|
|sections. One a | |
|white-flowered | |
|deciduous | |
|variety, and the| |
|other a | |
|red-flowered | |
|evergreen form | |
| | |
R. altaclarense |Result of |Bright |A very charming, bright
|crossing R. |scarlet |flowered hybrid.
|catawbiense and | |
|R. ponticum. | |
|Flowered first | |
|in 1835. Raised | |
|at Highclere | |
| | |
*R. praecox |A hybrid between|Rose- |This hybrid is quite hardy,
|R. ciliatum and |purple; |but must have a sheltered
|R. dauricum |late |spot, if not grown in a
| |February |cool house for the sake of
| |and early |its colour, as it blooms
| |March |early in Spring, and
| | |therefore is apt to get
| | |spoilt by frost and rain.
| | |It makes a bush about 3
| | |feet high, spreading, with
| | |a profusion of flowers,
| | |very rich in colour, but
| | |the variety rubrum is
| | |darker than the type.
| | |
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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
*R. (Azaleas) |...... |...... |For many years the hardy,
| | |deciduous Rhododendrons
| | |were