clusters of flowers in almost every shade of color gives them 
first place among evergreen shrubs, and one must not lose 
sight of the great decorative value of the rich, dark green foli¬ 
age, attractive not only in summer, but during the bleak 
months of winter. 
In a Rhododendron planting the importance of securing 
American-grown stock of the hardiest type cannot be over¬ 
estimated. We carry over thirty thousand plants, in fifty 
varieties, most carefully selected, and our stock, grown on 
open, unsheltered hills, with northern exposure, insures ab¬ 
solute hardiness. Rhododendrons will thrive in any but a 
limestone or heavy clay soil; the ideal treatment being a light, 
sandy loam, well mixed with woods earth. Visit Andorra 
during the latter part of May and the early days of June, 
when our great fields of Rhododendrons are in full bloom. 
Drooping Andromeda Catesbaei ) 
Of shade-enduring plants and those useful for massing either 
with small evergreen shrubs or as an undergrowth, none is 
more desirable than this truly hardy evergreen shrub, and 
it is especially effective when used with rhododendrons. Its 
growth is in sprays from 2 to 4 feet, which are covered with 
long, pointed leaves of rich green, turning during the fall and 
winter months to brilliant bronze-green. Fragrant flowers of 
creamy white are borne in racemes along the sprays of branches, 
and the Diant is attractive at every season of the year. 
The creamy white flowers of the Drooping Andromeda are borne in profusion 
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