TSUGA : Hemlock 
TSUGA CANADENSIS—Canada Hemlock. A native, 
graceful evergreen with Yew-like foliage; branches 
spreading and somewhat drooping. It is rather open in 
growth but by pruning can be made very dense. Good 
for hedges. It is shade enduring, therefore excellent for 
screens under trees, or for other undergrowth planting. 
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AZALEAS 
There does not seem to be any other family of plants 
that gives us the same great mass of color as the Azaleas. 
While there are several different families of these colorful 
flowers, all of them, given the necessary sour soil required, 
are comparatively easy to grow in their climatic zones. 
It pays to prepare the soil thoroughly before planting 
Azaleas. 
If you live in a limestone section it is absolutely neces- 
sary to prepare the soil, but if you live in a sour-soil 
country very little preparation is necessary. In a lime- 
stone country, several feet of soil should be removed and 
replaced with a mixture of leaf-mold, manure, and acid 
loam. Of course, soil can be made sour by the use of 
aluminum sulphate. It is a safe, reliable material for 
adding acid to the soil, and if you wish to prepare your 
ground in this manner use one-fourth to one-half pound 
to a square yard, worked well into the top-soil. Then, 
when setting plants under these conditions, at least a 
pint of the chemical should be added to each wheelbarrow 
load of soil. A dressing each year of leaf-mold is an 
excellent food for Azaleas but they will appreciate further 
feeding. Cottonseed meal is a fine fertilizer. Cow-manure 
is also a good fertilizer. In using the latter it is well to 
add a small amount of aluminum sulphate to be sure that 
the manure is acid enough. 
