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a large proportion of those sold from year to year are imported 

 plants, and in getting acclimated, too often die. We consider 

 the great secret in growing rhododendrons successfully, consists 

 in keeping the soil cool and moist, and this is best done by sur- 

 face dressing of light half-decayed leaves a depth of three or 

 four inches over the soil in which the roots are growing. 



A free use in planting of kalmias and rhododendrons in the 



FIG. 47. RHODODENDRON. 



small yards and gardens of our suburban residences would give 

 to them a cheerful living brightness in winter, and add largely 

 to their beauty at all seasons. 



CNEOKUM Daphne. The garland flower, or trailing Daphne 

 cneorum, has been only recently introduced to notice, although 

 an old and well-known plant. For rock-work planting, for 

 points on beds or borders, it is one of the best as well as attract- 

 ive plants. Its flowers are bright pink, sweet scented, and 

 produced freely in April and May, and again in September. 



