| | |considerable earlier date
| | |than the others, is
| | |nobleanum; it claims R.
| | |arboreum as its other
| | |parent, and flowers from
| | |December onwards until the
| | |end of March. At Kew there
| | |are several large groups in
| | |the Rhododendron dell.
| | |
R. ciliatum |Sikkim |Flowers |This is a Rhododendron
| |are white,|more adapted, except in the
| |suffused |quite southern counties
| |with rose;|such as Cornwall, South
| |April |Wales, &c., for a cold
| |outdoors |house. It is of compact and
| | |bushy growth, 2 feet or 3
| | |feet or less high, but
| | |varies according, of
| | |course, to locality, and is
| | |part responsible for a
| | |number of hybrids, such as
| | |praecox, Rosy Bell, and
| | |Queen of Dwarfs. The
| | |hybrids mentioned are all
| | |hardy, but owing to their
| | |early flowering often get
| | |injured by frost.
| | |
R. cinnabarinum |Himalaya |Flowers |This is a very
| |are |distinct-looking shrub,
| |tubular, |about 3 feet; but only an
| |with |approximate height can be
| |short, |given, as it is sometimes
| |spreading |more than this. Th