AZALEAS 
Azaleas are without doubt the most beautiful 
flowering plants we have in the south. Their sea¬ 
son of blooming is very long, beginning with winter 
flowering Vitata Fortuni and extending into June 
when the pretty dwarf Azalea Macrantha is covered 
with its soft, orange pink blossoms. All azaleas 
are profuse bloomers and in the spring each plant 
is a solid mass of color. 
Azaleas of all types are easily grown if a few 
rules are followed. They require a good, well drained 
soil that has a slight acid reaction. The addition 
of leaf mould, peat and in very heavy, stiff soil a 
small quantity of sand is always beneficial. Leaf 
mould and peat help maintain an acid soil and a 
mulch of leaves is good to retain moisture and to 
furnish plant food for the next year. Azaleas are 
shallow rooted and an abundance of water in dry 
weather is necessary, especially with young plants. 
Watering among foliage with a hose is desirable 
as a strong spray holds thrip and red spider in check. 
Partial shade is desirable in planting but dense 
shade should be avoided. A lath house is well suited 
for growing plants on nursery. They should be 
fertilized sparingly; light application of cotton seed 
meal about three times a year, is one of the best 
treatments. It is to be remembered that plants that 
have a quantity of large sappy growth produce far 
less flowers and are much more likely to be killed 
by freezing weather than slower growing plants of 
the same variety. 
Lining out size Azalea offered here were rooted 
in last spring and planted in beds early in summer, 
giving plenty of space for full development of strong 
root system and bushy tops and far superior to 2% 
inch potted plants, having roots enough to- fill 3 
inch pot which have twice the capacity of 2Vz inch 
pot. 
We have thousands of lining out size azaleas 
ready for immediate delivery but since these small 
plants have much of tender growth and easily dam¬ 
aged by frost, we advise to protect them against 
the frost this winter. Extra expense of frost pro¬ 
tection will be more than repaid by better growth 
you will gain by early planting but those who are 
not prepared to protect them is well to let us book 
orders and make delivery in spring after all danger 
of frost is over, without any additional expense to 
our customers. 
JL 
AZALEA INDICA 
The Indica group which are fast grower with 
mass of large flowers are especially adapted for 
landscape planting all along the Gulf Coast up to 
Atlantic seaboard of North Carolina. Around Mobile, 
Charleston and some other sections, there are plants 
of seventy to one hundred years old with spread of 
twenty to thirty feet across, apparently without any 
special care, showing they are perfectly at home and 
easy to grow. Nurserymen in this entire section 
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