x x R. cyclium. A small shrub with oval leathery leaves, upper surface 
dark but glaucous beneath. Flowers bell-shaped, 14 in. long, deep rose 
with darker blotch. $1.00. 
x x x R. deleiense. (Formerly distributed as R. tephropeplum.) This 
is one of my favorites used as a heath plant or as goundcovering 
under taller shrubs. The leaves are narrow, leathery and shining, dark 
bronzy green; the flowers bell-shaped, waxy, of warm carmine pink. 
Delei Valley. $1.50-$3.50. 
x x R. desquamatum. Grows to a large shrub; foliage slightly blue-tinged. 
Flowers open bells, deep mauve and spotted. $1.00. 
x x R. didymum. Alpine compact shrub, 1-2 ft. high but spreading wider; 
leaves leathery, rugulose; flowers black-crimson, 1 in. long and 1 in. 
wide. Should be planted so the sun strikes through them. S. EH. Tibet. 
Introduced by George Forrest 1917. $1.50. 
x x R. drumonium. A small twiggy shrub suitable for moor or bog plant- 
ing. Mauve flowers generously produced. $1.00. 
x x xX X R. euchaites. A tall shrub; said to be the finest of the Neriiflor- 
um Series. Under side of leaves glaucous with reddish midrib. The 
flowers are larger than those of R. neriiflorum and brighter crimson. 
Burma. $1.75. 
x x x R. exquisetum. Will grow to tall shrub but blooms while young. 
Glaucous-blue oval leaves; flowers large, a lovely silvery mauve, with 
protruding stamens. (A few plants too large to ship $4.00.) $1.50. 
x x x x R. Falconeri. Grows to a large shrub. Foliage spectacular— 
12 or more in. long, 6 in. wide, thick and wrinkled, covered with a thick 
cinnamon brown indumentum beneath. Flowers 2 in. across, white 
suffused with pale lavender, conspicuously blotched with purple. Does 
not like strong winds. Himalya introduced 1830. $2.50-$3.50. 
x x x R. Fargesii. Grows to a large shrub with beautiful foliage which 
it curls sulkily when in need of water. Perhaps it misses the shade 
of the pine and silver-fir forest of its homeland. Flowers large, pink, 
in March. E. Ezechuen. Introduced by E. H. Wilson 1901. $4.00. 
x x x R. fastigiatum. Grows from 8-15 in. A small grayish-leaved bush; 
lavender flowers both spring and fall. Useful in forming a little natural 
scrub or furnishing a peat bog. 75c. 
R. fimbriatum. One of the Lapponicum Series with deep purple flowers. 
Suitable for heath or bog plantings. $1.00. 
x R. flavidum. (Syn. R. primulinum.) A small shrub with small leaves 
and small flowers of pale lovely yellow. Free-blooming. W. Szechuen. 
Introduced by EB. H. Wilson 1905. 75c. 
x 
x x R. floccigerum. Leaves dark green; flowers bell-shaped, 1} in. long, 
from yellow tinged with rose to bright clear scarlet. Yunnan. Intro- 
duced by George Forrest 1914. $1.50. 
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