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NOTE ON HARDY RHODODENDRONS.—DOUBLE PYRETHRUMS. 
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placed themselves in communication with this 
Society, asking for advice and assistance. 
“ The Committee have, however, felt very strongly 
that there were other methods open to them 
whereby they might further show the value of 
the Society. For instance, being frequently 
appealed to in the matter of judging, they drew up 
a set of rules, which have already been widely dis¬ 
tributed, and very generally adopted. They have 
also issued a short paper, containing a series of 
‘.Practical Hints on Bose-culture,’ and they are at 
the present time engaged upon the somewhat diffi¬ 
cult task of preparing an authorised descriptive 
Catalogue of Exhibition Boses, which they hope 
may serve as a guide, both to growers and exhibitors. 
“The number of members is now about 370, but 
the Committee do not consider that this at all 
adequately represents the number of those inter¬ 
ested in the welfare of the Queen of Flowers, and 
they therefore confidently hope that many others 
may be induced to join the National Bose Society. 
It should be borne in mind that those who become 
members will, among other advantages, be entitled 
to a liberal supply of tickets for the Society’s 
exhibitions.’’ 
During the present year, the Society will 
hold three exhibitions, namely:—At the 
Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on July 2nd; at 
Sheffield, on July 14th ; and at Manchester, 
on August 24th. The Honorary Secretaries 
are the Rev. H. Honywood d’Ombrain, West- 
well Vicarage, Ashford, Kent; and Edward 
Mawley, Esq., Lucknow House, Addiscombe, 
Croydon. 
NOTE ON HARDY RHODO- 
DENDBONS. 
S S a postscript to the list given at p. 81, 
we desire to add the names of a few 
other good and perfectly hardy 
varieties of Rhododendrons. At the same 
time, we would take the opportunity to correct 
a lapsvs calami , through which we have in¬ 
cluded, in the article referred to, the names of 
a few varieties which had been noted for other 
qualities than their endurance, and for the 
complete hardiness of which, in adverse seasons 
and under adverse circumstances, we do not 
vouch. This remark refers to the varieties 
named Agamemnon, Charles Fisher, Helen 
Waterer, Lady Grey Egerton,Lucretia, Michael 
Waterer, and Mrs. G. W. Heneage. 
Those which we desire to add as good fine- 
foliaged and perfectly hardy sorts, are the 
following :— 
Charles Dickens. —Fine habit and foliage; 
flowers dark scarlet. 
James Bateman. —Fine habit; flowers clear rosy- 
scarlet, of perfect shape. 
Lady Annette de Trafford. —Fine ^ habit ; 
flowers cream-colour, with distinct chocolate blotch. 
Marchioness of Lansdowne. —Very distinct and 
telling ; flowers pale rose, with intense black 
spotting. 
Othello. —Fine habit; flowers crimson, with a 
tinge of mauve-purple, very conspicuous. 
In the list previously published, Sir J. 
Sebright is a misprint for Sir Thomas Sebright. 
—T. M. 
DOUBLE PYRETHRUMS. 
ROM the time the late John Salter 
brought these useful flowers into 
notice, I have grown them extensively, 
and my interest in them is not less than it was 
at the first. I value them for the splendid 
form and the attractive colouring of the flowers, 
but their greatest recommendation to the gene¬ 
ral body of cultivators will probably consist in 
the fact that during the months of May and 
June they produce a display of flowers in the 
open borders that nothing of the class can 
equal. During the greater part of May and 
June, my borders were resplendent with colour ; 
we had glorious masses of crimson, rose, and 
purple, with pure white, and several exquisite 
shades of blush, pink, and sulphur, and July will 
be well in before there will be a material de¬ 
crease in the brilliancy of the display. Indeed, 
the Pyrethrums need only to be well managed 
to continue gay the whole season through. 
Neither winter nor spring frosts are injurious 
to them, and drought has but little effect upon 
them when occupying well-prepared borders. 
It may well be asked why plants so hardy 
and attractive as these are not generally grown ? 
The answer is that they cannot well be em¬ 
ployed for bedding, and consequently have re¬ 
ceived but scant attention. They bloom at an 
awkward time for those who devote the whole 
of their beds and borders to the spring and 
summer bedding-plants ; that is to say, they 
are at their best in the period between the two 
displays, and interfere with both ; but it is at 
a time, nevertheless, when flowers are much 
wanted. Moreover, they succeed exceptionally 
well in town gardens, and are free from the 
attacks of insect pests. 
The spring and autumn are the seasons in 
which it is generally supposed they can be planted 
with the greatest degree of success, but they 
can be planted in the summer with a full 
assurance of their doing equally well, and by 
thus planting them a whole year is practically 
