CHAPTER XXVI. 



TWO GREENHOUSE AZALEAS WHICH HAVE PROVED TO BE 

 HARDY. 



The Azaleas Indica Alba and Amoena have both proved 

 to be perfectly hardy. They will stand in open borders 

 without any protection, during our most severe winters, 

 and will also stand the hot scorching sun of our summers. 

 These are very unlike the hardy Rhododendron and Azalea 

 Mollis, both of which require shade, and are generally 

 found in this climate planted among the shade of trees. 



Indica Alba is grown to a great extent in the parks and 

 cemeteries around New York, and retains its foliage during 

 winter, blooming through the months of May and June, a 

 perfect sheet of white flowers. It is a valuable acquisition 

 to the list of hardy white flowering shrubs. 



Azalea Amoena has also proved hardy, and is grown in 

 open borders in parks, both in the north and south. Like 

 Indica Alba it retains its foliage during the winter months. 



The flowers are small, double, rosy purple, and bloom in 

 early spring. These will be found admirably adapted for 

 making clumps on lawns, or for borders, &c. 



Where beds are planted exclusively of these two 

 kinds, Alba should be placed in the centre, and Amoena 

 on the outer edges, as it is of a more dwarf habit. By so 

 massing them there will be in the same bed both white and 

 rosy purple. 



