July 7, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



Azal 



ea amoena 



This charming hardv azaii'a ib imw hecoming 

 deservedly pojjular. It is one of the prettiest of all the 

 hardy shrubs, being an evergreen, and during the 

 month of May literally covered with its bright flower. 



The accompanying illustration is of a hedge of this 

 plant which, when in flower, is worth going a long dis- 

 tance to see. 



This subject is of rather a slow growth and too 



expensive to advocate as a general hedge plant, but there 

 are often many places where something out of the com- 

 nion is wanted as a hedge and Azalea amoena fills the 

 hill to perfection. 



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Beriiardsvillc, .Y. J. 



Rhododendrons at Wellesley 



(See Frontispiece) 



Ehododendrons have flowered well this season. We 

 do not think we can add any new ones to previous lists 

 of hardy varieties. Our experience of last season holds 

 with regard to the advantage of proximity to water — 

 even though the water be frozen in winter. Our bed 

 near the lake was again theibest, and it will be extended 

 in the near future. A southern exposure is the worst. 

 Shelter from north winds does not help, in fact, the 

 reverse is true — a northerly exposure is iDCst with shel- 

 ter from the winter's sun, well carried to the westward. 



Amongst tender varieties Lady Grey Egerton, a 

 splendid bluish tinted variety, was superb. Mrs. Thor- 

 old, a lavender and yellow; Countess of Normanton, 

 white with dark spot; E. S. Eand, cherry red; Mar- 

 sliall Brooks, similar; Ealph Sanders, red with dark 

 spot; Mrs. F. D. Godman, similar but later; James 

 Macintosh, deep red, dark spot; Mrs. J. P. Lade, 

 greyish white, dark spot; Lady Eolle, white with brown 

 spot; F. L. Olmsted, pink; Gloriosa, tinted white; Mrs. 

 H. S. Hunnewell, white; Catawbiense album, white. 

 The above is a list of very finely colored varieties, with 

 considerable arboreum blood, none of which can be 

 called ironclad. They are so valuable, however, in 

 affording color variety, that .wherever a favorable situ- 

 ation can be found thev should be tried. 



Ehododendrons at the Arboretum were unusually 

 well-flowered and thrifty looking this season, on the 

 occasion of my visit three weeks ago, and I noted the 

 following among other better known varieties: Mr. 

 Cliarles Thorold, very deep color; Marion, warm rose; 

 Mrs. Harry Ingersol, blue, white centre; Maxwell T. 

 Masters, red; Coriaceum, white; Norma, deep pink; 

 Gen. Grant, red; Mrs. C. S. Sargent, warm rose; Hen- 

 rietta Sargent, similar color; Purpureum Elegans, 

 Grandiflorum and Crispum; Album Elegans; Album 

 grandiflorum; Delicatissimum; Charles Dickens; James 

 Mcintosh; Eoseum in variety; Atrosanguineum, and 

 Mrs. F. D. Godman. 



From the Larz Anderson place, Mr. Finlayson sends 

 me this list, which have been in fine bloom: Charles 

 Dickens, Old Port, Sigismund Eucker, Lady Grey Eger- 

 ton, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Mdme. Carvalho, 

 Album Elegans, Kettledrum, Alex. Dancer, King of 

 the Purples, Parson's Gloriosa, Lady Armstrong, Pur- 

 pureum Grandiflorum. Cliarles Bagley, Caractacus, 

 Hannibal, and President Lincoln. 



