ASIATIC RHODODENDRONS 
Though the hardy hybrids so greatly excel our 
native Rhododendrons for landscape planting, many 
newly discovered species yet more beautiful are on 
trial now for hardiness. A few may prove entirely 
satisfactory in their present form, while others will 
need to be bred and hybridized over a period of 
years, even of generations and centuries. Even so, 
some of the exquisite grace must usually be sacri¬ 
ficed to make them adaptable. Those who wish to 
grow these rare treasures now may do so by protec¬ 
ting as will be explained with regard to each spe¬ 
cies on inquiry. All plants listed here have wintered 
without artificial heat. 
Among the hardiest and most enchanting are the 
large-flowered, fragrant Fortunei Rhododendrons, 
Fortunei, decorum, discolor, Fargesii, oreodoxa, 
vernicosum, etc. These paragons from China and 
Tibet deserve to be grown wherever they can stand 
the winter, or even wintered in a cold-pit to make sure of their 
flower-buds. All need the shade and shelter of a wood, and moist 
atmosphere at all times. 
Stars, where mentioned, refer to ratings by the Rhododendron 
Association, England. (Maximum 4.) 
