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EVERGREEN AZALEAS 



^7he EVERGREEN AZALEAS are the gayest of all the shrubs. They are vari-colored 

 green during the cold months of the year and in the spring are covered with a myriad of 

 blossoms, each an artfully fashioned fluted chalice of exquisite and compelling beauty. The 

 floral pageant of these blooms is composed of white, pinks, reds, brilliant scarlets, carmines, 

 and even delicate shades of lavender and royal purple. The flowers aggregate in 

 such profusion that it is not unusual for the twiggy network of many plants to be entirely 

 obscured by blossoms. Indeed no plants are more floriferous and none more striking at any 

 season than these precious garden gems. In the fall and winter the branchlets are clothed by 

 a blanket of leaves varying greatly in size, shape and color. They have the added ad- 

 vantage of growing the happiest and healthiest in the shade and cool acid soil beneath the 

 trees, where most other plants become thin and stunted or can not live at all. There 

 are numerous species of these Azaleas, some of them only recently discovered and there- 

 fore untried, but we have listed below only those of proven hardiness and outstanding garden 

 merit. For weeks in the spring our plantations are vivid sheets of color and if skeptics 

 there be we invite them to visit us in May and form their own estimate of the value of 

 these plants in the art of gardening. 



AZALEA indica rosea magnifica. A rare, attrac- 

 tive plant for spring bloom. During May it bears 

 large white flowers with pale scarlet centers. 



A. japonica alba (Amethyst Azalea). Low grow- 

 ing, dense in habit. An abundance of single white 

 flowers in early spring. Evergreen and hardy. 



A. kaempferi (Torch Azalea). One of the most 

 beautiful and useful of hardy Azaleas. First intro- 

 duced in this country by Prof. C. S. Sargent, who 

 brought the seeds from Japan in 1892. The color of 

 its flowers is very unusual, being carmine pink with 

 a salmon tinge. Vhen planted with white Azaleas or 

 rhododendrons with a background of conifers or semi- 

 evergreen foliage it is very effective. 



A. kaempferi (Hybrids). Seedlings of the beau 

 tiful variety Kaempferi crossed with other large 

 flowering types. Their wealth of color in pastel shades 

 ranges through nearly all the hues of the spectrum. 



A. kaempferi (Sherwoodi). Beautiful soft rosy- 

 lavendei blossoms. 



A. ledifolia (Snow Azalea). Single type. Has 

 large foliage and flowers. A mass of sno-vy white 

 in the spring. 



A. ledifolia fujimoyo. Beautiful, large, double, 

 deep lavender flowers. 



A. ledifolia rosea. Similar in habit and appear- 

 ance to other ledifolia types with an abundance of 

 pale-pink flowers. 



A. maxwelli (Maxwell Azalea). Large single 

 flowers, often measuring two inches. Glowing deep 

 rose, maroon spots. Very large, hairy, dark green 

 foliage. 



A. poukhanensis (Korean Azalea). Clear, rosy 

 lavender, spotted purplish brown on the upper lobes. 

 Very large fragrant flowers. Semi-evergreen. 



A. yodogawa (Yodogawa Azalea). Very hardy, 

 with a profusion of double rosy lilac bloom. In 

 growth, open and spreading. Semi-evergreen. 



Prize-uinning color garden of evergreens and deciduous shrubs. 



