. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nical Magazine it is described as an annual,but this results no doubt from some wrong re-cord. The plant is really a perennial, thoughits cultivation should be of annual character, asin the case of Chrysanthemum and some otherdecorative subjects. After the plants have realised there can be no difficulty. The soilfound to answer here is sandy loam with somepeat. R. Irwin Lynch, Botanic Garden, Cam-bridge. HOME CORRESPONDENCE, {The Editors do not hold themselves responsible forthe opinions expressed by
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nical Magazine it is described as an annual,but this results no doubt from some wrong re-cord. The plant is really a perennial, thoughits cultivation should be of annual character, asin the case of Chrysanthemum and some otherdecorative subjects. After the plants have realised there can be no difficulty. The soilfound to answer here is sandy loam with somepeat. R. Irwin Lynch, Botanic Garden, Cam-bridge. HOME CORRESPONDENCE, {The Editors do not hold themselves responsible forthe opinions expressed by correspondents.) Rhododendron ponticum var. aucub/e-folium,—The note by Mr. Cook in the issuefor December 28, p. 487, reminded me ofthe origin of R. aucubrefolium, and the follow-ing short note about it may, I think, be ofinterest to your readers. Mr. Botting Hemsleydescribed the so-called R. aucubaefohum someyears ago in the Journal of the Linnean Societyfrom a dried specimen collected by Mr. Henryin Central China, and at the time he had everyreason to believe it was a genuine specimen. [Photogtaph by R. train 17.— LINDENBERGIA GRANDIKLORA. flowered they are cut back, cuttings are put inas soon as ready, and two or three plants in apot make good specimens. The one illustratedis made by two plants in an 8-inch pot. It is2 feet 6 inches high and about 18 inches of the plants are 3 feet 6 inches flowers are pale-yellow in colour, very simi-lar to those of the Musk plant, the flowers hav-ing a somewhat similar appearance but verymuch larger, measuring nearly an inch sprays last well in water, but the colour isunsuitable for artificial light. The plant is anative of the Himalayas, and is common on thehills from Simla to Bhotan, at elevations offrom 2,000-6,000 feet. This species is the mostornamental of the genus. A further point worthmention with regard to cultivation is that thespecies appears to like shade in summer, but it isso e
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