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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y— Broad-leaved Evergreens 
Andromeda • Pieris 
Andromeda floribunda. A little gem that appears 
as if blooming all winter. The foliage is very- 
hardy and looks as if it were accustomed to 
mountain-top exposure. It grows about 15 
inches high. The flowers are upright panicles of 
tiny white cups which open in March. 
A. Japonica. This is still more beautiful in flower. 
The long, pendent racemes are 6 inches long and 
look like sprays of Lily-of -the- Valley, which open 
in early March. Unfortunately, it is not perfectly 
hardy, but is in need of tying up with a few ever- 
green boughs in winter to protect the flower-buds 
and foliage. 
Azalea 
Azalea amoena. This can be largely used in this 
region if protected as above noted. Old plants 
seem to protect themselves. They spread out 
so broadly as to mulch their own roots. Some 
hypercritical persons might object to its color, 
claiming that it had a tinge of magenta, but plant 
it alone in a large mass and it is the most glorious 
color effect of its season, in early May. On a hazy 
day, or towards twilight, it glows with a brilliant 
carmine-color. Its small size fits it for a position 
in the flower garden, or it can edge a bed of Rho- 
dodendrons. Along woodland borders and added 
to a native growth of Mountain Laurel, it will 
take care of itself and harmonize with its sur- 
roundings. There is a famous hedge of it border- 
ing a garden walk at Dosoris, that has reached 
Euonymus radicans, an evergreen vine, on a gate- 
post at the entrance to the residence of Mr. Emmet Queen, 
North Country Colony, Glen Cove. This species is still 
more valuable climbing the trunks of trees, where it 
branches out like the English Ivy and Poison Vine. The 
avenue is planted with alternate Red Oak and Norway 
Maple from this nursery. (See page 69.) 
Azalea amoena, continued 
a height of 3 feet and a spread of 6 feet. The 
winter color is a reddish bronze. 
A. indica alba. This is a shrub of small habit, 
keeping its green foliage in the winter. Many 
people know it as the "Azalea that grows in 
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn," where there 
are many large old plants. The flowers are pure 
white and as large as the individual flowers of the 
Rhododendron, and appear in May. 
For other Azaleas, see Deciduous Shrubs, page 53. 
Boxwood • Buxus 
Boxwood illustrates how strong a hold plants 
can have on a migrating race. It was brought by 
the earliest Dutch and English settlers and planted 
in their dooryard gardens. It has been given from 
one neighbor to another and cherished as family 
heirlooms. The Boxwood about the old farmsteads 
and village homes on Long Island is almost invari- 
ably the dwarf variety; in many cases it has taken 
a century or more to grow. 
We have developed successful methods of trans- 
planting these old Boxwoods and have successfully 
moved plants 14 feet broad. 
Explanation is often asked as to why Boxwood 
that has evidently been grown for half a century, 
has died recently. A very severe winter may kill 
the bark around some of the branches, and the 
following summer that branch will have a more 
yellow color and make a weak growth, but not die 
until the year later. 
Boxwood sometimes has a yellowish color, 
especially where fully exposed to the sun. This is 
due to a minute red spider which makes narrow 
yellow lines, on the leaf. It may be overcome by 
watering and manuring the plant. 
Dwarf Box edging occasionally dies out in spots, 
especially where some rampant flower smothers it 
in the summer. It is well in establishing a Boxwood 
bordered garden to plant a reserved supply for 
replacing it, rather than to depend upon nurseries. 
Tree Box. Buxus sempervirens. This is the species 
and form which grows most rapidly. It is trained 
in the shape of pointed pyramids and also in 
rounded bush shape. We have plants trained in 
broad domes 2 and 3 feet wide in the shape of a 
hemisphere. 
Dwarf. B. sempervirens, var. suffruticosa. This 
grows very slowly and is principally used to form 
garden edgings about 5 inches high. It is best to 
trim it early in the summer so that the growth has 
time to ripen before winter. It may be protected 
by an inverted trough of boards left open at the 
joints to allow some light and air. 
Standard Tree Box. B. sempervirens . These are 
little balls about 15 inches in diameter on a 
a stem 1 % to 2 feet high. They can be planted 
in formal gardens or on terraces. 
Daphne 
Daphne Cneorum. Garland Flower. A small 
alpine plant growing about 8 inches high. The 
spicy fragrance of its deep pink flowers can never 
be forgotten. It blooms freely in May and con- 
tinues during the summer. If it were native to 
this country it would have as strong a hold upon 
our affections as the Trailing Arbutus, which it 
resembles. 
