dendrons. Will it surprise you that not a single one of them sur- 

 vived the Winter? The nurseryman who has supplied me for 

 years and has always pleased and given me thorough satisfaction 

 came a long distance to see me on receipt of my letter concerning 

 the loss. He took hold of one rhododendron, a heavy, four foot 

 one, pulled lightly, and out it came. The reason for all of them 

 dying, he said, was that they had been put in too shallow holes, 

 that were not even deep or wide enough to cover all the roots ; 

 in fact, some of the roots were showing ever5rwhere, and no pro- 

 tective Winter mulch had been provided. 



Many large broad plants of Mountain Laurel also met the 

 same fate for the same reason ; also many dwarf, pyramid form 

 Arborvitae. I had no redress; my "head" gardener under whom 

 the work had been done has been replaced by a new man. I 

 hope this experience of mine may be of some assistance ,to other 

 amateur gardeners who may be setting rhododendrons this 

 Fall.— A. V. I. 



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