violet, about 10 in a globe-shaped cluster and borne 
freely. It grows in open ground and on cliffs in far 
western China, and should be hardy in the open 
here, but through an oversight was not sufficiently 
tested in the sun. It winters fairly in half shade. 
6 to 8 inches high in 3-inch pots 85 cents each 
RHODODENDRON DRUMONIUM. A small, 
tufted shrub usually less than one foot high, dis¬ 
covered recently in open, stony places north of the 
upper Yangtze. Leaves a quarter of an inch long, 
flowers, one at the tip of each twig, cc mm only a 
bright mauve, but in 1932, far to the north, Dr. J. 
F. Rock found a deep blue variety, No. 25377, and 
from this seed all the plants here were raised. The 
seedlings which have bloomed are blue or lavender. 
Grows in the moraine in full sun without regard to heat or cold 
and barely rises from the ground. Its dwarf habit and neat, crisp 
winter foliage make Rhododendron drumonium most desirable. 
4 to 6 inches long in 3-inch pots 75 cents each 
RHODODENDRON IMPEDITUM. 3 stars. Low 
shrublet from very high mountains in west China. 
Leaves about half an inch long, flowers mauve or 
pale purplish blue, single or 2 together on each ol 
the many short twigs. R. impeditum is considered 
one of the hardiest Lapponicums, already well test- 
