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E. C. ROBBINS, ASHFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 
HARDY NATIVE DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS, continued 
iESCULUS octandra. Yellow Buckeye. Medium size tree. 
Large, vigorous foliage. Cream-colored flowers in 
early spring. 6 to 12 inches. $1 
1 to 2 feet. 2 
2 to 3 feet. 3 
ALBIZZIA julibrissin. Silk Tree. Attractive tree of moderate 
size, with acacia-like foliage and clusters of fuzzy 
pink flowers followed by big pods. 2 to 3 feet. 4 20 
3 to 4 feet. 6 
4 to 6 feet. 7 
ALNUS viridis. European Green Alder. Low shrub with at¬ 
tractive foliage. From high altitudes. 
Heavy clumps cut back to ground. 6 
AMELANCHIER laevis. Allegheny Shadblow. Very hand¬ 
some small tree, with snow-white flowers in early 
spring. The edible fruit ripens in July. 
2 to 4 feet. Collected. 3 
4 to 6 feet. Collected. 6 00 
6 to 8 feet. Collected. 8 
ARONIA melanocarpa. Black Chokeberry. A very desirable 
ornamental shrub with white flowers in early spring 
and clusters of black fruit in autumn and early 
winter. Foliage colors dark red in early fall. 
1 % to 2 feet. 
AZALEA arborescens. Sweet Azalea. Large, fragrant, white 
flowers in early summer. Of easy culture and last¬ 
ing beauty, to 2 feet. X heavy clumps B&B . . 
2 to 3 feet. XX heavy clumps B&B. 
3 to 5 feet. XXX heavy clumps B&B. 
calendulacea. Flame Azalea. The most beautiful and 
varied native species. Flowers vary from red-orange 
to canary. Conspicuous in early summer throughout 
the Carolina mountains. 
1 yi to 2 feet. X heavy clumps B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. XX heavy clumps B&B. 
3 to 4 feet. XX heavy clumps B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. Collected clumps B&B. 
3 to 4 feet. Collected clumps B&B. 
Cut-back collected clumps. 
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