Field oj Rhododendrons wintering in the ice and snow at Anaorra 
Hybrid Rhododendrons 
In the buying of these plants, perhaps more than any others, the unwary 
purchaser is liable to encounter the pitfall of freshly imported plants which 
in a very favorable season may compare with American-grown stock. In 
these foreign-grown plants the death-rate will be high for four or five 
years, completely offsetting any seeming economy there may have been 
in their first cost, and they will be a source of constant dissatisfaction and 
expense. Our plants are grown here at Andorra for the American climate, 
and are broad, vigorous, acclimated plants, well-budded, lifting with a 
wonderful ball of fibrous roots. 
We have catalogued our stock of over 30,000 plants in the following list 
in groups of colors, according to pages 44, 45, and 46, as an aid to you 
in devising pleasing color combinations. We especially call your atten¬ 
tion to the large sizes offered, which when planted with the smaller ones, 
relieve the appearance of flatness and monotony so frequently distasteful 
in beds of Rhododendrons. To overcome the objection sometimes raised 
against the garish colors of some of the old sorts, we have made a dis¬ 
criminating choice of colors that are clear and bright and free from the 
objectionable magenta shades displeasing to some. 
Rhododendrons will not grow happily in a limestone soil and if this 
condition exists it must be rectified by the use of peat or leaf-mold. A 
heavy mulch of leaves should be used to cover the beds and remain there 
permanently, adding another coating each fall; this keeps the roots cool 
and moist and supplies the needed humic acid. In exposed situations in 
winter a windbreak of some simple sort should be erected to break the full 
force of inclement winds. 
ANDORRA NURSERIES 
