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RHODODENDRON MARS 
LADY BLIGH (B). Built up trusses of 
large strawberry red flowers which fade 
to a very rich pink. Midseason bloom. 
Compact habit. Very good. 
LODERI (C) (Griffithianum x Fortunei). 
The entire Loderi group include the most 
outstanding hybrids in cultivation. The 
flowers are all very large, measuring six 
to seven inches in diameter on estab- 
lished plants, and are scented. This va- 
riety opens shell pink, fading to white 
and the flowers are ruffled at the edges. 
Midseason bloom. Tall spreading habit. 
LODERI KING GEORGE (C). A form of 
Loderi with giant trusses of ivory white 
blossoms. 
LCODERI VENUS. Same as above but 
with shell pink flowers. 
LODER’S WHITE (B). The best white 
rhododendron in cultivation for all pur- 
pose planting. The truss is well formed 
and the individual flowers are very large, 
frilled, opening with a tinge of pink and 
fading to pure silvery white. Early mid- 
season bloom. Medium spreading habit. 
MARS (B). Tight trusses of deep true 
red flowers. Late midseason bloom. Me- 
dium compact habit. The truss has from 
16 to 22 flowers. 
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MAY DAY (C) (haematodes x Grierson- 
ianum). Medium, compact, spreading 
habit of growth. Scarlet bell shaped 
flowers in May. Highly recommended. 
MRS. G. W. LEAK (B). Shapely trusses of 
pink flowers with brown purple blotch in 
upper petal. Early midseason bloom and 
taller growing than Mrs. Furnival. 
PURPLE SPLENDOR (A). The finest pur- 
ple in cultivation. The flowers are a rich 
deep royal purple. Late midseason bloom. 
Medium habit. 
ROMANY CHAI (B) (Moser’s Maroon x 
Griersonianum). Another of the late 
Lionel de Rothschild’s hybrids. The 
flowers are a large deep velvety scarlet. 
Se to late midseason bloom. Medium 
abit. 
VAN NES SENSATION (C). Enormous 
trusses of pale lilac flowers. Handsome 
foliage and strong grower. Midseason 
bloom. Medium tall habit. Very much ad- 
mired at the 1948 rhododendron show in 
Portland. 
VULCAN (B) (Mars x Griersonianum). A 
very floriferous hybrid with bright red 
flowers. Special Merit Award at the 1948 
Oakland Spring Flower Show. 
