A FEW FLO IVF.RS 
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ON THE GROUNDS OF MR. LOUIS LORILLARD. 
Hardy Hydrangeas on the same grounds. The dwarf evergreens are used quite freely, and scores of Japanese Maples 
planted in masses give color effects in the spring that quite surpass in intensity the foliage beds of tender plants, but are 
devoid of all their stiff formality. At some points Honeysuckles and Ivies have been planted and allowed to run at will. 
1 hey have piled themselves up in masses and clambered over whatever shrubs were in reach, producing a most pleasing and 
natural effect. I he vigor and beauty of the Rhododendrons on these grounds would seem to be a satisfactory refutation of 
the prevailing impression that this grandest of flowering evergreens will only thrive in a soil and situation peculiarly favor¬ 
able to it. We are constantly in the receipt of letters saying Rhododendrons will do no good in the writer’s neighborhood 
We are assured that peat is necessary for them, that they will only thrive in a sandy soil, that lime in the soil is sure death, 
and so on, without end. But the splendid displays of them in Newport, in the grounds of Mr. Hunnewell, Mr. Sargent! 
and Mr. Rand, near Boston, in Central Park, in Greenwood Cemetery, in Fairmount Park, in Llewellen Park (Orange 
X. J.), in Druid Hill Park, in Allegheny Cemetery (Pittsburg, Pa.), in Spring Grove Cemetery (Cincinnati, O.), and in 
scores of other places all over the country, all go to show there is no plant that will thrive in a greater diversity of soils and 
localities. I he secret of success lies in a proper selection of varieties and planting in the spring. We have found fall 
planting almost invariably result in failure. 1 mean, by a proper selection of varieties, ones that are hardy here and further 
North, for, unfortunately, many of the fine English sorts are not entirely hardy in this latitude and need protection This 
protection can be given by cutting branches of wild Pine, of suitable size, and sticking them into the ground around the 
plants late in the fall, just before the ground freezes. The object is to protect the plants from cold winds and prevent 
alternate freezing and thawing of the foliage by keeping the sun from them on bright days in winter. It would be advisable 
to give all young Rhododendrons this protection the first winter after planting. There is no need for planting tender sorts 
however, as there is a sufficient number of tested varieties that are entirely hardy and which embraces almost everything 
desirable in shades and colors. The following varieties are entirely hardy in the vicinity of Boston, and probably would be 
any place in the United States. This list was given to us by Mr. H. H. Hunnewell and Mr. II W Sargent of 
Boston, whose collections are probably the largest in America, and who have tested almost all of the English varieties, 
tender as well as hardy, and both gentlemen agree in saying the following are perfectly hardy : Album elegans Album 
grandiflorum Album magnum, Album triumphans, Alexander Dancer, Atrosanguineum, Caractacus, Catawbiense, Chan¬ 
ce or, Charles Bagley, Charles Dickens, Dauricum, Delicatissimum, Everestianum, Gloriosum, H. W. Sargent, Lady 
Armstrong, Mrs. John Glutton, Mrs. Milner, Odoratum, Pictum, Purpureum elegans, Purpureum grandiflorum Roseum 
pictum, Roseum superbum, and William Downing. 
