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Spring (L coriaceous)

l. coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, acute, 4in. to 5in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad, strongly reticulated and pinnately nerved, shining, white and silvery beneath, at length pale brown. Bhotan. A small, half-hardy tree. (B. M. 5008.) Varieties. There are almost endless varieties of R. ponticum in cultivation, and the hybrids which require greenhouse treatment are now becoming somewhat numerous, as many of the species and their progeny have been, from time to time, used for seed-raising. The following list includes a selection of good kinds, but very many others have, of necessity, to be omitted: Hybrid Greenhouse Rhododendrons. COUNTESS OF HANDDINGTON, pink, changing to blush-white. COUNTESS OF SEFTON, white, tinged rose. DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT, vermilion-red; of good substance. DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH, rich, glowing crimson. DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND, white. DUCHESS OF TECK, buff. FAVOURITE, delicate satiny-rose; large, compact trusses; new, 1866. LADY SKELMERSDALE, pure white. LORD WOLSELEY, pale buff-yellow; flowers large, new, 1866. MAIDEN'S BLUSH, blush-white. PRINCESS ALEXANDERA, pure white; flowers waxy; very beautiful. PRINCESS ALICE, white, tinged pink. PRINCESS FREDERICA, pale buff. PRINCESS ROYAL, pink or rose-coloured; one of the oldest and best-known hybrids.