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST, 
[ July, 
The importance of selecting for breeding purposes a hardier race than either 
of the foregoing species will yield, being thus apparent, it is a fortunate circum- 
Riiododendron ROSEUM ELEGANS (from a photograph taken at Knap Hill: head 21ft. in circumference). 
stance that we possess such a race in the varieties of the North American It. 
catawbiense. These suffer scarcely at all in their flower-buds, even from severe 
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winter frosts, and, moreover, have the immense superiority of carrying bold per* 
