NATIVE SORTS 
Beautiful small- and medium-sized shrubs, well adapted for shrubbery borders 
and rocky places, but most at home when bordering heavy plantings or woods, and 
in damp and boggy soils. They are prolific bloomers and the flowers are useful 
for cutting, as well as exceedingly effective on the plants. 
A., arborescens. Fragrant White Azalea. (M) A good grower; in 
June bears large quantities of flowers, white tinged with rose, and very fra¬ 
grant. Foliage turns to crimson in the fall. (See plate on page 75.) 
A., calendulacea. Flame Azalea. ( M) One of the showiest. In late 
May and June the orange-red blossoms make the whole plant a blaze of color. 
A. nudiflora. Pinxter Flower. ( S) Perhaps better known as the 
“ Woods Honeysuckle .” Does especially well in swampy places. Deep 
pink to reddish purple flowers in May. 
A. Vaseyi. Southern Azalea. ( M) A tall, slim grower, bearing rosy 
white flowers in April before its leaves appear. Foliage colors dark crim¬ 
son in the fall. 
A. viscosa. White Azalea. This sort bears fragrant rosy white flowers 
in late June or July. 
AZALEA MOLLIS AND GHENT VARIETIES 
Wc offer a splendid collection of these beautiful shrubs, including onlv the 
best hardy varieties selected from a large number. The flowers appear in great 
profusion in the spring, literally covering twig and branch with their varied and 
gorgeous hues. Planted either in groups or borders the effect is charming Treat 
them the same as rhododendrons, with which they may well be combined to a 
most excellent effect. 
A. mollis. (S) This is a race of excellent habit and good foliage, pro¬ 
ducing large trusses of flowers of all shades of red, white, yellow and orange. 
The flowers arc larger and more perfect than those of the Pontica varieties, 
and resemble those of the early rhododendrons. They are perfectly hardy 
thriving in sunny positions anywhere on the home grounds. 
A. Pontica. Ghent. (S) The flowers appear in great profusion in the 
i'ternlly covering twig and branch, the colors ranging from white 
to deep crimson ; many of them are fragrant. 
baccharis 
A. halimifolia. Groundsel Shrub. (L) The flower is a snow-white 
For the seaihtrJ 8 'ti’ ?h °"7’ co . vcrin S the P'ant in September. A good plant 
hrives best in sunny, well-drained situations. 
BENZOIN 
B. odoriferum. Spice Bush. (£) A strong-growing shrub with bright 
before f leaves'!!! 1 ! C ° bn 2 h ‘T ellow in the fall The fellow flowers appear 
spring, and in autumn the red berries are quite attractive. 
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