3Rt)otioticnbron ^ocietp ^otesi. 
Miss Walker’s list, though sufficiently tempting, gives a very imperfect 
indication of the materials for culture now available. I saw, for instance, at 
Messrs. Veitch’s, a beautiful hybrid raised by Mr. Luscombe, between 
R. Fortunei and R. Thomson:, yet neither of these noble species appear in the 
list. Again, no collection would now be tolerable without R. Griffithianum 
alias (?) Auckland::, whose splendid open cup-like corolla and minute stamens 
offer so striking a contrast to the trumpet-shaped calophyllum, with its large 
and numerous stamens, streaming with pollen, though both are strongly scented. 
About a month ago a hybrid at the Lawson Company’s nurseries, raised by 
Mr. Scott between this R. Gr:ff:th:anum and the hardy late variety “John 
Waterer," (arboreum X (probably) catawb:ense), was shown to me, and 
it seemed worthy, I thought, of both parents. 
I have been hybridising in the same line, and I would say that no 
Rhododendron grower would now be worthy of the name if he or she did not 
possess the various species, for instance, named above. 
I have prosed on, I find, at so great a length, that I must reserve for another 
paper my note on the Chelsea strain, instead of tacking it on to the end of this. 
J. H. M. 
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