EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



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A Terrace Planting Near Our Office 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



The great merit and value of Evergreen Shrubs are not sufficiently appreciated. They 

 afford a cheerful prospect in Winter, while the Kalmias and .Rhododendrons are most gorgeous 

 in June with their great masses of bloom, at which season no other plants are comparable to 

 them. Their use is rapidly extending and, in addition to the nursery grown and named varieties, 

 we supply yearly many carloads of collected plants in all sizes. Reasonable rates per 100 and 

 per carload. Correspondence invited. 



ANDROMEDA. 



— floribunda. Low round-headed bush, bearing 



abundant spikes of one-sided racemes of pure 

 white flowers in Spring. A peculiar character- 

 istic of this and the next variety is their habit 

 of developing their flower buds in Autumn, 

 thereby giving an appearance of constant 

 Winter bloom. Splendid ornament to the lawn. 



— Japonica. A most desirable and attractive 



sort with the same general characteristics of 

 the last, but rather more delicate and graceful 

 the terminal shoots and buds having a distinct 

 coppery hue. 



AZALEA. 



— amoena. From China. Very dwarf and bushy 



foliage, which is abundant, becoming brownish- 

 bronze in Winter. Entirely covered in May 

 with masses of small dark red flowers. An 

 entirely hardy shrub of singular beauty at all 

 times, but especially showy when in bloom. 



AZALEA— Continued. 



Hinodigiri. A grand variety of compact 



bushy habit, bearing larger leaves than the 

 Amoena. The plant grows in vigor with age, 

 and in bloom is an object of great beauty, being 

 literally covered with bright carmine-pink 

 flowers. The finest shrub of recent introduc- 

 tion. 



— Indica alba. Chinese White Azalea. Fine 



white variety, not entirely hardy, should 

 be planted in sheltered spots. This Azalea 

 is planted extensively and with fine effect in 

 Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. 



— Kaempferi (Rhododendron). A novelty, re- 



cently introduced from Japan. The flowers 

 are not very large, but abundant, of a bright 

 red color, foliage is small, shining dark green. 

 It is a very fine acquisition. 



