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- P. Comber’s Species. A small leaved dark green mound of six inches 
that continually sends out circles of stolens. The fruit on individual 
plants varies from white rose to red to almost black. $1.50. 
P. mucronata. Bushy grower—2-3 inches tall—red fruit. $1.00 each. 
P. rupicola. Almost prostrate in growth—young shoots crimson; leaves 
leathery, glossy toothed—fruit 14 inch across, from cream to rose to 
red. Chile. $1.25. 
P. tasmanica. A very prostrate fragile little shrub. Leaves 14-inch 
long, narrow and pointed, closely set. Flowers small white urns— 
Bars, aoe Christmas red, berry almost 14-inch across—peaty 
— soil. $1.50. 
Rhododendrons. There is a great variety in height to which rhodo- 
dendrons will grow—if planted in the open to take the brunt of the 
weather they will remain low in form—in the shade they grow much 
taller. The number of x’s before the Rhododendron indicates the 
rating given by the Rhododendron Society of England. Their absence 
is not a sign that the plant is not good—often that the plant has 
not yet been considered. 
Rhododendron alutaceum. Tall shrub—rose, spotted crimson and 
blotched at base. $1.00-$1.50. 
_xxR. anthopogon. A small compact shrub. Flowers bright yellow; 
34 inch across. To 16,000 ft. in the Himalayas. $1.00. 
x x R. argyrophyllum. Large shrub growing in thickets. Leaves yellow- 
green above, covered with indumentum. Flowers white to pale pink, 
spotted with darker color, bell-shaped and 1% in. wide. W. China 
and Tibet. Introduced by E. H. Wilson 1904. $1.00-$1.50. 
x xR. aureum. Leaves narrow, pointed, glossy; flowers funnel-shaped, 
yellow, varying from pale to bright color, in trusses of ten or less. 
Very floriferous. Introduced by Jean M. Delavayi 1886. $1.50-$2.50. 
R. auritum. To 6 ft. Pale yellow—pink on lobes. $1.00-$2.00. 
R. Boothii. A slow-growing open shrub with large, leathery, hairy 
leaves. Flowers 7-10 in a close truss, bell-shaped, 1 or more inches 
wide, soft deep yellow. In the wild it is often epiphytic on trees. 
Bhotan. Introduced by T. J. Booth 1852. $1.00-$2.00. 
xxxxR. Blue Tit. A hybrid of R. Augustinii and R. impeditum. Flow- 
ers dark blue and almost iridescent in the sun. $1.50. 
R. brachyanthum. Leaves oval, dark above, glaucous beneath—flowers 
3-10 in a cluster narrowly bell-shaped, clear yellow tinged with 
green. $1.00-$2.00. 
xxxR. calostrotum. Small bush with greenish-gray aromatic leaves 
buff to brown on reverse; large saucer-shaped silky crimson flowers, 
2 in. across. It will form a carpet if grown close in the open. To 
12,000 ft. N. E. Burma. Introduced by Kingdon Ward 1919. $1.50. 
Rhododendron campbelliae. Closely related to R. arboreum; purplish 
rose flowers. $1.00 up. 
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