What these will eventually do for our gardens, no 
one yet knows. Some species are proving reason¬ 
ably hardy. If 
others languish 
i n cultivation, 
pining for their 
native peaks, we 
must cross them 
with sturdy sorts 
till the offspring 
learn to grow vig¬ 
orously under a 
garden regimen. 
Horticulturists a 
century long now 
have been making such crosses with good success. 
Hence an ever increasing list of named hybrids, 
the few best selected from millions of seedlings. 
And of these still fewer are hardy in our northeast 
climate. 
It is unfortunate that people who see these won¬ 
derful named hybrids in flower are easily misled to 
buy the wild Rhododendron maximum, in the be¬ 
lief that it too will flower beautifully. As well dig 
