Evergreen Shrubs 
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ISAAC HICKS & SON 
RHODODENDRON, con. 
which hardens in our 
drier climate. They surfer 
drought, especially if not 
mulched, and do not ripen 
the wood for the next 
winter, and thus may 
gradually fail. 
R. maximum. This species 
is native of valleys and 
swamps from Georgia 
to Nova Scotia. It has 
long, glossy leaves and 
beautiful pink and white 
flowers in June and J uly, 
■continuing the season 
much later than the 
others. We have 
planted many hundreds 
with entire success, for 
bordering drives in 
woodland, for planting 
in shady corners of the 
house, or making rich 
banks of green in the 
open. Growing in the partial shade of our orchard 
are many large established clumps 5 to 9 feet high. 
We can furnish it in car-load lots at low rates. 
IR. punctatum. A pretty dwarf species, with small 
leaves and pink flowers, blooming before the 
others. 
.R. Catawbiense. Flowers in June. Bright red- 
purple. This species is native of the higher 
peaks of the Alleghany Mountains, Virginia to 
Georgia, where zero weather, high winds, bright 
sun and dryness are often its lot, but with leaf- 
mold soil it survives. 
A planting of Yucca upon the estate of the late Hon. W. C. Whitney. 
Named Varieties of Catawbiense Hybrids of 
Tested Hardiness 
Gloriosa. Very large bunch of blush white flowers. 
Everestianum. This has long been the standard 
of hardiness. The plant is low and broad, as 
if it grew up near the snow line. Flowers rosy 
lilac, spotted and fringed. 
President Lincoln. Rose color. 
Caractacus. Crimson. 
Lady Claremont. Rosy scarlet ; blotched petals. 
Album elegans. White. A tall, upright form 
which should be in the center of groups. 
Euonymus radical® jTfWing on stone pillar at Wheatley Hills. 
THORN (Evergreen Hawthorn) 
Vyracantha coccinea ; syn., Crataegus Fyracantha 
An evergreen thorny shrub, growing 6 feet high, 
and bearing clusters of orange fruit. The small 
leaves are bronze in winter. 
YUCCA 
Y. filamentosa. Bear Grass ; Spanish Bayonet ; 
Adam's Needle. This stately garden flower has 
found a new use. It will cover dry, sterile gravel 
and sand banks, or grow near the beach. We 
sell it by the thousand at low rates for these pur- 
poses. It is native to dry hills from Virginia 
south, but is perfectly hardy here. The tropical 
foliage is 2 to 3 feet long, and maintains its green 
color all winter. It resembles and is related to 
the century plant. The lily-like flowers appear 
in July on stems 4 to 7 feet high. 
Vines 
AKOIA 
A. quinata. A vigorous Japanese climber that is 
adapted for quickly covering piazzas, arbors, 
wind-mill towers and rough ground. It is a 
clean attractive vine with nearly evergreen leaves, 
and inconspicuous fragrant brown flowers in May. 
BITTER SWEXT. Celastrus scanJens 
The bright orange and red berries make this 
native climber attractive in autumn and winter. 
