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Andromeda Pieris 



Andromeda floribunda. A little gem that appears 

 as if blooming all winter. The foliage is very 

 hardy and looks as if it were accustomed to 

 mountain-top exposure. It grows about 15 

 inches high. The flowers are upright panicles of 

 tiny white cups which open in March. 



A. Japonica. This is still more beautiful in flower. 

 The long, pendent racemes are 6 inches long and 

 look like sprays of Lily-of-the- Valley, which open 

 in early March. Unfortunately, it is not perfectly 

 hardy, but is in need of tying up with a few ever- 

 green boughs in winter to protect the flower-buds 

 and foliage. 



Azalea 



Azalea amoena. This can be largely used in this 

 region if protected as above noted. Old plants 

 seem to protect themselves. They spread out 

 so broadly as to mulch their own roots. Some 

 hypercritical persons might object to its color, 

 claiming that it had a tinge of magenta, but plant 

 it alone in a large mass and it is the most glorious 

 color effect of its season, in early May. On a hazy 

 day, or towards twilight, it glows with a brilliant 

 carmine-color. Its small size fits it for a position 

 in the flower garden, or it can edge a bed of Rho- 

 dodendrons. Along woodland borders and added 

 to a native growth of Mountain Laurel, it will 

 take care of itself and harmonize with its sur- 

 roundings. There is a famous hedge of it border- 

 ing a garden walk at Dosoris, that has reached 



Euonymus radicans, an evergreen vine, on a gate- 

 post at the entrance to the residence of Mr. Emmet Queen, 

 North Country Colony, Glen Cove. This species is still 

 more valuable climbing the trunks of trees, where it 

 branches out like the English Ivy and Poison Vine. The 

 avenue is planted with alternate Red Oak and Norway 

 Maple from this nursery. (See page 69.) 



Azalea amoena, continued 



a height of 3 feet and a spread of 6 feet. The 

 winter color is a reddish bronze. 



A. indica alba. This is a shrub of small habit, 

 keeping its green foliage in the winter. Many 

 people know it as the "Azalea that grows in 

 Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn," where there 

 are many large old plants. The flowers are pure 

 white and as large as the individual flowers of the 

 Rhododendron, and appear in May. 



For other Azaleas, see Deciduous Shrubs, page 53. 



Boxwood Buxus 



Boxwood illustrates how strong a hold plants 

 can have on a migrating race. It was brought by 

 the earliest Dutch and English settlers and planted 

 in their dooryard gardens. It has been given from 

 one neighbor to another and cherished as family 

 heirlooms. The Boxwood about the old farmsteads 

 and village homes on Long Island is almost invari- 

 ably the dwarf variety; in many cases it has taken 

 a century or more to grow. 



We have developed successful methods of trans- 

 planting these old Boxwoods and have successfully 

 moved plants 14 feet broad. 



Explanation is often asked as to why Boxwood 

 that has evidently been grown for half a century, 

 has died recently. A very severe winter may kill 

 the bark around some of the branches, and the 

 following summer that branch will have a more 

 yellow color and make a weak growth, but not die 

 until the year later. 



Boxwood sometimes has a yellowish color, 

 especially where fully exposed to the sun. This is 

 due to a minute red spider which makes narrow 

 yellow lines on the leaf. It may be overcome by 

 watering and manuring the plant. 



Dwarf Box edging occasionally dies out in spots, 

 especially where some rampant flower smothers it 

 in the summer. It is well in establishing a Boxwood 

 bordered garden to plant a reserved supply for 

 replacing it, rather than to depend upon nurseries. 



Tree Box. Buxus sempervirens. This is the species 

 and form which grows most rapidly. It is trained 

 in the shape of pointed pyramids and also in 

 rounded bush shape. We have plants trained in 

 broad 'domes 2 and 3 feet wide in the shape of a 

 hemisphere. 



Dwarf. B. sempervirens, var. suffruticosa. This 

 grows very slowly and is principally used to form 

 garden edgings about 5 inches high. It is best to 

 trim it early in the summer so that the growth has 

 time to ripen before winter. It may be protected 

 by an inverted trough of boards left open at the 

 joints to allow some light and air. 



Standard Tree Box. B. sempervirens. These are 

 little balls about 15 inches in diameter on a 

 a stem iK to 2 feet high. They can be planted 

 in formal gardens or on terraces. 



Daphne 



Daphne Cneorum. Garland Flower. A small 

 alpine plant growing about 8 inches high. The 

 spicy fragrance of its deep pink flowers can never 

 be forgotten. It blooms freely in May and con- 

 tinues during the summer. If it were native to 

 this country it would have as strong a hold upon 

 our affections as the Trailing Arbutus, which it 

 resembles. 



