in several
| |spots; |Surrey gardens, but it
| |June. |requires shelter. It is not
| |Leaves |one of the hardiest.
| |elliptic |
| |or |
| |elliptic |
| |oblong, |
| |blunt as |
| |a rule at |
| |both ends,|
| |April |
| | |
R. campylocarpum |Himalaya |Bell- |The best hardy yellow
| |shaped, |Rhododendron at present
| |clear, |known is this. It is hardy
| |pale |at Kew in sheltered spots,
| |yellow, 2 |but succeeds better farther
| |inches or |to the south. It is a shrub
| |so across,|of neat compact habit, with
| |in rather |leaves 2 inches to 3 inches
| |loose |long, dark-green and glossy
| |clusters; |above, blue-white beneath.
| |May or |When full of flower it is a
| |late April|singularly pretty and
| | |distinct Rhododendron. It
| | |varies somewhat in shade,
| | |and the flowers are
| | |sometimes of a pale lemon
| | |tint, becoming almost white
| | |with age. The late Mr.
| | |Mangles, we believe, raised
| | |some hybrids from this
| | |species, but we know of
| | |none in commerce.
| | |
R. catawbiense |Mountainous |Good-sized|This is a strong growing
|regions of |heads of |species a