The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ce. Tito Hekekyan (Soupert and Notting, 1911) isa Rose I got almost by accident, possibly throughcuriosity at its wonderful name, but I have beenvery pleased with it. It is one of the Roses ofthe Lyons Rose type, of rather similar colouring,but a softer pink ; while the habit of the plantis good and resembles the ordinary hybrid Tea. RHODODENDRON YUNNANENSE. Rhododendron yunnanense has been de-scribed as one of the most beautiful of all thespecies which flower rather early in spring. Re-ference to fig
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ce. Tito Hekekyan (Soupert and Notting, 1911) isa Rose I got almost by accident, possibly throughcuriosity at its wonderful name, but I have beenvery pleased with it. It is one of the Roses ofthe Lyons Rose type, of rather similar colouring,but a softer pink ; while the habit of the plantis good and resembles the ordinary hybrid Tea. RHODODENDRON YUNNANENSE. Rhododendron yunnanense has been de-scribed as one of the most beautiful of all thespecies which flower rather early in spring. Re-ference to fig. 136, which is reproduced from aphotograph taken in the Royal Gardens, Kew,in May last, well bears out this assertion, forthe plants therein depicted are almost completelysmothered with their pretty blossoms. Rhodo-dendron yunnanense is, as its specific name im-plies, a native of Western China. The flowers(fig. 137) are about 2 inches across, the whitecorolla having a most delicate blush tinge; theupper lobes are spotted with blood-red. Theplant has one defect as an ornamental evergreen,. Fig. 136.—rhododendron yunnanense in the royal botanic cardens, kew I Jttntvt Wi/h r. l;,,jiul. with little colour grown on the first or crownshoots. But these September flowers must nearlyall have been secondary shoots; so it appearsthat in this country out-of-doors the absence ofcolour is not confined to the crown shoots. Itsvalue as a garden flower would seem to dependlargely on whether we are able to find the con-ditions and able to supply them under which theorange colour is produced. I had some goodflowers under glass, and if we are unable to findthe trick of growing it out-of-doors we may haveto relegate it to the greenhouse. This would bea pity, for in many respects it seems to havegood qualities. I have noted that most of thebest flowers I have seen at the shows have beenfrom pot plants. It is free flowering and promises to make a nicegarden Rose. Yvonne Rabier (Poly. Pom., Turbat,
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