For Distinctive Lower South Gardens 
Azaleas and Camellias add grace, beauty and charm to gardens of the Lower 
South. 
“Design in the garden ts rightly regarded as of primary importance, and the kinds 
of plant material used in securing a desired effect are a secondary consideration. 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 place 
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, emiment horticulturist, writer, and dean of the College of 
Agriculture, University of Florida, wrote the above as an introduction to his valuable 
little book, ““Azaleas and Camellias,”’ and it well expresses what 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 mm Azaleas, offermg 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, Geo. L. Taber, and Pride of Mobile 
extensively. Our Azaleas are above the average in quality, having been spaced out 
properly and grown well. 


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