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FOR YEAR-AROUND BEAUTY PLANT BROAD-LEAVED 



EVERGREENS 



The Surpassing Beauty of 

 Our Native Laurels 



For those plant materials which give the finest effects and are 

 of most lasting beauty we have to look to nature in her inner- 

 most haunts. Primarily we plant for either foliage effects 

 (shade), or flowers (beauty), or both. For shade we must look 

 to trees. But among our native hardy shrubs we have some 

 that bring us a combination of beautiful evergreen foliage and 

 singularly beautiful flowers. Nature lavishes both these gifts 

 in greatest profusion on 



RHODODENDRONS AND KALMIAS 



Rhododendron Maximum — the great native American 

 Laurel — is easily one of the finest evergreen shrubs for either 

 foundation plantings or for groups on the lawn. Contrary to 

 widely accepted belief, it thrives just as well in sunny as in 

 shaded situations and stands a remarkable amount of expo- 

 sure. Some of the finest groups we have ever seen grow on 

 wind-swept Long Island. 



Kalmia Latifolia — the regular Mountain Laurel — we con- 

 sider a great companion plant to Rhododendron Maximum. 

 Its graceful umbels of white or pinkish flowers contrast beau- 

 tifully with the deep green, refined foliage, while the total 

 height of the plant makes it an ideal plant for foregrounds. 



Our supply of these two splendid shrubs, in collected stock, 

 is practically unlimited. We also have a reasonable number 

 of extra choice nursery grown specimens for exacting trade. 

 Correspondence invited with landscape architects and other 

 quantity users, for prices in carload lots. 



