Hybrid Rhododendrons 
Superb Varieties—Your Choice 
FOUR TO FIVE YEAR OLD PLANTS 
Many with buds. Nice size for beginning or adding to your collection. 
MADAM CARVALHO. White. This white opens 
with a lilac cast on its large blooms that 
fades to a good white. New to us, but ap- 
pears to be a good grower. Try this one 
with several reds for effective contrast. 
PARSON'S GLORIOSUM. This is one of our 
favorites. Good size flowers, orchid color, 
nicely arranged on the bush. A fine grower 
of medium height, and graceful form. An- 
other old stand-by. 
PARSON'S GRANDIFLORUM. Purple red flow- 
ers, heavy dark green foliage. Strong 
grower, excellent in mass plantings. This 
one has been well-known and liked for a 
long time. 
PELOPIDAS. Cerise red, new to us. Highly rec- 
ommended to us by our Dutch grower. 
PROFESSOR F. BETTEX. Scarlet red. New, but 
recommended as another good shade of red. 
Better try one. 
ROSEUM ELEGANS. Pleasant medium pink, this 
rhododendron is perhaps the most popular 
of all. No compromise of beauty with "easi- 
ness to grow’ here, this one has both. A 
fast, neat grower that stays compact, and 
heavy to the ground. A _ well-established 
plant is a veritable mountain of bloom in 
May. Your collection should start with this 
one. 
VAN DER HOOP. Flowers of the same red as 
Dresselhuys, but a more symmetrical and 
compact grower than Dresselhuys. Very sat- 
isfactory red specimen. 
4 to 5 year old plants 
15” to 20” .. Each $6.00, Three $16.50 
20" to 28” . . Each $7.50, Three $20.00 
RHODODENDRONS OF SPECIAL MERIT 
Of the following varieties of Rhododendrons 
we really have only a few. But because of their 
excellence, we thought we would list them. These 
are not as hardy as the other Rhododendrons 
listed: however, with a light protection against 
the winter winds, they come through fine in our 
Washington climate and you will be well re- 
warded for this extra effort. 
MARION. Deep pink. Large trusses and huge 
individual flowers, with leathery dark green 
foliage. Flowers are the largest we have 
ever seen. 
Each $12.00 
We Recommend: 
Mix your soil with Michigan Peat —% bushel 
per plant —and provide good drainage. Be sure 
not to plant too deep. Rhododendrons are shallow 
feeders. Mulching with decaying oak leaves will 
provide the proper acidity. ALSO add some 
compost as food for good growth and bloom 
Water frequently in dry weather and while you 
are watering, spray underside of leaves for con- 
trol of Red Spider. 
MRS. DE LA MARE. Large white flowers. Indi- 
vidual flowers for florets) often four inches 
across, A real beauty. 
Each $9.75 
BRITTANIA. Tops all red Rhododendrons. Bril- 
liant red, the red of the Paul's Scarlet Rose. 
All red Rhododendrons are compared with 
this one. A MUST IN ANY LARGER COL- 
LECTION. 
Each $9.75 
JAN DEKENS (Improved Pink Pearl). A warm 
pink of immense flowers. Lovely frilled pet- 
als. Truly an item for the connoisseur. 
Each $9.75 

MICHIGAN PEAT MOSS ... 
Best soil conditioner and mulch for 
Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Mulch 
with this peat 2 to 3” deep winter 
and summer. 
1% Bushel 65c; Bushel $1.15 

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