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 LANDSCAPE-ART AND-FORE5TRYI 





MAY- 12 -1597 



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Price Ten Cents.] 



Copyright. 1897, hv The Garden and Forest Publishing Company. 



f$4-oo a Year, in advance. 



Rhododendrons. 



THE glory of every place possessing Rhododendrons is their superb bloom 

 in the latter part of May and early June. The magnificent coloring and 

 huge clusters of flowers in so many shades of pink, violet, rose, purple, 

 and the delicate creamy-white, give them the first place among the evergreen 

 shrubs, the veritable Queen of Spring. The principal feature of every fine place 

 in England is the collection of these plants, and surely we Americans ought to 

 appreciate and prize them even more, when our mountain ravines and brook- 

 sides are transformed into fairy-land every summer by the bloom of our native 

 Rhododendrons, growing and flowering in such masses as would be priceless 

 if like effects could be produced on private grounds. Even their foliage is 

 beautiful and most effective in the dull winter months, when their glossy green 

 leaves add a beauty to the otherwise bare shrubbery. 



The great decorative value of Rhododendrons is now fully recognized, and 

 every year increases their popularity. This has been much hindered by the 

 fact that so many of the most strikingly brilliant colors were not hardy in our 

 climate, the heat and dryness of the summer and extreme cold of the winter 

 usually proving fatal to them. But during the past five years we have expended 

 much time and money in selecting a few varieties that will combine hardiness 

 and the brilliancy of coloring, and the results have been so satisfactory that now 

 we are enabled to have several exquisite colors in our collection, which a short 

 time ago would have been impossible in this climate. We consider our plants 

 fully acclimated now, as they have stood the severe test of four winters in our 

 Nurseries. Of these hardy varieties the finest are the Hybrids of Catawbiense, 

 and from these our stock is specially selected. 



We take great pleasure in inviting all admirers of Rhododendrons to visit 

 our Nurseries during the latter part of May and very early days of June, and 

 we feel sure it will afford great pleasure to every one who sees our fine collec- 

 tion of over five thousand plants in the beauty of full bloom. 



Single specimen plants, bushy, well furnished and well budded, at $1.00, 

 $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and $7. 50 each. First-class bushy and 

 well-budded plants, eighteen inches to two feet, at $12.00 to $15.00 per dozen; 

 $75.00 to $100.00 per hundred. Two to two and one-half feet, $15.00 to $20.00 

 per dozen ; $100.00 to $125.00 per hundred. Three feet, $20.00 to $30.00 per 

 dozen ; $150.00 to $225.00 per hundred. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES. 



SPECIAL TIES : 



Large Specimen Ornamental Trees, 



Large Hardy Rhododendrons. 



WILLIAM WARNER HARPER, Manager, Chestnut Hill, PHILA., PA, 



THE MAY 



CENTURY 



contains an article, 



"A Suburban 



Country Place," 



describing the beautiful home of 



PROFESSOR CHARLES S. SARGENT, 

 AT BROOKLINE, MASS., 



written by 



Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 



and richly illustrated by 



Harry Fenn. 



Every reader of Garden and Forest should 

 see it. The May Century contains several il- 

 lustrated articles on "Scientific Kite-flying," 

 and much that is of wide interest. 



Ready Everywhere Saturday, May ist. 



ORNAMENTAL 



Trees a Z d Shrubs. 



Large Stock of fine Maples, Elms, Lindens, Lilacs, 

 Privet, Evergreens, Vines and Shrubs in great variety, 

 which will bear examination. Catalogues oh application. 



F. G. PRATT, 



Concord Nurseries, Concord, Mass. 



Readers of Garden and Forest are 

 requested to mention that paper in cor- 

 responding with advertisers. 



Water Hyacinths. 



The most beautiful and easiest grown of aquatic 

 plants. Beautiful rosy lilac orchid-like flowers. 10 ct3, 

 each ; 3 for 25 cts. ; 75 cts. per dozen, postpaid. 



O. H. STEARNS, Eustis, Florida. 



