T HE Indian Azalea, with its masses of showy blooms in spring, is admirably adapted to planting in front of 
taller-growing shrubs, to make the taller foliage blend more easily with the ground. The magnificent, soft, 
fleecy flowers appear more striking against the background. The Azalea has a graceful, spreading form of 
growth which makes it desirable as a specimen, and it may be used to add beauty to the turn in a drive, to plant 
near the entrance to the home, where its showy clusters of flowers may be enjoyed more frequently, or to form 
distinct groups by itself. 
This Azalea, a broad-leafed evergreen, combines the finer points of both deciduous and evergreen shrubs, 
supplying both background and foreground for any winter picture or any spring display of bloom. It frequently is 
planted in combination with the rhododendron, its lighter foliage and graceful form of growth contrasting with that 
of its neighbor and prolonging the season of bloom. This Azalea, too, is at its best when set amid rustic surround¬ 
ings, near a tangle of native bushes or in a forest opening. Wherever it is used, it is charming. 
Few shrubs can equal the Indian Azaleas in the quantity of bloom they bear. This Azalea nearly always 
is covered from top to bottom with showy blooms two inches or more in diameter, and these remain during 
two or three weeks. The hardy home-grown stock gives much better results than that imported from Holland and 
grown solely from greenhouse culture. 
AZALEA INDICA (Indian Azalea) 
(HOME-GROWN) 
T HESE beautiful shrubs are perfectly hardy in this latitude, but give the best results when 
planted in a somewhat shady situation, especially where they are protected from the hot 
afternoon sun of summer. The plants should be kept well mulched with rotted leaves. For 
single specimens, massing or grouping, no plant at the same season of the year will give to the 
landscape a more pleasing effect. For full cultural directions, see pages 36 and 37. 
Prices of Home-Grown Indian Azaleas jq ioo 
18 to 24 inches, very bushy, well set with buds.$1 00 $8 00 $75 00 
15 to 18 inches, bushy, well set with buds. 75 600 5000 
12 to 15 inches, bushy, well set with buds. 50 4 00 30 00 
8 to 12 inches, branched, with buds. 35 3 00 20 00 
6 to 8 inches, branched, with buds. 25 2 00 17 50 
