140 dreer"* garpen calendar. 



RHOBODENDEONS 



(Importation of 1S71.) 



The Rhododendron is one of the most valuable of our hardy 

 decorative Plants. The leaves are broad, green and glossv, and 

 when planted in groups, or belts or alone, give a summer lands- 

 cape in the midst of winter. Did it produce no tlowers. it would 

 be the most desirable hardy plant known, for every style of lawn 

 planting. But when June comes, and these masses of rich and 

 glossy green are surmounted by scarlet, purple and white clus- 

 ters, each cluster large enough for a lady's bouquet, the display 

 is worthy of any expression of admiration. They bear pruning 

 well, and can b,e kept down to two feet, or allowed to grow six or 

 eight feet ; as standards, they are particularly fine. 



They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at 

 least two feet deep and mixed with some leaf-mould or peat : it is 

 also well to mulch the ground during the summer, and a protec- 

 tion of leaves and brush during the first winter will be beneficial. 

 The finest varieties are the Hybrids of Catawbiensis — of which we 

 offer the following choice-named collection : 



Price, 81.25 to $1.50 each : $12.00 to 815.00 per dozen. 



ALAKM. "White centre, edged with deep carmine. 



ALBUM ELEGANS. Blush, chanoriuir to pure white; fine. 



ATRO-^ANGUINEUM. Deep blood-red. 



BLANDYAXL'M. Deep rosy-crimson. 



BRaYANUM. Vivid scarlet ; very fine. 



BYLSIANCM. Fine white ground, margin of carmine. 



CO>XESSUM. Rosy-carmine ; fine. 



CrRRIEAXUM. Dark rosv-lilac ; immense bloom. 



DELICATE^SIMUM. Fine white, tinged with rose. 



EVERESTIAXUM. Rosy-lilac ; crimped petals ; fine. 



FASTUOSUM. Double lilac, with large trusses. 



FLEUR DE MARIE. White, margined with bright carmine. 



G-IG-ANTEA. Dark-pink ; very large. 



HAXXIBAL. Fine, large, rose ; good foliage. 



HENDERS02sII. Purplish-crimson ; late bloomer. 



IG-XESCENS. Bright scarlet. 



JEWE::?S. Rosy-purple, with black spots. 



JOHN WATERER. Brilliant carmine : immense truss. 



LADY ELEANOR CATHCART. Fine rose, beautifully spotted. 



LIMBATUM. Pale blush, bordered with brig:ht crimson. 



MAXIMUM TRIUMPHANS. Dazzling scarlet. 



MRS. JOHN WATERER. Bright rosVcrimson, 



NERO. Fine dark rosv-purple. 



SIR ISAAC NEWTON.* Deep-shaded plum-color. 



VICTORIA. Fine claret. 



MINNIE. Blush white, chocolate spots. 



REEDIANUM. Bright red. 



WHITE. (Cunningham's.) Early and free flowering. 



Extra fine plants with flower-buds, from 2 to 3 dollars each. 



