tCljE i^ljobolienljron ^ociEt|> ^otes. 
The following articles on Rhododendrons were contributed by 
the late Mr. J. H. Mangles to the Gardeners’ Chronicle and to the 
Garden between 1879 and 1884. A few not from his pen, have 
been added, as they relate to the same subject. They have been 
reproduced almost without alteration, verbal corrections alone having 
been made. Professor Isaac Bayley Balfour has kindly contributed 
some notes, which bear his initials. I have been asked to add an index. 
This I have done, but it should be explained that it makes no pretence to 
being exhaustive, the references in many cases being too scattered and 
discursive. 
It only remains for me to tender, on behalf of the Rhododendron 
Society, very grateful thanks to Miss Mangles and Mrs. Daffarn, and also 
to the proprietors of the Gardeners’ Chronicle and Garden for 
permission to reprint the articles. I must add an expression of my 
indebtedness to Professor Balfour not only for the notes but for much 
help in editing the articles. 
GERALD W. E. LODER. 
November 4th, 1917. 
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