|should not be forgotten by
| |petal; in |the hybridist.
| |loose |
| |clusters |
| |in May |
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[Illustration: _HYBRID RHODODENDRON IN DONEGAL. (A wild bit of
planting.)_]

[Illustration: _RHODODENDRON PRAECOX. EDINBURGH BOTANIC GARDENS._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
R. HARDY HYBRID |Ericaceae |...... |Very few of the species of
| | |Rhododendron have not some
| | |value either for out of
| | |doors or under glass.
| | |Rhododendrons are widely
| | |distributed, species being
| | |found in North America,
| | |Europe, and through
| | |temperate Asia as far south
| | |as the Malay Peninsula, the
| | |headquarters of the genus
| | |being Western Asia and the
| | |temperate Himalaya.
| | |Rhododendrons also differ
| | |greatly in size, some very
| | |tall as R. arborea, which
| | |is sometimes said to grow
| | |to a height of 40 feet in
| | |the Sikkim forests, to the
| | |little alpine R.
| | |Chamaecistus, which rarely
| | |exceeds 6 inches high.
|