Nrw, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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VII. 
AZALEA5 AND Rhododendrons. 
Including both Tender and Hardy Species. 
\ u ^"P^'"'' shrubs or dwarf trees, so indispensable for winter flowers and for massinff in 
I bold outdoor groups is easily the largest and choicest one in America. As they are most effective when 
in termmgled, e^her for greenhouse or lawn decoration, we group them under one general head, including 
both tender and hardy speces^ They are grown in fine shape and well rooted. All tints and shades of 
color are represented m the best types of flowers. snaues 01 
Varieties of Azaka Inclica. 
For winter and early spring flowering, the greenhouse Azaleas become more popular every vear Perh-,n<. n„ 
other class of plants yields such a brilliant display of flowers for so little care The e.oeriJnZ of r^.n 
taught us that the dwarf standard or crown head is decidedly the best form i^ which ^o^ gro'^r as fr h^ sTountr^: 
and we therefore offer only plants m that shape. Th^ f,ill«,„i„.. o„ti„„.: ,, ., . . i-ms country, 
sorts of both old and new varieties : 
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The following collection embraces all the very best and most distinct 
a standard old variety. 
Fine, double white. 
Large white flowers, ribboned 
Double purple 
A. Borsig. Pure white 
Alba speciosa plena. 
Apollon. Brilliant red. 
Baronne de Vriere. 
with light red. 
Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild. 
violet. 
Bernhard Andrea. Double ; bright rose. 
Bernhard Andrea alba. Fine ; pure white. 
CaudidLssima. E.\cellent ; pure white. 
Cassandra. White, pointed with red. 
Chas. Darwin. Double white, pointed rose. 
Ch. Encke. Rose, edged with violet. 
Cointe de Chambord. Very large ; salmon-rose. 
Conitesse de Flandres. Striped salmon-rose. 
Deutsche Perle. Double white ; good for bouquets ; 
one of the very best Azaleas. 
Distinction. Fine large rose flowers. 
Dr. Liebig. Highly colored, rich crimson ; large and 
full i very floriferous. 
Duche.ss Adelaide de Nassau. Amaranth-red and 
vermilion-orange ; very large and finely formed. 
Duchess de Flanders. A most beautiful variegated 
variety ; very lively colors. 
Due de Nassau. Dark rose carmine. 
Flag of Truce. Very large ; double white ; very fine. 
Gloire de Belgique. White, striped with carmine. 
Grosl'urstin Helene. Orange and deep brown spots. 
Gustave Guilniot. Striped flowers ; good for forcing. 
Harlequin. Striped and blotched with rose and violet. 
Herman Seidel. Double ; lively rose, 
Le Flambeau. Very deep crimson. 
Mad. liouise de Kerchove. Large white flowers, with 
orange blotches and flesh-colored circles. 
Large flowers of clear white, 
large scarlet flowers, 
Mad. J. E. Plancheon. 
striped yellow. 
Mad. Ij. Van Houtte. Fine 
striped with white ; e.\tra fine. 
Mad. Van der Cruyssen. By far the best flower of its 
color; very large; deep rose-a vivid and brilliant 
color ; m our judgment one of the best Azaleas in culti- 
vation. 
Alarshall P. Wilder. Double white, dotted and striped 
with hlac-rose ; a new color. 
Marquis of Lorne. Orange, with yellow blotches 
Memoire de Louis Van Houtte. Very large brillimt 
rose flowers. 
Meteoi'. Double bright rose. 
Narclssiflora flore pleuo. Double white. 
Oswald de Kerchove. Lively lake-rose, with fierv 
blotch ; splendid habit. 
Pauline Mardner. Rose ; double ; a fine sort. 
Pluto. The darkest and richest blood-red, large-flow- 
ered Azalea. 
Princess Charlotte. Lively deep rose. 
Roi de Beauties. Rose, edged with white. 
Roi de Holland. Fiery red ; very free flowering. 
Roi Leopold. Double orange. 
Sacountala. Very floriferous; white flowers, double 
and large ; fine market plant. 
Senator Van Camp. Very large, double ; lively car- 
mine, with deeper center. 
Souvenir de Arthur Veitch. A very large single 
flower of satiny salmon crimson, blotched deep red 
Souvenir de Francois Vervajne. White, striped rose ■ 
a very pretty flower. ' 
Souvenir de Prince Albert. A large and double light 
rose and variegated flower. 
