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A glorious display of hybrid Rhododendrons 
Fuom the Great Smoktes 
aud MAJESTIC MOUNT EVEREST 
The indomitable mountain climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing, first 
to scale the majestic heights of Mount Everest, experienced no greater thrill from their 
achievement than the noted plant explorer Dr. Ernest H. Wilson, who in 1899 with an 
exploration party under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society of Great 
Britain first discovered in the mountains leading to Mount Everest the magnificent 
rhododendrons of the Himalayas. 
Rhododendrons were introduced in the home landscape over two and one-half 
centuries ago, when plant explorers discovered them growing along the cool mountain 
streams of the Appalachians and in the fastnesses of the foothills near Mount Everest. 
The modern hybrid rhododendron, a result of crossing these species, has many of the 
good points of both the native and the Asiatic types. Even with hybrid rhododendrons, 
no planting is complete without the variety afforded by a collection of all types. 
We make this suggestion because rhododendrons, azaleas and other ericaceous plants 
are satisfied with less attention than almost any other shrubs. That is why we can 
recommend them as more nearly approaching the elusive goal of carefree gardening. 
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