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Azalea (To the species and varieties)
To the species and varieties described on pp. 149-50, Vol. I., the following should now be added:
A. balsaminaeflora alba (white). fl. white, produced in large, compact trusses, and lasting a long time in perfection.
A. b. aurea (golden). A form differing from alba in its bright yellow flowers. A. b. carnea (flesh-coloured). fl. flesh-coloured, tinted with rose, and also with pale yellow when first expanded. 1887.
A. obtusa (blunt). fl. deep red, solitary; segments of the corolla nearly oval and sharp-pointed, the upper one not much smaller than the others, and faintly blotched purple. March. l. pilose, oblong, narrowed at base. h. 2ft. China, 1844. Greenhouse evergreen. (B. R. xxxii. 37; G. C. n. s., xxv., p. 585.) A. o. alba (white). A variety differing from the type only in the colour of its flowers, which are white, occasionally striped red. 1887. A. rhombica (rhomboid-leaved). fl. usually in pairs; calyx minute; corolla bright rose, 1 1/2in. to 2in. across, sub-bilabiate. May. l. sub-conical, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, assuming a bronzy hue in autumn, the young ones silky, rhombic-elliptic, acute at both ends, hairy above, finely reticulated beneath. Branches slender, stiff, glabrous, the young ones strigose-tomentose. Japan. A much-branched, hardy shrub. SYN. Rhododendron rhombicum (B. M. 6972). Indian Azaleas. The beautiful varieties of A. indica are continually being improved, but principally by growers on the Continent, especially in Belgium. The form of the flowers, both of single and double varieties, has been much improved during the last year or two, and the colours are both rich and varied. The subjoined lists comprise the best of the most recent additions. Double-flowered. AMI DU COEUR, coral-red, large flower; BARON N. DE ROTHSCHILD, rich violet-purple, dark blotch; CAMELLIAE-FLORA PLENA, salmon-red and orange; DEUTSCHE PERLE, white, perfect form; EMPRESS OF INDIA, rosy-salmon and carmine; JOHANNA GOTTSCHALK, large, white, fine form; LOUISE PYNAERT, white, excellent quality; MADELEINE, large, white, semi-double; NIOBE, white, good quality; PHARAILDE MATHILDE, large, white, cerise spots; PRESIDENT OSWALD DE KERCHOVE, salmon-pink; SAKIMTALA, white, free in growth; THEODORE RIEMERS, large, lilac tint; VERVAENEANA, pink, white margin, sometimes striped salmon. Single-flowered. ANTIGONE, white, striped and blotched violet; APOLLO, large, white, carmine stripes; CANDIDISSIMA, very fine, pure white; COMTESSE DE FLANDRE, large, rose-colour; FURSTIN BARIATINSKI, white, striped red; GRANDIS, red, tinged violet; JEAN VERVAENE, salmon, edged and striped white; MONS. PAUL DE SCHRYVER, magenta; MONS. THIBAUT, orange-red, fine form; NEIGE ET CERISE, white, striped and spotted cerise; PERFECTION DE GAND, rosy-purple, large; PRINCESS CLEMENTINE, white, greenish-yellow spots; STELLA, orange-scarlet, tinged violet.