17 JULY 1947, Page 18

In My Garden A good method of persuading rhododendrons to

grow in less suitable places has been described to me. It consists largely of planting the bush so high that leaves and leaf-mould may be progressively piled over the elevated roots and so an artificial lime-less soil built up. One of the troubles with rhododendrons in my experience is that they relapse to, the dull Ponticum species on which they are too often budded.

W. BEACH THOMAS.