PYRACANTHA 
Firethorn 
PYRACANTHA coccinea (Scarlet Fire- 
thorn). 5 -6'. Informally spreading shrub 
with small dark green leaves on thorny 
branches; white flowers in small corymbs fol¬ 
lowed by orange-scarlet berries which remain 
on the plants through the winter. Fine as a 
specimen or in the shrub border. It also makes 
excellent, nearly impassable hedge. 
2 to 2 / z feet.$2.00 
2*4 to 3 feet.2.5 0 
3 to 4 feet.4.5 0 
4 to 5 feet.6.00 
P. coccinea lalandi (Laland Firetliorn). 
A vigorous form of the above with 
slender branches. Showy clusters of white 
flowers in spring and fiery orange-red fruit in 
fall. Well suited for covering walls or trained 
as espalier. 
2 to 2 /z feet. $2.50 
2*4 to 3 feet.3.00 
3 to 4 feet. 5.00 
P. yunnanensis (Chinese Firethorn). 
810^. An oriental variety with glossy dark 
green foliage and small coral-red berries. 
2 to 2*4 feet. $2.50 
214 to 3 feet. 3.00 
RHODODENDRONS 
RHODODENDRON carolinianum 
(Carolina Rhododendron) . 4-6'. A 
compact, bushy plant with rather narrow 
leaves smaller than those of most varieties. In 
May-June it produces an abundance of rose- 
pink flowers in compact clusters. 
18 to 24 inches. $3.00 
2 to 2*4 feet.4.00 
R. catawbiense (Catawba Rhododen¬ 
dron). 6'-8 '. One of the most beautiful of 
native flowering shrubs. Handsome foliage 
throughout the year and a mass of rosy-purple 
blossoms late in May. 
18 to 24 inches. $2.5 0 
2 to 2 *4 feet. 3.50 
R. maximum ( Rosebay Rhododen¬ 
dron). 1015Hardiest and most vigorous 
variety. Excellent for massing and naturaliz¬ 
ing; does well in both sun and shade. Flowers 
vary from white to pale pink and appear late 
in May and June. 
18 to 24 inches.$2.00 
2 to 2J4 feet. 3.00 
2*4 to 3 feet.4.00 
3 to 3*4 feet.6.00 
Hybrid ^Rhododendrons 
v, 7 uperior to the native Rhododendrons in ease of culture, better foliage 
and size of bloom are the hybrids produced by crossing these native species with 
various European and Asiatic forms. They produce enormous clusteis of bril¬ 
liantly colored flowers much superior to the native types. 
Album Elegans. Light blush, changing to 
white. 
18 to 24 inches. $3.00 
24 to 3 0 inches.4.00 
30 to 36 inches.5-00 
Atrosanguineum. Deep blood-red. 
Boule de ISeige. White. 
Caractacus. Purplish-crimson trusses; excel¬ 
lent foliage. 
Charles Bagley. Cherry-red. 
Charles Dickens. Rich, deep scarlet. 
Delicatissimum. Delicate flesh-pink. 
Everestianum. Frilled flowers, rosy-lilac 
spotted greenish-black. 
General Grant. Rosy-scarlet. 
Giganteum. Cherry-red. 
Henrietta Sargent. Pink; yellowish-green 
eye. 
Ignatius Sargent. Rose-scarlet, beautifully 
marked. 
Kettledrum. Crimson, suffused with purple. 
