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If half decayed leaves or peaty soil is used thoroughly worked 

 into the soil and a mulch of leaves or peaty soil put on the 

 surface during the summer each season, these shrubs will be 

 sure to make a good growth. 



Mountain-rhododendron (R. Catawhiense hybrids), Fig. 

 143. — The most showy of all of the flowering shrubs when in 

 bloom and during the winter on account of its large dark- 



FiG. 143. — Rhododendron CatawbiencC. 



green leaves. It succeeds best in a rather moist, fibrous 

 soil, as described above, but does well in almost any kind if 

 it is made porous, not too dry, and if the plants are sheltered 

 from the burning sun during the winter. While young especi- 

 ally, pine boughs or some other protection should be put up 

 around them to keep the leaves from burning and to keep 

 off fierce drying winds. 



The number of varieties offered by nurserymen is very 

 large, but a comparatively small number of them are hardy 



