LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
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AZAL EA, continued. 
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A. calendulacea (Great Flame-colored Azalea). A magnificent shrub of large 
growth, and the showiest of all 
our native species. In May and 
June this Azalea lights up the 
mountain sides with masses of 
flowers, shaded from light straw 
and orange to bright crimson— 
well termed "sheets of flame." 
It is hardy in cultivation, and we 
may truly say that " no North 
American plant surpasses it in 
brilliancy of bloom, and few are 
better worth a conspicuous and 
permanent place in the garden 
where the soil is suited to its 
wants." Give it a rich, deep 
woods or garden loam, and keep 
the ground free from lime in any 
form. 6 to 12 inches.$0 25 
1 to 2 feet. 35 
A. nudiflora (Purple Azalea). Shrub 
2 to 6 feet high, with very showy ' 
flowers, varying from flesh-color 
to pink and purple, and appear¬ 
ing in early spring before the 
leaves. 1 to 2 feet. 25 
chionanthus viRGiNicA. A. Vaseyi. See Rhododendron Vaseyi . 
A. viscosa (White Swamp Honeysuckle). Small shrub, blooming late in sum¬ 
mer; clammy, fragrant flowers, white, or tinged with rose-color. 1 to 2 feet 25 
BERBERIS Canadensis (American Berberry). Very small shrub, only 1 to 3 
feet high, with yellow flowers in drooping racemes, and showy red berries. 
A fine ornamental. 4 to 12 inches.15 1 ° 2 5 
CALYCANTHUS glaucus (Carolina Allspice). (See cut, p. 6 .) Locally called 
"Bubby Bush." Leases and brown purple flowers larger than C Floridtis . 
1 to 2 feet.. • 2 5 
C. Floridus (Sweet Shrub). The common shrub of cultivation. No garden is 
complete without it. 6 to 12 inches, strong. 15 
CASTANEA pumila (Chinquepin). Shrub or often a small tree, bearing round¬ 
ish nuts of the chestnut type. A valuable and hardy nut. 
CEANOTHUS Americanus (Jersey Tea). A small shrub 1 to 3 feet high, with 
beautiful clusters of small white flowers, produced* throughout July and 
August when most other shrubs are past bloom—a quality which makes it 
much prized in ornamental planting. Rises from a peculiar dark-red root. 
1 to 2 feet. 2 5 
CHIONANTHUS Virginica (White Fringe). (See cut.) One of the most orna¬ 
mental of all our native shrubs, bearing racemes of delicate white fringe-like 
flowers in May or early June. Perfectly hardy in the north. 1 to 2 feet- 25 
2 to 3 feet, blooming size. 4 ° 
CLETHRA acuminata (Southern Pepper-Bush). A tall shrub, 15 to 20 feet high, 
with long nodding spikes of white fragrant flowers in July and August. It 
has handsome smooth, reddish bark 1 to 2 feet. 20 
2 to 3 feet, blooming size. 3 ° 
C. alnifolia (Pepper Bush). (See cut, p. 8.) Shrub 4 to 8 feet; flowers white 
and very fragrant, in single racemes or panicles. A very desirable plant for 
, the lawn. 1 to 2 feet... 2 5 
COMPTONIA asplenifolia (Sweet Fern). A beautiful plant 1 to 2 feet high ; very 
aromatic when bruised ; leaves 3 to 4 inches, resembling a fern frond. 25 
CORNUS paniculata. A pretty dwarf dogwood with gray branches and drupes 
of white fruit. 1 to 2 feet...; • • 2 5 
C. stricta. 10 to 20 feet high ; the branches brown and drupes blue. 1 to 2 ft.. 25 
DIERVILLA sessilifolia (Mountain Bush Honeysuckle). This rare shrub forms 
fine thick clumps, producing abundant yellow flowers in cymes in late summer. 
A showier plant than the more common D. trifida . 20 
2 to 3 ft., flowering clumps. 35 
D. trifida. 2 5 
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