ears later.
| |white with|Since then it has flowered
| |age; |very freely every year. It
| |April and |makes a large bush 6 to 8
| |May |feet high, spreading, and
| | |with leaves resembling
| | |those of R. griffithianum,
| | |and the flowers as regards
| | |shape and size being also
| | |similar, whilst they are
| | |very sweetly scented. In
| | |addition to the true
| | |Kewense, there is a form in
| | |cultivation with red
| | |flowers. The bracts are
| | |light red. Kewense is a
| | |hybrid of charming
| | |colouring--so many shades
| | |of rose and deeper-tinted
| | |buds.
| | |
*R. Manglesii |Hybrid sent out |White, the|This is a very beautiful
|about 1880 by |upper |hybrid, popular, and very
|Messrs. Veitch &|petal |free. Although the leaves
|Sons, and the |spotted |are smaller, this
|outcome of |with red |Rhododendron--named after
|crossing R. |or reddish|one whose interest in the
|griffithianum |brown; |race was intense--resembles
|with the |April and |the Himalayan parent when
|catawbiense |May |not in bloom, but the
|hybrid album | |influence of the American
|elegans | |parent is seen in the
| | |flowers, which are about 4
| | |inches across. A
| | |peculiarity of the
|