. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 282 Encacecc—Rhododendron. shrub from 3 to 6 feet high with broadly oval flat glabresceiit leaves, bright green beneath. The flowers are large, campanu- late, izL compact rounded clusters, pink, deep rose, or with a tinge of violet and spotted on the superior lobe. The varieties are numerous, and, as well as those of the last, very desirable on account
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 282 Encacecc—Rhododendron. shrub from 3 to 6 feet high with broadly oval flat glabresceiit leaves, bright green beneath. The flowers are large, campanu- late, izL compact rounded clusters, pink, deep rose, or with a tinge of violet and spotted on the superior lobe. The varieties are numerous, and, as well as those of the last, very desirable on account of tlieir flowering in Summer, when there is no danger of the blooms being injured by frost. 10. Rh. cliry8dnthu7)i.—A very dwarf evergreen species with linear-lanceolate leaves clustered at the ends of the branches. Leaves narrowed at the base into a long petiole, ferruginous below. Flowers yellow, broadly campanulate, in small terminal clusters; petioles long. A native of Siberia, flowering in Summer. 11. Rh. Daharicum (fig. 159).—A small shrub from 3 to 4 feet high. Leaves deciduous, or persistent during a part of the. Fig. 159. Ehodoaendron Daharicum. (1 nat. size.) winter only, oval-oblong, glabrous above in the adult stage, and rusty-tomentose beneath. Flowers solitary or few togetlier, puiple or violet, appearing in February before the new leaves are developed. This is a native of the northern regions cf Asia, and perfectly Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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