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ALBANY NURSERIES 
RHODODENDRON, or ROSEBAY 
This, wherever known, is universally acknowl- 
edged to be the most showy, magnificent, hardy 
evergreen shrub that grows. It will thrive in 
any good soil without any special preparation, 
and in the full blaze of the sun. But it is more 
luxuriant in good, well prepared soil of leaf-mold, 
or leaf- mold and muck and peat mixed, and in 
partial shade, and does especially well near the 
sea-coast. It is abundantly supplied with num- 
erous fibrous roots that retain a quantity of 
earth in lifting, so that it can safely be removed 
at any season of the year, except the short per- 
iod of their rapid growth, covering a portion of 
June and July. The broad, thick evergreen fol- 
iage, with its glossy richness, would alone en- 
title it to a place foremost in the ranks of ever- 
green shrubs, but when in June this mass of 
luxuriant foliage is almost hidden by the magni- 
ficent array of beautiful flowers in clusters and 
each cluster large enough for a lady’s bouquet, 
it gives it a preeminence that our pen must fail 
to portray. Planted singly, in the flower garden 
or upon the lawn, they are objects of interest; 
but their greatest beauty, as in many other 
plants, can only be fully developed by artistically 
massing them in beds upon the 
lawn, when the different varieties 
of white, blue, purple, cherry, li- 
lac, mauve and crimson can be 
made to blend or contrast at will, 
producing an effect unrivaled by 
any other hardy plant in exist- 
ence. We have a considerable list 
of hardy grafted varieties that 
are of higher price and much 
more desirable than the seedlings 
of the Catawbiense, as they com- 
pass in the different sorts the en- 
tire range of colors, and each in 
itself distinct and definite, while 
the seedlings, as a rule, vary but 
little from the original type. 
When soils are too strongly im- 
pregnated with lime, the original 
soil should be removed to a good depth and width 
where the Rhododendrons are to be planted and 
the space filled in with leaf-mold and peat or 
muck mixed or some other soil tolerably free from 
lime. They will repay all care that may be be- 
stowed in preparing a bed suitable to their wants. 
SPINDLE or Strawberry Tree. See Euonymus. 
YUCCA 
Spanish Bayonet, or Adam’s Needle 
Has a fine appearance; the stem is two feet 
above the ground, covered with large, bell-shaped 
flowers on laterals, forming a perfect pyramid; 
valuable for rockwork. We list two varieties. 
Y. aloifolia. Slender, simple trunk; dagger- 
shaped leaves 1 to 2 inches wide; very stiff; 
flowers white, often tinged with green or purple; 
panicle compact, close to leaves. 
Y. filamentosa. The well-known garden variety, 
threaded-leaved, creamy white; 2 to 4 feet. The 
best known and most largely planted of the 
Yuccas. July. 
Rhododendrons 
HEDGES 
Nothing could be more beautiful than a neatly trimmed hedge of evergreens, and they are use- 
ful for boundary fences, screens, etc. We give below some of the best varieties for ornamental 
hedges, screens, windbreaks or boundaries. 
PACE 
American Arborvitae (Evergreen) .... 52 
Siberian Arborvitae (Evergreen) 53 
Red Cedar (Evergreen) 53 
Norway Spruce (Evergreen) 54 
Honey Locust (Deciduous) 45 
Japan Quince (Deciduous) 58 
Ashberry (Evergreen) 60 
Barberry (Deciduous) 55 
Box (Evergreen) 60 
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Euonymus (Evergreen) 60 
Laurustinus (Evergreen) 60 
Privit (Deciduous) 57 
Spirea (Deciduous) 58 
DEFENSIVE HEDGES 
Honey Locust 45 
Osage Orange 48 
Both Deciduous 
All described in appropriate places in this Catalogue; make beautiful ornamental hedges. 
