| | |Professor Sargent, of the
| | |Arnold Arboretum, collected
| | |seeds of this type in the
| | |mountains of Japan. The
| | |young plants have proved
| | |fairly hardy, but flower,
| | |as a rule, too early to be
| | |of any great garden value.
| | |The well-known Azalea
| | |amoena is the hardiest of
| | |the varieties; it is easily
| | |recognised by its reddish
| | |hose-in-hose flowers.
| | |Balsaminaeflorum is dwarf,
| | |and suitable for the rock
| | |garden; it has pretty,
| | |double, rose-like salmon
| | |flowers. In many southern
| | |gardens R. indicum is
| | |hardy; we have seen borders
| | |of it in Mr. Leney's garden
| | |near Saltwood, Hythe, and
| | |of course in Devonshire and
| | |Cornwall.
| | |
R. ledifolium (A. |China and Japan |Pure |This reminds one of the old
ledifolia) | |white; |white A. indica of gardens,
| |March |but the leaves are more
| | |hairy, and it is hardier.
| | |It is like the preceding,
| | |and evergreen. It grows
| | |well out of doors in the
| | |Royal Gardens, Kew.
| | |
R. nudiflorum (A. |From Canada to