| |originated; flavum has been
| | |responsible for many of the
| | |yellows and terra-cottas;
| | |arborescens, occidentale,
| | |and viscosum for the whites
| | |and pale rose varieties,
| | |also for the late flowering
| | |ones; while R. nudiflorum
| | |has been responsible for a
| | |great number of hybrids of
| | |all shades. As a rule it is
| | |much easier to trace R.
| | |sinense blood among hybrids
| | |than that of other species,
| | |the flowers in that case
| | |being larger and the leaves
| | |more closely resembling
| | |those of the species, but
| | |even in some of these
| | |repeated intercrossing has
| | |almost obliterated the
| | |special sinense characters.
| | |Many of these hybrids have
| | |been raised in the
| | |old-world city of Ghent, a
| | |fact which has given rise
| | |to the name "Ghent
| | |Azaleas." In England Mr.
| | |Anthony Waterer has raised
| | |beautiful forms at
| | |Knaphill, such as the pure
| | |white Mrs. Anthony Waterer.
| | |Few are named, however,
| | |nowadays, this brillia