DWARF AND PIGMY 
RHODODENDRONS 
FOR THE ROCK GARDEN 
From Tibet and western China come alpine Rho¬ 
dodendrons, some not more than 3 or 4 inches tall, 
which, once their needs are understood, will surely 
become favorite subjects for the rock garden. Even 
those described as 3 or 4 feet high are often natur¬ 
al midgets, easily kept small by proper exposure to 
the sun. 
Most of the Asiatic species have been discovered 
and introduced in the last dozen or twenty years, 
and are still virtually unknown to American gar¬ 
deners. Explorers still brave the perils of wilder¬ 
nesses never before penetrated by a white man, to 
gather the seeds, and most of the plants here listed 
were raised direct from seeds thus sought out amid 
the mountain wastes of Asia. 
The species show astonishing variety in form and 
habit. Their colors range through shades of purple, 
violet, mauve, lavender, pink, rose, crimson, ma¬ 
roon, orange, yellow, cream, blue, white and black. 
