As yet my rhododendron and groundcover stock is almost 
complete. Any one wishing a copy of the 1947 catalog may have 
one for the asking. Here are odds and ends not listed that may 
be of interest. For the most part they are ‘small and should be 
kept in a frame or nursery bed for a time. 
In the rhododendrons the * indicates the rating: 
Rhododendron campelliae; closely related to R. arboreum; rose flowers. 
45e. 
R. camtschaticum; a mat-forming deciduous species of six in. or so with 
wide saucers of frosted rose and exserted stamens; free-blooming. 
Does well in peaty soil or pure sphagnum in full sun. Choice and 
rare, $1.00. 
R. carolinianum. From southeastern U.S. The foliage takes on beautiful 
copper and crimson tones in winter; flowers warm pink. 35c-50c-$1.25. 
R. chrysanthum. Very small plants of this interesting species again 
offered; perfectly prostrate. $1.25. 
**R, diaprepes. This is called the finest of the Fortunei Series. Flowers 
white to pale pink, fragrant. $1.00. 
**2R, dichroanthum. A low shrub; flowers vary—deep or muted orange 
and salmon pink. $1.50. 
ee, leucaspis. Small plants $1.25 in addition to larger sizes of catalog. 
*t*R, mollicomum. A small shrub with rose to crimson flowers. $1.00. 
eee, mucronulatum seedlings from finest coior-form specimen. 50c-75c. 
+a, nitens grows to a foot or more; foliage ae and especially at- 
tractive. Flowers bright rose. 75e. 
***R, pubescens—a shrub of 2-3-ft.; very floriferous with pink flowers; 
a good plant for foreground or rock garden situations. $2.50. 
****R, repens. A collector’s item..My form is a very prostrate plant, 
branches rooting as they grow. Leaves dark green with depressed 
veins; flowers large, waxy, bright crimson. Small plants $3. 09. 
***R, sanguineum. A low slow- -growing shrub with spectacular blood-red 
flowers. $1.50. 
**R, sargentianum. A dwarf shrub with lemon-yellow flowers. Rare. 
$2.00. 
*te*R, souliei. My original plants was one of my most admired and 
coveted specimens. The foliage is rounded and more or less heart- © 
shaped; the buds are crimson, opening to apple-blossom pink and 
turning snow-white before collapsing. Very small plants $1.00. 
