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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Shrubs 
Azalea, continued 
Ghent. Azalea pontica. In England the choicest 
garden treasures are called "American plants," 
meaning the Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Moun- 
tain Laurel. The Ghent Azaleas include a long 
list of named varieties originating mostly at 
Ghent, Belgium, by hybridizing the Azalea pon- 
tica of Asia Minor with the American species, as 
A. lutea, A. nudiftora and A. viscosa. They in- 
clude all the colors mentioned for the genus 
Azalea, frequently several colors harmoniously 
blended in one flower. Many varieties have 
double flowers. We have a quantity of old plants 
that have been growing on Long Island several 
years and are well established, which we dig with 
large balls of earth. A bed of Azaleas should hold 
equal rank with the rose-beds in a flower-garden. 
Our collection presents an unequaled opportunity. 
Pinxter Flower (Wild Honeysuckle; Swamp 
Apple). A. nudiftora. This grows on Long Island 
with or near the Mountain Laurel. It is found on 
the crest of Harbor Hill where soil is rather dry 
and gravelly, and also on the slopes of the hills 
where there are springs at the base, as at Plandome, 
Oyster Bay, Cold Spring, Herricks, and many 
other places. It does not flaunt its beauty fre- 
quently along the road-sides on Long Island as 
upon the mainland where solid rock holds up the 
moisture. It is a graceful shrub, occasionally 
5 feet high, with delicate pink blossoms. 
White. A. viscosa. In passing swampy places, 
the pleasant perfume of this is often evident in 
July. It is the latest of the Azaleas to bloom. 
It is pure white, sometimes tinged with pink. 
The outside of the flowers have viscid hairs 
Azalea, White, continued 
which catch insects. We offer old plants grown 
in the nursery for a dozen years. 
Southern. A. Vaseyi. This was recently discov- 
ered in the southern Alleghanies and was named 
after Dr. Vasey, United States Botanist. In our 
opinion it is the loveliest one of all. The color 
is the most delicately shaded shell-pink. A few 
are nearly white. It is the first to bloom and, 
therefore, has no competitors. Our plants are 
probably the oldest that are offered, being well 
set with bloom-buds. Those having greenhouses 
should experiment with forcing it, for it is one 
of several beautiful flowers capable of relieving 
the monotonous product of commercial green- 
houses. It grows well in the open, but would 
thrive in a moist semi-shaded position. 
Barberry • Berberis 
Japanese. Berberis Thunbergii. The Japanese 
Barberry is the most popular shrub and hedge 
plant from Newport north. It is becoming very 
popular here. It is not likely to be overdone, as 
the California Privet, because it is not quite so 
quickly propagated. It is hardy where the Cali- 
fornia Privet is not. It never gets thin at the 
bottom, in fact, it is the thickest and densest 
shrub at the base of any we know. It makes a 
low hedge and requires little or no trimming to 
keep it in presentable condition. That is a big 
cash saving as compared with California Privet. 
If left alone it will grow 4 feet high and 6 feet 
broad in a few years. It is not likely to grow tall 
enough to make a screen 8 feet high, as is often 
required of the Ibota or California Privet. On 
The Japanese, or Thunberg's Barberry, has a dozen or more landscape uses. Here it holds a steep bank better and 
cheaper than grass. Its lights and shadows correspond with the Dogwood beyond. It exceeds the Dogwood in the persis- 
tence of its red berries, which remain till May, while the robins strip the Dogwood in November. Entrance drive of Mr. 
R. D. Winthrop, Westbury, L. I. 
