TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 

 NAMED GATAWBIENSE HYBRID RHODODENDRONS, continued 



H. W. Sargent. The darkest, deepest red. Color is 

 especially conspicuous as the buds open. A tinge of yellow 

 can be noted in the outside of the bud at the base, giving 

 it a scarlet tinge. It is a late variety. Plant is upright and 

 narrow in habit, and very hardy. 



_ Ignatius Sargent; syn., The Boss. In color and 

 size of the individual flower, one of the handsomest 

 Rhododendrons. It is a cheerful pink or light red. The 

 leaves are very large and broad, making a handsome 

 plant. 



James Bateman. Fine trusses of crimson flowers. 

 James Mcintosh. Has large, broad foliage and red 

 flowers, similar to Kettledrum. 



J. R. Trumpy. Rosy crimson; late blooming. Named 

 for the man who has done the most in this country in 

 hybridizing and propagating Rhododendrons, the propa- 

 gator at Parsons' Nursery, Flushing, Long Island. 



Kettledrum. This flower is red in all its parts, both 

 the filaments in the center of the flower carrying the sta- 

 mens and the flower-stems. The plant has a wide-spread- 

 ing habit and is rather open. 



Kissena. Dark purple flowers. Plant compact, low 

 and round, like Everestianum ; foliage hardy. 



Lady Armstrong. This is a favorite with us and we 

 recommend it highly. It is a beautiful pink, with the 

 center of each flower white. It is a vigorous-growing va- 

 riety with hardy foliage and abundant blooms in large 

 clusters. 



Lady Clermont. This is distinguished from most other 

 varieties by a large chocolate blotch in the throat of each 

 flower. The general effect is a deep pink. 



Lady Grey Egerton. Mauve, or silvery blush. 



Mabel Parsons. Large trusses of rose-blush flowers. 



Madame Carvalho. White variety with a tinge of 

 yellow. This variety needs protection. Suitable for 

 planting in the woods. 



Mrs. C. S. Sargent. Beautiful, cherry-pink flowers 

 with wavy edges. For foliage and massiveness of plant, 

 one of the best. Not only grows rapidly, nearly equaling 

 in height Album elegans, but it is broad and solid. The 

 leaves are large and square at the ends and each leaf is 

 diagonally twisted. 



Mrs. Milner. In comparing the descriptions of various 

 authorities, we find that four call this rich crimson. It has 

 excellent foliage and makes a compact plant. 



Old Port. Rich plum-color. 



Parsons' Glorlosa. Large vigorous bush, good foliage 

 and hardy flower-buds. Color is pink tinted with lilac, 

 and the clusters are large. It is particularly valuable for 

 giving a large mass of foliage and light flowers in the 

 woods or on the north side of a building. 



Parsons' Grandiflora. This was sent out. many years 

 ago by the Parsons Nursery at Flushing, and was con- 

 sidered one of the best Rhododendrons. In a large col- 

 lection of varieties, it will appear as the most solid sheet 

 of bloom. The flower-clusters are of medium size but more 

 numerous than other varieties, and they are perfectly 

 hardy; buds are bright red with a shade of lilac; habit is 

 dense, round and full. For a group of hardy red Rhodo- 

 dendrons in exposed situations, this variety is to be rec- 

 ommended. While there may be shades of red which 

 the most critical observers pronounce purer, still the gen- 

 eral eff^ect of a mass of this variety is excellent. 



President Lincoln. Plants are almost indistinguish- 

 able from Parsons' Gloriosa, and these two varieties are 

 excellent for massing against the house foundations or 

 the borders of the woodland. Flowers are rosy lilac or 

 rose-purple. 



Princess Mary of Cambridge. Very distinct variety 

 with a large center of white prolonged in a band of white 

 in the center of each of the five lobes. The flower is a 

 beautiful cherry-red, and excellent as a cut-flower. 



Purpureum elegans. Our color notes say, "deepest 

 purple; do not plant with the reds, or with red or orange 

 Azaleas; plant with white or lilac varieties." It is a big, 

 vigorous shrub, hardy and of excellent foliage. 



Roseum elegans. The habit of this plant is excellent. 

 It is a big, round, sturdy bush of dark foliage as shown in 

 illustration below. The clusters of flowers are very large 

 and full. For a large group of one variety, this is excellent. 

 Color is rose with a lilac tint. 



Roseum superbum. Rosy lilac flower like Roseum 

 elegans; foliage good. 



Sefton. Darkest of the red Rhododendrons; as the 

 buds open, they are a dark maroon; the truss and flowers 

 are very large. 



Senator Charles Sumner. Flowers are rose and light 

 purple. 



Scipio. Handsome rose-colored flowers with a deep 

 rose spot on the upper petal; the foliage is excellent. 



Rhododendron Catawbiense. The wild species grow- 

 ing in the high and more exposed mountain-tops of 

 Tennessee and North Carolina. It has lilac-purple 

 flowers in early June. The leaves are rounded at both 

 ends, and most of the hardy hybrids show this character. 

 The Rhododendron Ponticum has leaves pointed at each 

 end. It is well to avoid such leaves, although they are 

 not all tender; that is, if you are buying at a department 

 store, or offered some at a bargain, and are not sure whether 

 they are hardy varieties. If the leaves are sharp-pointed 

 at each end, you may be quite certain that they are 

 varieties of the Ponticum parentage and likely to be tender, 

 for there is a demand for all of the hardy named varieties. 



Rhododendron maximum 



This is the species brought in by car-load lots from the 

 mountains of Pennsylvania and the Catskills. It grows in 

 valleys, preferably where the situation is moist and shady. 

 The foliage does not keep in as good condition in the full 

 sunshine as the Catawbiense Hybrids. 



It grows magnificently in the woods on Long Island, 

 and we have seen no such situation where it has failed to 

 grow satisfactorily. It is not to be recommended, however, 

 for planting under old Maple trees where the grass does 

 not grow. Competition for moisture is too severe to 

 permit permanent, satisfactory growth. Sometimes a 

 concrete wall 4 inches thick and 3 feet deep around the 

 Rhododendron bed will successfully keep out the Maple 

 roots. 



The foliage effect of Rhododendron is good the year round. 

 Here, nothing could give a better connection between the 

 entrance court and the severe lines of the house. 



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