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Azaleas - TOWSON NURSERIES, INC. 



AZALEA serpyllifolium (Wildthyme Azaleas). 



Very low growing form. Rosy pink flowers, about one 

 inch across. Foliage is very small. A good subject 

 for the rock garden. 



A. schlippenbachi (Royal Azalea). One of the 



very finest azaleas. Large, very clear, pale pink 

 flowers, slightly fragrant. Usually blooms about the 

 last of May. Foliage is distinctive and changes to 

 lovely shades of yellow to crimson in the fall. 



"Filling the air with a strange and wonderful 

 fragrance."— Longfellow. 



Chinese Deciduous Azaleas 



AZALEA mollis (Chinese Azalea). Though de- 

 ciduous, the foliage is produced with the flowers, set- 

 ting off fully the marvelous shades of yellow, orange, 

 lemon, salmon and terra-cotta. It is impossible by 

 merely naming colors to describe the brilliancy and 

 great beauty of these flowers. They are worthy of the 

 best place in your garden, and with proper care will 

 do well in full sun. 



A. mollis (Koster's Brilliant Red). Chinese Aza- 

 lea. Exquisite, large, glowing orange-red flowers. 



GHENT AZALEAS (Azalea Pontica 



NE of the surprising facts pertaining to Azaleas is that with all their loveliness and 

 beauty, fragrance is not usually one of their important features. The Ghent Azalea brings 

 to the Azalea family a delightful fragrance and a profusion of bloom in almost an unlimited 

 range of brilliant colors. They are one of the most distinguished groups in the entire 

 Azalea family. 



It was in the city of Ghent, Belgium, that the most important work of developing these 

 Azaleas took place, thus the name Ghent has been applied to this group. They originated 

 from a cross between most of the native American varieties. 



Their appeal covers a wide range of desirability in bloom, fragrance and attractive fall 

 coloring, which makes them unlike any other azalea. In mass plantings the effect is most 

 striking . . . their beauty is almost ethereal. Planted with Rhododendrons, the Ghent 

 Azaleas make a fine effect, for they thrive in the same semi-shady and moist places so well 

 liked by the Rhododendrons. 



We have a very limited number of remarkably fine specimens in the following varieties: 



AZALEA Beaute Celeste. Bright rose. 



A. Bouquet de Flore. Bright salmon pink shad- 

 ing to yellow. Single flowers. 



A. Coccinea speciosa. Orange-red. Very showy. 

 A. Emile. Rose and pink. 

 A. Ignea Nova. Carmine flushed orange. 

 A. Nancy Waterer. Clear yellow flowers. 

 A. Pucelle. Purplish red. 

 A. Princess Adrienne. Dark red. 



Crimson shaded violet, very beau- 



A. Rembrandt. 



tiful. 



A. Sang de Gentbrugge. 



crimson. 



A. William III. 



low upper petal. 



Darkest deep orange 

 Orange and rose flowers with yel- 



A specimen of the fragrant Azalea pontica shown only 

 for form. Even the most accurate color picture can 

 portray in but small measure the beauty of these rare 

 plants. 



