154 R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. RHODODENDRONS. 
RHODODENDRONS. 
NATIVE VARIETIES. 
Maximum. Suitable for clumps or masses in 
shady or partially shady situations, also useful for 
forming backgrounds for R. catawbiense and the 
Hardy Hybrid sorts. The flowers vary in color 
from white to delicate shades of pink. 
Each Doz. 
3 ft. bushy $5.00 $54.00 
33 to 4 ft. 7.00 78.00 
Special prices on carload lots of assorted sizes. 
Catawbiense. A very hardy and _ free-blooming 
variety, excellent for groups or masses. Flowers 
in late Spring; color lilac-rose. 
Each Doz. 
2'to 3 ft. $4.00 $40.00 
3 to 4 ft. 6.00 60.00 
Carolinianum. A graceful native species producing 
large pink flower-clusters in June. Fine plant 
for rocky slopes or for massing. 
Each Doz. 
13 to 2 ft. $3 .00 $33.00 
Specimens. $10.00 each and upwards. 
NAMED VARIETIES. 
Album elegans. Free-flowering variety with blush 
flowers changing to white. 
Each 
3 to 4 ft. $9.00 
4 to 5 ft. 15.00 
Everestianum. Large rosy-lilac flowers, spotted 
yellow, which are borne in great profusion. Per- 
fectly hardy. 
Each 
18 to 24 in. $5.00 
HARDY SPECIES. 
Coriaceum. A dwarf compact species producing 
in early Summer large trusses of white flowers. 
Bushy Plants. 15 to 18 in., $2.25 each; $24.00 
per doz. 
HARDY HYBRIDS UNNAMED. 
Mixed Colors. 
We grow a large assortment of the best large- 
flowering, hardy varieties. These are the most 
% satisfactory of all Rhododendrons for general planting, 
RHODODENDRON arborescens. (Azalea.) A large spreading native Azalea, for lawn groups and for borders near the residence. 
with handsome foliage and white or blush, fragrant flowers coming in July. 
Easily grown in ordinary soil. $3.00 each. $33.00 per doz. 
The colors are brilliant, running chiefly in white, pink, 
rose, scarlet and crimson. 
ealendulacea. (Azalea.) (Flame Azalea.) This showy plant is covered in oy Each Doz. 200 
June with masses of flowers, varying from pale yellow to deepest orange. $3.50 12 to 15 in, $2. Bo $30.00 $235.00 
each; $39.00 per doz. 15 to 18 in. 3.25 36.00 275.00 
; 18 to 24 in. 4.00 42.00 325.00 
Keempferi. (Azalea.) (The Japanese Azalea.) This charming and wonder- 24 to 30 in. 4.75 51.00 375.00 
fully floriferous Japanese shrub has scarlet flowers and is absolutely hardy; Specimen Plants. $12.00 each and upwards. 
one of the very finest of the introductions to our gardens from Japan. 18 to 24 
in., $2.50 each; $27.50 per doz. 24 to 30 in. $3.50 each; $38.00 per doz. 
Specimen Plants. $5.00 each and upwards. 
ledifolia coerulea. (Azalea.) The large fragrant flowers of this hardy Japanese 
plant have a decided bluish tinge. Blooms when very small; valuable for the 
border or for forcing. $2.00 each; $20.00 per doz. 
ledifolia alba. (Azalea.) White form of the preceding. $2.00 each; $20.00 per 
doz. 
Schlippenbachii. One of the earliest and most charming of Spring-flowering 
hardy shrubs. In general appearance this new plant resembles Azalea indica, 
having the same general habit of growth or perhaps somewhat more upright; 
flowers of same size and bright pink in color, of a shade hardly to be expected in 
an out-door hardy shrub. Plants in pots, $5.00 each. 
Vaseyi. (Azalea.) A graceful shrub of easy culture, and perhaps the most profuse 
bloomer of all the native Azaleas. Its pink flowers appear in May before the 
foliage; habit, erect and slender; in cultivation it becomes more spreading, 
but retains its charming light stemmed growth. In Autumn the foliage usually 
turns a bright crimson, which adds greatly to its value. $2.50 each; $25.00 
per doz. 
RHODODENDRON hybridum Louisa Hunnewell. This gorgeous new 
hybrid forms an erect bush crowned with huge flower clusters of glowing 
golden yellow. Itis perfectly hardy in Massachusetts. Awarded a Gold 
Medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. $5.00 each. 
Rhododendron carolinianum. 
