
SEMMES NURSERIES - Crichton, Alabama 
AZALEA INDICA 
The Indica group, which are fast growers with masses 
of large flowers, are especially adapted for landscape 
planting all along the Gulf Coast up the Atlantic 
seaboard to North Carolina. Around Mobile, Charles- 
ton, and some other sections, there are plants seventy 
to one hundred years old, with spread from 20 to 30 feet 
across, apparently without any special care, showing 
they are perfectly at home and easy to grow. Nursery- 
men in this entire section have a golden opportunity 
to give most lasting satisfaction to their customers, and 
incidentally enrich themselves, by planting extensive 
collections of these showy plants im their nurseries, 
because Azaleas will sell themselves when your 
customers see them in full bloom. We are listing the 
most important varieties, elimmating weaker growers 
or inferior flowers when the same color can be had m 
better varieties. See illustration on page 54. 
BRILLIANT. A good grower with small, dark green 
leaves. Deep watermelon color, being intermediate be- 
tween Pride of Mobile and Pride of Dorking. Very 
good variety. 
COCCINEA MAJOR. Brilliant orange-red. A little taller 
grower than Prince of Orange. 
CRITERION. Compact grower with flowers the color of 
strawberry ice-cream, streaked with deeper pink and 
margin of white. Late bloomer and very attractive. 
DUC DE ROHAN. Compact grower with small leaves and 
a profusion of beautiful salmon-pink flowers. One of 
‘the best varieties for pot-culture. Sizes to 10 to 12 inches. 
ELEGANS. Fast and rather upright grower, similar to 
Formosa, with light-colored pink flowers early in season. 
FIELDER’S WHITE. Large, pure white flowers early in 
season. A strong grower, free blooming, and one of the 
best whites. 
FLAG OF TRUCE. Good-sized, double white flowers with 
petals ruffled at edges. Compact grower. 
FORMOSA. Very fast grower with large dark leaves and 
big purplish pink flowers which have less purple than 
Phoenicia. 
GEORGE FRANC. Early bloomer with extra-large sal- 
mon-pink flowers having deep red throats. Very showy. 
GLORY OF SUNNYHILL. Compact grower with shiny 
narrow leaves and vivid orange-red flowers. One of the 
latest to bloom. 
INDICA ALBA. Rather upright grower, with dull-colored, 
hairy leaves and pure white flowers in midseason. Very 
hardy. 
IVERYANA. Similar to Criterion, but has pink stripes on 
pure white instead of the pink ground of that variety. 
LADY EDITH. Very similar to Criterion, with almost 
identical flowers but more glossy leaves. Blooms Iate. 
MME. DOMINIQUE. One of the largest Indicas, similar 
in color to Criterion, but of taller growth. Very com- 
pact and blooms almost as Iate as Macrantha. Excep- 
tionally hardy. 
ORCHID. Upright grower with light orchid-colored flow- 
ers of medium size. Very early. 
For prices of Azalea indica, see page 11 
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