What these will eventually do for our gardens, no 
one yet knows. Some species are proving leaser- 
ably hardy. If 
others languish in 
cultivation, pining 
for their nati\ e 
mountains, these 
must be crossed 
with sturdier sorts 
till their offspring 
learn to grow vig¬ 
orously under gar- 
den conditions. 
Horticulturists for 
a hundred years 
have been making such crosses with good success. 
Hence an ever increasing list of na ned 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 
