CATALOGUE OF RARE PLANTS. 
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Azaleas and Rhododendrons. 
Including both Tender and Hardy Species. 
Our collection of these superb shrubs or dwarf trees, so indispensable for winter flowers and for massing in 
bold outdoor groups, is easily the largest and choicest one in America. As they are most effective when inter- 
mingled, either for greenhouse or lawn decoration, we group them under one general head, including both tender 
and hardy species. They are grown in fine shape and well rooted. All tints and shades of color are represented 
in the best types of flowers. 
Varieties of Azalea Indica. 
For winter and early spring flowering, the greenhouse Azaleas become more popular every year. Perhaps no 
other class of plants yields such a brilliant display of flowers for so little care The experience of many years 
has taught us that the dwarf standard or crown head is decidedly the best form in which to grow Azaleas for this 
country, and we therefore offer only plants in that shape. The following collection embraces all the very best and 
most distinct sorts of both old and new varieties : 
A. Borsig. Pure white. 
Alba speciosa plena. Double white. 
Apollon. Brilliant red. 
Baronue de Vriere. White flower, ribboned with 
light red. 
Baroa Nathaniel von KothscIiUdl. Double purple- 
violet. 
Bernhard Andrea. Double ; bright rose. 
Bernhard Andrea alba. Fine ; pure white. 
Caudidissima. Excellent ; pure white. 
Cassandra. White, pointed with red. 
Chas. Darwin. Double white, pointed rose. 
Ch. Encke. Rose, edged with violet. 
Comte de Chambord. Very large ; salmon-rose. 
Comtesse de Flandres. Striped, salmon-rose. 
Deutsche Perle. Double white ; good for bouquets ; 
one of the very best Azaleas. 
Distinction. Pine large rose flowers. 
Dr. Iiiebig. Highly colored, rich crimson ; large and 
full ; very floriferous. 
Duchess Adelaide de Nassau. Amaranth-red and 
and vermilion-orange. 
Duchess de Flanders. Variegated variety. 
Due de I^assau. Dark rose carmine. 
Flag: of Truce. Double white ; very fine. 
Gloire de Belgique. White, striped with carmine. 
Grosfurstiu Helene. Orange and deep brown spots. 
Oustave Guilmot. Striped flowers ; good for forcing. 
Harlequin. Striped and blotched with rose and violet. 
Herman Seidel. Double; lively rose. 
Le Flambeau. Very deep crimson. 
Price for strong plants, 
Mme. tiouise de Kerchove. Large white flowers, 
with orange blotches and flesh-colored circles. 
Mme. J. E. Plancheon. Large flowers of clear white, 
striped yellow 
Mme. li. Van Houtte. Scarlet flowers, striped with 
white. 
Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Deep rose. 
Marshall P. Wilder. Double white, dotted and 
striped with lilac-rose. 
Marquis of Lome. Orange, with yellow blotches. 
Memoire de Louis Van Houtte. Brilliant rose 
flowers. 
Meteor. Double ; bright rose. 
Narcissiflora flore pleno. Double white. 
Oswald de Kerchove. Lively lake-rose, with fiery 
blotch ; splendid habit. 
Pauline Jlardner. Rose; double; a fine sort. 
Pluto. Blood red, large flowered Azalea. 
Princess Charlotte. Ijively deep rose. 
Boi de Beauties. Rose, edged with white. 
Roi de HoUaud. Fiery red ; very free flowering. 
Rol Leopold. Double orange. 
Sacountala. White flowers, double. 
Senator Van Camp. Double; carmine, with deeper 
center. 
Souveulr de Arthur Veitch. Single ; satiny salmon- 
crimson, blotched deep red. 
Souvenir de Francois Vervseue. White, striped rose. 
Souvenir de Princess Albert. Double light rose 
and variegated flower. 
Vesuvlana. 
Vesuvians. Rosy orange-red, blotched white. 
SI to 83 each and upward. 
Hardy Azaleas. 
The hardy species of Azalea are quite as handsome in their way as the greenhouse varieties In early spring 
and summer they are gay masses of bright bloom. We offer oaly the best and most distiuct s ^rts. They are 
trained into shapely form, and all a e well rooted. The native as well as the foreign varieties are quite handsome, 
and being naturally adapted to our soil and climate, thrive with very little care. 
AZALEA amoena. Dwarf and bushy, with bright 
rozy purple or reddish flowers. 50 cts. 
calendulacca. Large, widely open flowers of pure 
yellow, orange, or bronze-browu and reddish colors. 
mollis. A Japanese species, with large, downy, 
very brilliant flowers of red, yellow, orange and 
primrose. .50 cts. to $1. 
Price, except where noted 
AZALEA nudiflora. Clustered rose and light pink 
flowers. 
Pontica. liO cts. to $1. 
viscosa. Pure white, sweet-scented flowers, borne 
profusely, trusses of medium size. A dwarf-growing 
native slirub, that thrives best in somewhat damp 
and shaded situations. The flowers and eaves ap. 
pear together ; the latter have a silvery tint beneath 
50 cts. each and upward. 
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