LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
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AZALEA, Continued, _ , .. 
' ' Each Six 
latter part of June in great profusion. The brilliant scarlet stamens 
and pistil add to the 
beauty of the delicious- 
^^^^^ ly fragrant flowers, 
@SkK& ^^^^^ which are large and 
showy. One small spray 
of blossoms will give a 
large room a delightful 
odor. Perfectly hardy, 
and a very valuable and 
much needed plant for 
law-n and park planting. 
6 to 12 inches $020 $075 
W/Z^X'/jil^'^^k^ I to 2 ft 30 to 40 150 
".J/A^^^^Jf**i.j^ — y A. calendulacea (Great 
Flame-Colored Azalea). 
A magnificent shrub of 
large growth, and the 
showiest of all our na- 
jq^^^^— . . — tive species. In May 
and June this azalea 
lights up our mountain 
sides with masses of 
flowers, shaded from 
light straw and orange 
CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICA. to brightcrimson-well 
termed sheets of 
flame." It is hardy in cultivation, and we may truly say that " no 
North American plant surpasses it in brilliancy of bloom, and 
few are better worth a conspicuous and permanent place in the 
garden where the soil is suited to its wants." Give it a rich, deep 
woods or garden loam, and keep the ground free from lime in 
any form. 6 to 12 inches 20 i 00 
1 to 2 ft 35 I 75 
A. nudiflora (Purple Azalea). Shrub 2 to 6 feet high, with very 
showy flowers, varying from flesh-color to pink and purple, and 
appearing in early spring before the leaves, i to 2 ft 20 75 
A. Vaseyi. See Rhododendron Vaseyi. 
A. viscosa (White Swamp Honeysuckle). A small shrub, blooming 
late in summer, with clammy, fragrant flowers, white, or often ting- 
ed with rose-color, i to 2 ft 20 75 
Q BERBERIS Canadensis (American Berberry). Very small shrub, 
only I to 3 feet high, witli yellow flowers in drooping racemes, and 
showy red berries. A fine ornamental. 4 to 8 inches 15 5° 
OALYOANTHUS glaucus (Carolina Allspice). See cut. Locally 
called " Bubby Bush." Leaves and brown purple flowers larger 
than floridus. i to 2 ft 25 
C. floridus (Sweet Shrub). The common shrnb of cultivation. 
No garden is complete without it. 6 to 12 inches 15 5° 
CBANOTHUS Americanus (Jersey Tea). A small shrub i to 3 
feet high, with beautiful clusters of small white flowers, produced 
throughout July and August when most other shrubs are past 
bloom— a quality which makes it much prized in ornamental plant- 
ing. Rises from a peculiar dark-red root, i to 2 ft 25 
•CHIONANTHUS Virginica (White Fringe). See cut. One of the 
most ornamental of all our native shrubs, bearing racemes of deli- 
cate w^hite fringe-like flowers in May or early June. Perfectly hardy 
in the north, i to 2 ft 25 i 25 
2 to 3 ft 40 2 25 
CLETHRA acuminata (Southern Pepper-Bush). A tall shrub. 15 
to 20 feet high, with long nodding spikes of white fragrant flowers 
in July and August. It has handsome smooth, reddish bark .. . 20 75 
2 to 3 ft • 30 100 
