| | |fringed petals; they are
| | |fragrant, rose colour,
| | |mottled with dark spots in
| | |the throat. The somewhat
| | |drooping character of the
| | |flowers is not an
| | |advantage.
| | |
R. azaleoides |Cross between R.|White, |This grows about 3-1/2 feet
|(Azalea) |lilac- |high, and, as the parentage
|viscosum and |tinted |shows, is a cross between
|R. maximum |flowers; |the evergreen and deciduous
| |June |sections. It has been known
| | |under the names of
| | |hybridum, fragrans,
| | |odoratum. Quite hardy.
| | |
*R. Smithi aureum |This is not new,|Buff |This is a very beautiful
|but rare; it is |inclining |Rhododendron, dwarf, not
|supposed to have|to |very compact in growth, but
|been raised by a|apricot; |when its handsome flower
|nurseryman named|June |clusters are out the bush
|Smith of | |is almost smothered with
|Norbiton, | |bloom. At Saltwood, near
|between a | |Hythe, in a Rhododendron
|variety of R. | |glen Mr. Leney has several
|caucasicum and a| |plants of it. A
|yellow form of | |glaucous-leaved form is in
|R. sinense, and | |cultivation, but the
|is said to have | |flowers are not so rich in
|been exhibited | |colour as those of the
|at Chiswick in | |plainer leaved one. Quite
|1841 | |hardy.
| | |
R. roseum odoratum |Hybrid between |Reddish; |Quite hardy.
|the two |June