The World’s Finest RHODODENDRONS 
and DECIDUOUS AZALE 
1951-1952 
RECEHIVED 
LINDUM GARDENS’ EXHIBIT, 1951 SHOW, AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY 
You Are Welcome to Scenic LINDUM GARDENS 
For the past several years I have been collecting from 
Europe and Canada and the United States, the World’s finest 
varieties of Rhododendrons and Hardy Azaleas. Over 350 
varieties are now growing on my hillsides in one of the nation’s 
largest and finest collections displayed in a most scenic setting. 
In the months of April and May over 15,000 Deciduous and 
Evergreen Azaleas in 75 of the World’s finest varieties shine 
out in a “Blaze of Glory” in Lindum Gardens overlooking the 
Tualatin Valley. A riot of colors, ranging from the softest 
creams through the brightest yellows and oranges and the 
fieriest red, march in mass formation up and down the hillsides. 
These brilliant gems are held in a luminous setting, flanked on 
both sides by a galaxy of over 300 of the finest varieties of 
Rhododendrons resting in little cups among the birches on the 
hillsides, and on the west is the broad expanse of the checkered 
Tualatin Plains rising to the mountains in the distance. Im- 
ported from the gardens of Europe these choice varieties of 
Rhododendrons and Azaleas are now available to you in our 
Nursery to add to the splendor of your garden. 
DESCRIPTIONS, GRADES, AND PRICES 
It is difficult to describe the size, shape and quality of all 
plants in a general list. A slow growing, compact, spreading 
plant, like Britannia, Jan Dekens or Unique is worth more, in 
a 15”-18” plant, than a tall rangy growing plant like Beauty of 
Littleworth, Pink Pearl, Antoon Van Welie or Sappho. There- 
fore, in placing a price on a plant consideration will be given to 
its comparative size value. 
Plants especially selected at the nursery will be priced accord- 
ing to their shape and value irrespective of the general price in 
this list. 
A discount of 10% will be given on orders over $100.00. 
PLANTING NOTES 
Rhododendrons will grow in any soil that does not contain 
lime, is porous without being dry and is fairly rich in humus. 
They have a close fibrous root system and if well watered can 
be transplanted almost any time, but the best seasons are from 
September to June, preferably in the fall and spring. Plant 
them not more than an inch deeper than they were planted in 
the Nursery, in a mixture of Peat Moss or other humus and 
good top soil, preferably half and half, mixed in a hole 3 feet 
in diameter by 20 inches deep. If the soil is clay or very poor, 
remove the soil to a depth of 18”, put in good leaf mold, top 
soil, humus and peat. Cut out the tree roots. Avoid heavy muck 
or loam without air in the soil. Use good soil and little ferti- 
lizer. After planting, mulch with leaves, leaf mold, or well 
rotted cow manure. They will not grow in alkaline soil. Remove 
seed pods as soon as blooms have faded. 
GENERAL STANDARD 
As a guide to follow in establishing a standard plant in spread 
in the larger sizes we will take an average plant in spread for 
a given variety in a specified height, say 18” to 24”, and call that 
a standard plant. If the plant is below standard for that variety 
it will be graded and priced one size smaller. But extra bushy 
plants will be graded to larger sizes as follows. 
EXTRA BUSHY PLANTS 
Extra bushy plants will be priced the same as a higher size 
and more than extra bushy plants will be the same as two sizes 
higher. In general, large size plants over 18” will be priced ac- 
cording to their shape, bushiness and real value and not just 
their height. 
IRVING B. LINCOLN, 221 American Bank Bldg., Portland 5, Oregon— BE 4105 
