HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 

 CATAWBIENSE HYBRID RHODODENDRONS ACCORDING TO COLOR, continued 



Boule de Xeige 

 D elicatissimum 

 Catawbiense album 

 Candidissimum 



WHITE 



Madame Carvalho 

 Album elegans 

 Album grandiflorum 



LIGHT RED. OR PINK 

 Mrs. C. S. Sargent Ignatius Sargent, syn. The 



Henrietta Sargent Boss 

 Lady Armstrong Lady Clermont 



Abraham Lincoln Giganteum 



Charles Dickens 

 C. S. Sargent 

 Mrs. Milner 



CRIMSON 



Kettledrum 

 Atrosanguineum 

 James Bateman 



Caractacus 

 General Grant 

 Charles Bagley 



Roseum elegans 

 Amaranthinora 

 President Lincoln 

 Parsons' Gloriosa 

 Roseum superbum 



DARK CRIMSON 



Flushing 

 Henry Probasco 

 H. W. Sargent 



LILAC 



Everestianum 

 Dr. Torrey 

 Parsons' Grandiflora 

 Anna Parsons 



PURPLE 



Purpureum grandiflorum, Kissena 

 Purpureimi elegans 



Catawbiense Hybrids According to Name 



Abraham Lincoln. Excellent bright red variety; 

 foliage hardy. 



Album elegans. Tallest variety of all. It will quickly 

 make a V-shaped plant 7 feet high. The general effect of 

 the flowers is pure white. When they open, they are 

 delicately tinted with lilac. The hardiness of buds and 

 foliage makes this one of the Rhododendrons that can be 

 used in all plantations. It will harmonize with the pink, 

 red and purple varieties. 



Album grandiflorum. This is almost indistinguish- 

 able from Album elegans, and is equally valuable. 



Alexander Dancer. Bright rose with lighter center; 

 very large truss of large flowers. 



Amaranthinora. Light rose flowers, shaded lilac. 



Anna Parsons. Flowers violet-rose. 



Atrosanguineum. The earliest red Rhododendron. 

 It is through flowering May 25, before some of the other 

 red ones commence. Our color notes say, "the red is 

 similar to Weigela Eva Rathke." 



Boule de Neige. Occupies the same position to other 

 Rhododendrons as the Mugho Pine does to the large Pines. 

 It comes down to the ground, like Japanese Barberry. It is 

 a little hemisphere, about i feet high, of closely crowded, 

 dark green leaves. It may be used for its foliage alone in 

 the evergreen bed as at the foundations of a house. In 

 grouping Rhododendrons, it is one of the best to bring 

 the foliage down to the ground to cover the bare stems 

 of the taller varieties and, what is more important, hide 

 and hold in position the leaf-mulch. Rhododendrons should 

 have 6 inches of leaves added each year, but many people 

 are loath to put on leaves for fear they may blow out on 

 the lawn. The flowers are pure white and bloom in the 

 early part of the season. 



Candidissimum. A hybrid of Rhododendron maxi- 

 mum and K. Catawbiense. White, slightly tinted with 

 lilac when it opens, but fading to pure white. It is a hardy 

 variety with good foliage, flowering later than most 

 others. 



Caractacus. A dark crimson Rhododendron which is 

 very popular in the trade. However, we do not like it so 

 well as some of the other varieties because it is a crimson- 

 purplish flower, and the purple is more apparent when 

 compared with other red varieties. 



Catawbiense album. Good white variety; a broad, 

 vigorous plant; the white flowers slightly tinted with 

 pink. 



Charles Bagley. Several times in our notes this is 

 described as "good red." Many people wish Rhodo- 

 dendrons that will come under this description, and we 

 are recommending this one. It has a fine truss of flowers. 



Charles Dickens. One of the best bright red varieties, 

 having red filaments in the center of the flower and red 

 flower-stems. While the individual flower is not very 



large, its color-mass is excellent. We recommend its ex- 

 tensive use where a red Rhododendron is wanted. 



C. S. Sargent. Color nearly the same as the Charles 

 Dickens. The clusters on the outside of the plant are not 

 so full as the others, because part of the flower-buds do 

 not open, indicating that it would be best to give winter 

 protection. 



Delicatissimum. This differs from most of the other 

 Catawbiense Hybrids because it is a hybrid with the 

 Rhododendron maximum. It is one of the best white 

 varieties and blooms later than most of the others. Al- 

 though listed as a white, its flowers are slightly tinted with 

 pink. It has large, shining leaves, and the plant is vigorous 

 and broad. 



Dr. Torrey. The edge of the flower is distinctly tinted 

 with violet, and yet the general effect at a distance is of 

 a good mass of red. This presents an almost solid mass of 

 color, showing that it is as floriferous as Parsons' Grandi- 

 flora. 



E. S. Rand. Although this was named for the author 



who has tested and contributed the most to the literature 

 on the Rhododendron, it is unfortunate that the flower- 

 buds winter-kill, unless the plant is in the woods or pro- ^ 

 tected. Color is bright scarlet, and the flowers are larger 

 than those of Charles Dickens. 



Everestianum. E. S. Rand, in his book, says, "For 

 one Rhododendron, perfectly hardy, and which combines 

 good foliage, fine flower and free-growing and free-bloom- 

 ing habit, select Everestianum." Many other authorities 

 mention the Everestianum as the hardiest Rhododendron. 

 It looks as if it grew up on a mountain-top above the 

 timber line. It has a low, broad form characteristic of 

 the vegetation in windy, cold situations. The flowers are 

 beautifully fringed or crinkled at the edges. Color is a 

 rosy lilac. 



F. D. Godman. Crimson with a dark spot in the upper 

 petal. 



Flushing. One of the good varieties originating at 

 Parsons' Nursery, Flushing. It is a dark crimson flower, 

 with plant of very good form. 



General Grant. One of the best dark crimson Rho- 

 dodendrons, slightly darker than the Charles Dickens and, 

 like it, worthy of very extensive planting. Foliage hardy. 



Giganteum. A bright pink variety with dense, com- 

 pact foliage. It is about like the valuable Roseum elegans, 

 only a brighter pink. It does not set many flower-buds. 



Henrietta Sargent. Bright cherry-pink; cheerful 

 color. Plant is very dense and low, growing about 3 feet 

 high and 5 feet broad. 



Henry Probasco. Deep crimson flower with wavy 

 petals. 



H. H. Hunnewell. Rich red; very large flower; early 

 variety and very showy. 



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