The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . ot omit to notice asplendid collection of 11 yellow varieties ft-om , of Norbiton ; they were remarkable for theirstrong growth and immense trusses of blossoms. Theflowers individually, even when the plants are growing in pots, were considerably larger than those of thegenerality of Rhododendrons. The finest of them wereR. Burliugtonium aureum, lemon colour,with dark orangespots ; flavum superbum, nearly of the same colour,but a trifle darker ; ornatum, of the same colour,slightly tipped with, rose; Jenkinsoni, shaded withpink ; aureu
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . ot omit to notice asplendid collection of 11 yellow varieties ft-om , of Norbiton ; they were remarkable for theirstrong growth and immense trusses of blossoms. Theflowers individually, even when the plants are growing in pots, were considerably larger than those of thegenerality of Rhododendrons. The finest of them wereR. Burliugtonium aureum, lemon colour,with dark orangespots ; flavum superbum, nearly of the same colour,but a trifle darker ; ornatum, of the same colour,slightly tipped with, rose; Jenkinsoni, shaded withpink ; aureum superbum, very large ; cupreum ochraj,shaded with purple ; Lindleyanum, an immense truss ofdull pink flowers with brown spots. These were themost distinct kinds, but there are several others whichmay be cultivated in large collections. Of Single SPECiaiExs of superior cultivation, a greatnumber of plants were exhibited ; some displaying first-rate management.—From Mr. Falconer was the nobleAzalea indica variegata represented in the woodcut—a. complete sheet of bloom, the branches drooping overthe sides of the pot, and forming a depressed cone 2 feetin height and 4 feet in diameter.—Messrs. Veitch sentan admirable Eriostemon buxifolium in fine bloom ;Jlr. Robertson, a Hydrangea Japonica, with Gas-trolobium spinosum, and Thunbergia chrysops ; thelatter does not promise to bloom freely.—From was a luxuriant specimen of Achimenes picta, butscarcely in bloom, and the pretty Gloxinia Cartonii.—Jlr. Poole, of Leyton, sent a small but very pretty Bo-ronia serrulata; Jlr. Hunt a large plant of the same inpretty Chorozema Hench-Pimelca spectabilis, not Jlr. fine bloom ; Jlr. Jlay,manni ; Jlr. Bruce, a , large quite in bloom, and a fine Ixora grandiflora;Cole, Knightii, a double variety of B. sua-veolens, but not near so valuable a plant; Jlr. Jack,Clerodendrum infortunatum ; and Jlr. Hill, Chorozemavarium. There was, moreover, Chorozema varium from Jlr. Cu
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