AZALEAS 
We have one of the largest collections of 
azaleas in the South—over 500,000 plants rang- 
ing from very large specimen azaleas down to 
lining-out stock, and our prices are as low as 
those of our comretitors. 
The Pride of Mobile azalea is probably the 
most beautiful of all. Its color is a brilliant 
watermelon red, and it blooms more profusely 
than any other variety. The true Pride of 
Mobile, which we have, is a very hardy plant, 
and stands more cold than the Elegans, Formosa, 
or any other variety of Indica azalea. It gener- 
ally blooms later than the Formosa or the Ele- 
gans, and the blooms, therefore, are not so often 
damaged by late cold weather. We have the 
largest stock of sgecimen Pride of Mobile azaleas 
in the country. 
All azaleas must be planted in an acid soil. 
They wil! prosper either in partial shade or in 
the full sun, provided the roots are not allowed 
to be damaged by heat during the hot weather. 
This can be avoided by a mulch of oak leaves or 
pine straw. It is not good for azaleas to bank 
them with leaf mold or to put a high bank of 
leaves or straw around them. If the dirt or 
mound is built up around the plant the roots 
grow to the surface and become exposed to the 
sun, which causes serious damage in dry spells. 
Furthermore, if there is a mound built up 
around the stem of the plant this will cause 
water to drain away from the plant during dry 
weather, when moisture is necessary. All aza- 
leas like plenty of water, provided the drainage 
is good. Kurume azaleas will not survive water 
standing on the ground around them. Indica 
azaleas will stand poor drainage better than 
Kurume azaleas, but it is not to their liking. 
As azalea roots are very fine and require a 
large amount of moisture, the plants do not 
thrive in close proximity to trees that have sur- 
face roots, such as pecan trees, water oaks, and 
hickory trees. However, they will do well near 
such trees if they are constantly watered during 
dry weather. 
The Indica azaleas stand much more heat 
than the Kurume azaleas. They are native to 
the deep South, while the Kurume azaleas do 
much better in colder climates. 
We have found the safest all round fertilizer 
for azaleas to ke cotton seed meal. It should 
be scattered on the top of the ground around 
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