t!Ct)e ^fjobobenbron ^ocietp J^otes. 
Indian Rhododendrons should flourish undisturbed almost as weU as on their owui 
mountains. 
To mention a few of the Himalayan Rhododendrons that usually flower well 
here most years. Rh. Falconeri had 48 blooms last year. Rh. campy- 
LOCARPUM, of which I have three plants, the flowers vary very much, one being 
magnificent, the other two not nearly so good either in colour or form. Rh. 
Keysii is very free flowering, I removed 350 bunches of seed heads last year, 
with six to eight pods on each ; the plant is 6 ft. high. Rh. arboreum, these 
are older than the others and always flower well, and are truly beautiful wth their 
many shades of bright colours and handsome foliage. Rh. Kewtnse in its best 
form is a splendid Rhododendron, so is Rh. Gauntletti and Rh. Manglesii. 
Rh. Edgworthi flowers well, it is a beautiful thing and very sweet-scented. 
Rh. fragrantissima is as good. Rh. “ Countess of Haddington ” is remark¬ 
ably free to flower, but this sometimes gets its buds frosted so that they do not 
all open. Rh. Dalhousianum, I think will succeed in its new quarters, for it 
opened its flowers well two years ago. One Chinese Rhododendron Rh. decorum 
is most attractive. Rh. brachycarpum, from Japan, less so. 
I should be interested to know anything of Rh. auriculatum, I am told that 
this species from China flowers in the autumn. I know nothing of it, but have 
got one healthy young plant. 
KENNETH McDOUALL. 
February, 1917. 
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