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NOTES FROM LAMELLEN GARDEN, 1919. 
The seed-capsules of several species of rhododendrons have peculiarities 
which are interesting, and have doubtless been noted by the botanist, though 
they may not have attracted the attention of the ordinary gardens. Those of 
R. ScHLiPPENBACHii, for instance, are very thick and woody, whilst the seeds are 
large and comparatively few in number. They germinate well, however, and 
during the first season outstrip in growth any with which I am acquainted ; 
but the difficulty with them comes later, and I have found many of the small 
plants die off for no apparent reason. I am inclined to think that the species 
is very susceptible to drought, at any rate until three or four years old. 
R. CAMELLiAEFLORUM makes plenty of large seed pods, which however 
contain a lot of chaff and comparatively few good seeds. The capsules of 
ciLiiCALYX are remarkably thick and woody, and there is not much seed, but 
this may have been accounted for m the pod under examination by the fact that 
it had been fertilised with moupinense pollen. 
January 5th. To-day I found three beautiful flowers on a plant of 
R. ZEYLANicuM. It is curious, despite the resemblance in leaf, that this species 
has for so long been confused with R. Kingianum, for that plant flowers some 
months later, and has a much smaller truss of more tubular flowers, of a much 
darker and richer shade of crimson. 
Second week in March. A flower opened on a plant which came under the 
number 1872, Wilson, and should therefore be R. Watsonii, but is not. It is a 
shrub with an erect habit, and there are nine flowers to the truss, 2 J by 2| inches, 
seven-lobed, very pale rose with two small faint fines of red spots in the interior ; 
filaments and stigma white, stamens dark brown. A first flower, and not a good 
one, which got partially destroyed by frost, when it was half out. The plant 
looks as if it may prove to be one of the oreodoxa series. 
Second week in April. R. pachypodum (13512F), clear butter-yellow, 
without the green tinge which there is in Boothii, five in a loose truss, 2 inch by 
11 inch, five lobed, stamens brown, stigma yellow ; the exterior covered with 
brown glands. The plant is hardy, but I hear the flowers are susceptible to 
frost. This species has the curved style peculiar to Boothii, trichocladum, 
GLAUCUM, etc. 
Also R. SCABRIFOLIUM (11072F), four in a truss, f by | inch, white, tinged 
pink, five lobed, stamens white, tinged brown, stigma white. The flower is not 
very attractive, and the plant is not supposed to be too hardy, but the leaves 
are very distinct and at once attract attention. 
Fourth week in April. A pot plant of R. “ lepidoboothii ” flowered in 
a cold frame, soon to be followed by others out of doors. Five-ten in a loose truss, 
T| by 1 inch, openly campanulate, yellowish-white, tinged with pink and green, 
especially on the outside, interior spotted with greenish-brown, stamens 10, 
light-brown, filaments pink, stigma green. To my mind a pleasing little flower, 
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