For Distinctive Lower-South Gardens 
Azaleas and Camellias add grace, beauty and charm to gardens of the Lower 
South. 
“Design in the garden is rightly regarded as of primary importance, and the 
kinds of plant material used in securing a desired effect are a secondary con- 
sideration. But if, in addition to pleasing design, the planting can be carried out 
with beautiful and out-of-the- ordinary plants, then gardens of unusual beauty 
result. To such plant groups belong the azaleas and camellias, and gardens in 
which they are used in a large way are immediately lifted out of the commonplace. 
They take the places of good evergreen or deciduous shrubs, and, in addition, at 
certain seasons fill the garden with a glory that is unsurpassed.” 
Dr. H. Harold Hume, eminent horticulturist, writer, and dean of the College 
of Agriculture, University of Florida, wrote the above as an imtroduction to his 
valuable little book, “‘Azaleas and Camellias,” and it so well expresses that which 
we would say to those who would have distinctive gardens In the gulf and coastal 
section of the Southeast. 
For many years we have given particular attention to winter and early spring- 
flowering material, especially in Azaleas, offering a large assortment of hardy 
Kurume, Kaempferi and native varieties which may be grown and will succeed 
much farther inland than Indica Azaleas and Camellias. However, in Indica 
Azaleas we grow the hardier Lawsal, Dixie, Formosa, and Pride of Thomasville 
extensively. Our Azaleas are above the average in quality, having been spaced 
out properly and grown well. 

Flame-red Indian Azalea, President Clayes 
