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, should be 
favorite subjects for the rock garden. Even those 
described as 3 or 4 feet high are often natural mid¬ 
gets, easily kept small by 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 vast re¬ 
gions never before penetrated by a white man, to 
gather the seeds, and most of the plants here listed 
were raised direct from the seeds thus sought out 
in 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, yellow, white, and 
nearly blue. 
