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portant qualities. It harmonizes well with maximum. 
R. maximum, Rose Bay, has flowers pink in bud, open¬ 
ing white. The growth and arrangement of leaves are 
full and free, and usually superior to hybrids in this 
country. Blooms much later than Catawbiense —July 
and August. This is the kind that is collected in such 
quantities from the woods and mountains, very often to 
die a lingering death through ignorance and carelessness. 
In handling, one gross mistake is to set one or two plants 
out in the open. Plant them in masses or clumps for 
best results. When handled properly, it is one of the 
grandest plants it is possible to introduce into the home 
grounds. 
Dwarf Rhododendrons. These are but little known. 
They are very pleasing and useful. Leaves much smaller 
than others. 
Rhododendron punctatum. A native species with rose- 
colored flowers in May and June. 
R. ferrugineum. Scarlet flowers, with rusty color un¬ 
derside of leaves. Blooms in early summer. 
R. hirsutum. Pale red, flowering in early summer. 
These dwarf kinds are fine for planting among rocks 
or on the outer edge of groups of the larger growing 
kinds. 
Plants that associate well with Rhododendrons are: 
Kalmia latifolia, K. angustifolia, Andromeda flori- 
bunda, A. Japonica, A. ( Leucothoe ) Catesbaei, Azalea 
amoena, A. Hino-de-giri, and other new kinds now being 
introduced from Japan; A. Indica, and the Heaths. 
Kalmia latifolia, or Mountain Laurel “Ivory,” as many 
of the colored people call it), has such a wide distribu¬ 
tion in North America, and is so truly an American 
flower, that its claims as the national flower are many 
and valid. The great English authority on plants. George 
Nicholson, describes it as “one of the most useful, ele¬ 
gant and attractive of dwarf flowering shrubs.” While 
it is found thriving on hillsides, it prefers moist places 
to excessive dryness and exposure. 
Kalmia angustifolia, Sheep’s Laurel, is very pretty, but 
not so desirable as the above. Its leaves are narrow, and 
flowers smaller. Has value in lower growth and earlier 
flowering. 
Andromeda floribunda and A. Japonica are pretty little 
shrubs of dwarf, compact habit, with glossy green leaves 
and pendulous clusters of white flowers borne in great 
profusion in early spring. Japonica is conceded to he 
one of the prettiest of all evergreen shrubs. 
A. Catesbaei, also known as Leucothoe Catesbaei, is 
very different from the other Andromedas. It is native 
in our Southern States. Somewhat trailing in habit, it 
is valued for the great decorative value of its beautiful 
leaves, which are long and lance-like. Its white flowers 
are attractive. 
Azalea amoena. The Evergreen Azalea is a splendid 
plant for edging Rhododendron beds, or even for making 
dwarf flowering hedges. Even those who object to the 
magenta tint of the flowers are won over when they see 
well-grown plants in bloom. They give a wonderful 
floral display. The foliage is neat, small, and a rich 
green—better than all other Azaleas. 
Recently there have been a number of introductions 
from Japan in different colors, the most promising one 
being Azalea Hino-de-giri, a beautiful cherry red. which 
is proving almost as hardy as the old amoena. 
Azalea Indica is the ancestor of the indoor Azalea, so 
popular around Easter time. It has a single white 
flower, with just a suggestion of pink, and is hardy in 
the climate of Philadelphia. 
The Ericas, or Heaths, including the Calluna vulgaris, 
or Scotch Heather, are hardly broad-leaved, as the leaves 
are very fine, but they thrive under the same conditions 
as the above plants, and are good associates. 
Miscellaneous Broad-leaves. 
The following are not so particular as to soil and situa¬ 
tion as the foregoing, and may be used in a greater diver¬ 
sity of position: 
Buxus, in variety (old-fashioned Box). 
Ilex Aquifolium (English Holly). 
I. opaca (American Holly). 
I. crenata (Japanese Holly). 
Osmanthus Afquifolium, a holly-like plant from Japan. 
Mahonia Aquifolia (Holly-leaved Barberry). 
M. Japonica (Japanese Holly-leaved Barberry). 
Abelia grandiflora. - 
Crataegus Pyracantha Lalandi (Evergreen Thorn). 
Ligustrum lucidum (Evergreen Privet). 
L. Japonicum (Japanese Evergreen Privet). 
Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus and L. Schipkaensis (English 
Laurel). 
Magnolia grandiflora. 
There is a great variety of Box. 
The small-leaved, compact-growing one, commonly 
used for edging, is known as Buxu's sempervirens suff- 
ructicosa, and is well known. 
Buxus arborescens, or Tree Box, grows much larger, 
quicker, and is looser in habit. It makes fine hedges, 
and is good as a solitaire or in groups. It attains a height 
of 10 or 15 feet. 
Then there is the Round-leaved Box, B. rotundifolia, 
very glossy and dark green; usually grown in pyramid 
shape. 
B. decussata has a curious arrangement of leaves that 
is unique, but attractive. 
B. Handsworthi, a very upright-growing kind. 
B. Japonisa aurea, Golden Box, with bright golden 
leaves in spring, turning darker green in the summer; 
silver-variegated Box, and numerous others. 
Pyramids and “Standard” or Tree-form Box are forms 
into which the plants are trimmed or trained, being used 
in formal positions. 
The Hollies are well known, largely thorugh their 
Christmas associations. It is a pity they are not more 
largely planted. 
The English Holly has darker and glossier green leaves 
and hears more and larger berries than its American cou¬ 
sin, and, on the whole, is more amenable to cultivation. 
The American Holly grows very plentifully in a wild 
state, but is rarely seen in cultivation. It really deserves 
more attention from the horticulturist. Berry-bearing 
plants cannot positively be had. Some have an incom¬ 
plete set of flowers, and this is not determined in young 
plants. 
The Japanese Holly, Ilex crenata, is becoming a gen¬ 
eral favorite, being very adaptable, and is invaluable for 
planting where a choice low-growing evergreen shrub is 
wanted. It is extremely hardy. 
Osmanthus —a choice plant in every respect, and so 
like a bushy Holly as to he often mistaken for it, but is 
