
Partial View of Azalea Lath House 
AZALEAS 
A few cultural suggestions: 
1. Azaleas thrive in acid soil. Use plenty of leaf 
mold (oak leaves most desirable), pond muck or 
peat moss. 
2. Lime or alkaline soil is poisonous. In case 
the Azaleas are to be planted in such a soil, remove 
original soil and use plenty of leaf mold or peat 
moss mixed with the other soil which should con- 
tuin no alkali; or if alkaline apply Aluminum Sul- 
phate at the rate of one 4 inch pot full to a wheel- 
barrow of soil. 
3. As the azalea root system is very shallow, it 
dries fast. Apply sufficient water to keep roots 
moist always. 
4, Azaleas delight in a moist soil but it will 
not tolerate a water saturated soil condition; so 
Azalea beds should be made where all surplus water 
will run off quickly. 
Overlook j1Q Nursery 
